Posts Tagged ‘earth’

Scientists shed light on a mysterious particle, the neutrino

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

Physicists have begun looking deep into the Earth to study some of nature’s weirdest particles — neutrinos.

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Scientists shed light on a mysterious particle, the neutrino

SUSY Neutralino unlikely by new CDMS II results

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The solar neutrino problem was a major discrepancy between measurements of the numbers of neutrinos flowing through the Earth and theoretical models of the solar interior, lasting from the mid-1960s to about 2002. The discrepancy has since been resolved by new understanding of neutrino physics, requiring a modification of the Standard Model of particle physics – specifically, neutrino oscillation

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SUSY Neutralino unlikely by new CDMS II results

Will the Moon escape Earth’s orbit in billions of years?

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

I’ve heard that the moon is very slowly moving away from Earth. Will it eventually escape Earth’s orbit?

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Will the Moon escape Earth’s orbit in billions of years?

Recessional velocity! Help

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

It has been found that, on average; galaxies are moving away from Earth at a speed that is propotional to their distance from Earth and that speed is called: Recessional Speed.

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Recessional velocity! Help

Philadelphia Plans to Buy Its Wi-Fi Network

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

The City of Philadelphia plans to buy the Wi-Fi network built by EarthLink and use it for city services, plus some public hotspots.

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Philadelphia Plans to Buy Its Wi-Fi Network