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ESO travel through time with VLT
Posted Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:11:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongVery Large Telescope (VLT) researchers time-travel back to 1 billion years after the Big Bang. Up to that time neutral hydrogen fogged the view of early events in the young galaxies as they 'reionised'. This age of reionisation now has a timeline, after a three year search with the VLT for distant galaxies at this stage of development.
ESO travel through time with VLT
Jaguar gets faster as Titan tackles giant green problems
Posted Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:23:01 GMT by Colin RickettsOne of the world's fastest computers is about to get faster and its operators, the United States Department of Energy, will use their new power to tackle some of the problems of green innovation.
Jaguar gets faster as Titan tackles giant green problems
Farmville company launches range of new games and teases 'social playground' project
Posted Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:15:00 GMT by Colin RickettsZynga, the biggest producer of social networking games, pushed out the boat this week with new Facebook challengers, a casino site and the mysterious 'Project Z'.
Farmville company launches range of new games and teases 'social playground' project
Students, Space and Streaming Experiments
Posted Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:20:00 GMT by Dave CollierYouTube and Space Agencies across the world are collaborating on an online educational project. If you know a student between the ages of 14 and 18 who has a keen interest in science, you might want to tell them about YouTube Space Lab, an innovative venture that will see Google working with the ESA, Lenovo, NASA, JAXA and Space Adventures to promote scientific experimentation in space.
Students, Space and Streaming Experiments
Supply questions asked as rare earths are getting rarer
Posted Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:18:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongThe elements rarest in the Earth (rare earth) are the most expensive, until we mine the Moon or Mars. However, rare earth minerals are increasingly used in new technologies such as electric vehicles, photovoltaic cells and smart phone displays. At a conference in Minneapolis, the Geological Society of America is discussing a situation that is beginning to cause problems.
Supply questions asked as rare earths are getting rarer
Crab Nebula pulsar gamma rays energy amazing astronomers
Posted Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:50:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongWe still receive gamma rays from the Crab Nebula's pulsar source, six million light years away. What is amazing astronomers is the sheer energy, even more than the first-seen light rays. Even a year ago, 100 GeV (electron - volts) was not expected from these pulses or anywhere else.
Crab Nebula pulsar gamma rays energy amazing astronomers
Venus has ozone layer too
Posted Sat, 08 Oct 2011 11:49:01 GMT by Dale KieferThe European Space Agency's Venus Express spacecraft has detected an ozone layer in Venus' atmosphere, much as on Earth. Unlike Earth, however, the ozone is not the result of biological activity.
Venus has ozone layer too
Old Hubble images reveal new planets' orbits
Posted Fri, 07 Oct 2011 01:09:01 GMT by Dale KieferOld images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope have allowed astronomers to calculate the orbits and other characteristics of the only known exosystem with four planets circling a distant star. Astronomers reviewing old images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1998 have discovered evidence of two planets that were missed the first time around.
Old Hubble images reveal new planets' orbits
New crash-proof battery is 25% lighter
Posted Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:11:00 GMT by Dale KieferGerman scientists say they've developed a new, lighter lithium-ion battery for use in electric cars. The batteries, which can be mass-produced, should save 25% on weight. Although carbon-fiber technology is common in aircraft design, carbon-fiber composite materials are challenging to work with, and have proven difficult to mass-produce in complex designs. Until now.
New crash-proof battery is 25% lighter
Smile Mount Everest You're on Webcam
Posted Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:47:00 GMT by Dave CollierA webcam has been set up to watch Mount Everest. Installed on Kala Patthar by the Ev-K2-CNR committee from the city of Bergamo with a perfect view of its magnificent neighbour Mount Everest, the world's highest peak is now on camera for all to see from 0:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. C.E.T. via the world's highest webcam and is powered by solar energy.
Smile Mount Everest You're on Webcam
Aviation goes green
Posted Wed, 05 Oct 2011 08:04:00 GMT by Dave ArmstrongAs we all tend to fly because of employment, vacation or a migration of some kind, the creation of a new fuel efficient plane would be relevant to our everyday lives. So NASA proposed the Green Aviation Prize, with record first place prize money of $1.35 million.
Aviation goes green
There's an app for that: Turn your iPhone into a medical imager
Posted Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:35:00 GMT by Dale KieferA new software/hardware combo application promises to deliver medical imaging and chemical detection with a simple iPhone. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an application for the iPhone that's reminiscent of technology from the fictional universe of Star Trek.
There's an app for that: Turn your iPhone into a medical imager
ALMA takes front row seat as galaxies collide
Posted Tue, 04 Oct 2011 07:45:00 GMT by Dale KieferNew images from the ALMA radio telescope array show galaxies colliding, stars forming, with unprecedented detail. Although not yet complete, the massive ALMA radio telescope complex under construction high in Chile's Atacama desert is already providing breathtaking images of celestial phenomena.
ALMA takes front row seat as galaxies collide
Mercury's secrets revealed by the MESSENGER
Posted Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:20:00 GMT by Dale KieferPlanet Mercury's secrets are unraveling, thanks to a flood of new information from NASA's orbital spacecraft, MESSENGER. Launched some six years ago, MESSENGER, or the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft, is the first in history to orbit the fiery, innermost planet.
Mercury's secrets revealed by the MESSENGER
Purdue energy pioneer to receive medal from President Obama
Posted Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:44:00 GMT by Dale KieferGreen energy pioneer, Dr. Rakesh Agrawal, of Purdue University, will receive a National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama later this year, in recognition of Agrawal's contributions to sustainable energy technologies.
Purdue energy pioneer to receive medal from President Obama
Nanotubes and the dawn of the flexible solar cell
Posted Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:22:00 GMT by Dave CollierThe development of a transparent, flexible conductor could have interesting implications for solar cell design. Northwestern University in the United States, has come up with a novel solution: an application of nano-technology to create a flexible material that is both transparent and conductive.
Nanotubes and the dawn of the flexible solar cell
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