Professor Predicts Human Time Travel This Century
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Apr 04, 2006 |
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With a brilliant idea and equations based on Einstein’s relativity theories, Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut has devised an experiment to observe a time traveling neutron in a circulating ...
Physicist to Present New Exact Solution of Einstein's Gravitational Field Equation
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Feb 11, 2006 |
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New antigravity solution will enable space travel near speed of light by the end of this century, he predicts. On Tuesday, Feb. 14, noted physicist Dr. Franklin Felber will present his new exact solution of Einstein's 90- ...
Space propulsion breakthrough: new spacecraft ion engine tested
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Jan 11, 2006 |
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The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of spacecraft ion engine that dramatically improves performance over present thrusters and marks a major ...
New process generates hydrogen from aluminum alloy to run engines, fuel cells
May 16, 2007 |
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A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace ...
Water forms floating 'bridge' when exposed to high voltage
Sep 28, 2007 |
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While it's one of the most important and abundant chemical compounds on Earth, water is still a puzzle to scientists. Much research has been done to uncover the structure of water beyond the H2O scale, whi ...
Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone
Mar 14, 2006 |
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A new theory to explain global warming was revealed at a meeting at the University of Leicester (UK) and is being considered for publication in the journal "Science First Hand". The controversial theory has ...
Bio-inspired assembly of nanoparticle building blocks
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 27, 2006 |
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Chemists at Rice University have discovered how to assemble gold and silver nanoparticle building blocks into larger structures based on a novel method that harkens back to one of nature's oldest known chemical ...
Hybrid Cars -- Pros and Cons
Jan 19, 2006 |
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If you listen to the makers, hybrid cars are the best invention since sliced bread. While there are many reasons to buy a hybrid car, including a new tax incentive for US owners, it helps to have a good understanding ...
Mathematician suggests extra dimensions are time-like
Apr 17, 2007 |
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In a recent study, mathematician George Sparling of the University of Pittsburgh examines a fundamental question pondered since the time of Pythagoras, and still vexing scientists today: what is the nature ...
40% efficient solar cells to be used for solar electricity
Jun 01, 2007 |
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Scientists from Spectrolab, Inc., a subsidiary of Boeing, have recently published their research on the fabrication of solar cells that surpass the 40% efficiency milestone—the highest efficiency achieved ...
Electronic tattoo display runs on blood
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 21, 2008 |
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Jim Mielke's wireless blood-fueled display is a true merging of technology and body art. At the recent Greener Gadgets Design Competition, the engineer demonstrated a subcutaneously implanted touch-screen ...
Japanese Device Uses Laser Plasma to Display 3D Images in the Air
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Feb 27, 2006 |
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A collaboration of the Japanese National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Keio University and Burton Inc. has produced a device to display "real 3D images" consisting of dot arrays ...
For Better Nanowires, Just Add Diamond
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 15, 2006 |
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Among the positive characteristics of diamond, such as its beauty and unsurpassed hardness, are less well known properties that make it a valuable material in the electronics industry. Now, according to two scientists at ...
Why a hydrogen economy doesn't make sense
Dec 11, 2006 |
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In a recent study, fuel cell expert Ulf Bossel explains that a hydrogen economy is a wasteful economy. The large amount of energy required to isolate hydrogen from natural compounds (water, natural gas, biomass), ...
Quantum computer solves problem, without running
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Feb 22, 2006 |
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By combining quantum computation and quantum interrogation, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found an exotic way of determining an answer to an algorithm – without ever running ...
