News tagged with impulsive
Plasma Rocket Could Travel to Mars in 39 Days
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last Wednesday, the Ad Astra Rocket Company tested what is currently the most powerful plasma rocket in the world. As the Webster, Texas, company announced, the VASIMR VX-200 engine ran at ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Scientist eyes 39-day voyage to Mars
A journey from Earth to Mars could in the future take just 39 days -- cutting current travel time nearly six times -- according to a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 26, 2010 |
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Swiss team unveil pioneering solar plane
Round-the-world balloooning pioneer Bertrand Piccard unveiled his solar-powered aircraft in Switzerland on Friday, ready for another trend-setting circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 26, 2009 |
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High-voltage engineers create nearly 200-foot-long electrical arcs using less energy than before (Update)
Photos taken by the researchers show plasma arcs up to 60 meters long casting an eerie blue glow over buildings and trees at the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
Nov 08, 2011 |
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A butterfly effect in the brain
Next time your brain plays tricks on you, you have an excuse: according to new research by UCL scientists published today in the journal Nature, the brain is intrinsically unreliable.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Lasers keep mini helicopter hovering for hours
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seattle research and development company LaserMotive has succeeded in keeping a model helicopter hovering for six hours, powered only by the energy of a laser.
Sep 09, 2010 |
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Researchers locate impulse control center in brain
Impulsive behaviour can be improved with training and the improvement is marked by specific brain changes, according to a new Queen's University study.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Sep 21, 2010 |
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Zubrin claims VASIMR is a hoax
A next-generation plasma rocket being developed by former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Diaz called the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR) has been touted as a way to get astronauts to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 13, 2011 |
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Regions of the brain can rewire themselves
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen have succeeded in demonstrating for the first time that the activities of large parts of the brain can be altered ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Nanoelectronic transistor combined with biological machine could lead to better electronics
(PhysOrg.com) -- If manmade devices could be combined with biological machines, laptops and other electronic devices could get a boost in operating efficiency.
Aug 10, 2009 |
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Swiss solar aircraft makes first international flight (Update 2)
Pioneering Swiss solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse ambled over Europe into Belgium on Friday on its first international flight, with the pilot reporting that everything was running smoothly.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 13, 2011 |
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Huge solar powered plane takes to the air (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A huge airplane using solar cells as its only power source is being tested in Switzerland. In its first successful test flight last December, the plane flew only 350 meters at a height of ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 01, 2010 |
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Uncorrelated activity in the brain
Interconnected networks of neurons process information and give rise to perception by communicating with one another via small electrical impulses known as action potentials. In the past, scientists believed that adjacent ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Solar plane lands after completing 24-hour flight
An experimental solar-powered plane landed safely Thursday after completing its first 24-hour test flight, proving that the aircraft can collect enough energy from the sun during the day to stay aloft all ni ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jul 08, 2010 |
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Swiss solar plane confirmed as multiple record-breaker
Aeronautical authorities on Friday confirmed world records for a Swiss solar-powered aircraft that flew around the clock in July, including those for the longest and highest flight by such an aircraft.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2010 |
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