News articles tagged with 'trajectory'
44-year-old mystery of how fleas jump resolved
— 10 Feb 2011 19:43 | BiologyIf you thought that we know everything about how the flea jumps, think again. In 1967, Henry Bennet-Clark discovered that fleas store the energy needed to catapult themselves into the…
CT helps identify bullet trajectories
— 11 Jan 2011 16:29 | TechnologyMultidetector computed tomography (MDCT) provides an efficient, effective way to analyse wounds from bullets and explosive devices, according to a study published online and in the…
Carlos '97 free kick no fluke, say French physicists
— 2 Sep 2010 16:52 | PhysicsRoberto Carlos' free kick goal against France in 1997's Tournoi de France is thought by many to have been the most skilful free kick goal - from 35 m with a powerful curling banana…
Search for the bridge to the quantum world
— 2 Jul 2010 09:53 | PhysicsScience fiction has nothing over quantum physics when it comes to presenting us with a labyrinthine world that can twist your mind into knots when you try to make sense of it…
NASA spacecraft burns for home, then comet
— 29 May 2010 13:06 | AstronomyNASA's Deep Impact/Epoxi spacecraft has successfully performed a trajectory correction manoeuvre to refine its orbit prior to an upcoming Earth flyby 27 June. The manoeuvre, along with…
Growth spurts
— 8 Aug 2009 16:10 | ChemistryThe veil is being lifted from the once unseen world of molecular activity. Not so long ago only the final products were visible and scientists were forced to gauge the processes behind…
Herschel and Planck commissioning has begun
— 21 May 2009 11:26 | AstronomyAfter a perfect injection by the Ariane 5 launcher on 14 May, the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) for Herschel and Planck has started to wind down, while commissioning…
Herschel and Planck flight dynamics: It really is rocket science
— 11 May 2009 18:36 | AstronomyImagine you are a flight dynamics specialist at ESOC, ESA's European Space Operations Centre, Darmstadt, Germany, on the afternoon of 14 May 2009…
Ten-ton rock responsible for fireball in Western Canada last week
— 26 Nov 2008 08:32 | Geology and palaeontologyInvestigation of the fireball that lit up the skies of Alberta and Saskatchewan on 20 November has determined that an asteroid fragment weighing approximately 10 tonnes entered the…
'Autonomous' helicopters teach themselves to fly
— 6 Sep 2008 21:39 | TechnologyStanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters…