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Physicists estimate how fast Usain Bolt could have run
Sep 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By the record books, Jamaican runner Usain Bolt is the fastest human being on earth, and yet no one knows for sure exactly how fast he really is. At the Beijing 2008 Olympics, on Saturday, ...
Station Crew Begins Spacewalk to Retrieve Soyuz Pyro Bolt
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 10, 2008 |
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International Space Station Commander Sergei Volkov and Flight Engineer Oleg Kononenko began a spacewalk at 2:48 p.m. EDT Thursday to inspect and retrieve an explosive bolt from their Soyuz TMA-12. The bolt ...
Answering the Question:'Which Drug Therapy Is Right for Me?'
Oct 24, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- UA pharmacy researchers aim to unravel a mystery: why do genetically similar people react differently to the same drug.
Stuck bolt, dead battery bedevil Hubble repairs
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Spacewalkers' specially designed tools couldn't dislodge a balky bolt interfering with repairs Sunday at the Hubble Space Telescope, so they took an approach more familiar to people puttering around ...
ISS Astronauts Wrap Up Second Spacewalk
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2006 |
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The second STS-115 spacewalk is now in the history books. STS-115 Mission Specialists Dan Burbank and Steve MacLean concluded the spacewalk at 12:16 p.m. EDT after continued efforts to prepare the International ...
All-round safety in car
Mar 06, 2008 |
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A car body that thinks intelligently and protects its occupants at the crucial moment has been every driver’s dream for a long time. Research scientists in an EU project have developed an intelligent side-impact ...
Let there be light: Camera hooked up for Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A pair of spacewalking astronauts overpowered a stubborn bolt and successfully installed a new piano-sized camera in the Hubble Space Telescope on Thursday, the first step to making the observatory ...
New evidence from excavations supports theory of the 'Birth of Zeus'
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 02, 2009 |
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In the third century BCE, the Greek poet Callimachus wrote a 'Hymn to Zeus' asking the ancient, and most powerful, Greek god whether he was born in Arcadia on Mt. Lykaion or in Crete on Mt. Ida.
Storing a Lightning Bolt in Glass for Portable Power
May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Materials researchers at Penn State University have reported the highest known breakdown strength for a bulk glass ever measured. Breakdown strength, along with dielectric constant, determines ...
MIT tether could aid asteroid missions
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 25, 2007 |
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Using a tether system devised by MIT researchers, astronauts could one day stroll across the surface of small asteroids, collecting samples and otherwise exploring these rocks in space without floating away. ...
Station Crew Prepares for Thursday Spacewalk
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 08, 2008 |
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The Expedition 17 crew of the International Space Station worked Tuesday towards completing preparations for a pair of spacewalks. They donned their spacesuits for a dry run and inspected hatch seals.
Electric Ice
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Here's something fun to try in your kitchen: Go to the freezer, open the door and pry loose an ice cube. Next, look around the freezing compartment for some frost—the crystalline fuzz that loves to coat your ...
Space station mating adapter is relocated
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 30, 2007 |
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An International Space Station pressurized docking unit was re-located Thursday to prepare the orbiting laboratory for continued growth.
Uncovering the mechanisms of lightning varieties
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 26, 2008 |
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The mechanism behind different types of lightning may now be understood, thanks to a combination of direct observation and computer modeling reported by a team of researchers from New Mexico Tech and Penn State.
Modern men are wimps, according to new book
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new book claims even modern athletes could not run as fast, jump as high, or have been nearly as strong as our predecessors.
