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Cracking the code of a killer

Cracking the code of a killer

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- More than one million people die from malaria every year - most of them in the world's poorest areas. While it's no surprise to find Cambridge scholars at the forefront of the battle against ...





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Team Prepares to Uplink Commands to Spirit

Tilt Parameters End First Extrication Drive for Spirit

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The preliminary results from the first extrication drive for Spirit on Sol 2088 (Nov. 17, 2009) indicate the rover stopped less than 1 second after it began, sensing more vehicle lateral tilt ...


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Kepler Mission Update

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Kepler is approximately 18 million kilometers (11 million miles) from Earth, and continuing its drift-away orbit. All systems are operating normally. Last week, the Kepler project team completed ...


HP Enables New Field of Flexible Electronics with Reflective Display Technology

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

HP today announced the launch of a new display technology for the personalization of consumer electronics products.


Power and the illusion of control: Why some make the impossible possible and others fall short

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Power holders often seem misguided in their actions. Leaders and commanders of warring nations regularly underestimate the costs in time, money, and human lives required for bringing home a victory. CEOs of Fortune 500 companies ...


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 ...


Rhodri Armour with Jollbot

Researcher designs robot that jumps like a grasshopper

Electronics / Robotics

created Dec 04, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first robot that can jump like a grasshopper and roll like a ball could play a key role in future space exploration.


Look ma, no mercury in fillings!

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tooth enamel is hardest material in the human body because it's made almost entirely of minerals. As tough as it may be, however, enamel can be broken down by bacteria, forming cavities and eventually destroying the tooth. ...


Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth

Magnetic Portals Connect Sun and Earth

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 31, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (151) | comments 22

During the time it takes you to read this article, something will happen high overhead that until recently many scientists didn't believe in. A magnetic portal will open, linking Earth to the sun 93 million ...


Time Warner Cable shelves some Internet cap plans

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 16, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bowing to mounting public and political pressure, Time Warner Cable Inc. said Thursday it was shelving plans in four markets to charge customers based on how much Internet traffic they generate. But tests of metered billing ...


Discovery Nears February Launch to Station

Discovery Nears February Launch to Station

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Space shuttle Discovery's installation to its external fuel tank and solid rocket boosters was completed Sunday afternoon.



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