The lead scientist for NASA's Mars rover exploration team (Steve Squyres) has announced that recent images beamed back by the Opportunity rover show a rock sitting in a place nearby where there wasn't one just twelve days prior. The image, ...
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A ground-penetrating bomb, minus its nuclear components, rammed through a target at the remote Coyote Canyon test range last month in Sandia National Laboratories' first such rocket-driven impact test in seven years. Engineers said the ...
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Safety concerns about an unlit stretch of the M65 have led to a local campaign to get the motorway's defunct road lights switched back on. Following a fatal crash in November, near junction 8 of the motorway, the local newspaper The ...
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Cilia—short, hair-like fibers—are widely present in nature. Single-celled paramecia use one set of cilia for locomotion and another set to sweep nutrients into their oral grooves. Researchers at Brown have discovered that those ...
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Gemini Planet Imager's first light image of Beta Pictoris b, a planet orbiting the star Beta Pictoris. The star, Beta Pictoris, is blocked in this image by a mask so its light doesn't interfere with the light of the planet. In addition to ...
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Vacuum regularly to rid your carpets, area rugs, and hard floors of dirt, pet hair, and food particles. You'll find a wide selection of different cleaners. Choose a vacuum cleaner that works on your flooring or carpet and includes all the ...
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Finding a bit is easy to do. Just about every manufacturer offers them and you can find them at almost any store. However finding a bit that will last and take the abuse of an impact driver, well that's where it becomes hard to find a ...
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Air compressor is the most common industrial device that is used for the safe and convenient use of air. This equipment converts power into kinetic energy usually with the help of electric motor, diesel engine and gasoline engine. The ...
Plastic recycling firm Vikoz has announced that the company started collecting plastic scrap for recycling anywhere in the US. Under the scheme, the company will pick up plastic scraps and offer various services to customers which will ...
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Lubricants are required to ensure smooth functioning of machines. Lubricants reduce friction between surfaces in contact and thus lower wear and tear, thereby increasing the machine life to a great extent. Additionally, Industrial ...
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Improvements in knee pain following a common orthopedic procedure appear to be largely due to the placebo effect, a new Finnish study suggests. The research, which was published Dec. 26 in the New England Journal of Medicine, has weighty ...
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Also known as high-frequency induction heating frequency welding, high frequency welding is the use of 10 ~ 500KHz frequency current flows through the metal connecting surface to generate heat resistance and applied (or not applied) ...
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Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: GDP) today announced that its Huff 18-7H-1 (97% WI) well in Amite County, Mississippi was successfully fracture stimulated with 17 stages and had commenced flowback at expected fluid rates when the well ...
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Interface officially announced its participation in Healthy Seas, joining us in the journey from waste to wear! Interface is a global leader in the design and production of carpet tiles. Commenting on its participation, Interface VP & ...
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Though window protection and window cleaner skill are vital to ensuring a quality finished product, no amount of these can overcome low-quality windows. In recent years, low-quality tempered glass has become a major source of scratched ...
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