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NASA Engineers Complete Engine Test Series For Ares I Rocket

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed a series of tests on a key component of the J-2X engine. The J-2X powers the upper stage of the Ares I rocket, which will ...





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Researchers from France and Turkey scanned the Marmara's seabed over six weeks

Underwater gas may hold clues on Turkey quake risk

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Natural gas that lies under Turkey's Marmara Sea close to Istanbul could provide advance warning of an earthquake experts believe will hit the country's largest city, scientists said on Tuesday.


NASA researchers make first discovery of life's building block in comet

First discovery of life's building block in comet made

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (18) | comments 13

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.


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Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...


Watching Catalytic Reactions from Within

Watching Catalytic Reactions from Within

Chemistry /

created Jan 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from Utrecht University, in The Netherlands, have demonstrated a new way to get a real-time, microscopic view of the inner workings of catalytic reactions.


A farmer droving his sheep, northwest of Melbourne

Australian scientists aim to reduce sheep burps

Biology / Biotechnology

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (9) | comments 9

Australian scientists are working to breed a sheep that belches less, as they look for ways to reduce harmful methane emissions from the country's woolly flocks, a researcher said Sunday.


A closer look at the Hudson Canyon shows why the canyon is critical for fish

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A series of newly discovered pits in the bottom of the Hudson Canyon, 100 miles southeast of New York Harbor, may be a key ingredient for the abundant and diverse marine ecosystem in and around the canyon, according to research ...


Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Galaxy Collision Switches on Black Hole

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- This composite image of data from three different telescopes shows an ongoing collision between two galaxies, NGC 6872 and IC 4970.


Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

Opening up a colorful cosmic jewel box

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Star clusters are among the most visually alluring and astrophysically fascinating objects in the sky. One of the most spectacular nestles deep in the southern skies near the Southern Cross ...


New laser -- it's a gas, gas, gas... sensor

New laser -- it's a gas, gas, gas... sensor

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of optical sensors is enabling the development of robust, long-lasting, lighting-fast trace gas detectors for use in a wide range of industrial, security and domestic applications.


New Automated Technique with Online Verification Eases Network Analyzer Calibration

New Automated Technique with Online Verification Eases Network Analyzer Calibration

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verifying the accuracy of network analyzers—instruments that are used to measure key performance characteristics of electronic networks—was once an awkward process involving multiple steps and pieces of equipment.



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