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Physics

First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 51 mins ago - 19 Documents (in Physics)
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CERN
The LHC Is Back
GENEVA, Nov. 20 -- Particle beams are once again circulating in the world's most powerful particle accelerator, CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This news comes after the machine was handed over for operation on Wednesday morning. A clockwise circulating ... [HPC Wire - 51 mins ago]
First Reported 13 hours ago - Updated 19 mins ago - 3 Documents (in Physics)
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FEMA
NASA Puts Social Media on Rocket Trajectory
NASA's move to give 100 Twitter users front-row seats at the Kennedy Space Center for the Nov. 16 liftoff of the space shuttle Atlantis propelled the US space agency into the stratosphere of trending topics the day before the launch. The 100 tweeters, ... [MarketingVOX - 19 mins ago]
First Reported 18 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 6 Documents (in Physics)
Firing Up the Large Hadron Collider... Again
If all goes well, the Large Hadron Collider will soon be smashing subatomic particles together as they travel near the speed of light around the 16.8 mile circumference of the world's most complicated machine. Scientists hope the Large Hadron Collider ... [Discovery Channel - 7 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 7 Documents (in Space Science)
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European Southern Observatory
IR Image Shows Ghostly Bones of Galactic Feast
A new infrared image of the galaxy Centaurus A reveals the gassy, ghastly bones of a galaxy that it consumed several hundred million years ago.The parallelogram of stars leftover from the collision had been obscured by dust. But using new processing techniques ... [Wired News - 12 hours ago]
First Reported 20 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Space Science)
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
One Tiny Step for Spirit
NASA’s stuck Mars rover Spirit took the tiniest of steps to free itself from a sand trap that brought it to a standstill six months ago.After spinning its wheels for the equivalent of 8.2 feet, the rover moved about 0.5 inches forward, 0.3 inches to the ... [Discovery Channel - 4 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 7 Documents (in Environment)
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BP Solar
India cabinet approves solar power programme
(Beijing Time) SINA.comA labourer cleans solar cells placed on a window of a newly constructed solar housing complex in Kolkata in this July 8, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Parth Sanyal/FilesNEW DELHI – India's cabinet on Thursday approved its first solar ... [SINA - 11/20/2009]
Entities: Solar Power, India, BP Solar
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 18 hours ago - 5 Documents (in Physics)
Researchers Find Particles From Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells
Particles released by car brake pads have been shown to harm lung cells in vitro. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but ... [Green Car Congress - 18 hours ago]
First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 6 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Physics)
Cassini/IBEX Data Changes View of Heliosphere Shape
Though the Cassini mission has focused intently on scientific exploration of Saturn and it's moons, data taken by the spacecraft has significantly changed the way astronomers think about the shape of our Solar System. As the Sun and planets travel through ... [Universe Today - 6 hours ago]
First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Space Science)
Planet 51 PSA Campaign Brings NASA's Message of Exploration Down to Earth
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Broadcast-quality digital public service announcements are available for download from NASA featuring actor Dwayne Johnson, star of the new film 'Planet 51,' discussing the importance of space exploration, ... [Street Insider - 15 hours ago]
First Reported 12 hours ago - Updated 57 mins ago - 2 Documents (in Biotechnology)
Serum progesterone concentration test can aid optimal timing of breast MRI in women with irregular periods
A simple blood test corresponding to the follicular phase (days 3-14) of a normal menstrual cycle can aid in optimal scheduling of breast MRI exams in premenopausal women with irregular cycles - possibly reducing the number of repeat scans and non-diagnostic ... [News-Medical.Net - 57 mins ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 8 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Space Science)
New Space Telescope Could Search for Both Exoplanets and Dark Energy
Europe's proposed Euclid mission would use a microlensing technique to hunt both ET and dark energyDark energy may not have much in common with aliens, unless there's a flotilla of freaky monoliths out there with really weird physical properties. But ... [Popular Science - 8 hours ago]
First Reported 15 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 Documents (in Chemistry)
Govt plans Rs 10 note in polymer
NEW DELHI: Government will introduce one billion (100 crore) polymer notes of Rs 10 in a bid to increase their lifetime. In a reply to Lok Sabha, minister of state for finance Namo Narain Meena said, 'The government has decided to introduce one billion ... [Times of India - 10 hours ago]

