While changing the rotation rate/axis of a thrown baseball has long been a weapon in a pitcher's arsenal, some pitchers, like Washington Nationals star Stephen Strasburg, manipulate the baseball's wake to create unexpected ...
General Physics
Nov 24, 2019
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In the pantheon of unconventional superconductors, iron selenide is a rock star. But new experiments by U.S., Chinese and European physicists have found the material's magnetic persona to be unexpectedly mundane.
Condensed Matter
May 20, 2019
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Two geoscientists at Arizona State University have made a discovery among hot springs in Chile that may spur scientists to revisit a location on Mars explored several years ago by NASA's Spirit rover. The discovery involves ...
Space Exploration
Nov 17, 2016
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has been ...
Space Exploration
Mar 18, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming ...
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2009
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Baseball games will soon arrive on virtual-reality headsets.
Internet
May 22, 2017
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A satellite designed to produce high-resolution images of Earth from space has been launched from a military base on California's Central Coast.
Space Exploration
Aug 13, 2014
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In advance of Major League Baseball's opening day on Thursday, new research from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business suggests that the risk of fans being hit by a foul ball or errant bat at games has increased ...
Social Sciences
Mar 27, 2018
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