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Japan enters commercial space race

Japan will put a commercial satellite into space on Friday, officials said, in its first foray into the European- and Russian-dominated world of contract launches.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Japan in first commercial satellite launch

Japan joined the commercial space race Friday after its workhorse rocket put a paid-for South Korean satellite into orbit, pitting the country against Russia and Europe in the competition for customers.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Heart-powered pacemaker could one day eliminate battery-replacement surgery

A new power scheme for cardiac pacemakers turns to an unlikely source: vibrations from heartbeats themselves.

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Robot walks a 40.5-mile ultramarathon without recharge (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pulling an all-nighter and then some, the Cornell robot Ranger set a new world record May 2 by walking 40.5 miles on a single battery charge without stopping or being touched.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

NRL RAIDS experiment advances ionospheric remote sensing

Naval Research Laboratory scientists have obtained a first-ever measured altitude profile of a dim extreme-ultraviolet terrestrial airglow emission that provides vital information needed to test and improve ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers look to the birds for the future of UAVs (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at UC San Diego are mimicking the movement of bird wings to help improve the maneuverability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

Technology / Engineering

created May 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New Material Mimics Bone To Create Better Biomedical Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- A "metal foam" that has a similar elasticity to bone could mean a new generation of biomedical implants that would avoid bone rejection that often results from more rigid implant materials, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Delicate rescue saves stranded $1.7B US satellite

Air Force ground controllers delicately rescued a $1.7 billion military communications satellite last year that had been stranded in the wrong orbit and at risk of blowing up - all possibly because a piece ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 17, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 8

Aero-engineers debut open-source fluid dynamics design application

Each fall at technical universities across the world, a new crop of aeronautical and astronautical engineering graduate students settle in for the work that will consume them for the next several years. For many, their first ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Researchers devise new means for creating elastic conductors

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new method for creating elastic conductors made of carbon nanotubes, which will contribute to large-scale production of the material for use ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ball catching robot, 80% accuracy in 5 milliseconds (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- DLR, an aerospace agency based in German, has modified its flagship robot, known as the Rollin’ Justin, in order to make it into a lean, mean, catching machine. The Rollin’ Justin's ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Apr 29, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 14 | with audio podcast weblog

New camera makes seeing the 'invisible' possible

(PhysOrg.com) -- The science similar to the type used in airport body scanners could soon be used to detect everything from defects in aerospace vehicles or concrete bridges to skin cancer, thanks to researchers ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Chemically scrubbing CO2 from the air too expensive

(PhysOrg.com) -- While it is possible to chemically scrub carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere in order to lessen the severity of global warming, the process is prohibitively expensive for now. Best to focus ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 63 | with audio podcast

Earth-bound asteroids come from stony asteroids, new studies confirm

Researchers got their first up-close look at dust from the surface of a small, stony asteroid after the Hayabusa spacecraft scooped some up and brought it back to Earth. Analysis of these dust particles, detailed ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Structured English brings robots closer to everyday users

(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Jetsons. A humanoid robot named Mae is traipsing around Cornell's Autonomous Systems Lab, guided by plain-English instructions and sometimes even appearing to get frustrated.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 23, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Aerospace

Aerospace comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the industry that researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through air and space. Aerospace is a very diverse field, with a multitude of commercial, industrial and military applications.

Aerospace is not the same as airspace, which is a term used to describe the physical air space directly above a location on the ground. "Aerospace" can be understood as the combination of aeronautics and astronautics.

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