News tagged with sandy terrain
Researchers learn why robots get stuck in the sand -- and how to keep them going (Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today's advanced mobile robots explore complex terrains across the globe and even on Mars, but have difficulty traversing sand and other granular media like dirt, rubble or slippery piles ...
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The hills are evolving: New model predicts speed of spreading valleys
From high above the Florida Panhandle, the Apalachicola Bluffs -- a winding system of steep ravines -- look like the branching veins of a leaf.
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Feb 06, 2012 |
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Image: Earth from space -- wind-inspired design
The pastel colours and soft, flowing shapes in this Envisat radar image of the Tanezrouft Basin in the Algerian Sahara contradict the harshness of the terrain that has led to it being commonly referred to ...
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Nov 19, 2010 |
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Termites foretell climate change in Africa's savannas
Using sophisticated airborne imaging and structural analysis, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology mapped more than 40,000 termite mounds over 192 square miles in the African ...
Sep 07, 2010 |
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UALR Prof, students helping keep NASA's rovers from getting stuck
(PhysOrg.com) -- A paper co-authored by Dr. Cang Ye, associate professor in UALR's Department of Applied Science, and two UALR students won "Best Paper" at the 2010 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering International ...
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Study reveals that logging debris suppresses development of an invasive competitor, Scotch broom
Countless studies and reports exist describing how a landscape is impacted after logging Douglas-fir: What is the impact on the soil? Should one leave the debris in place? Pile it? Burn it or haul it offsite in preparation ...
Apr 02, 2010 |
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Made by man, finished by nature: Now's the best time to hit the beach to hunt for sea glass
It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it sits on the beach, a colored ...
Jun 11, 2009 |
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A common genetic mechanism discovered in nitrogen-fixing plants
Some soil microorganisms are capable of forging associations with plant roots in the form of symbioses. Certain of these relationships play a highly important ecological and agronomic role. Arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis ...
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Mar 10, 2008 |
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Rovers begin new observations on changing Martian atmosphere
Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago.
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Aug 29, 2007 |
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Rovers begin new observations on changing Martian atmosphere
Mars rover scientists have launched a new long-term study on the Martian atmosphere with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, an instrument that was originally developed at the University of Chicago.
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Jul 20, 2007 |
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Rovers Look Forward to A Second Martian Spring
Like the fabled tortoise that, in the race with the hare, moves slowly yet accomplishes much, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has continued to make progress little by little, while essentially running ...
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Aug 10, 2006 |
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