News tagged with beacons
Signal failure indicates 'rapid' Air France catastrophe: official
Jun 01, 2009 |
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No signal has been heard from distress beacons on a missing Air France plane, indicating it suffered a "very rapid" catastrophe, a top French space agency official told AFP on Monday.
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NASA looks at future astronomy missions
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 18, 2008 |
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The U.S. space agency has selected 19 science teams to conduct year-long studies of new concepts for its next generation of major space observatories.
Galileo to support global search and rescue
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 09, 2007 |
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The detection of emergency beacons will be greatly improved by the introduction of Europe's satellite positioning system, Galileo. The Galileo satellites will carry transponders to relay distress signals to ...
XMM-Newton uncovers a celestial Rosetta stone
Sep 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray telescope has uncovered a celestial Rosetta stone: the first close-up of a white dwarf star, circling a companion star, that could explode into a particular ...
Novel polymer delivers genetic medicine, allows tracking
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Theresa M. Reineke, associate professor of chemistry in the College of Science, and colleagues in her lab at Virginia Tech and at the University of Cincinnati have developed a new molecule that can travel ...
Beaming new light on life: From beetles to aircraft, nanoparticles aid microscope views
Feb 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Utah physicists and chemists developed a new method that uses a mirror of tiny silver "nanoparticles" so microscopes can reveal the internal structure of nearly opaque biological ...
FSU researchers make observing cell functions easier
May 08, 2008 |
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Now that the genome (DNA) of humans and many other organisms have been sequenced, biologists are turning their attention to discovering how the many thousands of structural and control genes -- the “worker ...
Molecular imaging may lead to earlier diagnosis of childhood respiratory virus
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Scientists have used a powerful molecular imaging technique to see inside living cells infected with the most pervasive and potentially fatal childhood respiratory virus known to medicine -- respiratory syncytial ...
Improving Security of Handheld IT Devices
Aug 29, 2005 |
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Handheld devices such as personal digital assistants are becoming indispensable tools for today’s highly mobile workforce. Small and relatively inexpensive, these devices can be used for many functions, including sending ...
New Project To Develop GPS-Like System For Moon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2008 |
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The same Ohio State University researcher who is helping rovers navigate on Mars is leading a new effort to help humans navigate on the moon.
New Bluetooth system orients blind and sighted pedestrians
Sep 18, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Bluetooth system designed primarily for blind people places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass them.
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