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Hadron Collider restart delayed...again
tech.uk.msn.com — The planned restart of the world's largest atom smasher has been delayed, its operator said. Scientists have to carry out further tests and put in place more safety measures to prevent a repeat of the faults which sidelined the 10 billion-dollar (£6 billion) machine shortly after start-up last year. More…
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APOD: 2009 July 5 - Genesis Missions Hard Impact
apod.nasa.gov — A flying saucer from outer space crash-landed in the Utah desert in 2004 after being tracked by radar and chased by helicopters. No space aliens were involved, however. The saucer, pictured above, was the Genesis sample return capsule, part of a human-made robot Genesis spaceship launched in 2001 by NASA itself to study the Sun. More…
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World's First 'Self-Watering' Plant: Desert Rhubarb
sciencedaily.com — Researchers have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism of the desert rhubarb, which enables it to harvest 16 times the amount of water than otherwise expected for a plant in this region based on the quantities of rain in the desert. This is the first example of a self-irrigating plant worldwide.... More…
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vroom101Faults And Earthquakes In China Monitored From Space
sciencedaily.com — China is in a very seismically active area and has had many catastrophic earthquakes during its history. A joint European-Chinese team is using satellite radar data to monitor ground deformation across major continental faults in China to understand better the seismic cycle and how faults behave. More…
divinedivaSuper-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole
sciencedaily.com — Astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the supermassive black hole at its core. The discovery provides important new information about the mysterious workings of the powerful "engines" in the centers of innumerable galaxies throughout the Universe. More…
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