The Science Lists Blog http://www.sciencelists.com Science is passion Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:28:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 en Polymers can get “older than universe” http://www.sciencelists.com/2007/04/24/polymers-can-get-older-than-universe/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2007/04/24/polymers-can-get-older-than-universe/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 07:43:20 +0000 kovacs News http://www.sciencelists.com/2007/04/24/polymers-can-get-older-than-universe/ Maybe CDs and DVDs won’t lose their data so fast after all? New research has shown that certain polymers may actually have cosmic life spans.

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No TagsNo Tags]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2007/04/24/polymers-can-get-older-than-universe/feed/ Hubble finds evidence for dark matter in early universe http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/11/16/hubble-finds-evidence-for-dark-matter-in-early-universe/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/11/16/hubble-finds-evidence-for-dark-matter-in-early-universe/#comments Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:46:32 +0000 kovacs News http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/11/16/hubble-finds-evidence-for-dark-matter-in-early-universe/ Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that dark energy is not a new constituent of space, but rather has been present for most of the universe’s history. Dark energy is a mysterious repulsive force that causes the universe to expand at an increasing rate.

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No TagsNo Tags]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/11/16/hubble-finds-evidence-for-dark-matter-in-early-universe/feed/ 2006 Transit of Mercury http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/24/2006-transit-of-mercury/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/24/2006-transit-of-mercury/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 06:11:20 +0000 kovacs News http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/24/2006-transit-of-mercury/ Mark your calendar: On Wednesday, Nov 8th, the planet Mercury will pass directly in front the Sun. The transit begins at 2:12 pm EST (11:12 am PST) and lasts for almost five hours. Good views can be had from the Americas, Hawaii, Australia and all along the Pacific Rim.

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No TagsNo Tags]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/24/2006-transit-of-mercury/feed/ Hubble Zeroes in on Nearest Exoplanet http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/09/hubble-zeroes-in-on-nearest-exoplanet/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/09/hubble-zeroes-in-on-nearest-exoplanet/#comments Mon, 09 Oct 2006 18:15:34 +0000 kovacs News http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/09/hubble-zeroes-in-on-nearest-exoplanet/ NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, in collaboration with ground-based observatories, has provided definitive evidence for the existence of the nearest extrasolar planet to our solar system.

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No TagsNo Tags]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/10/09/hubble-zeroes-in-on-nearest-exoplanet/feed/ Ozone Layer May Be Recovering http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/30/ozone-layer-may-be-recovering/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/30/ozone-layer-may-be-recovering/#comments Wed, 30 Aug 2006 16:16:11 +0000 kovacs Newsclimateenvironmentnasaozone http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/30/ozone-layer-may-be-recovering/ A new study using NASA and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) data finds consistent evidence that Earth’s ozone layer is on the mend.

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Tags: , , , , , , ]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/30/ozone-layer-may-be-recovering/feed/ Flying on Hydrogen http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/29/flying-on-hydrogen/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/29/flying-on-hydrogen/#comments Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:18:07 +0000 kovacs Newsaerospaceclimateenvironment http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/29/flying-on-hydrogen/ Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have conducted successful test flights of a hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft believed to be the largest to fly on a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell using compressed hydrogen.

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Tags: , , , , ]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/29/flying-on-hydrogen/feed/ NASA And COBE Scientists Win Top Cosmology Prize http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/15/nasa-and-cobe-scientists-win-top-cosmology-prize/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/15/nasa-and-cobe-scientists-win-top-cosmology-prize/#comments Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:32:54 +0000 kovacs Newsastronomybig bangcosmologyspace http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/15/nasa-and-cobe-scientists-win-top-cosmology-prize/ The 2006 Gruber Cosmology Prize has been awarded to John Mather and the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) science team for their groundbreaking studies confirming that our universe was born in a hot Big Bang.

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Tags: , , , , , , ]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/15/nasa-and-cobe-scientists-win-top-cosmology-prize/feed/ Back to work http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/10/back-to-work/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/10/back-to-work/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2006 12:47:29 +0000 kovacs Newsdiscoveryhypographyoutreachspacespaceflight http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/10/back-to-work/ Rocket launch at AndøyaIt’s been a long and nice summer! I had four weeks of continuous vacation for the first time in 13 years. Finally I got to spend some time with my wife and kids and not worry too much about work.

It was really good news that space shuttle Discovery performed so well. If anything had happened, I would have been forced to cover the story for the Norwegian Space Centre, like I did last year. But things went very well!

The first thing I did after my vacation was to fly up to Andøya, north of the Arctic Circle, to give two lectures to participants at the European Space Camp. They all fell asleep during my lecture about the Norwegian Space Centre (I probably would have, too - they had been up half the night and this was the start of the day!).

However, my lecture on the US Vision for Space Exploration as compared to the European Aurora program got really interesting and I think I managed to create some enthusiasm for the coming decades. :) Let’s hope it lasts.

Back to work now, I hope to be able to keep updating my blog - and will, as usual, hang out at Hypography.

Tags: , , , , , , , , ]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/08/10/back-to-work/feed/ Arctic, Antarctic, Mars http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/28/search-forums/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/28/search-forums/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:43:28 +0000 kovacs Newssciencespacesvalbard http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/28/search-forums/ Martian bacteriaTo find life on Mars, scientists are looking to Svalbard, an arctic archipelago north of Norway.

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Tags: , , , , ]]> http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/28/search-forums/feed/ New search portal http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/27/new-search-portal/ http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/27/new-search-portal/#comments Tue, 27 Jun 2006 00:02:03 +0000 kovacs Siteshypography http://www.sciencelists.com/2006/06/27/new-search-portal/ Hypography Search PortalI am a bit proud of this - my new search portal was launched today. It fits nicely into the Hypography theme and is located at http://www.hypography.net - check it out! It may not be very different from other search engines but this one is, well, mine. :)

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