Frank Press (born December 4, 1924) is an American geophysicist. Named in his honour are Mount Press, in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica; and Osedax frankpressi, a species of whalebone-eating marine worm. Read more
4 - 6 December 2012, ATNF Lecture Theatre, Marsfield, Sydney CSIRO Astronomy & Space Science and the Australian Astronomical Observatory are holding the Bolton Symposium, named after John Gatenby Bolton (1922-1993), the first director of the Parkes Radiotelescope. The aim of this sympos...
Plastic bulb development promises better quality light US researchers say they have developed a new type of lighting that could replace fluorescent bulbs. The new source is made from layers of plastic and is said to be more efficient while producing a better quality of flicker-free light. [url=ht...
Entering Sir Ernest Shackleton's hut on the edge of the Antarctic is like travelling back in time 100 years and becoming part of the expedition that so nearly became the first to reach the South Pole. Iron pots stand on the wood stove, and bottles of medicine and cans of preserved food can be seen on the w...
Glitter galaxy The brilliant cascade of stars through the middle of this image is the galaxy ESO 318-13 as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Despite being millions of light-years from Earth, the stars captured in this image are so bright and clear you could almost attempt to count them. Al...
The MAQSAT-B2 (Maquette Satellite - Bas 2) that was launched with the Ariane 5 ECA rocket on the 12th February, 2005, from the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, is predicted to re-enter the Earths atmosphere on the 3rd December, 2012 @ 03:35 GMT ± 14 hours.MAQSAT/ARIANE 5
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Title: The extended X-ray emission around RRAT J1819-1458 Authors: A. Camero-Arranz, N. Rea, N. Bucciantini, M. A. McLaughlin, P. Slane, B. M. Gaensler, D. F. Torres, L. Stella, E. de Oña, G. L. Israel, F. Camilo, A. Possenti We present new imaging and spectral analysis of the recently discovered e...
In 2004 to 2005, a series of articles was published by different authors about fullerene toxicity, the series being initiated with reports by E. Obersdorster from Dallas University (USA) and V. Colvin from Rice University. It was noted in particular that the fish swimming in the water with the full...
SMS messaging was used for the first time was on 3 December 1992, when Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old test engineer for Sema Group (now Airwide Solutions), used a personal computer to send the text message "Merry Christmas" via the Vodafone network to the phone of Richard Jarvis. Read more...
Neon lighting consists of brightly glowing, electrified glass tubes or bulbs that contain rarefied neon or other gases. Georges Claude, a French engineer and inventor, presented neon tube lighting in essentially its modern form at the Paris Motor Show from December 3-18, 1910. Claude, sometim...
Dune is a 1984 science fiction film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1965 Frank Herbert novel of the same name. Dune premiered in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 1984, at The Kennedy Centre and was released worldwide on December 14. Read more
The Bhopal disaster was a gas leak incident in India, considered one of the world's worst industrial catastrophes. It occurred on the night of December 2-3, 1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bho...
Meade #930 90-Degree Mirror Diagonal (2") The #930 Meade 2" surface Mirror Diagonal with UHTC coatings is designed to be used with any Meade LX series telescope. This diagonal is compatible with any refractor having a 2" focuser and held in place with a grub screw. The #930 also wor...
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