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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A meteor streaked across Russia’s early morning skies on Friday before violently exploding, sending a rain of debris onto the Earth below. The flash and boom shattered windows and meteor particles left damage in its wake, injuring more than 900 people in the Ural Mountains region. Marina Mokvicheva, regional health minister in Chelyabinsk, the Russian city that had felt the brunt of the impact, told the Washington Post that 985...

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In an announcement today, American augmented reality and visual search company, Gravity Jack, has completed round one of submissions in its competitive developer program and is expected to notify winners in the coming days. The company began accepting submissions in late December, allowing developers from all walks and industries to submit creative ideas for the company's powerful augmented reality and visual search...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), Southampton have discovered the location of an underwater volcanic vent in the Southern Ocean. In a study published this week in the journal PLOS ONE, the researchers describe how this vent, marked by a low-lying plume of shimmering water, differs from "classic" hydrothermal vents. The research group used the NOC’s high-resolution deep-towed camera platform SHRIMP to image the...

FARMINGTON, Conn., Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Augmented reality enhances consumer experience by enabling computer-generated content to be superimposed over a live view of the real world, presenting real world environments overlaid with virtual information. Giants such Apple, Google, HP and Microsoft see augmented reality (AR) as both a way to boost their traditional businesses and as a gateway into new markets. At the same time innovative AR start-ups are attracting funding...

LONDON, January 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Visitors to this year's TFM&A (Technology for Marketing & Advertising) event will have the opportunity to experience 3D printing technology first hand and get involved in an exclusive surprise augmented reality attraction. The show takes place on the 26th and 27th of February at Earls Court, London. The 3D Experience will provide attendees from businesses across the UK with a chance to step inside a working 3D printer for...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ - Quartz Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Quartz Mountain") (TSX-V: QZM; OTC: QZMRF) announces results from exploration programs completed in 2012 at the Galaxie and ZNT projects in British Columbia (BC).  Induced polarization (IP) geophysical, prospecting and geochemical sampling surveys were undertaken at the Company's Galaxie porphyry copper property, located near Dease Lake and the ZNT silver-zinc project, located near Houston. These surveys...

University of Arizona Plants can adapt their demand for water depending on how much is available - However, this resilience has a limit, and prolonged drought conditions threaten the survival of plant communities, especially in more arid areas Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, or USDA, and their partners have determined that water demand by many plant communities can fluctuate in response to water availability, indicating a capacity for resilience even when changing...

Residents living near an e-waste recycling site in China face elevated risks of lung cancer, according to a recent study co-authored by Oregon State University researchers. Electronic trash, such as cell phones, computers and TVs, is often collected in dumps in developing countries and crudely incinerated to recover precious metals, including silver, gold, palladium and copper. The process is often primitive, releasing fumes with a range of toxic substances, including polycyclic aromatic...

ALBANY, New York, January 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- New Market Research Report Added in MarketResearchReports.Biz Reports Database Wearable Technology Market - Global Scenario, Trends, Industry Analysis, Size, Share And Forecast, 2012 - 2018 [http://www.marketresearchreports.biz/analysis/158516 ] This report covers the global wearable technology market size and forecast from 2012 to 2018 along with their application in different end-use segments such as wellness and...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Scientists from three universities have found that record temperatures in 2010 and 2012 resulted in the earliest spring flowering season in the eastern United States in more than 160 years. Using the phenological records of two iconic American naturalists, Henry David Thoreau and Aldo Leopold, scientists have shown that some springtime bloomers have appeared as much as a month earlier in response to the warming climate. This study...