News tagged with jet engines

USAF vehicle breaks record for hypersonic flight

An experimental aircraft has set a record for hypersonic flight, flying more than 3 minutes at Mach 6 - six times the speed of sound.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 27, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (35) | comments 12

Jaguar’s new electric concept supercar -- the C-X75

(PhysOrg.com) -- The new Jaguar C-X75 supercar concept model unveiled last week is primarily a plug-in electric car but with the added power and performance of micro gas turbines (jet engines) that would make ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 04, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 20 | with audio podcast report

1,000 mph car to be built next year

(PhysOrg.com) -- The "Bloodhound SSC," a car expected to be able to travel at 1,000 mph (around 1,600 km/h) or faster, is on track to be constructed in the UK early next year. The design was finalized last ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 23, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Design chosen for British 1,000 mph car (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A British team hoping to be the first to get a car to 1,000 mph (1,610 km/h) has made its final design selection. The six-tonne car, known as the Bloodhound, will be powered by a Eurofighter ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 8 weblog

Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier

It's a bit of a challenge. But, imagine a microscopic jet vacuum cleaner, the size of a pen nib that hovers over cell surfaces without ever touching them. Then imagine that the soap in the cleaning solution ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cold electrons to aid better design of drugs and materials

A new source of very cold electrons will improve the quality and speed of nanoimaging for drug and materials development to a trillionth of a second.

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 01, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study justifies closing airports in volcano event

The disruptive closing of some European airports after last year's volcanic eruption in Iceland was the right thing to do and may have saved lives, a new study concludes.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 25, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Ceramic coatings may protect jet engines from volcanic ash

Last year's $2 billion shutdown of European airspace following a volcanic eruption in Iceland alerted everyone to the danger that ash clouds can pose to aircraft engines.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Aircraft of the future could capture and re-use some of their own

Tomorrow's aircraft could contribute to their power needs by harnessing energy from the wheel rotation of their landing gear to generate electricity.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 12

Making use of jellyfish on dry land

John Dabiri, assistant professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at Caltech who won a MacArthur Award this year, is fascinated by jellyfish. He believes jellyfish propulsion can inform engineering, which in turn can inform ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Red-hot research could lead to new materials

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent experiments to create a fast-reacting explosive by concocting it at the nanoscopic level could result in more spectacular firework displays. But more impressive to the Missouri University ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Scientists reveal interaction between supersonic fuel spray and its shock wave

(PhysOrg.com) -- Shock waves are a well tested phenomenon on a large scale, but scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory and their collaborators from Wayne State University and Cornell University have ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

GE investing $1B in Bay Area software hub

(AP) -- General Electric Co., a maker of power plants, jet engines and medical imaging equipment, said Thursday that it is investing $1 billion in a new software headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area with plans to hire ...

Technology / Business

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0