Scientists from a group of universities in the United States are currently working on developing a new technology for identifying bombs and improvised explosive materials inside shielding materials. The method would ensure that even components that are very carefully hidden could be detected by using sound and radio ... |
15 September 2010
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Moving on the surface of Mars is notoriously difficult. Rovers roaming the Red Planet have found out the hard way that speed and maneuverability are limited, as evidenced by the case of the MER robot Spirit. The machine became entrapped in sand in May 2009, and experts were unable to set it free again. Under these ci... |
3 June 2010
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Over the past few years, the amount of work that has gone into determining the characteristics of silicon nanowires has increased considerably, mostly because they represent the future of the electronics industry, right next to their carbon nanotube cousins. In their search for ever-smaller technologies, manufacturer... |
12 November 2009
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The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently awarded scientists at the North Carolina State University (NC State) and the Georgia Institute of Technology (GIT) a $1.2-million grant to study the effects that playing games would have on the senior segment of the population. The researchers' main goal is t... |
1 July 2009
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Observing minute changes that occur within the very structure of DNA is one of the best ways of infering if a cancer-triggering mutation is about to happen, or of assessing the risk of a patient developing a condition such as Huntington's disease, or other types of genetic disorders. A new tool, developed by sci... |
19 May 2009
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The American space agency could have its plans of returning humans to the Moon by 2020 thwarted by the fact that the lunar surface is constantly pounded by cosmic radiation and solar flares, which are a real and serious danger to astronauts. During previous missions, travelers to Earth's natural satellite were e... |
12 May 2009
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