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A Mineral Way to Catalysis?
Catalytic materials, which
lower the energy barriers
for chemical reactions, are
used in everything from the
commercial production of
chemicals to catalytic
converters in car engines.
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NASA's Juno Spacecraft Refines Its Path to Jupiter
NASA's solar-powered Juno
spacecraft successfully
refined its flight path Feb.
1 with the mission's first
trajectory correction
maneuver. The maneuver is
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New Ideas Sharpen Focus for Greener Aircraft
Leaner, greener flying
machines for the year 2025
are on the drawing boards of
three industry teams under
contract to the NASA
Aeronautics Research Mission
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Advantages of Fiber-Reinforced Composites Outlined
Automobiles made of steel
suffer from a weight
problem, and racing yachts
made of steel have no chance
of winning regattas.
Fiber-reinforced composites
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NuSTAR Spacecraft Arrives in California
January 27, 2012 — NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, mission arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California Jan. 27 after a cross-country trip by truck from the Orbital Sciences Corporation's ... > full story -
New System Optimizes the Performance and Fuel Consumption of Engines Operating at Altitude, Through Laboratory Tests
January 16, 2012 — Researchers have developed a system that, in a laboratory test bench, reproduces the pressure and temperature conditions at high altitude of the air that is sucked into a reciprocating internal ... > full story -
One-Third of Car Fuel Consumption Is Due to Friction Loss
January 12, 2012 — No less than one-third of a car's fuel consumption is spent in overcoming friction, and this friction loss has a direct impact on both fuel consumption and emissions. However, new technology can ... > full story -
Self-Healing Electronics Could Work Longer and Reduce Waste
December 20, 2011 — Engineers have developed a self-healing system that restores electrical conductivity to a cracked circuit in less time than it takes to blink. As a crack propagates, microcapsules filled with liquid ... > full story -
U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles
December 8, 2011 — The current Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards create a financial incentive for auto companies to make bigger vehicles that are allowed to meet lower targets, according to a new ... > full story -
Homegrown Designs Sprout for NASA's Commercial Crew Program
December 5, 2011 — The expression goes, "Necessity is the mother of invention." And right now there is a need for NASA and the United States to have reliable access to low Earth orbit from homegrown sources. So, NASA's ... > full story -
NASA Quiet Sonic Boom Research Effort Ends With a Whisper
December 1, 2011 — NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently completed NASA's latest quiet sonic boom research study at Edwards Air Force Base. The Waveforms and Sonic boom Perception and Response, or WSPR, project ... > full story -
At a Crossroads: New Research Predicts Which Cars Are Likeliest to Run Lights at Intersections
November 30, 2011 — Researchers have developed an algorithm that predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at ... > full story -
NASA Flies Robotic Lander Prototype to New Heights
November 21, 2011 — NASA successfully completed the final flight in a series of tests of a new robotic lander prototype at the Redstone Test Center's propulsion test facility on the U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal in ... > full story -
Robot Speeds Up Glass Development
November 14, 2011 — Model by model, the electronics in a car are being moved closer to the engine block. This is why the materials used for the electronics must resist increasing heat – so the glass solder being ... > full story
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