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First phase of pan-tropical forest mapping debuting at COP15

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical forest loss accounts for an estimated 17% of global emissions of carbon dioxide. As part of a strategy to reduce these greenhouse gas fluxes to the atmosphere, the UNFCCC's Conference of the Parties 15 in Copenhagen ...


Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Air Force Center of Excellence awarded in nanostructures and improved cognition

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The Georgia Institute of Technology has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Center of Excellence to design nanostructures for energy harvesting and adaptive materials, and to develop tools to optimize critical cognitive ...


New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

New aluminum-water rocket propellant promising for future space missions

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (21) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of rocket propellant made of a frozen mixture of water and "nanoscale aluminum" powder that is more environmentally friendly than conventional propellants ...


Safety of combat military vehicles examined

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jul 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Queen's University Belfast academic is working on research that could help protect the lives of military based in Afghanistan.


1 small step in the search for moonwalk tapes

One small step in the search for moonwalk tapes

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The world will get the first glimpse of what the historic Apollo 11 moonwalk really looked like thanks to the exceptional footage taken from Australian telescopes on 21 July (Australian time) 1969.


Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A Purdue University aerospace researcher helped shape plans to install a new experiment currently on the space shuttle Discovery to collect data for controlling deadly friction and heating in the design of ...


New government brochure explains climate science

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (123) | comments 7

(AP) -- Day after day, reports of the dangers of climate and climate change circulate in the news, often filled with confusing data and debate.


A new aircraft assembly and maintenance system will enhance reliability

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers at the CEIT-IK4 technological centre have developed an innovative support system for the assembly and maintenance of aircraft for the EADS-CASA aeronautics consortium. The new technique will particularly have ...


Testing Gelled Rocket Fuels

Researchers cooking up new gelled rocket fuels

Chemistry /

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Engineers and food scientists are teaming up to develop a new type of gelled fuel the consistency of orange marmalade designed to improve the safety, performance and range of rockets for space and military ...