News tagged with commercial vehicles

NASA to deliver commercial research equipment to station

NASA, Astrium Space Transportation and NanoRacks LLC are teaming up to expand the research capability of the International Space Station through delivery of a small commercial centrifuge facility that will conduct molecular ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research to help safer emergency aircraft landings

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) aviation researchers are developing an information system to help Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make safer emergency landings and better enable their wider commercial use.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Indian-French satellite put into orbit

An Indian-French satellite that will study monsoon patterns and global warming was launched on Wednesday from a space centre in southern India.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New thermal battery manufacturing method to be industrialized

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new thin-film coating process for manufacturing thermal batteries used in nuclear weapons and other munitions that was invented at Sandia National Laboratories will be industrialized under ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 22