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Options for re-baselining of SKA-1
When the Board agreed to proceed with the current Pre-Construction Phase of SKA in July 2013, it set a budget ceiling of 650M€. It was recognized that, in order to deliver an SKA design within this costcap a re-baselining exercise was required. The consortia have worked to this end during ...
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FeaturesChina to build the biggest radio telescope
Nestling in a vast natural crater, China’s latest giant is about to come alive. A colossal, steeply curved dish glints in the sunlight, surrounded by jagged mountains that cut into the sky. Construction workers, busy putting the finishing touches to this structure, look tiny against the huge ...
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The €1.5bn (£1.2bn) SKA’s huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
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FeaturesGallery story layout
The €1.5bn (£1.2bn) SKA’s huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
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FeaturesVideo story layout
The €1.5bn (£1.2bn) SKA’s huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
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The €1.5bn (£1.2bn) SKA’s huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
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FeaturesAudio story layout
The €1.5bn (£1.2bn) SKA’s huge fields of antennas will sweep the sky for answers to the major outstanding questions in astronomy.
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CommentNASA Mars Rover Opportunity Reveals Geological Mystery
NASA’s long-lived rover Opportunity has returned an image of the Martian surface that is puzzling researchers. Spherical objects concentrated at an outcrop Opportunity reached last week differ in several ways from iron-rich spherules nicknamed “blueberries” the rover found at its landing site in early 2004 and at many other locations ...
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ResearchCosmic Magnetism
Magnetism has been fundamental for travelling and exploring our planet, with the Earth’s magnetic field guiding birds, bees and compass needles. Furthermore, the effect of the Earth’s magnetic field on charged particles from the Sun has both shielded us from their harmful affects and entranced us with the beautiful aurorae ...
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ResearchAmazing facts about the Square Kilometre Array
Did you know the SKA will be so sensitive that it will be able to detect an airport radar on a planet 50 light years away?
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NewsMultimedia tech boosts medical training
After qualifying as a medical doctor Wim Van Renterghem saw an opportunity to combine his profession with his passion for multimedia and video technologies to launch mediAVentures, a specialist in transmission of HD and 3D live surgery.
