items tagged with Electromagnetic Radiation
Star explodes 13 billion years ago; we just see it now
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-29 10:05:41
NASA’s Swift satellite first observed a star explosion in April 2009. It turns out that this gamma-ray burst came from a star that exploded about 13 billion years ago, the furthest that astronomers have looked back at the early beginnings of our universe.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-10-29 10:05:41
NASA’s Swift satellite first observed a star explosion in April 2009. It turns out that this gamma-ray burst came from a star that exploded about 13 billion years ago, the furthest that astronomers have looked back at the early beginnings of our universe.
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Physicists observe waves that heat Sun’s corona
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-20 11:21:10
For the first time scientists have directly seen magnetic waves that heat up the outer atmosphere of the Sun millions of degrees hotter than its surface interior. These Alfvén waves were imaged by the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2009-04-20 11:21:10
For the first time scientists have directly seen magnetic waves that heat up the outer atmosphere of the Sun millions of degrees hotter than its surface interior. These Alfvén waves were imaged by the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope.
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Need expensive medical x-ray? Make your own by peeling tape!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-23 09:46:25
University of California researchers surprisingly found that when peeling back commonly used adhesive tape the motion between the two surfaces generates electromagnetic radiation in the form of high-energic x-rays. Cool!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2008-10-23 09:46:25
University of California researchers surprisingly found that when peeling back commonly used adhesive tape the motion between the two surfaces generates electromagnetic radiation in the form of high-energic x-rays. Cool!
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Coming to NSW schools: more neighbourhood cellphone towers
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-01 00:39:53
The Mobile Carriers Forum, the industry body representing Australia's cellular operators, is calling on the NSW Government to scrap its policy requiring mobile phone base stations to be kept 500 metres from schools, describing it a "fundamentally flawed".
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-09-01 00:39:53
The Mobile Carriers Forum, the industry body representing Australia's cellular operators, is calling on the NSW Government to scrap its policy requiring mobile phone base stations to be kept 500 metres from schools, describing it a "fundamentally flawed".
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ABC NewsRadio axes StarStuff program – why?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-06-26 09:14:48
ABC NewsRadio, Australia’s only 24 hour continuous news service, has axed one of its longest running programs because it wants to divert funding elsewhere. The program? StarStuff, the only space, science, astronomy and cosmology show on Australian radio. What a shame!
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Could RFID mean RIP for hospital patients?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-26 02:17:42
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-26 02:17:42
RFID tags have been promoted as a great way of keeping track of medical equipment. But a new study shows the tags can interfere with some types of equipment, leading to possibly life-threatening situations.
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Gamma ray telescope launched into space by NASA
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-11 15:37:54
NASA successfully launches its Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) at 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-06-11 15:37:54
NASA successfully launches its Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) at 12:05 p.m. EDT (1605 GMT) on Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
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GLAST study of black holes set to launch June 3, 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 11:42:49
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 11:42:49
The Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope (GLAST) is scheduled to launch Tuesday, June 3, 2008, for its mission to analyze exotic phenomena, such as supermassive black holes, all over the Universe that generate enormous amounts of very energetic gamma radiation.
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First for astronomers: Observed birth of supernova
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 09:22:34
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-05-22 09:22:34
U.S. astronomers Alicia Soderberg and Edo Berger, Princeton University, were observing the NCG 2770 galaxy when they noticed a rapidly brightening spot, which eventually faded. They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions.
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Gamma-ray burst GRB 080319B sets new space record
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2008-03-21 22:39:43
It’s amazing but if you happened to have been looking up in the night sky in the direction of the constellation Boötes at 2:12 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (0612 UTC) on Wednesday, March 19, 2008, you could have seen with your naked eyes the brightest explosion of a star that ever occurred.
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