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Submission + - New Neutrino Detector Being Built in Minneosta

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lithis

on Saturday May 02, 2009 @05:58PM

lithis writes: "NOvA, a new neutrino detector, is being built in northern Minnesota. MPR has information on the project's funding and the International Falls Daily Journal talks about the environmental issues. This dectector will complement the MINOS neutrino detector in the Soudan Underground Laboratory."

Comment Major Eruptions? (Score 1) 327

by lithis on Monday March 23, 2009 @03:40PM (#27302559) Attached to: Alaska's Mt. Redoubt Has Erupted

He would say that the US has not had a major eruption since Mt. St. Helens in the mid 80's.

I don't know how what constitutes a "major eruption", but Pu'u 'O'o in Hawaii has destroyed "over 100 homes [...] in a nine-month period" and "189 structures".

Submission + - Lorenz attactors meet povray

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Agent Provocateur

on Tuesday January 09, 2007 @08:15PM

Agent Provocateur writes: "The American Mathematical Society has an article on "A tangled tale linking lattices, knots, templates, and strange attractors . . ." showing the equations and results of visualising knots and other Lorenz attractors using povray to produce images and QT movies."

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