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Rethinking Wind Power
February 25, 2013 — “People have often thought there’s no upper bound for wind power—that it’s one of the most scalable power sources,” says an applied physicist. After all, gusts and ... > full story -
NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind
February 21, 2013 — The sun and its prodigious stream of solar particles, called the solar wind, can be particularly tricky to model since as the material streams to the outer reaches of the solar system it carries ... > full story -
Cassini Sheds Light on Cosmic Particle Accelerators
February 19, 2013 — During a chance encounter with what appears to be an unusually strong blast of solar wind at Saturn, NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies. This is ... > full story -
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Endurance Test of an Offshore Wind Turbine in the Laboratory
February 14, 2013 — Scientists are testing the complex control system of wind turbines under real conditions in the laboratory before they are built into offshore wind energy plants. This way, software and hardware ... > full story -
New Doppler Radar Wind Profiler Will Replace Old System Near Shuttle Landing Facility
February 12, 2013 — As NASA moves forward next year to place instruments on the International Space Station to take ocean-surface wind speed and direction measurements, the Ground Systems Development and Operations ... > full story -
Spotting the Invisible Cracks in Wind Turbines
February 12, 2013 — A new approach is available for real-time monitoring of the structural health of wind turbine components during exposure to ... > full story -
New 'Retention Model' Explains Enigmatic Ribbon at Edge of Solar System
February 5, 2013 — Since its Oct. 2008 launch, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer has provided images of the invisible interactions between our home in the galaxy and interstellar space. Particles emanating from ... > full storyMore: -
Ozone Depletion Trumps Greenhouse Gas Increase in Jet-Stream Shift
January 31, 2013 — Depletion of Antarctic ozone is a more important factor than increasing greenhouse gases in shifting the Southern Hemisphere jet stream in a southward direction, according to ... > full story -
The Storm That Never Was: Why Meteorologists Are Often Wrong
January 24, 2013 — Have you ever woken up to a sunny forecast only to get soaked on your way to the office? On days like that it's easy to blame the weatherman. But engineering professor Julie Crockett doesn't get mad ... > full story -
High-Voltage Vacuum Power Switch for Smart Power Grids: World's First Successful Power Switch Using Diamond Semiconductor
January 16, 2013 — New technology may contribute to a new energy strategy for offshore wind energy, efficient power transmission across the Japanese archipelago, and ... > full story
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