Hacker pleads guilty to huge theft of card numbers
(AP) -- A computer hacker could spend more than 15 years in prison now that he has pleaded guilty to some of the largest thefts of credit card numbers.
Internet
Sep 11, 2009
0
92
11/09/2009
New physics theory prize names first recipient
Pioneering theorist and Nobel laureate Philip W. Anderson has been named the first recipient of the Richard E. Prange Prize and Lectureship in Condensed Matter Theory and Related Areas. Anderson will receive a $10,000 honorarium ...
General Physics
Sep 11, 2009
0
105
Google's search box gets bigger
Google just got bigger. Not the company, but the search box on its home page, that is.
Internet
Sep 11, 2009
4
227
Bad weather further stalls shuttle landing
(AP) -- Bad weather in Florida has stalled space shuttle Discovery's landing once more.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
0
88
Extinct New Zealand eagle may have eaten humans
(AP) -- Sophisticated computer scans of fossils have helped solve a mystery over the nature of a giant, ancient raptor known as the Haast's eagle which became extinct about 500 years ago, researchers said Friday.
Archaeology
Sep 11, 2009
3
1190
First complete image created of Himalayan fault, subduction zone
An international team of researchers has created the most complete seismic image of the Earth's crust and upper mantle beneath the rugged Himalaya Mountains, in the process discovering some unusual geologic features that ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2009
1
267
Electronic Nose to Return from Space Station (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sniffing out any potential contaminants on the International Space Station where it was stationed for the last six months, the JPL-built electronic nose, or ENose, is homeward bound.
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
0
102
Going With the Flow: Using Star Power to Better Understand Fusion
(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego researchers are using “star” power to help ignite the field of fusion, which is being looked at as a future reliable green energy source. Under a new $5.8 million five-year grant from the U.S. ...
Plasma Physics
Sep 11, 2009
4
388
Carbon copying the 'Stradivarius' sound
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's every violinmaker's dream to produce an instrument to rival the sound of a Stradivarius but now researchers at The University of Nottingham are trying to do just that… using acoustic physics and carbon ...
Materials Science
Sep 11, 2009
4
252
Students To Participate In NASA's Lunar Field Test Activities
(PhysOrg.com) -- To prepare for human exploration of the moon and other destinations in our solar system, NASA is conducting a field test of rovers and equipment at an Earthly site in the Arizona desert. Hundreds of students ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2009
0
122
