The US Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded experts at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) a $4.5 million (€3.26 million), four-year grant for the development of advanced types of carbon nanotubes (CNT).
These tiny constructs have tremendously complex applications in anything from optics and m... |
3 November 2011
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Officials at the American space agency announce that NASA had just initiated its newest advanced project, the Game Changing Technology Development program. Its goal is to develop highly-advanced technologies that would boost our ability to explore deep-space in the near future.
Already, the agency has selected tw... |
17 September 2011
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Representatives of the American space agency announce that NASA has just awarded 30 new research grants, to study teams investigating advanced concepts related to the exploration of space. The agency gets involved in such endeavors in order to foster innovation in this important field of research.The projects are fun... |
9 August 2011
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Officials at NASA are proposing a new type of launch system, which would see scramjet-powered aircraft being propelled off an electrified runway to the very fringes of space. The vehicle would then ignite a rocket, of the type that usually powers up the second stages of rockets, which would ensure its positioning int... |
13 September 2010
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Although to many Roger McWilliams appears to be a person that stepped out of the past, he is actually at the forefront of modern science, creating extremely advanced laser devices. After 30 years of work, the bow tie-wearing expert is now investigating plasma lasers, which produce “matter so hot it's ioniz... |
24 August 2010
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Researchers are currently working on developing new types of breakthroughs in the field of computer simulations, given the potential these technologies have for furthering science. At this time, they believe they might have found a way to improve advanced laser experiments.One of the main problems plaguing investigat... |
23 August 2010
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A group of investigators at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) announces the development of a new control system for airplanes that allow the aircraft to land as birds do. The experts even demonstrated their concept using a foam glider, which was equipped with a single motor. The group made the instrumen... |
26 July 2010
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According to a new report, it would appear that the African continent is capable of accommodating large swaths of land containing bioenergy production-related plans. This can be achieved without diminishing, or otherwise affecting, the areas already planted with edible crops, or natural reserves. The conclusions belo... |
23 July 2010
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Sequencing the first human genome was a momentous achievement. It took more than 13 years and $3 billion to complete, and was basically a composite result, assembling DNA data from a host of individual volunteers. As a proof-of-concept, the first sequenced genome was worth every penny, but now research scientists nee... |
23 February 2010
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Scientists at the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) have recently finished developing a new type of tiny solar cells. The new devices are no larger than the pieces of glitter that can be seen adorning holiday cards and hats, and can therefore even be woven into clothes, their cre... |
29 December 2009
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ASUS, the worldwide leading provider of mobile PC solutions, came to the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany with a suite of easy-to-use Eee solutions. The company's products are meant to cover High Definition entertainment, video calling and gaming areas, as well as file sharing and all-in-one computing with innovat... |
5 March 2009
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Researchers are on the verge of a major breakthrough in curing blindness, or at least improving it. A form of artificial retina – the portion of the eye that allows the light to be converted into electrical impulses, which are then transported via nerves to the brain and create the sensation of vision – h... |
30 December 2008
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Remember all those "James Bond" movies, in which the super-agent just pressed a button and his super-car did all sorts of crazy things (shoot rockets, deploy traps, eject enemies from the front seat etc.)? Well it seems that soon you'll be able to feel just like 007, since a company called Q Tires has developed ... |
14 March 2007
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