NASA honored one of its most famous astronauts Monday by renaming a historic building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Space Exploration
Jul 21, 2014
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Before wastewater reaches recipient waters, nutrients must be removed in order to avoid eutrophication and large algal blooms, which may result in serious damage to animal and plant life. Robert Almstrand at the University ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2012
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Around 1.2 billion people, or almost one-fifth of the world's population, live in areas of water scarcity, mostly in developing countries. Traditional reverse osmosis (R/O) desalination systems offer a solution but require ...
Energy & Green Tech
Nov 27, 2018
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(Phys.org) —Scottish-based company Celtic Renewables is looking to use waste materials from the whiskey production process to make biobutanol, which can be used to power engines. The process, called acetone-butanol-ethanol ...
United Airlines said Tuesday it was replacing the hefty flight manuals and chart books its pilots have long used with 11,000 iPads carrying the same data.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 23, 2011
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Researchers have used an unmanned aerial system (or drone) to gather data on schooling juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna in the Gulf of Maine.
Ecology
Jun 5, 2020
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Boeing's new Starliner capsule ran into trouble in orbit Friday minutes after blasting off on its first test flight, a crucial dress rehearsal for next year's inaugural launch with astronauts.
Space Exploration
Dec 20, 2019
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Astronauts blasted into orbit from the U.S. for the first time in nearly a decade, three countries sent spacecraft hurtling toward Mars, and robotic explorers grabbed rocks from the moon and gravel from an asteroid for return ...
Space Exploration
Dec 16, 2020
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Two distracted US pilots were using laptop computers against company rules last week when they overshot their destination by some 150 miles (240 kilometers), federal investigators said.
Other
Oct 27, 2009
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NASA's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, has died.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2019
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