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SMOS satellite

SMOS ready to ship to launch site

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

ESA's next Earth Explorer, SMOS, has just passed the all-important Flight Acceptance Review, signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year. The satellite ...





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SMOS water mission on track for launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite can take place between July and October this year, ESA, CNES and the prime contractor Thales Alenia Space are now making detailed preparations ...


Company Introduces Novel Nanotechnology for Revolutionizing Imaging Using T-rays

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Yissum Research Development Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem today announced that Professor L.D. Shvartsman and Professor B. Laikhtman, from the Racah Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ...


Alternative breast imaging techniques sort abnormal from normal tissue

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 05, 2007 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Dartmouth physicians and engineers have published a paper with results from a five-year project testing three new imaging techniques to examine breast abnormalities, including cancer. The study finds that the new methods ...


NASA satellite tracking Typhoon Lupit on a march toward the northern Philippines

NASA satellite tracking Typhoon Lupit on a march toward the northern Philippines

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Three instruments on NASA's Aqua satellite captured views of Typhoon Lupit on its western track toward the Philippines and are helping forecasters get an idea of its strength and behavior. Lupit strengthened ...


Warnings up for Philippines as Parma powers up to a super typhoon

Warnings up for Philippines as Parma powers up to a super typhoon

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Warnings have been posted in the extreme northeastern Philippines as Parma has powered up into a Super Typhoon, and its new forecast track takes it over the northeastern tip of the Philippines, and three NASA ...


Modern ceramics help advance technology

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 08, 2008 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (10) | comments 0

Many important electronic devices used by people today would be impossible without the use of ceramics. A new study published in the Journal of the American Ceramic Society illustrates the use of ceramic materials in the ...


Most radiation oncologists utilize advanced medical imaging techniques, study suggests

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

A recent study shows that 95 percent of radiation oncologists use advanced imaging techniques such as positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) ...


Shoe scanner set to make travel safer

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 20, 2008 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An engineer at the University of Manchester has developed a prototype scanner that could be used to detect explosives and weapons hidden in the shoes of travellers.


The Realm of Earthworms: NASA Gets Down to the Nitty-Gritty

The Realm of Earthworms: NASA Gets Down to the Nitty-Gritty

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

When you hear the word "NASA," do visions of rocket ships dance in your head? Well think again. From now on, it's "earthworms."


UCSB physicists move one step closer to quantum computing

UCSB physicists move one step closer to quantum computing

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Physicists at UC Santa Barbara have made an important advance in electrically controlling quantum states of electrons, a step that could help in the development of quantum computing. The work is published ...



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