Blu-ray/ DVD combo ROM disc prototype

Blu-ray/ DVD Combo ROM Disc Technology, Enabling 33.5GB Storage Capacity

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity 3 / 5 (28) | comments 0

Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. (JVC) is pleased to announce that it has developed the world's first Blu-ray/ DVD combo ROM disc technology, which enables storage of video content in both high definition and stan ...


Positions of asteroid 2004 MN4 relative to Earth on April 13, 2029

400-Meter Asteroid May Hit Earth on 13 April, 2029

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A recently rediscovered 400-meter Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) is predicted to pass near the Earth on 13 April 2029. The flyby distance is uncertain and an Earth impact cannot yet be ruled out. The odds of impact, ...


Mars Science Laboratory rover using ChemCam to analyze a rock

Los Alamos wizardry to aid new Mars science laboratory

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Having analyzed Mars from afar via orbiting satellite, Los Alamos National Laboratory instruments will next be on their way to get out and play in the Martian dirt. Two of the eight instruments aboard NASA's ...


Tiny Holes Offer Giant Glimpse into Future

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Miniscule holes in a single molecule detector being developed at the University of Arkansas may hold the key to enormous advancements in the medical and biological sciences. Jiali Li, an assistant professor of physics, rec ...


Opera 8 to Include Speech Commands

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Opera Software Thursday released the beta version of its next browser for the Windows platform. Opera is breaking ground once again with a range of new usability tools, including Fit-to-Window-Width, Fit-to-Paper-Width, improved ...


Encircled in purple stratospheric haze, Titan appears as a softly glowing sphere in this colorized image taken one day after Cas

Huygens probe ready to detach from Cassini mother craft

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created Dec 24, 2004 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

After a seven-year and 3.2 billion km journey from Earth to Saturn, ESA’s Huygens probe, travelling on board NASA’s Cassini mother craft and powered through an umbilical cable, is now ready to separate and continue its j ...


Cassini Huygens

Update: Huygens Probe Set to Detach From Cassini Orbiter Tonight

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The highlights of the first year of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn can be broken into two chapters: first, the arrival of the Cassini orbiter at Saturn in June, and second, the release of the Huygens pr ...


Are Advancements Robust Enough to Deliver on Hydrogen's Immense Potential?

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The need for 'green' power and fuel efficiency is motivating the energy community to investigate hydrogen as a compelling alternative fuel. While hydrogen continues to pose significant challenges in terms of commercial produc ...


Progress M50 Docks ISS

Progress Cargo Spacecraft On Its Way to ISS

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An unpiloted Russian cargo ship got a head start on Santa, lifting off Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with 2.5 tons of supplies, equipment and Christmas gifts for Commander Leroy Chiao and ...



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