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James Webb Telescope components pass tests

James Webb Telescope components pass tests

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 17, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

You might think that shaking and freezing a state-of-the-art, meticulously crafted machine is a bad idea. But when it comes to firing telescopes and their instruments into the frigid cold of space, the more ...





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XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

XMM-Newton celebrates decade of discovery

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary. During its decade of operation, this remarkable space observatory has supplied new data for every aspect of astronomy. ...


Researcher unveils new approach to treat lower back pain

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using a branch of science that crosses disciplines to study complex problems, a Michigan State University researcher is introducing a new way to understand and treat lower back pain, a condition affecting more than 40 million ...


Does weak equivalence break down at the quantum level?

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (24) | comments 16

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the givens in physics is the weak equivalence principle. This principle has been considered solid since Einstein proposed that it is not possible to detect the difference between uniform acceleration ...


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Lightning-produced radiation a potential health concern for air travelers

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (9) | comments 7

New information about lightning-emitted X-rays, gamma rays and high-energy electrons during thunderstorms is prompting scientists to raise concerns about the potential for airline passengers and crews to be ...


Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Steering the Ares Rockets on a Straight Path

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Ares I-X rocket stood more than 325 feet tall on the launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. Spectators watched in awe as its massive solid rocket motor blazed to life with a thunderous ...


Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, went on display this week at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.


Aircraft dubbed 'Solar Impulse', HB-SIA prototype, flies for the first time

Pioneering solar-powered plane makes airborne hop

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The prototype of Solar Impulse, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar power, briefly took off for the first time on Thursday but under battery power, the organisers said.


Flight of fancy

Flight of fancy: MIT autonomous mini-helicopter solves one tough challenge

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (13) | comments 2

In its first 18 years, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s annual aerial-robotics competition posed four successive challenges, which robotics researchers had to meet using entirely ...


China is now the world's top producer of the solar power cells

China solar panel makers see boost from Copenhagen

Technology / Energy

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

In Trina Solar's brilliant white factory in eastern China, masked workers in lab coats turn silicon wafers into solar power cells capable of harnessing the sun's clean and limitless energy.


NIST develops experimental validation tool for cell phone forensics

Technology / Software

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Viewers of TV dramas don't focus on the technology behind how a forensics crime team tracks a terrorist or drug ring using cell phone data, but scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology do. NIST researchers ...



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