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Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!

Wake up and smell the coffee -- on the Moon!

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 3

Have you ever wondered how you'd make your morning cup of java if you lived on another planet, or perhaps the moon? That steaming beverage would be a must on a cold lunar morning.





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Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began

Important Tests for Lunar Habitat Power System Began

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA today begins testing elements of a power system that is a potential candidate to provide the energy needed to support a human outpost on the moon.


Notional Lunar Fission Surface Power System

NASA Developing Fission Surface Power Technology

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (18) | comments 7

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA astronauts will need power sources when they return to the moon and establish a lunar outpost. NASA engineers are exploring the possibility of nuclear fission to provide the necessary ...


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Doubts raised on nuclear industry viability

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (24) | comments 19

(PhysOrg.com) -- The investment in nuclear power has been growing around the world over the last few years, being viewed as a means for countries to control their energy security, avoid the price fluctuations ...


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5 Feasible Renewable Energy Sources

Technology / Energy

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (42) | comments 24

(PhysOrg.com) -- President Barack Obama has made no secret of his desire to develop a "green economy" that includes renewable energy projects meant to benefit the environment. He has said that part of the economic recovery in ...


People look at tractors working on the future International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) site in Cadarache

Nuclear fusion power project to start in 2018: official

Technology / Energy

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (33) | comments 58

An experimental reactor that could harness nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, will begin operation in southern France in 2018, the project's governing body announced Thursday.


Making more efficient fuel cells

Biology / Biotechnology

created Sep 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Bacteria that generate significant amounts of electricity could be used in microbial fuel cells to provide power in remote environments or to convert waste to electricity. Professor Derek Lovley from the University of Massachusetts, ...


Nuclear fusion power project to start in slimmed-down version

Technology / Energy

created Jun 08, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 15

A multi-billion-dollar project to prove whether nuclear fusion, the power that fuels the Sun, can be a practicable energy source is to be scaled down in its early stages, sources said on Monday.


ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

ASUS Unveils First TUF Series Motherboard

Electronics / Hardware

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (7) | comments 2

ASUS today unveiled the first motherboard in its newly-developed "TUF" (The Ultimate Force) Series, the SABERTOOTH 55i.


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How a Solar-Hydrogen Economy Could Supply the World's Energy Needs

Technology / Energy

created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (48) | comments 67

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world's oil supply continues to dry out every day, the question of what will replace oil and other fossil fuels is becoming more and more urgent. According to the World Coal Institute, ...


Wind + water = untapped energy: An abundance of power exists above Earth's oceans, study finds

Wind + water = untapped energy: An abundance of power exists above Earth's oceans, study finds

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (58) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wind energy over the planet's oceans is a vastly underutilized renewable resource, according to UC Irvine researchers.



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