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Engineering students score a slam dunk (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When a 240-pound forward slam dunks a basketball, some fans probably wonder how much force is being generated into the goal. Students at Clemson University now can answer that question with ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1




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Opportunity rover finds mineral vein deposited by water

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Don’t deep-fry yourself or your home with a turkey fryer

Aficionados agree that deep-frying a turkey is the best way to prepare the most flavorful and moist version of the traditional centerpiece of the Thanksgiving meal.  Serafino Alfe was deep-frying turkeys for an annual ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Robotic bug gets wings, sheds light on evolution of flight (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A six-legged, 25 gram robot has been fitted with flapping wings in order to gain an insight into the evolution of early birds and insects.

Electronics / Robotics

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Satellite landed, exact site not yet known: NASA

A decommissioned NASA satellite, the biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years, has crash-landed but the precise location is not yet known, the US space agency said early Saturday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 9

NASA satellite to crash into Earth Friday

A six-ton satellite hurtled toward Earth on Friday, and NASA admitted it had little idea where the biggest piece of US space junk in 30 years will crash into the planet.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA refines satellite crash course, a bit

NASA on Thursday refined the crash course of a six-ton defunct satellite, saying it is likely to miss North America, though its exact landing spot remains unknown.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (7) | comments 5

3 die of rare brain infection from amoeba in water

(AP) -- Two children and a young man have died this summer from a brain-eating amoeba that lives in water, health officials say.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM raises guidance, beats Street estimates

IBM Corp. raised its income guidance for the year on Monday as earnings in the latest quarter increased 8 percent because of growth in all three of its major product categories.

Technology / Business

created Jul 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Doc's arthritis struggle shows illness' severity

(AP) -- Dr. Sue Zieman can almost set her watch by her disease: Twice a day, she gets a fever and the already arthritic joints in her arms and hands, legs and feet abruptly, painfully swell even more. During ...

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created Jun 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AT&T's T-Mobile buy faces congressional scrutiny

US lawmakers grilled AT&T on Wednesday over its proposed $39 billion acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA, questioning whether the mega-merger would harm competition in the fast-growing wireless industry.

Technology / Telecom

created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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