A 3-D world: New technology allows students to take virtual field trips
(PhysOrg.com) -- The geosciences center may be ordering 3-D glasses by the hundreds, but students wont be watching Avatar.
(PhysOrg.com) -- The geosciences center may be ordering 3-D glasses by the hundreds, but students wont be watching Avatar.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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Internationally renowned geophysicist Dr Wouter Schellart has developed the first dynamic model to explain the mystery of the largest and most fascinating volcano in Europe, Mount Etna.
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Common frog (Rana temporaria) populations across the UK are suffering dramatic population crashes due to infection from the emerging disease Ranavirus, reveals research published in the Zoological Society ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2010
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The polar atmosphere of Venus is thinner than expected. How do we know? Because ESA's Venus Express has actually been there. Instead of looking from orbit, Venus Express has flown through the upper reaches of the planet?s ...
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2010
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The University of Nebraska State Museum's Nebraska Archaeological Survey began archaeological investigations in September at several prehistoric sites at Hugh Butler Lake in Frontier County.
Archaeology
Oct 7, 2010
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It's easy to be a pessimist in a world full of calamities. But for those worried about the continuing availability of natural resources, data from the ocean makes a good case for optimism, says economic geologist Lawrence ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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The Census of Marine Life, a ten-year project to catalog all life in the sea, discovered more than 6,000 new species during its decade of discovery, scientists reported as they unveiled its results at a finale ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 7, 2010
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The European Space Agency (ESA) Rosetta spacecraft beamed back to Earth dramatic close-up images on July 10, 2010, as it flew past the 100-kilometer-sized asteroid (21) Lutetia on its way to a comet rendezvous in 2014. But ...
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2010
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After a rocky start, Chicago's controversial efforts to overhaul its public housing have showed gradual improvement, according to a new report by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Chicago Housing ...
Social Sciences
Oct 7, 2010
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Can adding new layers of technology really fix a problem created by technology?
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 7, 2010
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