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The British government has shut a unit which has investigated UFO sightings for more than 50 years, judging its resources better spent on more earthly threats, it said Friday. http://www.physorg.com/news179150831.html Other Sciences Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:14:00 EST news179150831 A recent AFOSR-funded technology should enable the Air Force to achieve advances in object and target detection technology by using sophisticated algebraic theories called groups, rings and fields. http://www.physorg.com/news178952532.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:20:02 EST news178952532 If you've ever gotten the dreaded "network busy" message while trying to make a cell phone call, you've experienced the complication of sharing a single network with numerous other users. http://www.physorg.com/news177692830.html Technology Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:08:04 EST news177692830 (PhysOrg.com) -- Standard laser devices are fast enough for measuring the size of a room, but they need to be faster for outdoor mobile applications. Researchers have brought these scanners up to speed -- they can measure ten times faster than usual scanners. http://www.physorg.com/news176623864.html Technology Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:50:03 EST news176623864 A team from the University of Miami, University of El Paso and University of Rochester have employed Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) images compiled over a decade to study volcanic activity in the African Rift. The study, published in the November issue of Geology, studies the section of the rift in Kenya. http://www.physorg.com/news176568453.html Space & Earth Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:20:01 EST news176568453 Launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., aboard an United Launch Alliance Atlas V launch vehicle, Oct. 18, 2009, the Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager (SSULI) developed by NRL's Space Science Division and Spacecraft Engineering Department offers a first of its kind technique for remote sensing of the ionosphere and thermosphere from space. http://www.physorg.com/news176470609.html Space & Earth Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:50:01 EST news176470609 Using satellite radar data and GPS measurements, Chinese researchers have explained the exceptional geological events leading to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake that killed nearly 90 000 people in China's Sichuan Province. http://www.physorg.com/news174821357.html Space & Earth Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:20:02 EST news174821357 (PhysOrg.com) -- Two color-coded perspective views of the Independent State of Samoa (left) and American Samoa (right), generated with digital elevation data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, illustrate the varying topography of the islands. http://www.physorg.com/news173705412.html Space & Earth Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:42:30 EST news173705412 Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have received a grant for $792,000 from the U.S. Air Force to create a new laboratory for developing and testing next-generation radar systems that overcome one of the key limitations of conventional radars. http://www.physorg.com/news173534378.html Technology Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:30:01 EST news173534378 (PhysOrg.com) -- New, three-dimensional imaging of Martian north-polar ice layers by a radar instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is consistent with theoretical models of Martian climate swings during the past few million years. http://www.physorg.com/news172858451.html Space & Earth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:03 EST news172858451 NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over the center of Super Typhoon Choi-Wan at 2:34 EDT on September 17, 2009 and captured heavy rainfall around the storm's center. http://www.physorg.com/news172424246.html Space & Earth Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:40:01 EST news172424246 Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, according to researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This increase seems to reflect the increase in size and frequency among large hurricanes that make landfall from the Gulf of Mexico. The findings can be found in Geophysical Research Letters online and in print in a future issue. http://www.physorg.com/news171623905.html Space & Earth Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:19:17 EST news171623905 Airline travelers are used to being instructed to turn off computers and cell phones during takeoffs and landings as a precaution against interfering with the plane`s navigational equipment, but outside sources of high-energy interference can be even more dangerous. Recent tests by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology will provide much needed, independent data on how electromagnetic radiation penetrates aircraft, helping to ensure continued air travel safety. http://www.physorg.com/news170516375.html Technology Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:50:01 EST news170516375 Tropical Depression Ana is currently drenching Puerto Rico, and tropical storm watches are posted for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Ana continues westward. Both the Aqua and GOES satellites have captured Ana on her westward track in the Atlantic. http://www.physorg.com/news169744826.html Space & Earth Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:50:01 EST news169744826 Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday. http://www.physorg.com/news169718228.html Other Sciences Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:57:53 EST news169718228 (PhysOrg.com) -- Radar imaging at NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar on June 12 and 14, 2009, revealed that near-Earth asteroid 1994 CC is a triple system. Asteroid 1994 CC encountered Earth within 2.52 million kilometers (1.56 million miles) on June 10. http://www.physorg.com/news168801668.html Space & Earth Thu, 06 Aug 2009 19:00:01 EST news168801668 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study published this week takes scientists a step further in their quest to understand how Antarctica's vast glaciers will contribute to future sea-level rise. Reporting in the journal Nature Geoscience, scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and University of Durham describe how a new 3-d map created from radar measurements reveals features in the landscape beneath a vast river of ice, ten times wider than the Rhine, in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet. http://www.physorg.com/news167315664.html Space & Earth Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:50:02 EST news167315664 Entrepreneurs at ESA`s Business Incubation centre in the Netherlands have used radar technology from the agency`s Envisat remote-sensing satellite to develop a compact, high-resolution radar that can monitor land and buildings from small aircraft. http://www.physorg.com/news167052877.html Space & Earth Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:37:47 EST news167052877 (PhysOrg.com) -- Large numbers of bats are killed by colliding with turbine blades or by experiencing sudden depressurisation immediately adjacent to the blade. http://www.physorg.com/news166978013.html Biology Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:47:36 EST news166978013 Carlos became a hurricane for about 24 hours over the previous weekend, then powered down to a tropical storm and now atmospheric conditions have enabled him to power back into a hurricane in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. http://www.physorg.com/news166786962.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:00:01 EST news166786962 Airports have grappled with the issue of sharing the sky with members of the avian family for decades. Most recently, US Airways Flight 1549 was forced to make a water landing in the Hudson River off of New York City in January after coming into contact with a flock of geese shortly after takeoff. Recently, Logan International Airport in Boston has been testing a new radar system designed to prevent such collisions. http://www.physorg.com/news166773266.html Technology Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:55:38 EST news166773266 (PhysOrg.com) -- Venus Express has charted the first map of Venus's southern hemisphere at infrared wavelengths. The new map hints that our neighbouring world may once have been more Earth-like, with both, a plate tectonics system and an ocean of water. http://www.physorg.com/news166772454.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:41:28 EST news166772454 Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car. http://www.physorg.com/news166552331.html Technology Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:32:49 EST news166552331 China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults in China to understand better the seismic cycle and how faults behave. http://www.physorg.com/news166096488.html Space & Earth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:55:20 EST news166096488 (PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA's Terra spacecraft. http://www.physorg.com/news165592970.html Space & Earth Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:20:01 EST news165592970 (PhysOrg.com) -- Are wind turbines dangerous to billions of migrating birds? http://www.physorg.com/news165079344.html Biology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:22:55 EST news165079344 Video gaming computers and video game consoles available today typically contain a graphics processing unit (GPU), which is very efficient at manipulating and displaying computer graphics. However, the unit's highly parallel structure also makes it more efficient than a general-purpose central processing unit for a range of complex calculations important to defense applications. http://www.physorg.com/news165059236.html Technology Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:48:07 EST news165059236 Global warming will likely mean more unpredictable weather, scientists say, and a new study by researchers at the University of Georgia pins down, possibly for the first time, how drought conditions in an area's fall and winter may effect tornado activity the following spring. http://www.physorg.com/news165048049.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:41:34 EST news165048049 Satellite observation of cloud temperatures may be able to accurately predict severe thunderstorms up to 45 minutes earlier than relying on traditional radar alone, say researchers at UW-Madison's Space Science and Engineering Center. http://www.physorg.com/news164383275.html Space & Earth Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:40:06 EST news164383275 (AP) -- Get lost in the woods and a cell phone in your pocket can help camping buddies find you. Drive into a ditch and GPS in your car lets emergency crews pinpoint the crash site. But when a transcontinental flight is above the middle of the ocean, no one on the ground can see exactly where it is - in the air, or worse, in the water. http://www.physorg.com/news163313926.html Technology Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:14:38 EST news163313926