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Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Giant Rockets Could Revolutionize Astronomy

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 2

In the game of astronomy, size matters. To get crisp, clear images of things billions of light years away, a telescope needs to be big.





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Pigs learn to understand mirrors

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of domesticated pigs has found that with just a little experimentation they can find food based only on a reflection in a mirror.


Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon

Liquid Mirror Telescopes on the Moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 09, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (86) | comments 14

A team of internationally renowned astronomers and opticians may have found a way to make "unbelievably large" telescopes on the Moon.


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Solar Roadways Awarded DOT Contract to Pave Roads with Solar Cells

Technology / Energy

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (52) | comments 68

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a first step toward turning highways into energy-generating solar panels, the Sagle, Idaho-based startup Solar Roadways has recently received a $100,000 grant from the US Department of ...


Solar power coming to a store near you (AP)

Solar power coming to a store near you

Technology / Energy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (31) | comments 28

(AP) -- Solar technology is going where it has never gone before: onto the shelves at retail stores where do-it-yourselfers can now plunk a panel into a shopping cart and bring it home to install.


Molecules wrestle for supremacy in creation of superstructures

Molecules wrestle for supremacy in creation of superstructures

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Liverpool has found how mirror-image molecules gain control over each other and dictate the physical state of superstructures.


Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...


Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels (AP)

Sharp shows plant making 10th generation panels

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Huge sheets of glass are guided by robotic arms, sliding and turning in a towering germ-free plant, the world's first making giant "10th generation" panels for flat screen TVs.


Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Epson's new 4K panel for 3LCD projectors

Technology / Hi Tech

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Seiko Epson Corporation has announced the world's first 4K panel for 3LCD (liquid crystal display) projectors. The panel will enable the projectors to produce a bright image of 4096 x 2160 ...


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Cheaper Solar Power's Time Has Come

Technology / Energy

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (22) | comments 18

(PhysOrg.com) -- Solar power manufacturers in the US are cutting prices to shift their stock, the government is chipping in with tax credits, and innovative leasing or financing arrangements spreading payments ...


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Philips presents OLED-based interactive lighting concepts

Technology / Hi Tech

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 4

Royal Philips Electronics today premiered the world’s first OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diodes) -based interactive lighting concepts, created for both consumer as well as professional use, during the Euroluce ...



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