How much do climate patterns influence predictability across the United States?
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
In our post last month, we introduced and defined several climate patterns other than ENSO that impact United States winter climate. But how useful are these climate patterns in predicting U.S. temperature and precipitation in winter and other seasons? How do they stack up against ENSO, for example?
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For all seasons combined, upward temperature trends have been ...
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New N. Korean launch site near completion: think-tank
Seoul (AFP) Aug 22, 2014 -
North Korea will be able to test longer-range rockets at its new launch site before the end of this year, a US think-tank has said.
A major construction programme has been under way at the North's Sohae Satellite Launching Station since mid-2013, focused on upgrading facilities to handle larger, longer-range rockets with heavier payloads.
Satellite images taken this month indicate that s ...
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On the edge of graphene
Teddington, UK (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have discovered that the conductivity at the edges of graphene devices is different to that of the central material.
Local scanning electrical techniques were used to examine the local nanoscale electronic properties of epitaxial graphene, in particular the differences between the edges and central parts of graphene Hall bar devices. Th ...
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NMR Using Earth's Magnetic Field
Berkeley CA (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Earth's magnetic field, a familiar directional indicator over long distances, is routinely probed in applications ranging from geology to archaeology. Now it has provided the basis for a technique which might, one day, be used to characterize the chemical composition of fluid mixtures in their native environments.
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley Nat ...
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Russia's First Exoskeleton to Help Physically Impaired
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2014 -
A team of Russian exoskeleton designers said Monday they were looking for disabled patients who would agree to volunteer for human tests in the country's unique ExoAtlet Project, according to Izvestia newspaper.
"Preclinical trials are scheduled for autumn: we will look at how comfortable it is for different people to move around in an exoskeleton, and use the feedback to tune the control ...
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AFSOUTH strengthens space ties with partner nations
Davis-Monthan AFB AZ (SPX) Aug 21, 2014 -
Three officers from the Dominican Republic, Peruvian and Brazilian militaries partnered with active-duty and guard Airmen at Davis-Monthan for a rare opportunity to work collectively on the space component of PANAMAX 2014.
For a third year, partner nation participants took part in the space element of PANAMAX, an annual U.S. Southern Command sponsored exercise, which focuses on ensuring th ...
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Astrotech Space Operations now a Lockheed Martin subsidiary
Bethesda, Md. (UPI) Aug 25, 2014 -
Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of its acquisition of Astrotech Space Operations, previously part of Astrotech Corporation.
The financial terms of the transaction were described by Lockheed Martin as "not material" to it. Astrotech, however, said the transaction was worth $61 million and was an important step in the company's strategic evolution towards maximizing the value ...
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