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  Chemical Engineers Working Toward Better Batteries for Transportation

  December 20, 2012 — Chemical engineers are researching how to make better, cheaper and lighter batteries for the transportation ... > full story
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  'Easy Does It' Gets You Further in Electric Vehicles

  December 20, 2012 — Drivers of gas and diesel cars are usually aware that driving at high speed, harsh acceleration and hard braking all contribute to lowering their fuel economy. Scientists can readily explain in terms ... > full story
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  Beating Heart of J-2x Engine Finishes Year of Successful NASA Tests

  December 14, 2012 — NASA has taken another step toward human exploration of new destinations in the solar system. At the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, engineers conducted the final test-firing of the ... > full story
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  Intelligent Control for Performance: Reducing Drag, Saving Fuel

  December 13, 2012 — NASA Dryden's versatile F/A-18 Full Scale Advanced Systems Testbed (FAST) aircraft recently completed a series of flights that explored reducing fuel consumption during cruise flight conditions by ... > full story
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  Engineer Looks to Dragonflies, Bats for Flight Lessons

  December 13, 2012 — Scientists are using wind tunnels and imaging tests to learn the aerodynamics that allow dragonflies and bats to get off the ground in the slow-speed, high-drag conditions of small-scale ... > full story
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  Review of NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations Assesses Progress Determining Infrastructure Needs

  December 12, 2012 — NASA's Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) Program recently completed an important System Requirements Review/System Definition Review (SRR/SDR) as part of planning for future operations ... > full story
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  Micro Sensors Help Underwater Robots Swim Like Fish

  December 12, 2012 — Scientists have invented a 'sense-ational' device, similar to a string of 'feelers' found on the bodies of the Blind Cave Fish, which enables the fish to sense their surrounding and so navigate ... > full story
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  CubeSats in Orbit After Historic Space Station Deployment

  December 11, 2012 — Typically satellites launch from Earth, requiring dedicated launch vehicles to propel them into the proper orbit. The cost for this launch scenario could be reduced considerably if there was another ... > full story
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  Airborne Scientists Search Distant Stars for Complex Organic Molecules

  December 10, 2012 — A team of astrobiology researchers – including two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for ... > full story
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  Ultrasound Can Now Monitor the Health of Your Car Engine

  December 10, 2012 — A system that uses ultrasound technology to look inside car engines could lead to more efficient engines -- and huge fuel savings for ... > full story

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