News tagged with satellite cells

Satellite proposed to send solar power to Earth

(Phys.org) -- Artemis Innovation Management Solutions has been given some seed money by NASA to look deeper into a project the company first proposed last summer; namely, building a satellite that could collect ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 11, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (54) | comments 75 | with audio podcast report

Metamaterials approach makes better satellite antennas

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cheaper, lighter and more energy-efficient broadband devices on communications satellites may be possible using metamaterials to modify horn antennas, according to engineers from Penn State ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

European space company wants solar power plant in space

(PhysOrg.com) -- EADS Astrium, Europe's biggest space company, plans to put a solar power satellite in orbit to demonstrate the collection of solar power in space and its transmission via infrared laser to ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 44 | with audio podcast report

Space: The final frontier for cell phones?

(AP) -- The vast, thinly populated expanses of the country that still lack cell phone coverage could be getting an interesting option next year: ordinary-looking cell phones that connect to a satellite when ...

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

More efficient solar power with space technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new system from an Italian company uses weather satellite data to estimate the potential of solar cell power plants and monitor their performance. The approach helps to give a faster return ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Caught on tape: Muscle stem cells captured on video

When muscle tissue experiences trauma or disease, such as muscular dystrophy, stem cells in the muscle known as "satellite cells" respond to repair and regenerate the muscle. These cells are particularly important in neuromuscular ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How work tells muscles to grow

We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A factor produced in working ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Dish closes on 2 purchases key to broadband plans

(AP) -- Satellite TV provider Dish Network Corp. has completed its purchase of two satellite operators whose licenses it hopes to use to offer broadband access that can help it compete better with cable TV and phone companies.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investigating muscle repair, scientists follow their noses

When muscle cells need repair, they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process, researchers have discovered.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Nanosatellite to Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness in Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite, known as PharmaSat, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Last space shuttle aims for Thursday landing (Update)

(AP) -- On the eve of NASA's historic, wheel-stopping end to the shuttle program, the four astronauts making the final journey and the flight controllers who will guide them home said Wednesday they're starting ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Electronic searching aid for parents

Just a short call and the "Kidfinder" lets you know where your child is right now via SMS. It can be built into a game console and the locating unit even combines GPS position fixing with GSM tracking. In the best-case scenario, ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Team identifies stem cells that repair injured muscles

A University of Colorado at Boulder research team has identified a type of skeletal muscle stem cell that contributes to the repair of damaged muscles in mice, which could have important implications in the treatment of injured, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Students Launch Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by freshmen aerospace engineering students from the University of California, San Diego. The cockroaches ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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