06/10/2009

Invisible hand in invisible matter

(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers have found an unexpected link between mysterious 'dark matter' and the visible stars and gas in galaxies that could revolutionise our current understanding of gravity.

First NASA Astronaut on Twitter Tops a Million Followers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first astronaut to tweet from space has passed another social media milestone. NASA's Mike Massimino, known as @Astro_Mike on Twitter, now shares his daily experiences with more than a million followers ...

Ultrasound Used for Better Breeding in Sheep

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ultrasound technology routinely used to accurately predict characteristics that indicate carcass yield and value in cattle and swine can also be used in live sheep, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists ...

New research brings 'invisible' into view (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers at Missouri University of Science and Technology has developed a handheld camera that uses microwave signals to non-destructively peek inside materials and structures in real time.

Dino footprints enter record books

French researchers on Tuesday said they had uncovered the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more.

A new method predicts dropping out of university

Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) and the University of Jaén (UJA) in Spain are creating a statistical model to calculate the probability of university students dropping out and to help in the drawing ...

Microsoft unveils line of Windows phones

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer on Tuesday unveiled his company's line of Windows smartphones in an offensive against Apple's iPhone and Google's Android system.

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