News articles tagged with 'surface'
Scientists find evidence for 'great lake' on Europa
— 16 Nov 2011 21:37 | AstronomyIn a significant finding in the search for life beyond Earth, scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and elsewhere have discovered what appears to be a body of liquid water…
Expanding the degrees of surface freezing
— 1 Apr 2011 15:45 | TechnologyAs part of the quest to form perfectly smooth single-molecule layers of materials for advanced energy, electronic, and medical devices, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's…
MIT engineers devise new way to inspect materials used in airplanes
— 28 Mar 2011 16:17 | TechnologyIn recent years, many airplane manufacturers have started building their planes from advanced composite materials, which consist of high-strength fibres, such as carbon or glass, embedded…
Researchers develop the first permanent anti-fog coating
— 17 Mar 2011 18:29 | TechnologyResearchers under the supervision of Universite Laval professor Gaetan Laroche have developed the very first permanent anti-fog coating. Dr Laroche and his colleagues present in the…
MESSENGER spacecraft to swing into orbit around Mercury
— 15 Mar 2011 21:20 | AstronomyAt 8:45 p.m. EDT on March 17, the MESSENGER spacecraft will execute a 15-minute manoeuvre that will place it into orbit around Mercury, making it the first craft ever to do so, and…
The scars of impacts on Mars
— 5 Mar 2011 13:24 | AstronomyESA's Mars Express has returned new images of an elongated impact crater in the southern hemisphere of Mars. Located just south of the Huygens basin, it could have been carved out by…
Drop in temperature may explain the increase in dry eye suffering
— 4 Mar 2011 13:38 | HealthSpringtime may be just what the doctor orders for individuals suffering from dry eye condition, a disorder resulting from insufficient tear production or altered tear film composition.…
Research provides new findings on drug delivery with nanoparticles
— 2 Mar 2011 13:20 | HealthResearchers have over time been able to show that medicine designed at nanoscale offers unprecedented opportunities for targeted treatment of serious diseases such as cancer. However,…
Scientists reveal new insights into tendon injury
— 1 Mar 2011 17:57 | HealthScientists have discovered how tendons - the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone - become damaged through injury or the ageing process in what could lead to new treatments for…
Scientists find increase in microearthquakes after Chilean quake
— 26 Feb 2011 17:21 | Geology and palaeontologyBy studying seismographs from the earthquake that hit Chile last February, earth scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have found a statistically significant increase of…