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April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The temperature near the Earth's core is approximately 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit [1] a team of scientists has determined. This is 1,800 degrees hotter than in a previous experiment conducted 20 years prior. The new measurements confirm geophysical models that the temperature difference between the solid core and the mantle above must be at least 1,500 degrees F to explain why the Earth has a magnetic field. The team was even able to...

FORT WORTH, Texas, March 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) announced today that its management will be presenting at the Howard Weil Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on March 17 - 21, 2013. Alan Krenek, Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at approximately 10:45 a.m. Central Time. Beginning that morning, the presentation materials will be available...

FORT WORTH, Texas, Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) announced today that its management will be presenting at the 2013 Credit Suisse Energy Summit to be held in Vail, Colorado on February 4 - 7, 2013. Ken Huseman, President and CEO, is scheduled to present on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, at approximately 3:05 p.m. Mountain Time. A link to the live webcast and replay will be available in the Investor Relations section of Basic's website at...

[ Listen to the Podcast “The Search For Dark Energy” ] redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online A popular theory that relies on dark energy, thought to be the main contributor to the accelerating expansion of the Universe does not fit newly obtained data with regards to one fundamental constant – the proton to electron mass ratio. Rodger Thompson, a University of Arizona astronomy professor, disclosed his findings Wednesday at the American Astronomical Society...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online People take it for granted in most northern climes the temperatures will drop below zero at some point during the winter. What is normal in nature is impossible in physics: a minus temperature. Minus temperatures are only surprising on the Celsius scale during the summer. On the Kelvin, or absolute temperature scale used by physicists, it is impossible to go below zero. At least, it is impossible to get colder than zero Kelvin....

MIDLAND, Texas, Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Basic Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: BAS) announced today that its management will be presenting at the Johnson Rice Fourth Annual Energy Conference to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana on October 1 - 4, 2012. Alan Krenek, Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, is scheduled to present on Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at approximately 3:10 p.m. Central Time. A link to the live webcast and replay will be available in the...

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45860) has announced the addition of Yaws' Handbook of Thermodynamic Properties for Hydrocarbons and Chemicals to their offering. Written by one of the most prolific and well-respected chemical engineers that the industry has ever produced, this is the most comprehensive and thorough volume ever written on the thermodynamic properties of hydrocarbons and chemicals. Carl Yaws is the world's foremost authority on vapour...

DUBLIN (Reuters) - An Irish technology firm issued a challenge to the world's scientific community on Friday to give its verdict on technology it says smashes one of the basic laws of physics by producing "free energy." Dublin-based Steorn said it had placed an advertisement in The Economist magazine seeking 12 top physicists to examine the technology -- based on the interaction of magnetic fields -- and publish their results. "We fully accept there is going to be cynicism surrounding...