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Perfect sight: Rosetta cameras track asteroid target
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 18, 2008 |
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(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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Rosetta starts tracking asteroid Steins
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 04, 2008 |
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(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
Feb 12, 2009 |
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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
Nov 11, 2008 |
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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.
Nanoscopic probes can track down and attack cancer cells
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Mar 16, 2009 |
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A researcher has developed probes that can help pinpoint the location of tumors and might one day be able to directly attack cancer cells.
Pushing light beyond its known limits
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of Adelaide have made a breakthrough that could change the world's thinking on what light is capable of.
Counterfeit euros are detected with an optical mouse
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The sensor of some optical mice can be used to easily and cheaply detect counterfeit euros, according to a study published by Spanish researchers of the University of Lleida (UdL) in the scientific journal ...
ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 05, 2009 |
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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.
CMS tracking detector successfully installed
Dec 18, 2007 |
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Installation of the world’s largest silicon tracking detector was today successfully completed at CERN. In the early hours of Thursday 13 December the CMS Silicon Strip Tracking Detector began its journey ...
Station Prepares For New Spacecraft, Monitors Debris
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2009 |
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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 ...
Invisibility visualized: German team unveils new software for rendering cloaked objects
Nov 13, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists and curiosity seekers who want to know what a partially or completely cloaked object would look like in real life can now get their wish -- virtually. A team of researchers at the ...
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