News tagged with periscope
World's smallest periscopes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Vanderbilt scientists have invented the world's smallest version of the periscope and are using it to look at cells and other micro-organisms from several sides at once.
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Feb 25, 2009 |
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For water researchers, an atmosphere full of questions
A Gulfstream turboprop sits on the McClellan Airport runway under gray, gloomy skies. Kim Prather has waited two weeks for this day.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 13, 2011 |
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New buoys enable submerged subs to communicate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Communicating with a submerged submarine has always been difficult, and since the submarine has to come up to periscope depth it has also been risky. Now a new buoy developed by Lockheed Martin ...
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Wide Awake in the Sea of Tranquillity
Neil Armstrong was supposed to be asleep. The moonwalking was done. The moon rocks were stowed away. His ship was ready for departure. In just a few hours, the Eagle's ascent module would blast off the Moon, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 15, 2009 |
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NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route
(PhysOrg.com) -- Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 05, 2009 |
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The technology to make 'Speed Racer' cars
The opening of the new “Speed Racer” movie coming out nationally on May 9 has meant weeks of fast-paced fun for 8 juniors in the University of Cincinnati’s internationally recognized School of Design, part of UC’s top-ranked ...
May 01, 2008 |
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Study indicates diabetes medication may help slow plaque build-up in coronary arteries
A comparison of two types of medications to treat type 2 diabetes finds that pioglitazone is more effective at lowering the rate of progression of plaque build-up in the coronary arteries than glimepiride, according to a ...
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Loss of cell's 'antenna' linked to cancer's development
Submarines have periscopes. Insects have antennae. And increasingly, biologists are finding that most normal vertebrate cells have cilia, small hair-like structures that protrude like antennae into the surrounding ...
Jun 28, 2007 |
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Wide Awake on the Sea of Tranquillity
Neil Armstrong was supposed to be asleep. The moonwalking was done. The moon rocks were stowed away. His ship was ready for departure. In just a few hours, the Eagle's ascent module would blast off the Moon, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2006 |
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