EPFL researchers can now measure a slalom skier's exact time at each gate all the way down the slope. Their system also calculates the skiers' speed and trajectory more accurately than GPS.
Engineering
Feb 27, 2017
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New tracking data confirms that NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft aced its first Deep Space Maneuver (DSM-1) on Dec. 28, 2016. The engine burn sets up the spacecraft for an Earth gravity assist this fall as it continues its two-year ...
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2017
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft continues its so far flawless journey to asteroid Bennu, after successfully completing its first trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-1) on Oct. 7. According to the mission's deputy principal investigator, ...
Space Exploration
Oct 26, 2016
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The engineers and scientists working on NASA's Juno mission have been busying themselves, getting their newly arrived Jupiter orbiter ready for operations around the largest planetary inhabitant in the solar system. Juno ...
Space Exploration
Jul 8, 2016
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Does Jupiter protect us from harm, or cause more objects to change trajectory and head towards Earth?
Space Exploration
Oct 6, 2015
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Europe was set to launch two navigation satellites Friday for its rival to America's GPS, the first additions to the Galileo constellation since a technical mishap misdirected two orbiters last year.
Space Exploration
Mar 27, 2015
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(Phys.org) —Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) are making high-precision measurements of Pluto's location and orbit around the Sun to help NASA's New Horizons spacecraft accurately ...
Space Exploration
Aug 5, 2014
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NFL and college football teams are back in action, and their success often hinges on the accuracy of their field goal kickers. When the field goals are made, kickers are heroes. When they miss, they're goats. But a study ...
Engineering
Sep 10, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Scholars have long known that voters tend to believe that the candidates they support will win, even when victory seems unlikely. But there has been little research about how voter expectations of election outcomes ...
Social Sciences
Apr 30, 2013
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(Phys.org) —You're not done with high school when you go to college, according to a new study of student culture.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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