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Scientists Control Plasma Bullets

Scientists Control Plasma Bullets

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 16 feature

(PhysOrg.com) -- On the nanoscale, things aren’t always what they seem. What first looked like a continuous plasma jet has turned out to be a train of tiny, high-velocity plasma bullets. Using a camera with ...





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Enceladus

Scientists find signs of liquid water in Saturn's moon

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 08, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (21) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists working on the Cassini mission to Saturn have found evidence of liquid water on the planet's icy moon Enceladus, suggesting the possibility of life below its surface.


Texas entrepreneur hopes to turn mesquite into power

Technology / Energy

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 1

Randy Hill lives amid the fossil fuels of America, a place where natural gas and crude oil made millionaires and the landscape is dotted with pump jacks. But Hill, who lives outside Abilene in West Texas, is spending much ...


Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission

Solar Dynamics Observatory: The 'Variable Sun' Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (17) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

For some years now, an unorthodox idea has been gaining favor among astronomers. It contradicts old teachings and unsettles thoughtful observers, especially climatologists.


First journey for Alphabus

First journey for Alphabus spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The service module of the new Alphabus generation of telecommunication satellites has completed its first journey ? from Cannes to Toulouse, in France. The three-day trip was completed ...


Record-breaking collisions

Record-breaking LHC collisions offer first glimpse of physics at new energy frontier

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 05, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (39) | comments 30 | with audio podcast

(PhysOrg.com) -- In December, the Large Hadron Collider, the world?s largest particle accelerator, shattered the world record for highest energy particle collisions.


CU-Boulder instrument package to study space weather set for NASA launch Feb. 9

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A $32 million University of Colorado at Boulder instrument package set for launch Feb. 9 by NASA should help scientists better understand the violent effects of the sun on near-Earth space weather that can affect satellites, ...


Researchers identify regulator of human sperm cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 04, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

UCSF researchers have identified an elusive molecular regulator that controls the ability of human sperm to reach and fertilize the egg, a finding that has implications on both treating male infertility and preventing pregnancy.


Nano for the senses

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Pin-sharp projections, light that's whiter than white, varnishes that make sounds if the temperature changes: at nano tech 2010 in Tokyo, Fraunhofer researchers present nanotechnology that is a veritable feast for the senses.


To be or to become: That's the question for advertisers

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

If you won a million dollars today, what would you do? Say "sayonara" to your boss and head to Bora Bora, or invest your newfound wealth in a long-term T-bill?


Biomarker could help doctors tailor treatment for rheumatoid arthritis

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigators have identified a biomarker that could help doctors select patients with rheumatoid arthritis who will benefit from therapy with drugs such as Enbrel, a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-antagonist drug. The study, ...



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