News tagged with atmospheric engineering
Wild blue yonder: Engineers tackle challenges of hypersonic flight
(Phys.org) -- Aeronautical engineers believe hypersonic planes flying at seven to 15 times the speed of sound will someday change the face of air and space travel. That is, if they can master such flight's known unknowns.
May 16, 2012 |
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Plasma in bags
Using plasmas, sealed plastic bags can be modified at atmospheric pressure so that human cells can adhere to and reproduce on their walls. Cell culture bags of this kind are an important aid for research and ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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SPICE geoengineering project delayed due to critics issues
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month it was announced that a group of researchers had come together to start a geoengineering project called Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE). Its aim ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Japan test fires Venus probe engine
Japan said it had successfully test-fired the engine of its "Akatsuki" space probe in preparation for a renewed attempt to get it into orbit around Venus in 2015.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 08, 2011 |
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British team set to field test gigantic balloon and water hose geo-engineering experiment
(PhysOrg.com) -- In what to some might seem almost ludicrous, (think Dr. Stranglove,) a British team of geo-engineers are set to launch a giant balloon a half mile into the sky pulling with it a water hose ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)
Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Engineering tests leading the way for NASA's next neemo mission
To determine how best to explore asteroids in the future, NASA scientists and engineers are taking their experiments underwater in the 15th expedition of NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, or NEEMO.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 10, 2011 |
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Climate change from black carbon depends on altitude
Scientists have known for decades that black carbon aerosols add to global warming. These airborne particles made of sooty carbon are believed to be among the largest man-made contributors to global warming because they absorb ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 14, 2011 |
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Scientists offer better ways to engineer Earth's climate to prevent global warming
There may be better ways to engineer the planet's climate to prevent dangerous global warming than mimicking volcanoes, a University of Calgary climate scientist says in two new studies.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 07, 2010 |
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The world's first Expansion/Deflection nozzle hybrid tested
(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of Bristol and Airborne Engineering last month conducted a number of performance tests of their experimental hybrid rocket engine, called Firecrest.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Researchers show how organic carbon compounds emitted by trees affect air quality
A previously unrecognized player in the process by which gases produced by trees and other plants become aerosols—microscopically small particles in the atmosphere—has been discovered by a research team led ...
Aug 06, 2009 |
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Atmospheric engineering scheme to combat global warming could diminish solar power
A widely discussed "atmospheric engineering" scheme intended to combat global warming could have unanticipated consequences in reducing the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power around the Earth, a new study has concluded. ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Study compares sound from exploding volcanoes with jet engines
New research on infrasound from volcanic eruptions shows an unexpected connection with jet engines. Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego speeded up the recorded sounds from two ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 08, 2009 |
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