The electricity from our sockets could soon come from a high-tech device flying in the sky. The innovative research project to generate wind energy with the aid of a kite won over the "Venture Kick" jury; ...
Jun 14, 2013
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A company contracted by the U.S. space agency to deliver supplies to the International Space Station has cancelled the launch of a test rocket.
Apr 21, 2013
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When a current passes between two electrodes—one thinner than the other—it creates a wind in the air between. If enough voltage is applied, the resulting wind can produce a thrust without the help of ...
Apr 03, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Faculty members at Delft University in the Netherlands have teamed up with architectural firm Mecanoo to develop a new way to generate electricity using wind energy. The result is the Electrostatic ...
Apr 03, 2013
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Images told the story: lower Manhattan in darkness, coastal communities washed away, cars floating in muck. Superstorm Sandy, a harbinger of future extreme weather intensified by climate change, caught the country off guard ...
Mar 28, 2013
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NASA satellite imagery ahowed Cyclone Felleng appear to squeeze between Madagascar and La Reunion island as it moves southward in the Mozambique Channel.
Feb 01, 2013
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The massive blimp-like aircraft flies but just barely, hovering only a dozen feet off a military hangar floor during flight testing south of Los Angeles.
Jan 30, 2013
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NASA satellite imagery revealed that Cyclone Felleng is packing some powerful thunderstorms with overshooting cloud tops.
Jan 29, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The road to a sustainably powered future may be paved with superconductors. When chilled to frigid temperatures hundreds of degrees Celsius below zero, these remarkable materials are singularly ...
Jan 10, 2013
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(Phys.org)—The sun ejects a continuous flow of electrically charged particles and magnetic fields in the form of the solar wind—and this wind is hotter than it should be. A new study of data obtained ...
Jan 08, 2013
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Two NASA satellites gathered data as the passed over Bopha when it was a Super Typhoon on Dec. 2, gathering valuable data for forecasters. Since Dec. 2, Bopha's maximum sustained winds have fluctuated up ...
Dec 03, 2012
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Another messy—and wintry—storm may cause post-Election Day problems for an already weather-weary East Coast, forecasters say.
Nov 02, 2012
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Though it's difficult to tie a specific storm like Hurricane Sandy to the phenomenon of climate change, Auroop Ganguly, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering ...
Nov 01, 2012
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Felix Baumgartner, set to leap from the edge of space on Sunday, is no stranger to breaking records. But neither is the firm bankrolling and sponsoring his audacious jump: energy drink maker and marketing trailblazer Red ...
Oct 14, 2012
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