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Rocket Powered by Nuclear Fusion Could Send Humans to Mars
April 4, 2013 — Scientists are building components of a fusion-powered rocket aimed to clear many of the hurdles that block deep space travel, including long times in transit, exorbitant costs and health ... > full story -
Ionic Thrusters Generate Efficient Propulsion in Air
April 3, 2013 — Thrusters powered by ionic wind may be an efficient alternative to conventional atmospheric propulsion technologies. When a current passes between two electrodes -- one thinner than the other -- it ... > full story -
Light Tsunami in a Superconductor
April 3, 2013 — Superconductors are materials which conduct electric currents without any resistance. Scientists have managed to selectively influence this resistance-free conductivity with a powerful terahertz ... > full story -
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Solar Village to House Microgrid Project
April 2, 2013 — Four solar homes built by students will soon become home to an experimental microgrid to manage and store renewable ... > full story -
Switching to a Power Stroke Enables a Tiny but Important Marine Crustacean to Survive
April 2, 2013 — To escape from the jaws and claws of predators in cold, viscous water, marine copepods switch from a wave-like swimming stroke to big power strokes, a behavior that has now been revealed thanks to ... > full story -
NASA Sends Unmanned Aircraft to Study Volcanic Plume
April 2, 2013 — Studying volcanos can be hazardous work, both for researchers and aircraft. To penetrate such dangerous airspace, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), especially those with electric engines that ingest ... > full story -
Finding Instead of Searching
April 2, 2013 — It is easy to lose track of things in large storage facilities but not at the wind turbine manufacturer Enercon‘s facility in Magdeburg though, where a positioning system with digital inventory ... > full story -
A Longer Life for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
April 2, 2013 — Electric cars have still got it tough in the German marketplace. They are too expensive and their range is too short. This is an opportune time for a breakthrough in efficient and low-cost ... > full story -
After Newtown: A New Use for a Weapons-Detecting Radar?
April 1, 2013 — In the aftermath of the Newtown school shooting, an engineering professor envisions a new use for a weapons-detecting radar system he's been developing for the past few ... > full story -
'Waste Heat' May Economize CO2 Capture
March 29, 2013 — Scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead of the higher pressure steam needed to make ... > full story
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