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Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

Robot Armada Might Scale New Worlds

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- An armada of robots may one day fly above the mountain tops of Saturn's moon Titan, cross its vast dunes and sail in its liquid lakes.


MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

MIT Student Takes Pictures from Space on Less Than $150 (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- When we think of taking pictures of the earth from space, we assume that a great deal of money has to be spent on high-tech equipment and complex vehicles to get the camera up there. But, ...


Mount Sinai first in nation to ablate atrial fibrillation using new visually-guided balloon catheter

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicians at The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York became the first in the U.S. to ablate atrial fibrillation using a visually-guided laser balloon catheter. The procedure was performed September 15 by Vivek Y. Reddy, ...


Immediate intervention for patients with ACS not always more beneficial

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For some patients with acute coronary syndromes, the strategy of immediate intervention at a medical center does not appear to result in differences in outcomes in comparison with an intervention performed the next working ...


Genetic variation associated with poorer response, cardiovascular outcomes with use of clopidogrel

Medicine & Health / Research

created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with a certain genetic variation who received the antiplatelet drug clopidogrel had a decreased platelet response to treatment and among those who had percutaneous coronary intervention (procedures such as balloon ...


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Tropical zone expanding due to climate change: study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (15) | comments 2

Climate change is rapidly expanding the size of the world's tropical zone, threatening to bring disease and drought to heavily populated areas, an Australian study has found.


Swiss scientist-adventurer and pilot Bertrand Piccard gestures as he unveils the 'Solar Impulse' airplane

Swiss team unveil pioneering solar plane

Technology / Energy

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (42) | comments 21

Round-the-world balloooning pioneer Bertrand Piccard unveiled his solar-powered aircraft in Switzerland on Friday, ready for another trend-setting circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun.


Giant balloon flying high over Atlantic to catch cosmic rays

Giant balloon flying high over Atlantic to catch cosmic rays

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Delaware researchers in Sweden have launched a giant balloon taller than a football field that is now flying at the edge of space to collect data on cosmic rays -- the most super-charged ...


Students Launch Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space

Students Launch Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by freshmen aerospace engineering students from the University of California, San Diego. The cockroaches ...


New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

New Balloon Successfully Flight-Tested Over Antarctica

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA and the National Science Foundation have successfully launched and demonstrated a newly designed super pressure balloon prototype that may enable a new era of high-altitude scientific ...


Helium Balloon in Paris Displays Air Pollution Levels

Helium Balloon in Paris Displays Air Pollution Levels

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (24) | comments 4

People in Paris won't have to look far to see the city's air pollution levels. A giant tethered helium balloon will display real-time reports of atmospheric pollution using an innovative lighting system, which ...