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"It's been a herculean effort to get to where we are today," said Myers. "I'd like to thank all those who have taken part, from CERN and from our partner institutions around the world."
The LHC Is Back [HPC Wire - 51 mins ago]
Research has shown that performing breast MRI scans during the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle minimizes breast tissue enhancement. "In practice, many clinicians scan premenopausal women who lack normal menstrual cycles without regard to the timing of their hormonal cycle" said Richard L Ellis, M D , lead author of the study. "This can result in non-diagnostic exams and repeat scans," he said
Serum progesterone concentration test can aid optimal timing of breast MRI in women with irregula ... [News-Medical.Net - 57 mins ago]

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The LHC Is Back [HPC Wire - 51 mins ago]
Serum progesterone concentration test can aid o... [News-Medical.Net - 57 mins ago]
Science makes strange bedfellows [Times of India - 57 mins ago]
Earth's Weather Like You Have Never Seen It Before [Gizmodo - 1 hour ago]
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Large Hadron Collider: Beams are back on at wor... [Science Daily - 2 hours ago]
Polynesian stargazers's legacy to be highlighte... [Yahoo! News Australia - 2 hours ago]
Popular Science Top Health Innovations 2009 [Malaysian Medical Resources - 2 hours ago]
Smithsonian Museum Receives Former Hubble Compo... [Softpedia - 2 hours ago]
Senate edges closer to health care debate [Minneapolis Star Tribune - 3 hours ago]
Does Moore's Law Apply to Solar Energy? [FORA.tv - 3 hours ago]
Mobile Solar Power Systems are Editor’s Product... [Prlog - 3 hours ago]
Large Hadron Collider switched back on [3 News - 3 hours ago]
Computers' speed limit is unbreakable as speed ... [ZDNet - 4 hours ago]
Small optical force can budge nanoscale objects [PhysOrg.com - 4 hours ago]
‘Solar plan not bold enough’ [Deccan Chronicle - 4 hours ago]
GRANT TO MAKE HOMES RENEWABLE [Public Sector & Local Government Building - 4 hours ago]
Let's go with cap-and-innovate [Washington Post - 4 hours ago]
A breakthrough that may change world's thinking... [NewKerala.com - 4 hours ago]
Software and hardware team for image analysis [Vision Systems Design - 4 hours ago]
Multispectral imaging benefits color measurement [Vision Systems Design - 4 hours ago]
One Tiny Step for Spirit [Discovery Channel - 4 hours ago]
NASA unleashes the Galactic Ghoul? [Discovery Channel - 4 hours ago]
Large Hadron Collider works again [BBC - 4 hours ago]
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Green Diary Rescue & Open Thread [Daily Kos - 2 hours ago]
Robert S. Eshelman writes in The Nation: Where's the Clean Energy?: It was in Germany that Ed Regan realized Gainesville, Florida, was going about things all wrong. ...
Wall Street Journal article: Science as a Team ... [Complexity and Social Networks Blog - 2 hours ago]
Today I was quoted in the Wall Street Journal in an article on scientific collaborations by Robert Lee Hotz. (They also did a short video accompanying the online ...
SCIENTISTS ARE HUMANS [Tim Blair - 3 hours ago]
Warmenist James Hrynyshyn tries to spin the CRU out of trouble ("All we learn is that scientists are humans after all"). His commenters aren’t… ...
Believe it or not: A Black Hole Question! [Star... [ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - 6 hours ago]
Black holes have come up a couple of times this week, and I've always wondered something. When you fall into a black hole, all sorts of strange things happen. The ...
Russ Wellen: Can Nuclear Terrorists Be Deterred? [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 8 hours ago]
THE DEPROLIFERATOR -- As you no doubt know, deterrence is the product of a balance of power -- nuclear arsenals, in other words, that are roughly equal. ...
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