News tagged with miniature greenhouse
US scientists plan greenhouses on the Moon
Astronauts' meals have come a long way from the freeze-dried powders and semi-liquid pastes of decades ago: now US scientists want to grow vegetables in mini-greenhouses on the Moon.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 15, 2009 |
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Miniature sensors may advance climate studies
(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Scientists prepare for coming ATTREX climate study
A consortium of scientists are in the early stages of preparation for a multi-year airborne science campaign to study the humidity and chemical composition of air entering the tropical tropopause layer of ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Planet Earth's playhouse
At Biosphere 2, scientists can move things around, control the climate, turn off certain parameters and run others full tilt.
Dec 13, 2010 |
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520-day Mars simulation: Study looks at impact of stress and fatigue
Ever wondered what it would be like to go on a mission to Mars? On June 3, a six-man international crew entered an isolation chamber in Moscow for a simulated 520-day Mars mission conducted by the State Scientific Center o ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 03, 2010 |
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How to spur energy storage innovations
Imagine flying all the way from coast to coast, completely guilt-free, in an airplane that doesn’t emit a single particle of greenhouse gas or air pollutants. That could happen someday, perhaps brought to ...
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Miracle light: Can lasers solve the energy crisis?
Next year will mark the 50th birthday of the laser, one of the most productive and widely used mega-inventions of the last century. Scientists hope that 2010 also will see the launch of laser technology's greatest challenge: ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Diatom genome helps explain success in trapping excess carbon in oceans
Diatoms, mighty microscopic algae, have profound influence on climate, producing 20 percent of the oxygen we breathe by capturing atmospheric carbon and in so doing, countering the greenhouse effect. Since ...
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Oct 15, 2008 |
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Future impact of global warming is worse when grazing animals are considered, scientists suggest
The impact of global warming in the Arctic may differ from the predictions of computer models of the region, according to a pair of Penn State biologists. The team -- which includes Eric Post, a Penn State ...
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Aug 18, 2008 |
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Unmanned aircraft to study Southern California smog and its consequences
Using sophisticated unmanned aircraft, research scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego hope to assess Southern California’s potential for climate change and better understand the sources ...
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May 06, 2008 |
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Amazing minaturized 'SIDECAR' drives Webb telescope's signal
Many technologies have become so advanced that they've been miniaturized to take up less space and weigh less. That's what happened to detector controls and data conversion electronics on the James Webb Space ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 20, 2008 |
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