The privately-owned American firm SpaceX readied Friday for the first test flight of its Falcon 9 rocket, seen as a key step in developing commercial launchers to put people into space.
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin's Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) are using the Ranger supercomputer to produce 3-D simulations of the impact of BP's massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Controlling diet-induced degenerative disorders such as Type II Diabetes and obesity could be as easy as sprinkling a dietary supplement on your food in the future.
Biochemistry
Jun 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In more than a decade of public debate about the future of Maine’s forestlands, sustainability has been a linchpin, with stakeholders arguing that it be either reinvented or restored, depending on their ...
Environment
Jun 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some oysters provide pearls but all oyster shells have a story to tell, if you know how to look for them. One compelling story about North America’s first successful English settlement has unfolded before ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 4, 2010
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An electric car that's both fun to ride and easy to afford? Stanford graduate students have designed and built a vehicle that makes daily travel eco-friendly and fun. They hope the Weng will change the way ...
Engineering
Jun 4, 2010
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(AP) -- After a series of leaked prototypes, it's almost a given that Apple Inc. will unveil a new version of the iPhone during its annual software developers conference that opens Monday in San Francisco.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 4, 2010
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(AP) -- The Wisconsin school athletic association has the right to limit who carries games live on the Internet, a judge ruled Thursday.
Telecom
Jun 4, 2010
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(AP) -- Following the success of "Tap Tap Metallica," Warner Music Group Corp. is opening up its roster of artists to be featured on other versions of the popular play-along iPhone game.
Software
Jun 4, 2010
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Like the Earth, the other planets and moons in our solar system have their own characteristic local surface materials and weather conditions. Scientists wanting to get the most of space-probe visits to these remote places ...
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2010
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