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Study Puts Solar Spin on Asteroids, their Moons & Earth Impacts
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 09, 2008 |
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Asteroids with moons, which scientists call binary asteroids, are common in the solar system. A longstanding question has been how the majority of such moons are formed. In this week's issue of the journal ...
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Scientists discover ground-breaking material: Graphane
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Manchester have produced a ground-breaking new material, graphane, which has been derived from graphene.
One-of-a-kind meteorite unveiled
Apr 22, 2006 |
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The depths of space are much closer to home following the University of Alberta's acquisition of a meteorite that is the only one of its kind known to exist on Earth! What makes it so rare? The meteorite is 'pristine' – that ...
Gullies and Flow Features on Crater Wall
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a sample of the variety and complexity of processes that may occur ...
Carbon Nanotubes heralded as ideal candidates for next generation Nanoelectronics
Jul 14, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Widely regarded as the wonder material of the 21st century, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the intramolecular junctions that connect CNTs for integration have been hailed as the ideal candidates for the next ...
Nanoparticle technique could lead to improved semiconductors
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 06, 2007 |
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Devices made from plastic semiconductors, like solar cells and light-emitting diodes (LEDs), could be improved based on information gained using a new nanoparticle technique developed at The University of Texas at Austin.
Cassini finds mingling moons may share a dark past
Feb 19, 2008 |
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Despite the incredible diversity of Saturn’s icy moons, theirs is a story of great interaction. Some are pock-marked, some seemingly dirty, others pristine, one spongy, one two-faced, some still spewing with ...
New DNA sensors could identify cancer using graphene
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Kansas State University engineers think the possibilities are deep for a very thin material.
Meteorites discovered to carry interstellar carbon
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 04, 2006 |
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Like an interplanetary spaceship carrying passengers, meteorites have long been suspected of ferrying relatively young ingredients of life to our planet.
Floating pile of rubble a pristine record of solar system's history
Jun 01, 2006 |
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A small, near-Earth asteroid named Itokawa is just a pile of floating rubble, probably created from the breakup of an ancient planet, according to a University of Michigan researcher was part of the Japanese ...
Huge telescope opens in Spain's Canary Islands
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- One of the world's most powerful telescopes opened its shutters for the first time Friday to begin exploring faint light from distant parts of the universe. The Gran Telescopio Canarias, a euro130 ...
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