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Simulating turbulent combustion speeds design

Air and fuel mix violently during turbulent combustion. The ferocious mixing needed to ignite fuel and sustain its burning is governed by the same fluid dynamics equations that depict smoke swirling lazily ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Imec's SiGe MEMS technology platform improves performance of state-of-the-art MEMS

Imec researchers demonstrated the value of its SiGe above-IC MEMS technology platform for improving performance of state-of-the-art MEMS with the development of new MEMS devices. The new devices are a 15µm ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Innovative spout will increase maple production up to 90 percent

An innovative new maple spout developed by the University of Vermont's Proctor Maple Research Center with funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture secured by Senator Patrick J. Leahy, will have a dramatic ...

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Scientists test superjet technology in Australia

Australian and US scientists have successfully tested hypersonic aircraft technology which could revolutionise international flight, officials said.

Technology / Engineering

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (16) | comments 7




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SpaceX private rocket blasts off for space station (Update)

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station following a successful liftoff early Tuesday, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (24) | comments 42

Key facts about SpaceX

Space Exploration Technologies is the first private company to attempt to send its own cargo capsule to the International Space Station and back.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Commercial spacecraft speeds toward space station

(AP) -- Opening a new, entrepreneurial era in spaceflight, a ship built by a billionaire businessman sped toward the International Space Station with a load of groceries and other supplies Tuesday after a ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5

Microfluidics: Creating chaos

A quiet revolution is taking place in the fields of biology and chemistry. Microfluidic devices, which allow fluid manipulation in micro-scale channels, are slowly but surely finding their place on the lab ...

Chemistry / Other

created May 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

This breathalyzer reveals signs of disease (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- This invention could give new meaning to the term "bad breath!" It's the Single Breath Disease Diagnostics Breathalyzer, and when you blow into it, you get tested for a biomarker—a sign ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Novel filter metal-organic framework material could cut natural gas refining costs

A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

NASA and CSA robotic operations advance satellite servicing

NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment aboard the International Space Station has demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools can perform precise satellite-servicing tasks in space. ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Automatic safety under water

The Suba system aims to become to diving what the automatic pilot is to flying. Developed by a student from EPFL, it will be released to the market by his start-up company: Pandora Underwater Equipment, starting ...

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Making sharper X-rays

A variety of imaging technologies rely on light with short wavelengths because it allows very small structures to be resolved. However, light sources which produce short, extreme ultraviolet or x-ray wavelengths ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

'Portal 2,' 'Skyrim' win at Game Developers Choice

(AP) -- "Portal 2" leapt over the competition to win the most trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Technology / Software

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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