CLEVELAND — R&D Magazine editors have recognized the innovative technology of four research teams at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. An award banquet for the winners will be held […]
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Hypersonics: Taking a Logical Path
When NASA’s X-43 flight test vehicle separated from its Pegasus rocket booster and accelerated to high-Mach speeds powered by an air-breathing scramjet, the premise and promise of hypersonic flight were forever validated. With a first Mach 7 flight in March 2004, followed by a Mach 10 flight in November 2004, the hydrogen-burning X-43 vehicles were the culmination of nearly five decades of research in hypersonic air-breathing flight.
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University of Houston team revealing secrets of electricity-producing materials Researchers press on in their mission to power nanodevices of tomorrow
Much like humans, materials are capable of some pretty remarkable things when they’re placed under pressure. In fact, under the right conditions, materials can even produce electricity. Driven by the […]
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New report on science learning at museums, zoos, other informal settings
WASHINGTON — Each year, tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science in informal ways — by visiting museums and aquariums, attending after-school programs, pursuing […]
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Aerospace Shows Strength in Harsh Financial Atmosphere
Washington, D.C. – The aerospace industry is showing resiliency in trying economic times, ending 2008 with modest growth and continued strength in important areas like foreign trade balance and employment, […]
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Amazon Forest Shows Unexpected Resiliency During Drought
Drought-stricken regions of the Amazon forest grew particularly vigorously during the 2005 drought, according to new research. The counterintuitive finding contradicts a prominent global climate model that predicts the Amazon […]
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Satellites Can Do Even More
Satellite communications played a critical role in restoring telecommunication services to the U.S. Gulf Coast Region. When the land-based telephone and broadcast networks went down — satellites remained on the job. Satellites provided redundancy, ubiquity and resiliency that were unavailable from land-based networks.
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Bacteria able to carry out photosynthesis in ocean depths
A team of researchers, including a photosynthesis expert from ASU, has found evidence of photosynthesis taking place deep within the Pacific Ocean. The team found a bacterium that is the […]
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Stepping Into The Future – A Workshop in Memory of the Columbia 7
On April 29-30, 2003, The Planetary Society, the Association of Space Explorers, and the American Astronautical Society held a workshop at the George Washington University’s Space Policy Institute about the […]
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Long-time Mission Manager Dreams of Humans Exploring Mars Someday
After spending a career in planetary exploration, Charley Kohlhase dreams not of the past, but of the future. What does he envision someday? Humans living on Mars, continuing to study […]
