Frontpage » 07/29/2005 »

Archive: 07/29/2005

Detecting the Traces of Mystery Matter

Using high-speed collisions between gold atoms, scientists think they have re-created one of the most mysterious forms of matter in the universe -- quark-gluon plasma. This form of matter was present during ...

Physics /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Hubble pinpoints red supergiant that exploded

A series of lucky breaks has allowed two University of California, Berkeley, astronomers to track down the identity of a distant star that lit up the majestic Whirlpool Galaxy a month ago.

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Geologically produced antineutrinos provide a new window into the Earth's interior

In Jules Verne's nineteenth century classic Journey to the Centre of the Earth, an Edinburgh professor and colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct volcano to the Earth's core. Ah, fantasy! Here's reality: For ...

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Object found orbiting Sun

Astronomers have found a large object in the solar system's outer reaches, orbiting the sun, the BBC reported Friday.

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists give boost to climate change predictions

Researchers from MIT, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and several other government and academic institutions have created four new supercomputer simulations that for the first time combine mathematical computer models ...

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Spitzer Finds Life Components in Young Universe

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has found the ingredients for life all the way back to a time when the universe was a mere youngster.

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russian Titanium

The situation regarding titanium is paradoxical. On the one hand, titanium is found in abundance in the natural environment: in terms of natural occurrence in the earth's crust, the element is the third among all metals, ...

Physics /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cassini confirms a dynamic atmosphere at Saturn’s moon Enceladus

The latest close flyby of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft confirms that the moon has a significant, extended and dynamic atmosphere. The flyby, which took place on 14th July 2005, was ...

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How Do We See What We See

We look at a Gothic cathedral in a different way than we gaze at a standard apartment block, and when we scrutinize paintings, our gaze slides along differently than when we look at a datasheet with numerals to be memorized. ...

Other Sciences /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Better, cheaper security method is propose

Microscopic "fingerprints" formed by surface imperfections on nearly all documents and plastic cards might be used as a cheaper method to combat fraud.

Technology /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Discovery debris may have struck wing

NASA scientists say a small piece of insulating foam that came off space shuttle Discovery during its Tuesday launch may have struck the orbiter's wing.

Space & Earth /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electron pulse crushes aluminum cylinder

U.S. scientists in Nevada this week crushed an aluminum cylinder the size of a tuna can using electrons from the 650-ton Atlas pulsed power generator.

Physics /

created Jul 29, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


  • Pages: 1