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• Small asteroid to burn up over Africa
Based on 26 optical observations, "the probability of impact is between 99.8 percent and 100 percent," said Andrea Milani of the University of Pisa. "In practice the impact can be considered sure and is for tonight." Milani continued: "The effect of ...
• Netflix Bucks the Trend
Redbox is just now starting to test Blu-ray optical discs alongside its original DVD titles. It could -- and should -- charge more for Blu-ray rentals, but if it doesn't, this may be the perfect opportunity to set itself apart from Netflix. Bankrolled ...
• Uranus poses challenge for planet fans
If you exclude our own world, there is indeed one other planet that can be spied without optical aid: the planet Uranus . This week will be a fine time to seek it out, especially since Uranus is now favorably placed for viewing in our evening sky and ...
• No need for point-and-shoot? Not quite yet
Greengart, of Current Analysis, said “most camera phones still generally are trying to be small enough to be used in a phone, so they end up not using a very large image sensor chip, and in some cases, use a plastic lens, so the whole optical path ...
• Cosmic Log: Doomsday lawsuit dismissed
So with the LHC we are able to in some sense re-create the conditions that existed in the universe when it was just a fraction of a second old - the sort of thing that the optical telescopes and just can’t see. So, most powerful microscope ...