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  Off to the Office Aboard the AutoTram

  August 12, 2010 — Electric and hybrid vehicles will take over the cities: cars, bicycles, buses and streetcars. New concepts are needed for individual and local public transportation. In the large-scale project, ... > full story
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  WISE Spacecraft Warming Up

  August 11, 2010 — NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, is warming up. Team members say the spacecraft is running out of the frozen coolant needed to keep its heat-sensitive instrument ... > full story
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  Robot Climbs Walls

  August 5, 2010 — Wielding two claws, a motor and a tail that swings like a grandfather clock's pendulum, a small robot named ROCR ("rocker") scrambles up a carpeted, 8-foot wall in just over 15 seconds -- the first ... > full story
• Global Warming
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  Travelling by Car Increases Global Temperatures More Than Travelling by Plane, but Only in the Long Term

  August 4, 2010 — Driving alone in a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air according to a new study. However, in the short run traveling by air has a ... > full story
• Solar Energy
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  Selenium Makes More Efficient Solar Cells

  August 3, 2010 — By embedding the element selenium in zinc oxide, researchers have made a relatively inexpensive material that could be promising for solar power conversion by making more efficient use of the sun's ... > full story
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  Polarstern Expedition: Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Dives Under the Arctic Ice

  July 29, 2010 — The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association for the first time sent its Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) on an under-ice mission at about 79° North. ... > full story
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  NASA Moves Forward on Commercial Partnership for Rocket Engine Testing

  July 26, 2010 — Engineers at NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center recently installed an Aerojet AJ26 rocket engine for qualification testing as part of a partnership that highlights the space agency's commitment to ... > full story
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  A Plane That Lands Like a Bird

  July 25, 2010 — Everyone knows what it's like for an airplane to land: the slow maneuvering into an approach pattern, the long descent, and the brakes slamming on as soon as the plane touches down, which seems to ... > full story
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  Investigations Into Unintended Car Acceleration Should Include Engineers, Experts Argue

  July 23, 2010 — Because of the electronic complexity of modern passenger vehicles, investigations into sudden, unintended acceleration should draw upon the expertise of a broad array of electrical, electronics and ... > full story
• Space Probes
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  Engineers Work on Rocket Demonstrator for Mars Missions

  July 20, 2010 — Engineers in the UK are working on a dual fuel rocket which could provide technology suitable for a rocket for Mars and will have a negative carbon ... > full story

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