News tagged with bombardment
Biggest, Deepest Crater Exposes Hidden, Ancient Moon
(PhysOrg.com) -- Shortly after the Moon formed, an asteroid smacked into its southern hemisphere and gouged out a truly enormous crater, the South Pole-Aitken basin, almost 1,500 miles across and more than ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 04, 2010 |
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New INL project tackles nuclear fuel recycling science
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new research project at Idaho National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory will use an innovative approach to learn how to get more use from nuclear fuel.
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Scientists cool gas by laser bombardment
Three decades ago, American and Finnish scientists came up with a very powerful method for cooling gases by "laser bombardment." Only now were physicists at the University of Bonn able to demonstrate that it actually works. ...
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Asteroid Attack 4 Billion Years Ago May Have Accelerated Life on Earth
(PhysOrg.com) -- The bombardment of Earth nearly 4 billion years ago by asteroids as large as Kansas would not have had the firepower to extinguish potential early life on the planet and may even have given ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 20, 2009 |
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New form of hafnium oxide developed
(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel material developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge is opening up new possibilities for next generation electronic and optoelectronic devices, and paving the way for further ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Pew study: Facebook users get more than they give
(AP) -- The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Facebook is not such a good thing for those with low self-esteem
(Medical Xpress) -- In theory, the social networking website Facebook could be great for people with low self-esteem. Sharing is important for improving friendships. But in practice, people with low self-esteem seem to behave ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 31, 2012 |
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Scientists X-ray key enzyme of common pathogen crystallized in living cells
An international team of scientists has for the first time crystallised a key enzyme of the pathogen for African sleeping sickness in a living cell and investigated it with the world’s strongest X-ray laser. This new ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Astronomers solve mystery of vanishing energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt
UCLA researchers have explained the puzzling disappearing act of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt, using data collected from a fleet of orbiting spacecraft.
Jan 29, 2012 |
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Flights rerouted as massive solar storm slams Earth
Solar radiation from a massive sun storm -- the largest in nearly a decade -- collided with the Earth's atmosphere, prompting an airline to reroute flights and skywatchers to seek out spectacular light displays.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Method that can validate nuclear collision models benefits IAEA
A novel technique for materials research is unexpectedly also contributing to the nuclear safety efforts of the International Atomic Energy Agency. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientist Dr. Weilin ...
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Vesta likely cold and dark enough for ice
(PhysOrg.com) -- Though generally thought to be quite dry, roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold and to receive so little sunlight that water ice could have survived there for ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Curtin geologists make a 'shocking' discovery
Research led by Curtin University geologists has uncovered a wealth of new evidence in the mineral zircon from lunar rock samples recovered during NASA’s Apollo missions, revealing indisputable proof ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 24, 2012 |
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The Northern Lights dance over northern England
(AP) -- The Northern Lights have lit up the skies above Scotland, northern England and northern parts of Ireland after the biggest solar storm in more than six years bombarded Earth with radiation.
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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