Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade
More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.
Business
Jan 18, 2012
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NASA to test new atomic clock
When people think of space technologies, many think of solar panels, propulsion systems and guidance systems. One important piece of technology in spaceflight is an accurate timing device.
Space Exploration
Oct 17, 2011
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Expanded VLA flexing new scientific muscle
A new and uniquely powerful tool for cutting-edge science is emerging on the crisp, high desert of western New Mexico. Outwardly, it looks much the same as the famed Very Large Array (VLA), a radio telescope that has spent ...
Astronomy
May 24, 2011
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Chemistry researchers receive patent for new scientific measurement instrument
Two Baylor University chemistry professors have invented a new polarimeter, a basic scientific instrument used to measure and interpret the polarization of transverse waves, such as light waves, that could prove useful in ...
Analytical Chemistry
May 10, 2011
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Relics from Scott's doomed Antarctic trip fetch 500,000 dlrs
Photographs, skis and other relics belonging to a scientist on Captain Scott's ill-fated Antarctic trip sold for 370,000 pounds (579,000 dollars, 434,000 euros), Christie's auctioneers said Thursday.
Earth Sciences
Sep 23, 2010
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Relics from Scott's doomed Antarctic trip on sale
The skis and scientific instruments of a physicist who accompanied Captain Scott on his ill-fated trip to the Antarctic will be sold in London next month, Christie's auctioneers said Wednesday.
Earth Sciences
Aug 25, 2010
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Particle physics used to mitigate natural disasters
Talk of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s single biggest scientific instrument, has mostly focused on the search for the mysterious Higgs Boson, the as yet undetected particle that scientists hope will reveal ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 16, 2010
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Exploring Beneath Antarctic Ice
The NASA-funded ENDURANCE project has completed its second field season robotically exploring the waters of an ice-covered lake in Antarctica. Insight gained by the expedition will help scientists prepare for a future mission ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 13, 2010
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LCLS: The World's Largest Laser Writer?
(PhysOrg.com) -- While not the smallest lettering ever created, the tiny initials "LCLS" have been written with what may be the world's most potent pen. Etched into boron carbide, a super-hard substance used in accelerator ...
General Physics
Oct 20, 2009
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Complex repairs face weary Hubble spacewalkers
(AP) -- Astronauts are getting ready for what could be the most complex spacewalking of their mission to upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space Exploration
May 16, 2009
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