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Scientists discover new explanation for controversial old patient-care technique

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You might not know what it's called, but if you've had general anesthesia before surgery, especially after an accident, it is likely you have received Sellick's maneuver. That's when fingers are pressed against a patient's ...


Free Spirit: Next Step: Combinations of Basic Moves

Free Spirit: Next Step: Combinations of Basic Moves

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

As the Mars rover team uses testing at JPL to evaluate possible ways to drive Spirit out of loose soil on Mars, the team is finishing tests of individual "building block" maneuvers and is about to begin stringing ...


Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves

Rover Tests Evaluating Crabwalk Moves

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

On firm ground, NASA's Mars Exploration Rovers can make crablike moves by turning all four steerable wheels to the same side angle, then rotating the wheels either forward or backward.


Chinese space debris passes shuttle uneventfully: NASA

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A small piece of debris from China's 2007 anti-satellite test passed by the space shuttle Atlantis, but not close enough to require an evasive maneuver, NASA said Wednesday.


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Flying car takes wing: MIT alums' invention makes its first test flights (w/Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 11

(PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype of what is being touted as the world's first practical flying car took to the air for the first time this month, a milestone in a project started four years ago by students in ...