News tagged with jets
Alternative fuel 'can power 15% of flights by 2020'
Alternative fuels could power 15 percent of global air traffic by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030, European aircraft-maker Airbus said at the Dubai Airshow on Tuesday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 17, 2009 |
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X-Ray Jets from Galaxies
(PhysOrg.com) -- Some dramatic galaxies eject gigantic, collimated jets of ionized gas millions of light-years long, powered by the massive black holes at their centers. The ionized jets are detected at radio ...
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Astrophysicists Move Closer to Understanding the Beauty Behind Stellar Jets
(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain stars stream vast amounts of matter into space, creating some of the most beautiful objects in astronomers' telescopes. But while the astronomers can enjoy the beauty, they can't explain it. Adam ...
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Invading black holes explain cosmic flashes
(PhysOrg.com) -- Black holes are invading stars, providing a radical explanation to bright flashes in the universe that are one of the biggest mysteries in astronomy today.
Sep 18, 2009 |
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Technology strikes a chord with algal biofuels
An award-winning Los Alamos National Laboratory sound-wave technology is helping Solix Biofuels, Inc. optimize production of algae-based fuel in a cost-effective, scalable, and environmentally benign fashion—paving the way ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 03, 2009 |
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U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet
(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are scheduled to begin taking place at Patuxent ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Aug 21, 2009 |
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British UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released
Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday.
Aug 17, 2009 |
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Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent
The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.
Jul 15, 2009 |
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Fermi telescope finds gamma-ray galaxy surprises
Back in June 1991, just before the launch of NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, astronomers knew of gamma rays from exactly one galaxy beyond our own. To their surprise and delight, the satellite captured ...
Jul 14, 2009 |
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Superfast airplanes through super tiny technology
An interdisciplinary team of scientists led by Princeton engineers has been awarded a $3 million grant to study how fuel additives made of tiny particles known as nanocatalysts can help supersonic jets fly ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Astronomers reveal a 'blue whale of space'
CSIRO astronomers have revealed the hidden face of an enormous galaxy called Centaurus A, which emits a radio glow covering an area 200 times bigger than the full Moon.
Jul 07, 2009 |
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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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Kites flying in high-altitude winds could provide clean electricity
(PhysOrg.com) -- At any moment, the winds in high-altitude jet streams hold roughly 100 times more energy than all the electricity being consumed on Earth, according to a study by Stanford environmental and ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Jets on Saturn's moon Enceladus not geysers from underground ocean
Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Researchers use math to reduce jet lag
Reducing jet lag is the aim of a new mathematical methodology and software program developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the University of Michigan.
Jun 18, 2009 |
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