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NASA: Quake Shifted Earth's Axis, Shortened Day

(March 1) -- Apart from claiming the lives of hundreds of people and wreaking enormous property damage, Chile's massive earthquake has likely altered the distribution of the Earth's overall mass, scientists from NASA say. As a result, the length of a day is now a little shorter than it was before Saturday's magnitude 8.8...

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02/08/12 STMicroelectronics Unveils World's First 3-Axis... Source: PR Newswire GENEVA , Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leading supplier of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) sensors and automotive ICs, has introduced the market's first 3-axis digital-output gyroscope that meets the industry-standard qualification for automotive integrated circuits (AEC-Q100).
02/07/12 âSpin Pop Boom' will entertain families Sunday Source: The Davis Enterprise - Davis CA The city of Davis Community Services Department presents "Spin Pop Boom," an educational science presentation, at 1 p.m.
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