Look up! Brief total lunar eclipse to grace the sky Saturday
Don't blink. There's a total eclipse of the moon Saturday—and it's an unusually short one.
Space Exploration
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Northwest Alaska bird, mammal species could experience habitat change from warming climate
Of the 201 bird and mammal species that call northwest Alaska's arctic and subarctic region their home, 195 of them—or, roughly, 97 percent—could experience some form of habitat loss or gain stemming from climate change, ...
Ecology
Apr 3, 2015
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NASA catches a tropical cyclone's birth in 3-D
Tropical Cyclone 05W was born in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on April 3 west of the island of Pohnpei when the GPM satellite passed over it and analyzed its rainfall rates. That GPM data was made into a 3-D image that ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2015
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Physicists first to create new molecule with record-setting dipole moment
A proposed pathway to construct quantum computers may be the outcome of research by a University of Oklahoma physics team that has created a new molecule based on the interaction between a highly-excited type of atom known ...
Condensed Matter
Apr 3, 2015
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New evidence shows carbon's importance to ocean life's survival 252 million years ago
A new study led by scientists with The University of Texas at Arlington demonstrates for the first time how elemental carbon became an important construction material of some forms of ocean life after one of the greatest ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2015
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NASA sees Typhoon Maysak weakening
Various NASA satellites and instruments continue to see the weakening trend in Typhoon Maysak as it moved through the Philippine Sea on April 2 and 3 toward a landfall in Luzon on April 4. Maysak is known locally in the Philippines ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 3, 2015
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TV service DishWorld changes name to Sling International
Dish Network's Sling TV said Friday that the live streaming, multi-language television service DishWorld will now be called Sling International.
Business
Apr 3, 2015
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Computer sharing of personality in sight: inventor
The world has only touched the surface of technological progress and computers may soon be able to transmit the complexities of human personalities, a prominent inventor says.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 3, 2015
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Frustrated magnets: New experiment reveals clues to their discontent
An experiment conducted by Princeton researchers has revealed an unlikely behavior in a class of materials called frustrated magnets, addressing a long-debated question about the nature of these discontented quantum materials.
Quantum Physics
Apr 3, 2015
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Camera chip provides superfine 3-D resolution
Imagine you need to have an almost exact copy of an object. Now imagine that you can just pull your smartphone out of your pocket, take a snapshot with its integrated 3-D imager, send it to your 3-D printer, and within minutes ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 3, 2015
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