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Highest GigaPan Panoramas Taken On Earth's Surface
Sep 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- On May 20, 2009, former NASA astronaut and Ames employee Scott Parazynski became the first person to have been to space and to climb to the summit of Mount Everest. On his way to the summit ...
NASA Heads up Mt. Everest
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Steve "Ark" Vander Ark takes a deep breath at the foot of the stairs in a lonely, dusky stairwell, then turns and heads up ten long flights of steps - for the eighth time. He'll repeat this ritual thrice more, ...
'Super Sherpa' climbs to clean up Everest
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Apa Sherpa has stood on top of the world more times than anyone in history, and now he is heading back up Mount Everest, not for the fame or glory, but in the name of environmental protection.
Mountaineers measure lowest human blood oxygen levels on record
Jan 07, 2009 |
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The lowest ever levels of oxygen in humans have been reported in climbers on an expedition led by UCL (University College London) doctors. The world-first measurements of blood oxygen levels in climbers near the top of Mount ...
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Global warming reaches Mount Everest
Mar 05, 2007 |
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A French-led study has determined global warming has affected the ice cap on Mount Everest in the heart of the Himalayas.
Italy plans monitor high on Everest
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 04, 2006 |
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Italy plans to set up an atmospheric monitoring station on Mount Everest on the Nepal-China border, more than 24,000 feet above sea level.
Russians look for safer route to Everest
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Mar 26, 2007 |
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Five Russian climbers left Kathmandu, Nepal Monday with the goal of finding a less treacherous approach to Mount Everest.
Research team explores causes of death on Mount Everest
Dec 10, 2008 |
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An international research team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has conducted the first detailed analysis of deaths during expeditions to the summit of Mt. Everest. They found that most deaths occur ...
Older climbers face uphill battle on Mount Everest
Aug 15, 2007 |
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In this era of not surrendering to age, some claim that 60 is the new 40. But new research shows that 60 year olds cannot keep up with 40 year olds on Mount Everest and suffer a sharply higher chance of dying ...
Italy creates eco-station on Mount Everest
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Italy has built a laboratory on top of Mount Everest to better analyze the Earth's atmosphere.
Catheter repair of mitral valve improves heart size, symptoms
Apr 01, 2008 |
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A catheter-mounted device that acts like a clothespin to clip together the flaps of a leaky heart valve is not only reducing the abnormal backflow of blood from the left ventricle to the left atrium, it is helping to shrink ...
Study offers less complex, minimally invasive procedure to treat heart valve leak
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Cardiac experts at Rush University Medical Center are studying a new, minimally invasive procedure to treat leaky heart valves. Instead of open heart surgery, patients will undergo a less complex catheter-based procedure ...
Spirit's 'Everest' Panorama
Nov 08, 2005 |
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If a human with perfect vision donned a spacesuit and stepped onto the martian surface, the view would be as clear as this sweeping panorama taken by NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit.
High-altitude climbing causes subtle loss of brain cells and motor function
Oct 16, 2008 |
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A study of professional mountain climbers has shown that high-altitude exposure can cause subtle white and grey matter changes to the area of the brain involved in motor activity, according to the October issue of the European Jo ...
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