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Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Research in aircraft control systems and robotics helps improve flight safety

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- At first blush, it may not seem like robots and aircraft control systems have anything in common. When you put them together, however, you arrive at the core of Guangjun Liu’s unique research ...


A scale model of the Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo

Virgin Galactic readies maiden suborbital flight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (23) | comments 10

British billionaire Sir Richard Branson will unveil a craft on Monday that could soon carry tourists on an out-of-this-world trip into space -- for a mere 200,000 dollars. (Update: Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship) ...


Astronauts board space shuttle Atlantis for launch (AP)

Astronauts board space shuttle Atlantis for launch

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Astronauts climbed aboard space shuttle Atlantis on Monday for an afternoon liftoff to the space station, as the sky over the launching site gradually cleared.


Flying with the flu: Expert panel revisits the danger of air travel during a pandemic

Flying with the flu: Expert panel revisits the danger of air travel during a pandemic

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Attempting to ground planes during pandemics may not be worth the trouble, a panel of experts from the government, academia and the airlines industry heard at a recent meeting in Washington.


Energy-autonomous sensors for aircraft

Energy-autonomous sensors for aircraft

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Aircraft maintenance will be easier in future, with sensors monitoring the aircraft skin. If they discover any dents or cracks they will send a radio message to a monitoring unit. The energy needed for this ...


How to spell B-Y-U with DNA

DNA origami

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Researchers from Brigham Young University found how to shape customized segments of DNA into tiny letters that spell "BYU." This new method of DNA origami will appear in the aptly titled journal Nano Letters.


This photo, provided by the Rwanda Development Board of Tourism and Conservation, shows the silverback gorilla Titus

Gorilla King Titus dies in Rwanda

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Titus the Gorilla King, who became the world's most famous mountain gorilla after starring in Dian Fossey's "Gorillas in the Mist" and a BBC documentary, has died in Rwanda at the ripe old age of 35.


Did drug-resistant swine flu spread at NC camp?

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

(AP) -- Health officials are reporting what may be the first instance of a Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus spreading from one person to another.


Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space

Return to Sender: MISSE-6 Comes Home After More Than a Year in Space

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's been eight years since the first Materials International Space Station Experiment, or MISSE, arrived at the orbiting laboratory. During that time, more than 4,000 materials samples have ...


Video conferencing allows companies to cut travel plans

Technology / Hi Tech

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Just a few years ago, Advanced Micro Devices executive Linda Starr racked up a million air miles a year in business travel. Now she logs a mere 100,000 miles per year, thanks to sophisticated video conferencing technology.



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