SpaceX rocket launch aborted at last second
(AP) -- A multimillionaire's rocket came within seconds of launching before the test flight was aborted at Cape Canaveral.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2010
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Introducing the good food guide for cockroaches
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever wondered how cockroaches seem to know the best place to grab a meal? New research at Queen Mary, University of London suggests that, just like humans, they share their local knowledge of the best food ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 4, 2010
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Bok Globules
(PhysOrg.com) -- Bok globules are small interstellar clouds of very cold gas and dust that are so thick they are nearly totally opaque to visible light, although they can be studied with infrared and radio techniques. They ...
Astronomy
Jun 4, 2010
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Highlight: Polarization-modulated rectification at ferroelectric surfaces
A combined electrostatic force and conductive atomic force microscopy study on single-crystalline ferroelectric HoMnO3 recently was published by users from Rutgers University and Chung-Ang University in South Korea, working ...
Nanophysics
Jun 4, 2010
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Drilling into the unknown -- the first exploration of a sub-glacial Antarctic lake is a major step closer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have located the ideal drill site for the first ever exploration of an Antarctic sub-glacial lake, a development that it likely to facilitate a revolution in climate-change research and which may ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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Earth from Space: A smoke-free Iceland
(PhysOrg.com) -- This Envisat image features a smoke-free Iceland. Although the island has received a lot of attention in the past months for its volcanic activity, it is also home to numerous glaciers, lakes, lava and hot ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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Could life survive on Mars? Yes, microbiologist says
Researchers at McGill's department of natural resources, the National Research Council of Canada, the University of Toronto and the SETI Institute have discovered that methane-eating bacteria survive in a highly unique spring ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 4, 2010
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NASA satellites see monster Cyclone Phet slamming northeastern Oman today
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Aqua satellites are keeping a close eye on Cyclone Phet, a monster cyclone in the Arabian Sea, now affecting coastal Oman. Cyclone Phet's winds and heavy rains reached Oman's ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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Renault Tanger announces eco-friendly factory
The Renault factory at Tangiers in Morocco will reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by 98 percent and become the first car factory in the world to use renewable energy, a Moroccan minister said Friday.
Energy & Green Tech
Jun 4, 2010
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Agronomist: Monitor winter wheat crop for freeze damage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Winter wheat producers should carefully monitor their crops over the next week to assess possible damage from late frosts.
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Jun 4, 2010
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