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James Webb Telescope components pass tests
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 17, 2008 |
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You might think that shaking and freezing a state-of-the-art, meticulously crafted machine is a bad idea. But when it comes to firing telescopes and their instruments into the frigid cold of space, the more ...
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Signal failure indicates 'rapid' Air France catastrophe: official
Jun 01, 2009 |
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No signal has been heard from distress beacons on a missing Air France plane, indicating it suffered a "very rapid" catastrophe, a top French space agency official told AFP on Monday.
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Concern Resolved
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 27, 2007 |
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Diagnostic tests and months of stable, successful operation have resolved concerns raised early this year about long-term prospects for the powerful telescopic camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
New research sheds light on freak wave hot spots
Aug 05, 2009 |
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Stories of ships mysteriously sent to watery graves by sudden, giant waves have long puzzled scientists and sailors. New research by San Francisco State professor Tim Janssen suggests that changes in water depth and currents, ...
Research pinpoints conditions favorable for freak waves
Aug 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Stories of ships mysteriously sent to watery graves by sudden, giant waves have long puzzled scientists and sailors. New research by Assistant Professor of Geosciences Tim Janssen suggests ...
All done with mirrors: Microscope tracks nanoparticles in 3-D
Mar 10, 2008 |
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A clever new microscope design allows nanotechnology researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to track the motions of nanoparticles in solution as they dart around in three ...
Study examines relationship between bone density and erosion in arthritis
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, affects almost three percent of people over age 65. RA patients experience pain, functional limitations and two forms of disabling bone disease: focal ...
Stretchable silicon camera next step to artificial retina
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- By combining stretchable optoelectronics and biologically inspired design, scientists have created a remarkable imaging device, with a layout based on the human eye.
Overcoming the limits of resolution
Jun 12, 2007 |
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This year's Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics will be awarded to the Göttingen-based researcher Stefan Hell for his revolutionary discovery that resolutions far below the diffraction limit can be achieved in a fluorescence ...
What's the clonality status and allelotype of focal nodular hyperplasia?
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Focal nodular hyperplasia (FNH) is a lesion found in an otherwise normal liver, and is considered to be parenchyma overgrowth responsive to increased blood flow secondary to vascular malformations. While its clinical outcomes ...
Stay focused: Researchers sharpen photographs by capturing multiple low-quality images
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- For photographers, it's sometimes difficult to keep both the foreground and background of an image in focus. Focusing somewhere between the two can ensure that neither is blurry; but neither ...
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