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Submission + - Dark matter could make planets habitable (newscientist.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Forget sunlight — some planets could be heated by the annihilation of dark matter in their cores. In dark-matter-rich areas like the Milky Way's center, planets could gravitationally capture lots of dark matter, which could annihilate to provide enough heat to maintain liquid water on planets that would otherwise be frozen.
Crime

Submission + - Neighborhoods Use Real-Time Crime Alert Network (ajc.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Security business sends real-time crime alerts to residents in neighborhoods and shopping centers via text messages, cell phone calls, and home phone calls simultaneously. Alerts are triggered by residents themselves, and aims to keep everyone abreast of what's happening in order to help create more witnesses. Some areas have seen a 73% decrease in crime due to the increased internal communications.
Robotics

Submission + - U.S. To Send Radiation-Hardened Robots To Japan (computerworld.com)

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CWmike
CWmike writes: "The United States is sending specialized robots to Japan to help officials there get control of the Fukushima nuclear power plants damaged in this month's devastating earthquake and tsunami. Dr. Peter Lyons, an acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy with the DoE, said the robots, which could be sent into areas that would be dangerous for humans to enter because of high radiation levels, could begin to give officials readings on the environment inside the nuclear power plants. Lyons told the U.S. Senate on Tuesday: 'We are moving expeditiously to ship not only the robots but also operators who perhaps will be used to train Japanese operators. We don't know yet how close the operators will need to be to the site." Asked about getting information about the state of the damaged reactors, Lyons said the robots could provide some information. 'Certainly not all we need, but some,' he said."

Comment Re:Cleaning? (Score 1) 117

by snookerhog (#35496434) Attached to: NASA Building Network of Smart Cameras Across US
No kidding.

In South Jersey they have been installing lots of solar panels on telephone poles, each one about 1/4 square meter or so. They did not count on the fact that telephone poles and wires are a favorite hang out for birds. I've seen some that are totally covered.
These cameras will be smaller targets, but the bird problem remains.

Submission + - Cyanobacterium Produces Diesel Directly (dailytech.com) 1

Submitted by olsmeister
olsmeister writes: A Massachusetts based company has developed a form of cyanobacteria that can take water, sunlight, and CO2, and turn it into diesel fuel. Not only that, but they claim they can do it efficiently and at $30 per barrel. They say they can be operating commercially in 2 years.
Government

Submission + - Comcast-NBC Deal Accidentally Protects Internet (itworld.com)

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jfruhlinger
jfruhlinger writes: "Details of the conditions that the Department of Justice required to approve Comcast's purchase of NBC have emerged today. Blogger Kevin Fogarty looks at the details — Comcast is forbidden from blocking Netflix over its pipes, and must sell NBC shows via iTunes and other similar services — and concludes that Internet access for everybody, including business users, has been protected, more or less by accident."
Moon

Submission + - Indian Space Research Organisation discovers massi (dbune.com)

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dbune writes: The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has zeroed in on a massive underground chamber on the moon, which could be used by future lunar explorers to house sensitive equipment and set up base during inter-planetary missions.

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