Science news articles about 'world record'Russian sub sets world record in Lake Baikal dive
A Russian mini-submarine on Tuesday reached the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, setting a world record for the deepest dive in a lake, the crew told organisers from the vessel.Calgarian claims 3rd world record for human-powered travel
A Calgary endurance athlete is catching his breath after claiming a world record for the greatest distance travelled in 24 hours on flat water via human power.Space tech helps to reach long-jump world record
... -tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an ... 2008, and helped Wojtek Czyz beat the world record by an incredible 27 cm."
"The use of lighter ... Space Tech Prosthetic Leg Helps To Reach Long-jump World Record
... with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm.100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds
... male 100·m sprinters could one day get the record down to an incredible 9.48s, running 0. ... , Denny predicts that males could cut the current world record, held by Haile Gebrselassie, by between 2min7s ... 100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds
2008 was a great summer for sports' fans. World records tumbled at the Beijing Olympics. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records, knocking tenths of a second off each.
read moreThe swimsuit competition: Revolutionary suits obliterate pool records
... get themselves into Olympic form. But by the time the world short-course swimming championships in Manchester, England wrapped up in early April, 37 world records had fallen. New swimsuit technology ... French parachutist aims for skydiving record
French parachutist Michel Fournier, 64, will try Monday to break a skydiving world record by plunging from a balloon into thin air 40 kilometers (25 miles) above Canada's vast western plains.NREL Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8 Percent
... at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that ... QinetiQ says it has broken unmanned flight record
... ) -- An ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer ... Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent
Scientists at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into ... High Energy Physics Team Sets New Data-Transfer World Records
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on seven years of record-breaking developments, an international team of physicists, ... Pakistan, Korea, and Estonia--set new records for sustained data transfer among storage ... Findings: This Time, He’ll Be Left Breathless
David Blaine, a self-described endurance artist, will next try and break the world record for holding his breath.CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
... Research is based on satellite data and temperature records and indicates there is a 59 percent chance the annual ... million square miles. That broke the 2005 record by 460,000 miles -- an area the size ... World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
... learning platforms.
Anesthesia care is characterized by many biological and pharmacological parameters to monitor record and analyze. “It will probably take two years to perfect the system,” Dr. ...
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Russian sub sets world record in Lake Baikal dive
A Russian mini-submarine on Tuesday reached the bottom of Lake Baikal in Siberia, setting a world record for the deepest dive in a lake, the crew told organisers from the vessel.Calgarian claims 3rd world record for human-powered travel
A Calgary endurance athlete is catching his breath after claiming a world record for the greatest distance travelled in 24 hours on flat water via human power.Space tech helps to reach long-jump world record
... -tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an ... 2008, and helped Wojtek Czyz beat the world record by an incredible 27 cm." "The use of lighter ...Space Tech Prosthetic Leg Helps To Reach Long-jump World Record
... with a space-tech enhanced prosthetic leg, set a new world record at the Paralympics 2008 in Beijing, reaching an amazing 6.50 m and beating the previous world record by 27 cm.100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds
... male 100·m sprinters could one day get the record down to an incredible 9.48s, running 0. ... , Denny predicts that males could cut the current world record, held by Haile Gebrselassie, by between 2min7s ...100-meter sprint world record could go as low as 9.48 seconds
2008 was a great summer for sports' fans. World records tumbled at the Beijing Olympics. Usain Bolt shattered both the 100m and 200m world records, knocking tenths of a second off each. read moreThe swimsuit competition: Revolutionary suits obliterate pool records
... get themselves into Olympic form. But by the time the world short-course swimming championships in Manchester, England wrapped up in early April, 37 world records had fallen. New swimsuit technology ...French parachutist aims for skydiving record
French parachutist Michel Fournier, 64, will try Monday to break a skydiving world record by plunging from a balloon into thin air 40 kilometers (25 miles) above Canada's vast western plains.NREL Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record at 40.8 Percent
... at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that ...QinetiQ says it has broken unmanned flight record
... ) -- An ultra-lightweight plane built from carbon fiber and powered using paper-thin solar panels has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight, its manufacturer ...Solar Cell Sets World Efficiency Record At 40.8 Percent
Scientists at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8 percent of the light that hits it into ...High Energy Physics Team Sets New Data-Transfer World Records
(PhysOrg.com) -- Building on seven years of record-breaking developments, an international team of physicists, ... Pakistan, Korea, and Estonia--set new records for sustained data transfer among storage ...Findings: This Time, He’ll Be Left Breathless
David Blaine, a self-described endurance artist, will next try and break the world record for holding his breath.CU-Boulder researchers forecast 3-in-5 chance of record low Arctic sea ice in 2008
... Research is based on satellite data and temperature records and indicates there is a 59 percent chance the annual ... million square miles. That broke the 2005 record by 460,000 miles -- an area the size ...World first: researchers develop completely automated anesthesia system
... learning platforms. Anesthesia care is characterized by many biological and pharmacological parameters to monitor record and analyze. “It will probably take two years to perfect the system,” Dr. ...