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History in 3D

History in 3D

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating ...


Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe

Astronomers explore 'last blank space' on map of the Universe

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 68

(PhysOrg.com) -- The most distant object ever discovered is described in this week's edition of the science journal Nature. Two international teams of astronomers report their observations of a gamma-ray burst ...


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British hacker gets more time to fight US extradition

Technology / Other

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Saturday given more time to fight his extradition to the United States, officials and lawyers said.


Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects

Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist strolling down a street in a strange city ...


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Setback for British 'hacker' in US extradition fight

Technology / Internet

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA space agency computers was on Friday refused permission to appeal to the new Supreme Court in London against his extradition to the United States.


With stimulus aid, scientists hope to mimic nature's dynamos

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the cosmos, all celestial objects - planets, stars, galaxies and clusters of galaxies - have magnetic fields. On Earth, the magnetic field of our home planet is most easily observed in a compass where ...


e-Infrastructures give real boost to virtual observatories

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New tools and systems developed by European researchers are helping astronomers access data centres from anywhere in the world. From charting new stars to finding new meaning in old stellar objects, the result ...


High-School Student Discovers Strange Astronomical Object

High-School Student Discovers Strange Astronomical Object

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (20) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A West Virginia high-school student analyzing data from a giant radio telescope has discovered a new astronomical object -- a strange type of neutron star called a rotating radio transient.


Researchers explain the activity of black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters

Researchers explain the activity of black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (15) | comments 27

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the University of Bonn have clarified the connection between black holes at the centre of galaxy clusters and surrounding gas, which serves them as "food". The scientists have ...


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Spacecraft Could Save Earth from Asteroids

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (17) | comments 38

(PhysOrg.com) -- British space engineers working for a space company in Stevenage in England, have designed a "gravity tractor" spacecraft to deflect any asteroids threatening to collide with Earth. The announcement ...


It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images

It's semantic -- easier solution to annotate and search images

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Innovative software developed in Europe that makes it easier to organise, search and navigate collections of digital images will soon be available to media agencies, photographers and, potentially, ...


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Report: NASA can't keep up with killer asteroids

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 9

(AP) -- NASA is charged with seeking out nearly all the asteroids that threaten Earth but doesn't have the money to do the job, a federal report says.


Tweeting Shooting Stars

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Amateur astronomers across the UK are preparing to tweet the world’s first mass participation meteor star party, as part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 (IYA2009). Led by Newbury Astronomical Society, the Twitter ...


Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch

Jupiter, solar system's 'big bully,' takes a punch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers have been turning the world's most powerful telescopes toward Jupiter, the solar system's largest planet, ever since Australian amateur astronomer Anthony Wesley discovered a new ...


Researcher Discovers Method to Fully Process Encrypted Data Without Knowing its Content

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jun 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- An IBM Researcher has solved a thorny mathematical problem that has confounded scientists since the invention of public-key encryption several decades ago. The breakthrough, called "privacy homomorphism," ...