News tagged with opportunity
Learning-based tourism an opportunity for industry expansion
New research suggests that major growth in the travel, leisure and tourism industry in the coming century may be possible as more people begin to define recreation as a learning and educational opportunity ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Durable NASA rover beginning ninth year of Mars work
(PhysOrg.com) -- Eight years after landing on Mars for what was planned as a three-month mission, NASA's enduring Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is working on what essentially became a new mission five ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012 |
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College cuts odds for marriage among disadvantaged
(PhysOrg.com) -- For those with few social advantages, college is a prime pathway to financial stability, but it also unexpectedly lowers their odds of ever marrying, according to an analysis by Cornell sociologist Kelly ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 25, 2012 |
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'Greeley Haven' is winter workplace for Mars rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity will spend the next several months at a site informally named "Greeley Haven." The name is a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley (1939-2011), ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Mobile app to help Indian women fight sex assault
A smartphone app launched Wednesday in the Indian capital Delhi aims to fight a rise in sexual assault cases by enabling women to immediately alert friends or family if they feel at risk.
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Artichokes grow big in Texas
Loaded with antioxidants and phytochemicals, the artichoke is becoming more popular as consumer interest in specialty products swells. And while 90% of the artichokes grown in the United States come from California, ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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NASA presents software of the year award
(PhysOrg.com) -- Autonomous Exploration for Gathering Increased Science (AEGIS), novel autonomy software that has been operating on the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity since December 2009, is NASA's 2011 ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Opportunity rover finds mineral vein deposited by water
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found bright veins of a mineral, apparently gypsum, deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help improve understanding of the history of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 08, 2011 |
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NASA rover prepares for 5th winter on Mars
NASA's lone surviving Mars rover has been busy exploring its surroundings since it rolled up to its latest crater destination four months ago. Now the solar-powered, six-wheel Opportunity is in search of ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Dec 07, 2011 |
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Report provides new analysis of carbon accounting, biomass use, and climate benefits
A recent report provides new ideas regarding carbon and energy benefits forests and forest products provide. The report, Managing Forests Because Carbon Matters: Integrating Energy, Products, and Land Management ...
Nov 09, 2011 |
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Adobe to cut 750 jobs, trims 4Q profit outlook
(AP) -- Software maker Adobe says it is laying off 750 workers to better align the company around what it calls digital media and marketing opportunities.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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FCC unveils rules for rural broadband fund
Federal regulators have unveiled a plan for overhauling the $8 billion fund that subsidizes phone service in rural areas and for the poor. It redirects the money toward broadband expansion.
Oct 27, 2011 |
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South Tel Aviv school is a model for language intervention
Bialik-Rogozin, a school in South Tel Aviv with an underprivileged student body hailing from 48 different countries, is the subject of the 2011 Oscar-winning documentary short Strangers No More. But before the cameras rolled, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2011 |
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Launch of EU's Galileo system set for Friday
The launch of the first two satellites for the European Union's Galileo navigation system was postponed until Friday - adding at least one more day to years of waiting for a program promoted as the main rival ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 20, 2011 |
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Video documents three-year trek on Mars by NASA rover
(PhysOrg.com) -- While NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity was traveling from Victoria crater to Endeavour crater, between September 2008 and August 2011, the rover team took an end-of-drive image on ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Opportunity
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