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QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June

QUIET team to deploy new gravity-wave probe in June

Physics / General Physics

created May 15, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 7

A tiny fraction of a second following the big bang, the universe allegedly experienced the most inflationary period it has ever known.


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Cosmologists aim to observe first moments of universe

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 4

During the next decade, a delicate measurement of primordial light could reveal convincing evidence for the popular cosmic inflation theory, which proposes that a random, microscopic density fluctuation in ...


Gravity waves could hold key to supersymmetry

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 05, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (59) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- "In Geneva," Anupam Mazumdar tells PhysOrg.com, "there is a big effort to discover supersymmetry particles at the Large Hadron Collider. But that is not the only way to find these particles. We should also b ...





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Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth (AP)

Space shuttle Atlantis, 7 astronauts back on Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created 10 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven astronauts returned to Earth with a smooth touchdown Friday to end an 11-day flight that resupplied the International Space Station.


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Cellphone powers back pain chip in Taiwan

Technology / Engineering

created 14 hours ago | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taiwanese researchers have developed a chip to treat backpain that is powered by mobile phone, a member of the team said Friday.


Monster Waves on the Sun are Real

Monster Waves on the Sun are Real (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 2

Sometimes you really can believe your eyes. That's what NASA's STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft are telling researchers about a controversial phenomenon on the sun known as the "solar ...


Image: Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings

Image: Prometheus Plays Tug of War with One of Saturn's Rings

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The diminutive moon Prometheus whips gossamer ice particles out of Saturn's F ring in this image taken by the Cassini spacecraft on Aug. 21, 2009.


Aqua satellite sees Tropical Storm Bongani approaching Mozambique Channel

Aqua satellite sees Tropical Storm Bongani approaching Mozambique Channel

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Cyclone Bongani today and provided some important data that have helped forecasters figure out where the storm is headed, and helped them see that it has changed course.


NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 Super typhoon

NASA's Aqua satellite sees Nida explode into a category 5 Super typhoon

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Typhoon Nida is in a favorable environment that has enabled it to intensify faster and stronger than previously forecast, and has now exploded into a Super typhoon. NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Nida and ...


Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Imagine the Earth's crust as the planet's skin: Some areas are old and wrinkled while others have a fresher, more youthful sheen, as if they had been regularly lathered with lotion.


Auditory illusion: How our brains can fill in the gaps to create continuous sound

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

It is relatively common for listeners to "hear" sounds that are not really there. In fact, it is the brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds that allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. ...


CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu (AP)

CDC warns: Holiday could bring more swine flu

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table - and at crowded airports and shopping ...


ET: Check your voicemail

ET: Check your voicemail

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Alien beings on faraway planets may not have noticed, but it’s been 35 years since human beings made the first deliberate effort to send them a message.



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