Hot-air Balloon Research May Improve Tornado Predictions (Science Daily)Three hot-air balloons dropped asphalt shingles, lumber, sticks, leaves and pine needles onto a north Alabama landfill, so scientists could gather data needed to improve tornado warnings. The payloads dropped by the balloons were similar to the types of debris thrown into the air by tornados that touch the ground. Scientists hope the Doppler radar data collected will be a first step toward ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Mon, 12 May 2008 01:29:27 GMT)
The K7RA Solar Update (ARRL Amateur Radio News)Again this week, we saw a new, but brief sunspot, sunspot 993. Judging from the polarity of the spot, it looks to be from new Solar Cycle 24; this spot was south of the solar equator, so it has the same polarity as any Cycle 23 spot that was north of the equator. After two days it was gone, not from drifting over the edge of the visible solar disk -- it just disappeared.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 09 May 2008 17:20:26 GMT)
Zimbabwe's Leading Sunday Newspaper (The Zimbabwe Standard)IT is indeed an honour and a great pleasure for me to be the guest speaker at this year’s World Press Freedom Day Commemorations here in Masvingo under the theme, "Rebuild the media, Rebuild Zimbabwe".(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Sun, 11 May 2008 00:19:11 GMT)
Review: Ikaruga (AskMen)May 9th, 2008 - If you have 800 Microsoft Points (US $10), set them aside. If you don't, go buy some. Ikaruga has finally made its way to Xbox Live Arcade.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Fri, 09 May 2008 04:30:33 GMT)
Power Filters are optimized for DC applications. (ThomasNet)Particularly suited for applications requiring increased attenuation of asymmetric disturbances, FMEB and FMEC series have current rating of 30 A @ 80 Vdc and aluminum housing that is potted and has metal flanges for secure mounting to chassis. Single polarity FMEB filter is designed for max operating voltage of 80 Vdc, while FMEC series offers connections for 2 polarities for 80+ Vdc max. Input ...(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Tue, 06 May 2008 13:09:37 GMT)
Magnets help spacecraft fly in formation (New Scientist)Superconducting magnets could one day allow multiple spacecraft to fly in formation – a requirement for many next-generation science missions (From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 08 May 2008 17:45:04 GMT)
The status of two local women: Unsung heroines (Boston Globe)When Debbie Savoia returned from the mailbox one day in late March, she held two letters from the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Opening both, she learned that not only had she been named the commission's 2008 Unsung Heroine for North Andover, but her nomination of her friend and colleague, Laurie Myers, had been accepted as well.(From: news.search.yahoo.com - Thu, 08 May 2008 05:58:01 GMT)