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Stellar Interlopers Caught Speeding Through Space

Hubble Finds Stars That 'Go Ballistic'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even some stars go ballistic, racing through interstellar space like bullets and tearing through clouds of gas.


Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image

Rivers of Gas Flow Around Stars in New Space Image

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 08, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of dusty material.





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Cluster spacecraft makes a shocking discovery

Cluster spacecraft makes a shocking discovery

Physics / General Physics

created May 14, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (118) | comments 0

ESA's Cluster was in the right place and time to make a shocking discovery. The four spacecraft encountered a shock wave that kept breaking and reforming – predicted only in theory.


Looping genes may hold a key to understanding breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 09, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Another piece of the puzzle that is breast cancer has been found by University of Queensland researchers.


Cutting-edge weapons result of prehistoric experimentation

Cutting-edge weapons result of prehistoric experimentation

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 10, 2008 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2

In today's fast-paced, technologically advanced world, people often take the innovation of new technology for granted without giving much thought to the trial-and-error experimentation that makes technology ...


Multimedia system provides new view of musical performance

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Musicians can now use 3D computer analysis to radically improve their technique, thanks to the latest research in multimedia technology from the University of Leeds.


Froghopper

Like an arrow: Jumping insects use archery techniques

Biology /

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Froghoppers, also known as spittlebugs, are the champion insect jumpers, capable of reaching heights of 700 mm - more than 100 times their own body length. Research published today in the open access journal ...


Cluster makes an effervescent discovery

Physicists make an effervescent discovery

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (30) | comments 0

Space is fizzing. Above our heads, where the Earth’s magnetic field meets the constant stream of gas from the Sun, thousands of bubbles of superheated gas are constantly growing and popping. Their discovery ...


Largest study to date finds benefits of ICDs in children

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created May 01, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

More and more children with congenital heart disease are receiving implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) to maintain proper heart rhythm. ICDs were first introduced for adults in the 1980s, but little is known about ...


Student invents the Hyperbow

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 08, 2006 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (8) | comments 0

A U.S. graduate student has invented an electronic system to measure minute changes in the position, acceleration and strain of a violin bow.


NIST, industry produce improved shock tests

Technology / Other

created Apr 13, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extensive National Institute of Standards and Technology work with industry, government, professional societies and standards developing organizations contributed to the release recently of an international standard for characterizing ...


Electric shocks can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional ...



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