Firestorm of star birth in Galaxy Centaurus A
(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.
(PhysOrg.com) -- Resembling looming rain clouds on a stormy day, dark lanes of dust crisscross the giant elliptical galaxy Centaurus A.
Astronomy
Mar 8, 2012
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Herbs can be fun to buy and easy to grow, but how to use them sometimes puzzles home gardeners, Texas AgriLife Extension Service specialists note.
Other
Mar 8, 2012
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Working outside in a cold environment for any length of time is difficult with the protective clothing currently available. Innovative, warmer garments must be developed for those taking part in drilling operations under ...
Other
Mar 8, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of scientists with roots at SLAC and Stanford has shown that ultra-thin sheets of an exotic material remain transparent and highly conductive even after being deeply flexed 1,000 times ...
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2012
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Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases. The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student harnessed the power of the worlds thinnest material, graphene, to ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 8, 2012
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Besides attacking North Americas lodgepole pines, a combination of climate change and the mountain pine beetle are threatening to wipe out the remaining population of Albertas whitebark pinea tree endangered ...
Ecology
Mar 8, 2012
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Europes ambition of touching down at the Moons south pole by 2018 has been boosted by recent test firings of the crafts thrusters. The robot lander will prove new techniques for sending humans to the Moon ...
Space Exploration
Mar 8, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A chance alignment of planets during a passing gust of the solar wind has allowed scientists to compare the protective effects of Earths magnetic field with that of Mars naked atmosphere. The ...
Space Exploration
Mar 8, 2012
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As cities and towns rebuild after last year's devastating tsunami and earthquake in northeastern Japan, there is a potentially huge demand for the green technology and new information technology now being created in labs ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 8, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An afternoon whirlwind on Mars lofts a twisting column of dust more than half a mile (800 meters) high in an image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance ...
Space Exploration
Mar 8, 2012
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