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Spaceborne precipitation radar ships from Japan to U.S.

(PhysOrg.com) -- Japanese scientists and engineers have completed construction on a new instrument designed to take 3-D measurements of the shapes, sizes and other physical characteristics of both raindrops ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mars-bound NASA rover carries coin for camera checkup

(PhysOrg.com) -- The camera at the end of the robotic arm on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has its own calibration target, a smartphone-size plaque that looks like an eye chart supplemented with color chips ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

NASA's Juno spacecraft refines its path to Jupiter

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's solar-powered Juno spacecraft successfully refined its flight path Wednesday with the mission's first trajectory correction maneuver. The maneuver took place on Feb. 1. It is the first ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Precision time: A matter of atoms, clocks, and statistics

Time is of the essence, especially in communications, navigation, and electric power distribution, which all demand nanosecond precision or better. Keeping these beating hearts of technology in near-perfect global synchronization ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA satellites see cyclone Funso exiting Mozambique Channel

Powerful Cyclone Funso is now beginning to exit the Mozambique Channel, and NASA's Aqua satellite captured a stunning image of the storm that shows the depth and extent of it.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Texas Instrument to close plants in Houston, Japan

(AP) -- Texas Instruments plans to close computer-chip factories in Houston and Japan in a cost-cutting move that will lay off about 1,000 workers.

Technology / Business

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study: One-quarter of high-tech jobs lost from US in decade

More than a quarter of the nation's high-tech manufacturing jobs were lost in the past decade, according to a new government study.

Technology / Business

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

An easier way to remove gallstones

For more than 100 years, the traditional treatment for the painful growths called gallstones has been removal of the gallbladder, or cholecystectomy. But a new device, patented in China, promises to make removing the entire ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NASA sees Tropical Storm Heidi approaching Australia's Pilbara coast

Tropical Storm Heidi is forecast to make landfall today along the Pilbara coast of Western Australia as warnings pepper the coast. NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead early in the day and captured a visible ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA twin spacecraft GRAIL on final approach for moon orbit

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's twin spacecraft to study the moon from crust to core are nearing their New Year's Eve and New Year's Day main-engine burns to place the duo in lunar orbit.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (13) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

Doctors look to treat sick children in virtual worlds

Doctors in a domed laboratory in Canada are designing a virtual world where they hope to one day treat traumatized children with colorful avatars using toy-like medical gadgets.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NORAD and satellite technology help Santa deliver

(PhysOrg.com) -- According to the U.S. Department of Commerce Census Bureau, the world's population is approximately 7 billion (6,979,978,073+) people. Santa Claus has had to adapt over the years to having ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4

Cassini to make a double play

(PhysOrg.com) -- In an action-packed day and a half, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be making its closest swoop over the surface of Saturn's moon Dione and scrutinizing the atmosphere of Titan, Saturn's largest ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Texas Instruments lowers 4Q outlook

(AP) -- Semiconductor maker Texas Instruments Inc. lowered its outlook for its fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, saying demand had weakened for a variety of products that use its chips.

Technology / Business

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SAM I am

The Mars Science Laboratory is on its way to the red planet, and its rover Curiosity should touch down next summer. If the mission hits paydirt and comes across organic material, then one instrument in particular ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Instrumental

An instrumental is a musical composition or recording without lyrics or any other sort of vocal music; all of the music is produced by musical instruments. This term is used when referring to popular music rather than to other musical genres such as European classical music. In commercial music, instrumental tracks are sometimes renditions of a corresponding release that features vocals, but may also be compositions originally conceived without vocals. An instrumental version of a song which otherwise features vocals is also known as a -1 (pronounced minus one).

Instrumentals that have reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 include

Since the release of "Sandstorm", no instrumental has reached the top of the Billboard chart.

For more information about Instrumental, read the full article at Wikipedia.
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