(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA scientists are sending three fundamental life science experiments onboard space shuttle Discovery in hopes of better understanding exactly how spaceflight affects cell growth and how cells fight off ...
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2010
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A new software Gold Rush is on as applications tailored for Apple's iPad hit the market on the eve of the hotly-anticipated tablet computer's US debut.
Software
Apr 2, 2010
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission or TRMM satellite has been called a "flying rain gauge in space" because it measures rainfall from its orbit around the earth. This week, ex-tropical storm Paul gave TRMM a workout ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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According to data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite mostly light to moderate rain is falling in the latest tropical cyclone born in the waters of the Southern Indian Ocean. TRMM can measure rainfall ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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(AP) -- Space is about to have a female population explosion.
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fan-Wei Zeng saw seashells, but not by the seashore. In fact, they were quite far away, and they were skewing the Rice University graduate student's study of the environmental impact of Houston's rivers.
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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(AP) -- NASA's countdown clocks began ticking Friday for next week's launch of shuttle Discovery on a space station supply run, one of only four remaining.
Space Exploration
Apr 2, 2010
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Apple's iPad has won rave early reviews but its US launch on Saturday is not welcome news for the Chinese maker of a similar-looking device that has already been on sale for nearly eight months.
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 2, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New England received a second week of flooding from March 21-31, 2010 when a parade of three large storms flooded the upper Midwest and Northeast in the second half of the month. The Geostationary Operational ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 2, 2010
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Countless studies and reports exist describing how a landscape is impacted after logging Douglas-fir: What is the impact on the soil? Should one leave the debris in place? Pile it? Burn it or haul it offsite in preparation ...
Ecology
Apr 2, 2010
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