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Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Spitzer Unveils Biggest Milky Way View at Adler Planetarium

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world's largest image of our Milky Way galaxy, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, went on display this week at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.


WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11

WISE Launch Scheduled for Dec. 11

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Launch of NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California is scheduled for Dec. 11.


Delinquent boys at increased risk of premature death and disability by middle age

Medicine & Health / Health

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Men who have a history of delinquency in childhood are more likely to die or become disabled by the time they are 48, and not just from the obvious consequences of antisocial behaviour, new research indicates.


Samoan Tsunami wave was 46 feet high

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(AP) -- The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists ...


Scientists discover gene module underlying atherosclerosis development

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

By measuring the total gene activity in organs relevant for coronary artery disease (CAD), scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have identified a module of genes that is important for the recruitment ...


Physicist Jack Harris Is Honored by DARPA as One of Nation's 'Rising Stars'

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jack Harris, an associate professor of physics, has received one of this year's Young Faculty Awards (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is one of 33 "rising stars" across ...


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Scientists Create World's Smallest Snowman (w/ Video)

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (18) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- David Cox, a scientist in the Quantum Detection group at the National Physical Laboratory in the UK, is an expert in nanofabrication techniques. Recently, using the tools of his trade and ...


Microsoft to kick off Office 2010 in June

Technology / Software

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

When Microsoft starts selling Office 2010 next year, the company will take its workhorse software suite and move it one step closer to its vision of cloud computing.


NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft (AP)

NASA to launch sky-mapping spacecraft

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- NASA's latest space telescope will scan the sky in search of never-before-seen asteroids, comets, stars and galaxies, with one of its main tasks to catalog objects posing a danger to Earth. The sky-mapping ...


Scientists think 'killer petunias' should join the ranks of carnivorous plants

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Scientists from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Natural History Museum believe that carnivorous behaviour in plants is far more widespread than previously thought, with many commonly grown plants - such as petunias ...



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