Newly released images from ESA's Mars Express show Nili Fossae, a system of deep fractures around the giant Isidis impact basin. Some of these incisions into the martian crust are up to 500 m deep and probably formed at the ...
Space Exploration
May 6, 2011
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In northern Ghana, that nation’s poorest and most rural region, most families get their drinking water from rivers or large, shallow ponds. The water in these bodies, which are also used by livestock, is clouded with ...
Engineering
May 6, 2011
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Dr. William Yim had the opportunity to collaborate with Toshiaki Iitaka from Riken Advanced Science Institute and Prof John Tse from Canada’s University of Saskatchewan last year. The team of researchers discovered the ...
Materials Science
May 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An international team of astronomers including German scientists has succeeded in recording the most sensitive observations to date of pulsars at low frequency. The measurement was undertaken with the European ...
Astronomy
May 6, 2011
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The short version of human history might go something like this: First we were prey, then we were hunter-gatherers, then farmers — and from that came civilization.
Other
May 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA Administrator Charles Bolden visited NASA's Jupiter-bound Juno spacecraft on Thursday, May 5, 2011, at the Astrotech payload processing facility in Titusville, Fla. The solar-powered Juno spacecraft ...
Space Exploration
May 6, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- They’re socially engaged and represent the next generation. But young people aren’t necessarily leading guardians of the environment, a University of Alberta study shows.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2011
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Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
Space Exploration
May 6, 2011
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The capacity of media to profoundly shape society is the focus of study by University of Cincinnati scholar Eric Jenkins. He will present an examination of the impact of Disney animation at an upcoming conference.
Social Sciences
May 6, 2011
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(AP) -- Live Nation Entertainment Inc.'s losses narrowed in the first three months of the year as the concert promoter boosted sales of concert tickets through price cuts.
Business
May 6, 2011
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