2015年1月28日 星期三

2015-01-29 India Science


SMN Weekly
   
Google spends big money on Lunar X Prize milestone winners   
SMN Weekly
Internet giant Google has spent some big money recently, awarding five teams a total of $5.25 million for reaching major milestones in the Lunar X Prize, a race to put an unmanned rover on the moon. Advertisement. With a grand prize of $30 million on the ...

Private race to the moon close to blasting off   FanIQ
Google posts Lunar XPRIZE documentary on YouTube   San Jose Mercury News
The race to the moon   Investor's Business Daily
Mashable   
Times of India   
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NDTV
   
New NASA app gives preview of deep space missions   
Business Standard
NASA has developed a new interactive 3D app that can allow avid space explorers reach the launch pad of space missions - virtually. Smartphone and tablet users can experience the excitement of standing on the launch pad beneath NASA's massive new ...

NASA's latest app brings space missions right to your smartphones   The News Reports
Launch NASA space mission from your smartphone!   New Kerala

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3DPrint.com
   
Scientist Says Metamaterials and 3D Printing Will Lead To Invisibility Cloaks In ...   
3DPrint.com
The world will get considerably more 'transparent' if work being done in a lab in Arizona comes to fruition. Hao Xin, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, has discovered synthetic materials which might one day be used to build microscopes with ...

Discovery of New Metamaterial May Pave the Way to Development of Invisibility ...   Tech Times

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The Mary Sue
   
Simulated Mars mission gutted in fire   
Web India
A simulated Mars mission held in the Utah desert in the US came to an abrupt end, when the research station was gutted in fire, media reported Wednesday. According to a Daily Mail report, the mission involved four astronauts living in isolation for two weeks ...

Raging fire ends mock Mars mission in Utah   Daily Mail
Pretend Mars Mission Ended by Real Fire, We Have Suspicions of Who's ...   The Mary Sue
(Mock) Mars Mission Comes to (Mock) Tragic End Thanks to (Real) Fire   Gizmodo India

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Mumbaikars get ready for their annual tryst with birds   
Times of India
MUMBAI: Bird lovers from across the city will be coming together for the annual bird race to be held in Mumbai on February 1 this year. This is the 11th edition of the race and will be seeing over 300 people coming participating in it. Organizers said that over ...

Where have all the birds gone from Mumbai?   Hindustan Times

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IANS
   
Body movements can help learn math better   
Business Standard
Imagine a classroom full of kids moving around, contorting their bodies and waving their arms to learn math! Researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM) found that elementary school students learned geometric principles more easily when physical ...

Video game technology could help students better understand math principles   UT The Daily Texan
Master math via body movements   Zee News

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SpaceFlight Insider
   
JPL seeking $30 million from NASA for Mars drone   
The San Gabriel Valley Tribune
A proposed helicopter could triple the distances that Mars rovers can drive in a Martian day and help pinpoint interesting targets for study. Image Courtesy: NASA-JPL. LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE >> The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is seeking $30 million from ...

Mars rover Curiosity gets back to work after software upgrade   Science Recorder
Alien Enthusiast Spots Human-Like Figure In Mars Rover Photo   Full-Time Whistle
Opportunity Rover Celebrates 11 Years on Mars   Science Times
Opposing Views   
BBC News   
Huffington Post   
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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
   
UR expert peers at faraway star   
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
A University of Rochester astronomer is part of a team of scientists who have been doing some detective work about the significance of large rings of particles and a sun-like star some 3 quadrillion miles away. These faraway rings are similar to those that go ...

Scientists explore mystery of faraway star's rings   USA TODAY
Excitement in boffinry circles as GIGANTIC ALIEN RING BLOTS OUT SUN   The Register
Planet with rings 200 times bigger than Saturn found   Times of India
ABC Online   
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Calcutta Telegraph
   
Five ancient planets, for a song   
Calcutta Telegraph
New Delhi, Jan. 28: Indian-American astronomer Sarbani Basu enjoys listening to the strums of the classical guitar. But she's spent the past three years probing the music of distant stars, and helped discover the oldest-known Earth-sized planets from near the ...

NASA's Kepler Discovers 5 new Planets   KRDO
Astronomers thrilled by newly found system   Butler Eagle (subscription)
Astronomers find five Earth-like planets in ancient solar system   National Monitor
Full-Time Whistle   
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NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet   
Yumanewsnow
Washington, DC - NASA's Dawn spacecraft has returned the sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres. The images were taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on Sunday, and represent a new milestone for a spacecraft that soon ...


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