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Earth acts as a giant particle accelerator, creating the dangerous Van Allen radiation belts
2013-07-29 14:30:47| Extremetech
The cause of the dangerous, high-velocity electrons in the Van Allen belts has been found.
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What the Motion Industry Needs to Know About Rare Earth Materials
2013-07-26 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
"What the Motion Industry Needs to Know About Rare Earth Materials" is scheduled for August 7, from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. In the 1960s, rare-earth synchronous motors became the go-to technology for motion control and automation OEMs. In 2010, supply chain tightening and speculation caused prices to skyrocket, and today, the market has become more rational. Webinar will review factors that created the bubble, highlight design alternatives and new suppliers, and discuss expectations for the ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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NukeMap3D brings nuclear apocalypse to Google Earth
2013-07-23 20:36:40| CNET News.com
A nuclear fallout simulator for Google Earth offers a sobering reminder of the power of atomic bombs, both historical and modern. [Read more]
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Earth and Moon photographed from 900 million miles away, from the shadow of Saturn
2013-07-23 12:36:18| Extremetech
For only the third time ever, Earth has been photographed from the outer Solar System. At a distance of 898 million miles, as seen by NASA's Saturn-orbiting Cassini satellite, the Earth is a tiny, almost luminescent blue marble. If you zoom in (image below), you can even see the pale speck of the Moon next to Earth. As luck would have it, at almost exactly the same time, NASA's MESSENGER satellite also captured an image of the Earth and Moon -- this time from the inner Solar System, orbiting around Mercury (image below).
NASA photos show Earth from vantage point of Saturn, Mercury
2013-07-23 01:44:01| CNET News.com
For the first time, we can see what our planet looks like from other outposts in the solar system -- some of which are 900 million miles away. [Read more]
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