The space around Earth is a busy place, as teeming with traffic as a roundabout. More than 500 active satellites are bustling about up there right now. Some are transmitting radio, television, and telephone signals; others ...
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2008
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Cardiff University researchers are exploring how waste heat from car exhausts could provide a new greener power supply for vehicles.
Engineering
Feb 20, 2008
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Blacksburg, Va. – Researchers from the United States and the Netherlands report that several formations on Mars indicate incidents of rapid release of water from the planet’s interior.
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2008
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Human migration from Africa to Europe more than 30,000 years ago appears to have left a mark on the genes of Europeans today.
Feb 20, 2008
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Solitary workers may be faster workers, according to research by neuroscience investigator Dr. Timothy Welsh. Welsh has demonstrated that individuals given a specific task are slowed when witnessing someone perform a different ...
Other
Feb 20, 2008
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Tiny particles of pure silica coated with an active material could be used to remove toxic chemicals, bacteria, viruses, and other hazardous materials from water much more effectively and at lower cost than conventional water ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 20, 2008
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A straight line may be the shortest distance between two points, but it isn’t necessarily the fastest or easiest path to follow.
Mathematics
Feb 20, 2008
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They may be considered pests, but beaver can help mitigate the effects of drought, and because of that, their removal from wetlands to accommodate industrial, urban and agricultural demands should be avoided, according to ...
Feb 20, 2008
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Many technologies have become so advanced that they've been miniaturized to take up less space and weigh less. That's what happened to detector controls and data conversion electronics on the James Webb Space Telescope being ...
Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2008
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Carbon nanotubes are being touted by many scientists and engineers as the material of the future, with the potential to revolutionize electronic technologies. But a new study shows that nanotubes may not be the only form ...
