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Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Free Spirit: Third Extrication Drive Ends With Wheel Stall

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spirit experienced a wheel stall with the right-rear wheel during the second step of a two-step drive on Sol 2092 (Saturday, Nov. 21). This is not the same wheel that stalled on Sol 1899 (May ...


New imaging technique reveals different heart motions by age, gender

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using a new noninvasive imaging technique, scientists said they have discovered important, fundamental differences in heart motion by age and gender.


ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

ARS Explores Ways to Keep Carbon in the Soil

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing out alternative ways of tilling the soil and rotating crops to see if they can help wheat farmers in Oregon sequester more carbon ...


Student self-testing earns high marks as study tool

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

College students who pore over their notes again and again as they prep for finals could use their studying time more wisely, according to new learning research from Purdue University.


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 ...


Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Researchers create 'synthetic magnetic fields' for neutral atoms

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Achieving an important new capability in ultracold atomic gases, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute, a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University ...


Using lasers to cool and manipulate molecules

Using lasers to cool and manipulate molecules

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- "For years, we have been using laser cooling to trap and manipulate atoms," David DeMille tells PhysOrg.com. "This has been very useful for both basic science and many applications. Recent ...


Superior Super Earths

Superior Super Earths

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (55) | comments 15

Super Earths are named for their size, but these planets - which range from about 2 to 10 Earth masses - could be superior to the Earth when it comes to sustaining life. They could also provide an answer to ...


Researchers demonstrate a better way for computers to 'see' (w/ Video)

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (17) | comments 4

Taking inspiration from genetic screening techniques, researchers from Harvard and MIT have demonstrated a way to build better artificial visual systems with the help of low-cost, high-performance gaming hardware.


Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Seeking a Smarter Grid: Integrating Wind Energy by Linking Buildings to the Grid

Technology / Energy

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

In utility parlance, wind energy is known as a “variable load.” That’s because wind is naturally unpredictable and inconstant. What’s worse, it is more likely to blow at night, when demand for electricity ...



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