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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, ...
Astronauts have trouble with repair work at Hubble
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 15, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Spacewalking astronauts had to install a refurbished pair of gyroscopes in the Hubble Space Telescope on Friday after one of the brand new ones refused to go in.
Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.
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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'
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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
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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.
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