The Texas Petawatt laser reached greater than one petawatt of laser power on Monday morning, March 31, making it the highest powered laser in the world, Todd Ditmire, a physicist at The University of Texas at Austin, said. Todd Ditmire
The length of a day is not affected only by tides and winds. Underground forces are prolonging our days by milliseconds, as revealed by a new research published in the journal "Science." Phenomena from the mineral layer at the core-mantle
Astronomers have discovered a planetary system orbiting a distant star which looks much like our own. They found two planets that were close matches for Jupiter and Saturn orbiting a star about half the size of our Sun. Martin Dominik,
Computer processor manufacturer Intel have revealed details of a patent for protecting future generations of computers from the growing threat of cosmic rays. The company has designed an on-chip cosmic ray detector to try to cope with the particles, which
ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) is a robotic vehicle which was developed by a team of companies and academic institutions. The team, led by JPL Robotics, includes NASA's Johnson and Ames Centers, Stanford University, and Boeing. This six-legged prototype is
On March 24th the World Wide Web was flooded with a photograph of a large spherical object, which reportedly had fallen from the sky, landing in a farming area in central Brazil. The story was first published by Daniel Drehmer,
Scientists could soon be taking the techniques of modern law enforcement into the jungle. Welcome to CSI: Rainforest. Francesco Ficetola of the University of Joseph Fourier in France and colleagues are pioneering "forensic ecology" using genetic analysis techniques borrowed from
How does one weigh a supermassive black hole that is anywhere between a million and a billion times the mass of the Sun? The answer could be as easy as taking a snapshot of its surrounding galaxy. A team of
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, run from The University of Arizona, has produced a new color stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons. The HiRISE camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took two
A NASA credit card was used to buy two $400 iPods, a purchase that the Government Accountability Office singled out as improper in an audit of government charge-card use by all federal agencies.The GAO audit, released this week, says 41
Paula Apsell, senior executive producer of NOVA - one of the Worldпї s longest running and best known science documentary series - is to be honoured next month with the prestigious Pioneer Award from the International Documentary Association (IDA).
which is the single largest university monastery of Tibet. The Drepung monastery is one of the three Gelukpa university monasteries of Tibet. Je Tsongkhapa started the Gelukpa School and it was under him that Jamyang Chojey influenced by the Gelukpa
Learning Italian language at Italy makes stay pleasurable with immense hospitality and good teaching centers. The teaching method is well structured to develop a communication in Italian
Prior to joining Atlantic Link, Mark was regional director of sales for a U.S. IT services management company and has previously held several senior management positions within the e-learning industry, including co-founding start up Blue-U.com. Mark brings more than 20
HONOLULU, CISCO PARTNER SUMMIT 2008, April 9, 2008 - Cisco® today announced a major milestone in its ongoing efforts to equip more people for successful careers in networking. To date, Cisco has issued more than 1 million certifications to networking
Students and local residents poured into the gym at Pelican Rapids High School to remember Jessica Weishair and pray for those injured in a weekend school bus accident.
The University of Minnesota hoped to secure $24 million in state money for a new Bell Museum building, but Gov. Tim Pawlenty vetoed the item Monday from the bonding bill.
