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Archaeologists Locate Confederate Cannons, Naval Yard

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Jun 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Archaeologists from the University of South Carolina and East Carolina University have located two large cannon from a sunken Confederate gunboat in the Pee Dee River and have identified where the Mars Bluff Naval Yard once ...





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Naval Research Laboratory's ANDE-2 deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

ANDE-2 satellite deployed from Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0

The Naval Research Laboratory's satellite suite, the Atmospheric Neutral Density Experiment 2 (ANDE-2), was deployed from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour on July 30, 2009.


ONR demonstrates revolutionary new counter-mine technology for ships

ONR demonstrates new counter-mine technology for ships

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

In a time of increasing irregular warfare threats, the Navy has devised and successfully demonstrated a revolutionary technology to help reduce the risk of naval mine strikes to U.S. Navy ships.


HICO-RAIDS experiments ready for payload integration

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 26, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) and the Remote Atmospheric and Ionospheric Detection System (RAIDS), both developed at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), are ready for payload integration following ...


Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Ion Tiger fuel cell unmanned air vehicle completes 23-hour flight

Technology / Energy

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

The Naval Research Laboratory's Ion Tiger, a hydrogen-powered fuel cell unmanned air vehicle (UAV), has flown 23 hours and 17 minutes, setting an unofficial flight endurance record for a fuel-cell powered ...


Lasers generate underwater sound

Lasers generate underwater sound

Physics / General Physics

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Scientists at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) are developing a new technology for use in underwater acoustics. The new technology uses flashes of laser light to remotely create underwater sound. The new ...


NRL's XFC UAS achieves flight endurance milestone

NRL's XFC UAS achieves flight endurance milestone

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has completed a successful flight test of the fuel cell powered XFC (eXperimental Fuel Cell) unmanned aerial system (UAS). During the June 2 flight test, ...


White tea could keep you healthy and looking young

White tea could keep you healthy and looking young

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (29) | comments 7

Next time you’re making a cuppa, new research shows it might be wise to opt for a white tea if you want to reduce your risk of cancer, rheumatoid arthritis or even just age-associated wrinkles. Researchers ...


New astronomy missions selected for further study by NASA

Proposed astronomy missions selected for further study by NASA

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 22, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

NASA has awarded the University of Colorado at Boulder $1 million to lead the study of a space observatory to find Earth-like planets in distant solar systems and open the search for life outside our solar ...


Think Twice Before Allowing Your 10-Year-Old to Work

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study finds that - despite being responsible enough to have a job at such a young age - fifth-graders who work are more likely to exhibit bad health behaviors than their unemployed 10-year-old peers.


Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Night Time Artificial Cloud Study Conducted

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

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

A rocket experiment that may shed light on the highest clouds in the Earth's atmosphere was conducted September 19 from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia.



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