Location: Cambridge, United States
Borrowing from Mother Nature, a team of MIT researchers has built a school of
swimming robo-fish that slip through the water just as gracefully as the real
thing, if not quite as fast.
Mechanical engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo...
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Location: Cambridge, United States
Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the
correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make this
and other spacecraft maneuvers much less costly, a consideration of growing
importance as...
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Location: California, United States
Abstract :
As robots designed to operate underwater become more common, it is useful to look at ways to make them more efficient. Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) carry their power source with them, so improving the efficiency of the...
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Location: California, United States
Sunlight is a major source of energy, from photovoltaics and solar-thermal
units to biofuels and water-splitting. But all these technologies require
intermediate steps and infrastructure to turn the sun's rays into something that
can be...
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Location: Georgia Tech Research Institute, United States
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are playing increasingly important roles in
many fields. Ranging in size from the huge Global Hawk aircraft to hand-held
machines, these remotely controlled devices are growing ever more vital to the
U.S....
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Location: Paris, France
One of the first steps of memory transmission from one cell to its descendants, or how a cell transmits its functions and characters when it divides, has been described by Dr. Christian Bronner, researcher in-Institut Gilbert Laustriat...
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Location: Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract: A team of Swedish researchers has
designed a miniature submarine capable of exploring caves inaccessible not only
on Earth but also on other planets.
Research...
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Location: American Chemical Society (ACS), United States
Nanotechnology is now available in a store near you. Valued
for it’s antibacterial and odor-fighting properties, nanoparticle silver is
becoming the star attraction in a range of products from socks to bandages to
washing...
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Location: UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, United States
Environmentally friendly hydrogen gas fueled vehicles can
dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lessen the country’s dependence
on sources of fossil fuel. Though several hydrogen vehicles exist on the market...
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Location: University of the Basque Country, Spain
An international team led by Physics and Chemistry teams from
the Faculty of Science and Technology at the
University of the...
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Location: University of Arizona in Tucson, United States
Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within
the last decade after all, according to new research.
The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright
spots in some Martian...
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Location: School of Engineering and Applied Science, Princeton University, United States
A new technique for printing extraordinarily thin lines quickly over wide
areas could lead to larger, less expensive and more versatile electronic
displays as well new medical devices, sensors and other technologies.
Solving a...
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Location: University of British Columbia, Canada
University of British Columbia astronomer
Harvey Richer and UBC graduate student Saul Davis have discovered that white
dwarf stars are born with a natal kick, explaining why these smoldering embers
of...
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Location: University of Chicago, United States
Faint, fleeting blue flashes of radiation emitted by particles that travel
faster than the speed of light through the atmosphere may help scientists solve
one of the oldest mysteries in astrophysics.
For nearly a century, scientists...
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Location: NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, United States
One of the fastest moving stars ever seen has been discovered with NASA's
Chandra X-ray Observatory. This cosmic cannonball is challenging theories to
explain its blistering speed.
Astronomers...
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Location: European Institute of Membranes UMR CNRS 5635, France
Researchers at the European
Institute of Membranes (UMR CNRS 5635, Montpellier), led by Mihail Barboiu,
found that the chirality of G-quadruplexes, tubular superstructure of a few
nanometers,...
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Location: Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, France
Using ESO's Very Large
Telescope Interferometer and its unique ability to see small details,
astronomers have uncovered a flat, nearly edge-on disc of silicates in the heart
of the magnificent Ant...
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Location: Suite 5K39, Washington, DC 20546-0001, United States
Launch and flight teams are in final preparations for the planned Sept. 27
liftoff from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., of
NASA's Dawn
mission. The Dawn spacecraft will venture into...
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Location: Science and Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1SZ ,, United Kingdom
Samples of micro organisms, antibodies, fluorescent dyes and
rock from Devon are amongst a European payload which will be sent into near
Earth orbit this week onboard an unmanned Russian spacecraft - exposing them to
the extreme conditions...
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Location: Physical Institute,the university to Cologne,Zülpicher road 77,D-50937 Cologne, Germany
Everything is relatively, also the thing with the trans-light velocity. From
the formulas of Einstein relativity theory is the speed of the light (physical
contraction: C) one the fundamental constants of the universe. Them amount to...
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