items tagged with Physics
When planets collide: Venus, Saturn in night sky 6/30 and 7/1
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-29 14:53:24
Actually, Venus and Saturn will only “appear” to collide because they are really millions of miles apart. However, on the nights of Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1, 2007, the planet Venus will pass the planet Saturn by only two-thirds of a degree over the American sky.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-06-29 14:53:24
Actually, Venus and Saturn will only “appear” to collide because they are really millions of miles apart. However, on the nights of Saturday, June 30 and Sunday, July 1, 2007, the planet Venus will pass the planet Saturn by only two-thirds of a degree over the American sky.
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Hitachi researchers move electrical devices with brain
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-25 08:09:13
Called the Brain-Machine Interface, Hitachi scientists have developed a way to analyze changes in the blood within the brain. These Japanese scientists have given humans the ability to control signals from electronic devices, such as TV remote controls, using motion in the brain.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-06-25 08:09:13
Called the Brain-Machine Interface, Hitachi scientists have developed a way to analyze changes in the blood within the brain. These Japanese scientists have given humans the ability to control signals from electronic devices, such as TV remote controls, using motion in the brain.
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Purdue 3-D simulation of 9-11-2001 World Trade Center attack
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-23 08:18:00
A Purdue University scientifically based computer simulation produces accurate recreated details of the NYC WTC attack on September 11, 2001. Its researchers make recommendations on how to improve tall steel structures—especially fireproofing.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-23 08:18:00
A Purdue University scientifically based computer simulation produces accurate recreated details of the NYC WTC attack on September 11, 2001. Its researchers make recommendations on how to improve tall steel structures—especially fireproofing.
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Nvidia turns GPU chips into hi-perf number crunchers
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-21 02:12:37
Nvidia has leveraged its expertise in graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce a new range of 'personal supercomputers'.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2007-06-21 02:12:37
Nvidia has leveraged its expertise in graphics processing units (GPUs) to produce a new range of 'personal supercomputers'.
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Can Scotty beam us up with a transporter? Well, no; maybe a little!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-20 11:00:57
Australian researchers are theoretically working on a “classical teleportation” method able to transport thousands of particles from one place to another. It’s not quite Star Trek®, but then again they will live (at least on TV) two hundred years in the future, in the 23rd century.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-20 11:00:57
Australian researchers are theoretically working on a “classical teleportation” method able to transport thousands of particles from one place to another. It’s not quite Star Trek®, but then again they will live (at least on TV) two hundred years in the future, in the 23rd century.
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Don Herbert remembered as “Mr. Wizard” upon his death
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-13 14:18:54
Don Herbert, known as “Mr. Wizard” on television to millions of children (and future scientists and engineers) in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at the age of 89 years.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-13 14:18:54
Don Herbert, known as “Mr. Wizard” on television to millions of children (and future scientists and engineers) in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1980s, died Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at the age of 89 years.
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Big Bang test delayed at CERN’s LHC until 2008
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-08 11:03:49
Scientists at the proton-proton Large Hadron Collider (LHC) particle accelerator and collider will postpone a test that could help solve the mystery of what happened a few nanoseconds after the Big Bang.
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MIT researchers demonstrate 'WiTricity'
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-07 16:50:24
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-06-07 16:50:24
A team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have demonstrated a wireless power transfer scheme they have dubbed 'WiTricity' or wireless electricity.
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NASA’s FUSE finds two stars merging into one SuperStar
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-29 10:00:47
NASA scientists have found a binary star system where its two stars will eventually merge to create one star that could be over 80 times the size of our Sun, which would make it one of the largest stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-29 10:00:47
NASA scientists have found a binary star system where its two stars will eventually merge to create one star that could be over 80 times the size of our Sun, which would make it one of the largest stars in the Milky Way galaxy.
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NASA Ames intends to (virtually) Beam All of Us Up, Scotty!
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-27 10:12:31
NASA Ames Research Center has created an online 3-D virtual world within popular virtual community Second Life; complete with synthetic space shuttles, a space station, planets, and launch pads.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-27 10:12:31
NASA Ames Research Center has created an online 3-D virtual world within popular virtual community Second Life; complete with synthetic space shuttles, a space station, planets, and launch pads.
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X-ray observations point to mid-sized black hole
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-17 02:59:12
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-17 02:59:12
NASA astronomers have used observations from the ESA's XMM-Newton orbiting X-ray observatory to identify what appears to be intermediate mass black hole.
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Can we find proof of other universes?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-13 11:04:42
A scientist from the University of California (Santa Cruz) says YES. He thinks we can find proof of the existence of other universes.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-13 11:04:42
A scientist from the University of California (Santa Cruz) says YES. He thinks we can find proof of the existence of other universes.
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New Theory: Light as a solid
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-08 10:35:18
University of Melbourne and University of Cambridge researchers have brought together optics and condensed matter to form a phase transition with “solid light”: thus, light behaving like a solid.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Energy
2007-05-08 10:35:18
University of Melbourne and University of Cambridge researchers have brought together optics and condensed matter to form a phase transition with “solid light”: thus, light behaving like a solid.
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SN 2006gy: brightest supernova ever seen
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-07 20:59:33
Supernova SN 2006gy, the brightest ever recorded, appears to be a previously undetected type, astronomers say.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Space
2007-05-07 20:59:33
Supernova SN 2006gy, the brightest ever recorded, appears to be a previously undetected type, astronomers say.
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Games and the older generation
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-04-30 05:25:45
My recent complaints about the cost of games drew some thoughtful responses from readers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2007-04-30 05:25:45
My recent complaints about the cost of games drew some thoughtful responses from readers.
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Go figure: Use math to get the perfect head of beer
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-27 17:34:09
U.S. researchers have found a mathematical formula that predicts how beer bubbles change over time. OK, maybe it won’t change the taste of beer that much—but, it has other valuable applications.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-27 17:34:09
U.S. researchers have found a mathematical formula that predicts how beer bubbles change over time. OK, maybe it won’t change the taste of beer that much—but, it has other valuable applications.
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Iran 'eight years' from operational nuke
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-26 06:24:52
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-04-26 06:24:52
Experts have calculated that "severe technical difficulties" in Iran's nuclear programme mean it's eight years away from an operational nuclear weapon, the Telegraph reports.
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Why do geese and other birds fly in V-formation?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-24 11:27:00
Brazilian researchers used computer simulation to find the answer from two previous theories. What they found might surprise you!
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-24 11:27:00
Brazilian researchers used computer simulation to find the answer from two previous theories. What they found might surprise you!
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IBM's nanoscale MRI breakthrough
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-04-22 17:22:46
Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center have demonstrated 2D magnetic resonance imaging of nanoscale objects as small as 90nm.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Science
Category: Health
2007-04-22 17:22:46
Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center have demonstrated 2D magnetic resonance imaging of nanoscale objects as small as 90nm.
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Color-changeable sunglasses could be fashion icon of future
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-17 18:21:25
Chao Ma, associated with the Center for Intelligent Materials and Systems (Department of Mechanical Engineering) at the University of Washington (Seattle), states that lenses in sunglasses have been made that can change color at a flip of a switch.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2007-04-17 18:21:25
Chao Ma, associated with the Center for Intelligent Materials and Systems (Department of Mechanical Engineering) at the University of Washington (Seattle), states that lenses in sunglasses have been made that can change color at a flip of a switch.
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