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Killer pulses help characterize special surfaces
Jul 29, 2008 |
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Detecting deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills, and hidden explosives in baggage is becoming easier and more efficient with a measurement technique called surface-enhanced Raman scattering. To further improve ...
Worlds oceans warmest on record this summer
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The world's in hot water. Sea-surface temperatures worldwide have been the hottest on record over the last three months, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Wednesday.
Cassini Pinpoints Hot Sources of Jets on Enceladus
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 10, 2007 |
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A recent analysis of images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft provides conclusive evidence that the jets of fine, icy particles spraying from Saturn's moon Enceladus originate from the hottest spots on the moon's ...
World's hottest chile pepper discovered
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Oct 26, 2007 |
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Researchers at New Mexico State University recently discovered the world’s hottest chile pepper.
Scientists Develop First Chip-Scale Thermoelectric Cooler
Feb 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As computer chips become more powerful, they also become hotter. Nearly all the power that flows into a chip comes out of it as waste heat, and that heat hurts the performance of the chip. ...
Hottest Stars in Delicate Embrace by Spiral Arms
Dec 16, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists at the Royal Observatory of Belgium (ROB) announced today that the hottest and most massive stars are wrapped in spiraling waves of hot gas. These winding waves, which ...
The hottest white dwarf in its class
Dec 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of German and American astronomers present far-ultraviolet observations of white dwarf KPD 0005+5106 and reveal that it is among the hottest stars ever known with a temperature of 200 ...
Chandra Lifts the Veil on Milky Way 'Hotspot'
Jan 23, 2008 |
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NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is helping to demystify Westerlund 2, a young star cluster with an estimated age of about one- or two-million years. Heavily obscured by dust and gas, Westerlund 2 has been ...
Cassini Prepares to Swoop by Saturn's Geyser-Spewing Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 07, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fractures, or "tiger stripes," where icy jets erupt on Saturn's moon Enceladus will be the target of a close flyby by the Cassini spacecraft on Monday, Aug. 11.
Newly discovered star one of hottest in Galaxy (w/ Video)
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at The University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics have discovered one of the hottest stars in the Galaxy with a surface temperature of around 200,000 degrees ...
2005 may end as the hottest year on record
Oct 13, 2005 |
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U.S. climatologists at Columbia University in New York say international climate data indicate 2005 may become the hottest year on record.
Students discover unique planet
Dec 04, 2008 |
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The students were testing a method of investigating the light fluctuations of thousands of stars in the OGLE database in an automated way. The brightness of one of the stars was found to decrease for two hours ...
Computer Science Professor’s Breakthrough Maps the Cool Quest
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 20, 2008 |
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Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows people ...
Flash developers in demand
Jan 14, 2009 |
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Steve Cucinotta's job lets him work with state-of-the-art software, create the latest Facebook applications and collaborate with equally cutting-edge co-workers. And if that's not enough, consider this: His office has a Foosball ...
U.K. scientists say 2005 hottest ever
Dec 16, 2005 |
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British scientists have calculated 2005 was the warmest year on record in the Northern Hemisphere, at least since records began being kept in the 1860s.
