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A bronze buckle in old Alaska
Posted Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:51:00 GMT by Ines MoralesThe discovery of a bronze artifact in a prehistoric Eskimo site. No trace of bronze metallurgy had ever been found in Alaska, until now.
A bronze buckle in old Alaska
Making Space via Kazakhstan
Posted Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:23:35 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe American shift to Russian rockets for Space Station duty began in Kazakhstan today. With last week's Mars mission, Phobos-Grunt, grinding to a halt, in orbit at least, and several cargo rocket cancellations, questions are being asked about engine breakdowns and upper stage failures.
Making Space via Kazakhstan
New Tegra 3 Chip from NVIDIA rocks the mobile computing world
Posted Wed, 09 Nov 2011 20:48:01 GMT by James MathewsNVIDIA has today introduced us to the new era of mobile computing that allows for ultra-low power consumption and advanced quad-core processors that produce record breaking performance. Today they unveiled Tegra 3.
New Tegra 3 Chip from NVIDIA rocks the mobile computing world
New Wireless Platform for Electric Scooters Launched
Posted Wed, 09 Nov 2011 19:51:00 GMT by James MathewsSaturna Green Systems Inc is a developer of GPS and wireless technology and today they have announced the launch of what it calls the first intelligent, connected electric scooter.
New Wireless Platform for Electric Scooters Launched
Large asteroid captured by radar passing close to Earth
Posted Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:38:00 GMT by Adrian BishopAn asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier, 2005 YU55, the largest to pass close to earth in the last 35 years, has been captured on radar.
Large asteroid captured by radar passing close to Earth
Phobos Probe
Posted Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:05:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongAccompanied by a Chinese satellite, Moscow is sending a probe on Tuesday, 8th November to the asteroid-like moon, Phobos. The probe will return in 2014 with a rock sample, in an effort to confirm or deny theories that the surface of Phobos is of Martian origin.
Phobos Probe
Quasar disc seen around black hole
Posted Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:40:01 GMT by Adrian BishopScientists have used gravitational lensing to increase the power of the Hubble telescope and examine a quasar ring around a black hole. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, scientists examined the bright ring of matter, called a quasar accretion disc, possibly 300 billion kilometres wide, which is slowly disappearing into the black hole.
Quasar disc seen around black hole
Torquay man
Posted Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:33:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongA limestone cave full of stalagmites in Torquay has given up a jawbone from at least 41,000 years ago. The jaw with three teeth was originally thought to be younger, but advanced dating and scanning of many related materials indicate our own species.
Torquay man
Best habitats for life on Mars were underground, new study suggests
Posted Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:14:00 GMT by Adrian BishopData from mineral clay sites on Mars suggests that the most stable habitats for life appear to have been in the subsurface, where warm water existed for long durations.
Best habitats for life on Mars were underground, new study suggests
Bacterial enzyme one billion years old
Posted Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:50:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe University of Waikato, near Hamilton, has computed accurate predictions about the size, shape, composition and the amazing speed of ancient bacterial enzymes.
Bacterial enzyme one billion years old
Engineering students grow smarter thanks to FarmVille
Posted Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:50:00 GMT by Adrian BishopAmerican undergraduates use Facebook's FarmVille game to learn lessons about business and engineering. The 28 students at Missouri University of Science and Technology played Facebook's popular FarmVille game to learn how to help improve their decision-making in both engineering and in the commercial world.
Engineering students grow smarter thanks to FarmVille
Those pesky bacteria
Posted Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:39:00 GMT by Ines MoralesNew research on marine life and ship maintenance. If you have ever gone for a walk on the intertidal zone at low tide, you have surely noticed how slimy the rocks are. All sorts of little things grow on them, from seaweed and barnacles to even more diminutive critters like algae and bacteria.
Those pesky bacteria
Asteroids the size of a small house and aircraft carrier passing the Earth
Posted Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:02:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongAn asteroid the size of a house is passing by on Monday evening (31st October). 2011MD's very nature - probably carbon or an iron/nickel mixture-is fairly obvious, similar to another visitor in February. Asteroid 2005 YU55 passes Earth next Tuesday, November 8th and is the size of an aircraft carrier.
Asteroids the size of a small house and aircraft carrier passing the Earth
Ice Warms in Antarctica
Posted Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:44:01 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe wild west of Antarctica has many thinning glaciers such as the huge Getz Ice Shelf, the Pine Island Glacier, and the Thwaites Glacier. NASA's Ice Bridge Project is now in full production there, showing how this strategic locked-up water is liable to be released quicker than we thought, causing higher sea levels worldwide.
Ice Warms in Antarctica
We don't need no trees
Posted Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:33:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongTrees could be redundant as far as carbon debts are concerned. Together with his artificial tree, Professor Klaus Lackner has been working on carbon absorption for many years. After trying artificial carbonates and storing liquid CO2, he has brought his latest ideas to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Air Capture Week in London.
We don't need no trees
Mystery Object and Three New Planets Found
Posted Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:21:00 GMT by James MathewsA discovery of three new planets and a mystery object orbiting with them has been discovered. A international research team have discovered a group of three new planets that are all in orbit around their own dying giant stars. The Hobby-Eberly Telescope was used by the team that is led by an astronomer from Penn state University; they have named the three planets HD 240237, BD +48 738 and HD 96127.
Mystery Object and Three New Planets Found
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