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Collision
hideA collision is an isolated event in which two or more moving bodies (colliding bodies) exert relatively strong forces on each other for a relatively short time.
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News tagged with collision
LHC now colder than deep space
Oct 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The LHC (Large Hadron Collider) is once again colder than deep space as it is prepared for experiments to resume in late November.
Large Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive propulsion
Oct 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive, a possible future form of spacecraft propulsion that could drive spacecraft ...
Cars may one day mimic fish to avoid collisions
Oct 01, 2009 |
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Engineers in Japan say they are a step closer to developing technology they hope will cut the risk of car crashes -- by mimicking the behaviour of fish.
Spacecraft Could Save Earth from Asteroids
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- British space engineers working for a space company in Stevenage in England, have designed a "gravity tractor" spacecraft to deflect any asteroids threatening to collide with Earth. The announcement ...
Older drivers unaware of risks from medications and driving
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 11, 2009 |
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Most older drivers are unaware of the potential impact on driving performance associated with taking medications, according to new research from the Center for Injury Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). ...
LHC to run at 3.5 TeV for early part of 2009-2010 run rising later
Aug 06, 2009 |
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CERN 's Large Hadron Collider will initially run at an energy of 3.5 TeV per beam when it starts up in November this year. This news comes after all tests on the machine's high-current electrical connections ...
Crashing comets not likely the cause of Earth's mass extinctions: new research
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have debated how many mass extinction events in Earth's history were triggered by a space body crashing into the planet's surface. Most agree that an asteroid collision 65 million ...
Jade sheds light on Guatemala's geologic history
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2009 |
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The shifting of tectonic plates in Central America has been poorly understood -- until now. New research on jade found along fault lines in Guatemala is helping geologists piece the puzzle of the past 130 million years.
Space junk raises risks for Hubble repair mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis is now in a rough orbital neighborhood - a place littered with thousands of pieces of space junk zipping around the Earth at nearly 20,000 mph. There are more pieces of shattered ...
Scientists develop method for verifying safety of computer-controlled devices
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science have developed a new method for systematically identifying bugs in aircraft collision avoidance systems, high-speed train controls and other complex, ...
Galaxy Cores to Crash in a Few Million Years
Mar 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope offers a rare view of an imminent collision between the cores of two merging galaxies, each powered by a black hole with millions of times the ...
Expert: Satellite collision shows need for more regulation of 'space debris'
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Last week's collision between U.S. and Russian space satellites has prompted questions over who is at fault while highlighting the need for stronger international regulation of space debris, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln ...
New car tech: Not just crash protection, but prevention
Jan 28, 2009 |
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A car that can brake itself to avoid a fender-bender during the morning commute might seem far into the future. Except it goes on sale in March. That's when City Safety, a low-speed collision-avoidance technology becomes ...
First particles observed in Large Hadron Collider
Aug 26, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Glasgow scientists, working at CERN, have observed the first particles in the Large Hadron Collider during preliminary tests ahead of the switch-on next month.
