Do you inspect the appearance of a wine before swirling it around the glass (holding the stem, naturally)? Inhale deeply while describing the flamboyant nature of your Shiraz? Do you do that slurpy thing that some love but ...
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Sep 1, 2014
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NASA scientists are conducting an airborne survey of earthquake fault displacements in the Napa Valley area of Northern California using a sophisticated radar system developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —An increasing frequency of computer resets on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has prompted the rover team to make plans to reformat the rover's flash memory.
Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Summer's heat and humidity bring us to the controls for the air conditioning unit long before we receive a government alert to monitor our use of electricity. While we may lower the thermostat setting or switch ...
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2014
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The cloud forests of the Andes Mountains are not migrating fast enough in the face of global warming, according to FIU researchers.
Environment
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The coupling of molecular building blocks nearly as easy as "snapping" them together can be realized by means of the "click chemistry" tool kit. American scientists have now introduced another achievement for ...
Materials Science
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Massive stars end their lives with a bang, exploding as supernovas and releasing massive amounts of energy and matter. What remains of the star is a small and extremely dense remnant: a neutron star or a black ...
Astronomy
Sep 1, 2014
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About 50 years ago, electron microscopy revealed the presence of tiny blob-like structures that form inside cells, move around and disappear. But scientists still don't know what they do—even though these shifting cloud-like ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 1, 2014
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Bats emit ultrasound pulses and measure the echoes reflected from their surroundings. They have an extremely flexible internal navigation system that enables them to do this. A study published in Nature Communications shows ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 1, 2014
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(Phys.org) —It's been a strong week for physics. One team showed that theoretically, superabsorption could be demonstrated using quantum engineering techniques—real world materials that take advantage of it could include ...
