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Measuring snow with a bucket, a windmill, and the sun?
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Apr 22, 2009 |
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In Maine, government scientists have figured out how to measure snowfall in remote areas with a bucket, a small windmill, and the sun - all the while saving money, energy, and, ultimately helping to save lives.
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Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating
Mar 23, 2009 |
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A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of ...
Researchers discover chromium's hidden magnetic talents
Apr 16, 2008 |
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Two Dartmouth researchers have determined that the element chromium displays electrical properties of magnets in surprising ways. This finding can be used in the emerging field of “spintronics,” which might someday contribute ...
The 1930s semi goes green
Apr 22, 2008 |
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Three million of them were built; they stimulated a boom in employment and turned a nation of shop keepers into a nation of home owners. The 1930s semi is an icon of its age but 80 years on it is about to undergo a green ...
Laser-trapping of rare element gets unexpected assist
May 01, 2007 |
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Argonne researchers have successfully laser-cooled and trapped atoms of radium — the first time this rare element has been captured in a magneto-optical trap — with an assist from an unexpected source.
An Intriguing, Glowing Galaxy
May 14, 2009 |
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A supermassive black hole may be responsible for the glowing appearance of galaxy 3C 305, located about 600 million light years away in the constellation Draco. Composite data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory ...
Water heater choice and maintenance can reduce energy costs
Nov 13, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Between 16 and 18 percent of home energy is used to generate hot water, so hot water tank maintenance can pay big dividends on your energy bill.
Squashing Silane into Metal
Jan 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Squeeze it hard enough and hydrogen, the most abundant and lightest element in our Universe, strangely takes on a metallic nature. During this state, as it loses hold of its electrons, hydrogen ...
The mystery of young stars near black holes solved
Aug 22, 2008 |
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The mystery of how young stars can form within the deep gravity of black holes has been solved by a team of astrophysicists at the Universities of St Andrews and Edinburgh.
Crystals on meteorite hold a key to understanding building blocks of planets
Aug 03, 2007 |
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A University of Toronto-led study has uncovered tiny zircon crystals in a meteorite originating from Vesta (a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter), shedding light on the formation of planetesimals, small astronomical ...
Scientists succeed in cooling solid material with laser
Jul 26, 2006 |
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A team of researchers at the University of the Basque Country have experimentally demonstrated something that other scientists have been trying to achieve for decades: the cooling of erbium-doped materials with laser light.
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