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NOAA Locates U.S. Navy Ship Sunk in World War II Battle

(PhysOrg.com) -- A NOAA-led research mission has located and identified the final resting place of the YP-389, a U.S. Navy patrol boat sunk approximately 20 miles off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC, by a German ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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SpotterRF debuts Radar Backpack Kit (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- SpotterRF has announced a special radar backpack kit designed to enhance situational awareness for soldiers on the ground. The company says its special radar is designed for warfighters as part ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Singapore gains toehold in world arms industry

Singapore, better known for its clean-cut image and electronics exports, is seeking a place in the global arms industry by exploiting technological expertise honed on its own amply funded military.

Technology / Other

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

CU team's efficient unmanned aircraft jetting toward commercialization

Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that’s accelerating toward commercialization.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Military tests usefulness of smart devices

As a Cobra attack helicopter pilot, Marine Capt. Jim "Hottie" Carlson was running support missions above Afghanistan last summer when it occurred to him that it was taking far too long to find where U.S. troops were under ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 27, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 8

NASA completes Orion spacecraft parachute testing in Arizona

NASA this week completed the first in a series of flight-like parachute tests for the agency's Orion spacecraft. The drop tests at the U.S. Army's Yuma Proving Grounds in Arizona support the design and development of the ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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Group shows botnet threat in the future may come from the sky

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sven Dietrich, an assistant professor in computer science at the Stevens Institute of Technology, and two of his students have given a demonstration of an aerial drone, that they say could ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 13 | with audio podcast weblog

Hacker drone launches airborne cyber attacks

Computer security specialists showed off a homemade drone aircraft Friday capable of launching airborne cyber attacks, hijacking mobile phone calls, or even delivering a dirty bomb.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3

US Air Force: We want to use biofuels

The US Air Force is ready to switch to biofuels to help power its warplanes but the price of alternative fuels remains too high, military officials said Tuesday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Did colossal WWII bombing raids alter weather?

On May 11, 1944, a warm and cloudless spring day, U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Liberators, B-17 Flying fortresses and their fighter escorts lifted off from airfields across southeast England. They climbed, circled, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Making materials to order: Fine-tuning mechanical, electrical, thermal, other properties of composites

A team of researchers at MIT has found a way to make complex composite materials whose attributes can be fine-tuned to give various desirable combinations of properties such as stiffness, strength, resistance ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast


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