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Mars Exploration Rover

Mars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behavior

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation ...





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Team Continues Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots and Amnesia Events

Team Continues Analyzing Spirit Computer Reboots and Amnesia Events

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- After three days of completing Earth-commanded activities without incident last week, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit had a bout of temporary amnesia Friday, April 17, and rebooted its ...


Patients will face delays in getting diagnostic scans due to severe shortage of imaging agents

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 06, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A global shortage of medical isotopes* used in over 80% of routine diagnostic nuclear imaging procedures such as heart imaging, bone scans and some cancer detection procedures, will cause delays and cancellations to diagnostic ...


Weak bladders deter many young women from sports participation

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created Sep 25, 2008 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A weak bladder is putting many young women off participating in sport, or prompting them to give it up altogether, suggests research published ahead of print in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.


Spirit Resumes Driving

Spirit Resumes Driving

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit resumed driving Saturday after engineers gained confidence from diagnostic activities earlier in the week evaluating how well the rover senses its orientation.


Spirit Completes Fourth Mile On Mars

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created Feb 14, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Spirit is healthy and continues to make progress toward "Home Plate" after driving more than 150 meters (492 feet), taking images, making atmospheric observations, and analyzing geology.


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fMRI scans used in murder trial sentencing

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 15

(PhysOrg.com) -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans have been used, possibly for the first time, in the sentencing phase of a murder trial in Chicago in the US.


No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Spirit Mars Rover: No Wheel Stall in Diagnostic Drive

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- On Sol 2095 (Tuesday, Nov. 24), Spirit performed a set of diagnostic actions related to a stall of the right-rear wheel on the previous drive, three days earlier.


 Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel

Further Tests Designed for Rover's Right-Rear Wheel

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A series of diagnostic tests on Spirit's right-rear wheel on sols 2104 and 2105 (Dec. 3 and 4) investigated stalls that occurred on Sol 2099 (Nov. 28) and earlier. The rover team cannot draw ...


Difficulties with daily activities associated with progression to dementia

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Among individuals with mild cognitive impairment, often considered a transitional state between normal cognitive function and Alzheimer's dementia, those who have more difficulties performing routine activities appear more ...


Astronaut Conducts Protein Crystal Experiment on Space Station

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created Feb 01, 2006 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Expedition 12 Commander and NASA Science Officer Bill McArthur activated the Protein Crystal Growth Monitoring by Digital Holographic Microscope for the International Space Station, or PromISS-4 experiment on Jan. 19. It ...



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