NASA's iPad app beams science straight to users
NASA satellites beam data from space; now the Agency is beaming it straight to your iPad.
Software
Jul 27, 2011
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Happy 40th anniversary, Apollo 15!
This month is the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 15 launch. This mission was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the fourth to the Moon. The Apollo 15 mission is important because it was another step in manned ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2011
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It's dim up north
The farther that human populations live from the equator, the bigger their brains, according to a new study by Oxford University. But it turns out that this is not because they are smarter, but because they need bigger vision ...
Evolution
Jul 27, 2011
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Connecting the dots on aerosol details
Predicting future climate change hangs on understanding aerosols, considered the fine details in the atmosphere. Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the National Center for Atmospheric Research used a ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2011
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New X-ray camera will reveal big secrets about how chemistry works
Designed to record bursts of images at an unprecedented speed of 4.5 million frames per second, an innovative X-ray camera being built with STFC's world-class engineering expertise will help a major new research facility ...
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2011
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SpaceX pushes for mission to space station on next flight
NASA and SpaceX have “technically” agreed to allow the Dragon capsule to dock with the International Space Station this fall, according to SpaceX’s Twitter feed. The Dragon capsule is currently – and tentatively ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2011
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NASA sees dramatic temperatures around Tropical Depression 11W
Tropical Depression 11W appears as a huge and very cold area of clouds on infrared imagery from NASA. Infrared imagery basically provides temperature data of factors such as clouds and sea surface and there's quite a contrast ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2011
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NASA sees Tropical Storm Nock-ten knocking the Philippines
Tropical Storm Nock-ten, formerly tropical depression 10W continues raining on the Philippines, and a NASA satellite image shows the extent of the storm's clouds.
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2011
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30-Year-Old 3-D movie made from viking data gets new life
Back in 1979, scientists at Stanford University created a 3-D movie from images sent back by the Viking landers on Mars. It was rather novel in that, while 3-D movies had been around since the 1950′s — mostly for ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 27, 2011
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Calves clock-in for monitored mealtimes
Electronic ear tags are being used to provide an early warning system that will help farmers identify sick animals within a herd.
Other
Jul 27, 2011
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