News tagged with project
Sahara desert project aims to power half the world by 2050
(PhysOrg.com) -- A joint project by universities in Algeria and Japan is planning to turn the Sahara desert, the largest desert in the world, into a breeding ground for solar power plants that could supply ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Dec 02, 2010 |
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CERN scientists confine antihydrogen atoms for 1000 seconds
(PhysOrg.com) -- Seventeen minutes may not seem like much, but to physicists working on the Antihydrogen Laser Physics Apparatus (ALPHA) project at the CERN physics complex near Geneva, 1000 seconds is nearly ...
May 04, 2011 |
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US astronomers launch search for alien life on 86 planets
A massive radio telescope in rural West Virginia has begun listening for signs of alien life on 86 possible Earth-like planets, US astronomers said Friday.
May 14, 2011 |
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Researchers at NIF moving closer to fusion ignition point
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the U.S. National Ignition Facility (NIF) report that they are growing ever closer to reaching the ignition point with their laser generated nuclear fusion project. The facility, ...
Sep 13, 2011 |
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DARPA releases video of HTV-2 hypersonic glider flight
An unmanned glider streaks over the Pacific Ocean at 20 times the speed of sound in a video released Thursday by a U.S. defense research agency experimenting with technology that could give the military the ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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DARPA wants your ideas for a 100-year starship
The idea for a 100-year starship has been tossed around recently, and now DARPA the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has put out a Request for Information (RFI) looking for ideas about how a long-term ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 23, 2011 |
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100 year Starship Project has a new leader
You may have heard by now about the 100 Year Starship project, a new research initiative to develop the technology required to send a manned mission to another star. The project is jointly sponsored by NASA ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 12, 2012 |
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IBM pursues chips that behave like brains
Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Ancient sewer excavation sheds light on the Roman diet
(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeologists working in a system of connected sewers and drains under the ancient town of Herculaneum in the Bay of Naples area of Italy have analyzed the human excrement found there and ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jun 17, 2011 |
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Apple plans nation's biggest private fuel cell energy project in NC
North Carolina will be home to the nation's largest private fuel cell energy project, a nonpolluting, silent power plant that will generate electricity from hydrogen.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 08, 2012 |
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DARPA releases cause of hypersonic glider anomaly
(AP) -- An unmanned hypersonic glider likely aborted its 13,000 mph flight over the Pacific Ocean last summer because unexpectedly large sections of its skin peeled off, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 21, 2012 |
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Spiral galaxies may be dying because of bars
With the help of the army of volunteers working on the Galaxy Zoo 2 'citizen science' project an international team of scientists led by a Portsmouth astrophysicist may have discovered what is killing spiral ...
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Pentagon dreams of Star Trek interstellar travel
The Defense Department first proposed Star Wars. Now it wants Star Trek.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 16, 2011 |
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DARPA sets aside $7 million for 'Avatar' robot pals in battle
(PhysOrg.com) -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) announced this week that it will be setting aside $7 million out of its $2 billion budget to work on a next-step robotics program called ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Feb 18, 2012 |
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U.S. announces desert 'solar energy zones'
The Obama administration on Thursday announced its plan for solar energy development, directing large-scale industrial projects to 285,000 acres of desert in the Western U.S. while opening 20 million acres of the Mojave for ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 28, 2011 |
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