Professor probes secrets of Russian meteor's shock wave
Sometimes opportunity just falls out of the sky – especially if you're Physics and Astronomy professor Peter Brown.
Space Exploration
Jul 5, 2013
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Interest in carshare apps surges after BART strike
Just before hundreds of Bay Area Rapid Transit workers went on strike, the online ridesharing network Avego (ah-VAY'-goh) bought a new Web address: bartstrike.com.
Software
Jul 3, 2013
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High nitrogen dioxide levels from Arizona's Yarnell Hill Fire
This June 29, 2013 image from the OMI, or Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA's Aura satellite shows nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels in Arizona pertaining to three large fires. The highest levels of NO2, which is produced ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 2, 2013
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NASA image: Silver Fire, New Mexico
The Silver Fire in southern New Mexico continues to generate a lot of smoke, as seen recently on imagery from NASA's Terra satellite.
Earth Sciences
Jul 1, 2013
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Image: Fourmile and Silver Fires in Arizona and New Mexico
The Fourmile fire located 20 miles northeast of Morenci, Arizona is basically a grass fire. Currently it is over 5000 acres in size and is not contained at all. Because of the hot, dry conditions, the potential for growth ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2013
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Amazon workers in Germany stage strike
(AP)—Amazon's German workers are staging a short-term strike in a push for higher wages.
Business
May 27, 2013
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Russian researchers find more evidence to support notion that lightning is caused by cosmic rays
(Phys.org) —Russian physicists Alex Gurevich and Anatoly Karashtin claim, in a paper published in the journal Physical Review Letters, they have found more evidence to support their idea that lightning is caused by cosmic ...
NASA image: Fires in eastern Russia
Even as the snow begins to retreat in the eastern part of Russia, fires are being set to clear the land for planting. This Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) image from the Aqua satellite was captured on ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2013
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90 million laser shots bring wind satellite back on track
(Phys.org) —Developing new ways of monitoring Earth is always demanding, but ESA's Aeolus mission has faced some particularly difficult technical challenges. However, with the success of intense high-energy tests on its ...
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2013
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Image: Fires in Central America
On April 11, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Mexico and Central America, and acquired this true-color image of dozens of fires burning across the region.
Earth Sciences
Apr 12, 2013
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