The blanket of sea ice that floats on the Arctic Ocean appears to have reached its lowest extent for 2011, the second lowest recorded since satellites began measuring it in 1979, according to the University of Colorado Boulder's ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2011
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The 2012 fiscal year appropriation bill, marked up today by the Senate, allows for continued funding of the James Webb Space Telescope and support up to a launch in 2018! Yes, it looks like this bird is going to fly.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2011
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NPL scientists have achieved a significant breakthrough in the metrology of organic photovoltaics – a solar power technology. The research demonstrated a new type of atomic force microscopy that can 'see' down into a ...
Nanophysics
Sep 15, 2011
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A brilliant light seen darting across the Southwest night sky was most likely a piece of asteroid that entered Earth's atmosphere, a NASA scientist said Thursday.
Space Exploration
Sep 15, 2011
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Today’s computers, which are based on classical mechanics, process information coded in long streams of 1s and 0s.
Quantum Physics
Sep 15, 2011
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Researchers have developed two new components that could help Europe meet some of its most pressing communication challenges in optical amplifier research.
Optics & Photonics
Sep 15, 2011
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A study published in the October issue of the Journal of Labor Economics suggests an unexpected consequence of the housing bust: lower college attendance.
Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2011
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Private financing is leading a boom in documentaries -- as evidenced by the record number screened at the 36th Toronto International Film Festival, wrapping up on Sunday.
Internet
Sep 15, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Although cold and gaseous rather than a desert world, the newfound planet Kepler-16b is still the closest astronomers have come to discovering Luke Skywalker's home world of Tatooine. Like Tatooine, Kepler-16b ...
Astronomy
Sep 15, 2011
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Scientists have speculated for some time that the Earth's carbon cycle extends deep into the planet's interior, but until now there has been no direct evidence. The mantle–Earth's thickest layer –is largely inaccessible. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 15, 2011
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