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New curriculum mixes nanotechnology and skiing (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Nanotechnology seems a daunting subject, but for mechanical engineering students at the University of Nevada, Reno, it has taken on a real world approach - in Ski Building 101.

Low-cost temperature sensors, tennis balls to monitor mountain snowpack

Technology / Engineering

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fictional secret agent Angus MacGyver knew that tough situations demand ingenuity. Jessica Lundquist takes a similar approach to studying snowfall. The University of Washington assistant professor ...

Interactive animations give science students a boost

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

For a generation of students raised and nurtured at the computer keyboard, it seems like a no-brainer that computer-assisted learning would have a prominent role in the college science classroom.

Sunshine speeded 1940s Swiss glacier melt: scientists

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 4

A surge in sunshine more than 60 years ago helped Swiss mountain glaciers melt faster than today, even though warmer average temperatures are being recorded now, Swiss researchers said Monday.

New Study Turns Up the Heat on Soot's Role in Himalayan Warming (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Soot from fire in an unventilated fireplace wafts into a home and settles on the surfaces of floors and furniture. But with a quick fix to the chimney flue and some dusting, it bears no impact ...

Portions of Arctic coastline eroding, no end in sight, says new study

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

23 hours ago | 3.9 / 5 (7) | 4

The northern coastline of Alaska midway between Point Barrow and Prudhoe Bay is eroding by up to one-third the length of a football field annually because of a "triple whammy" of declining sea ice, warming ...

New results from a terra-ific decade in orbit

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

3 hours ago | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

December 18, 2009, marks the tenth year since the launch of Terra, one of NASA's "flagship" Earth observing satellites. But the decade is more than just a mechanical milestone. With each additional day and ...

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