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Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target

Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 18, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- On 14 August, Rosetta conducted a successful trajectory correction manoeuvre using data obtained from the Agency's first-ever optical tracking of an asteroid target, (2867) Steins. Images ...





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Asteroid (2867) Steins

Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 04, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Heading toward its first target-asteroid, (2867) Steins, ESA's Rosetta spacecraft has started using its cameras to visually track the asteroid and eventually determine its orbit with more ...


Improved sensor technology could someday keep tabs on terrorists by remote control

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists at Rochester Institute of Technology are designing a new kind of optical sensor to fly in unmanned air vehicles, or surveillance drones, tracking suspects on foot or traveling in vehicles identified as a threat.


Luminescence shines new light on proteins

Chemistry /

created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A chance discovery by a team of scientists using optical probes means that changes in cells in the human body could now be seen in a completely different light.


Making monster waves

Making monster waves

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Rogue waves -- giant waves that spring up suddenly and tower over the seas around them—have inspired physicists to look for an analogue in light. These high-intensity pulses can cross large distances without ...


Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Mar 16, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.


Tailoring the optical dipole force for use on molecules

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Scientists have been working with dipole fields for quite some time," Peter Barker tells PhysOrg.com. "However, most of the work is focused on very small particles, like atoms, or on larger particles, such a ...


Watching me, watching you

Watching me, watching you

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Software that tracks shoppers' eye movements as they browse supermarket shelves may seem a bit Big Brother, but the latest technology in 'eye-tracking', which monitors what grabs a person's ...


Pushing light beyond its known limits

Pushing light beyond its known limits

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (17) | comments 6

Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of.


Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.


Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The station crew prepared Friday for the arrival of the Russian Mini-Research Module 2 (MRM2) which is scheduled for launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on Nov. 10. The MRM2 will arrive at the ...



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