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Swiss scientist-adventurer and pilot Bertrand Piccard gestures as he unveils the 'Solar Impulse' airplane

Swiss team unveil pioneering solar plane

Technology / Energy

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (42) | comments 21

Round-the-world balloooning pioneer Bertrand Piccard unveiled his solar-powered aircraft in Switzerland on Friday, ready for another trend-setting circumnavigation of the globe powered solely by the sun.


NASA waits for dry weather to bring shuttle home (AP)

NASA waits for dry weather to bring shuttle home

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- NASA is waiting for a break in Florida's rainy weather so the space shuttle Atlantis can return home on schedule.





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Space shuttle Discovery back home in Florida (AP)

Space shuttle Discovery back home in Florida

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Space shuttle Discovery is finally back home in Florida following a cross-country journey and a trip to orbit.


Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet helps summer travelers beat jet lag

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- As the summer travel season begins, many vacation and business travelers will beat jet lag with the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet developed at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory.


Biofuel for the Navy

U.S. Navy Plans to Test Biofuels for Super Hornet

Technology / Energy

created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (10) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Navy is getting ready to run flight tests using an assortment of biofuels. The tests will be run using an F/A-18 Super Hornet. The tests are scheduled to begin taking place at Patuxent ...


'Inverse Energy Cascade' May Energize Jupiter's Jet Streams

'Inverse Energy Cascade' May Energize Jupiter's Jet Streams

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jupiter's intense and persistent jet streams could be triggered by small-scale energy events, a planetary sciences graduate student reports.


Shuttle astronauts prepare for Texas homecoming (AP)

Space Shuttle Discovery Returns to Earth After Successful Mission

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 5.7 million miles with an 5:53 p.m. PDT landing Friday at Edwards Air Force Base in California.


Jatropha

Jatropha Helps Air New Zealand Cut Its CO2 Emissions by More Than 60%

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 17, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (14) | comments 14

Recently, Air New Zealand ran a test flight of a jet plane fueled with a biofuel blend made with jatropha. The results showed a fuel savings of 1.2%, amounting to more than a ton of fuel over the course of ...


Life secret exposed: Scientists unlock mystery of molecular machine

Chemistry /

created Feb 19, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (28) | comments 8

A major mystery about the origins of life has been resolved. According to a study published in the journal Nature, two Université de Montréal scientists have proposed a new theory for how a universal molecu ...


Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?

Mystery of the Missing Sunspots, Solved?

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (20) | comments 11

The sun is in the pits of a century-class solar minimum, and sunspots have been puzzlingly scarce for more than two years. Now, for the first time, solar physicists might understand why.


Camelina jet fuel could cut carbon emissions by 84 percent

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8

The seeds of a lowly weed could cut jet fuel's cradle-to-grave carbon emissions by 84 percent.


Researcher sheds light on 'man-eating' squid; finds them timid, non-threatening

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

News reports last week about scuba divers off San Diego being menaced by large numbers of Humboldt's or jumbo squid have raised the ire of University of Rhode Island biologist Brad Seibel. As a leading expert on the species ...



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