Preventive conservation refers to measures aimed at avoiding or minimizing deterioration or loss, meaning that actions are carried out within the context or in the surroundings of an object or group of objects, whatever their age or condition.

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To better predict the orbits of hazardous objects, this group is looking at the Yarkovsky effect, a force created when the asteroid absorbs sunlight and re-radiates it as heat.

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In an unusual move, a Virginia court overseeing the sale has asked that the objects be sold as a group, not piece by piece.

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And when we look at objects that we want to group into one category, you know, if they're like each other, then, you know, we feel that they should have - that they should be lumped together.

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"None of the labels you're dealing with are major music companies, " objects Stuart Hersch, president of Universal Music Group, who has scrutinized Gould's business plan.

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That type of design uses three parallel arms to control the print head, enabling a device that's not only "fun to watch, " according to the group, but that can also quickly print high resolution objects with a large 9-inch by 11-inch build envelope.

ENGADGET

It could be a wedding, so guests can contribute their photos of the big day, or a public group devoted to pictures of your neighbourhood, your favourite hobby, or even objects (scooters, peeling paint, muscles...).

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"The products in this market have focused either on individual objects or very specific processes between industries, " says Norbert Kriebel, an analyst with Giga Information Group in Cambridge, Mass.

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