(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver and German Aerospace Center (DLR) Executive Board Chairman Johann-Dietrich Wörner signed an agreement Thursday during a bilateral meeting in Berlin to extend the Gravity ...
Space Exploration
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- It's a wonderful thing to be carried away in a story, but will you as the reader soon be able to determine how the story unfolds? With the Virtual Storyteller, developed by Ivo Swartjes at the Centre for ...
Computer Sciences
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Aqua satellite saw oil slick in sunglint on June 10.
Environment
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sandwiched between the liquid iron outer core and the thin rocky crust we live on, the Earth's mantle is more than 1,800 miles thick, and comprises more than three-quarters of the planet's volume and nearly ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Layers of degraded oil found suspended at depths of 400 meters to 1,400 meters.
Environment
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Nitrogen is important for optimal crop production, but can be lost to leaching as nitrate. High amounts of nitrate in drinking water can be harmful to people, especially infants and pregnant women. While ...
Environment
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Young UNSW biomedical engineer Dr Rylie Green is gaining national attention for her work on conductive plastics for the bionic implants of the future.
Materials Science
Jun 11, 2010
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The World Cup offers fans of the globe's most popular sport the chance to thrill and agonize over the ups and downs of their nations' teams. For scientists, whether or not they are fans, it's another chance to collect data ...
Mathematics
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Counterfeiting is a huge problem. Luxury goods are a favourite target, but so are vital products including medications and aircraft parts. European researchers have created a new way to stem the tide.
Engineering
Jun 11, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Gold nanoparticles -- tiny spheres of gold just a few billionths of a meter in diameter -- have become useful tools in modern medicine. They've been incorporated into miniature drug-delivery systems to control ...
Bio & Medicine
Jun 11, 2010
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