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Solar Shield Experiment Aims to Keep the Power On

Jul 01, 2008 | 4.4 / 5 (16) | 1

When you flip a light switch to illuminate the pages of your favorite book or reach into your refrigerator for that last piece of key lime pie, you expect the electric current coursing through the outlets ...

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NASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Aug 17, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 0

A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.

Orbiter's HiRISE Camera Saw Phoenix Heat Shield in Freefall on Landing Day

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Jul 09, 2008 | 3.7 / 5 (9) | 2

Scientists running the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, known as HiRISE, on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have processed more details in an amazing image their camera captured as the Phoenix ...

Endeavour Due at Station Tonight

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

Mar 12, 2008 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Circling the globe aboard space shuttle Endeavour, the STS-123 crew members have completed their first full day in space. The astronauts inspected the orbiter’s heat shield and prepared for their arrival at ...

Bacteria 'launch a shield' to resist attack

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

Nov 02, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Bacteria that cause chronic lung infections can communicate with each other to form a deadly shield against the body's natural defenses. Studying these interactions could lead to new ways of treating bacteria that are resistant ...

BCBS in Ohio ends controversial experiment

Medicine & Health /

Jun 13, 2006 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Anthem Blue Cross-Blue Shield of Ohio has reportedly ended an experiment in which some physicians were paid less for patients needing more attention.

Lead with a poisonous electron shield

Chemistry /

Jan 16, 2007 | 3.9 / 5 (7) | 0

It has been speculated that lead poisoning may have played a role in the fall of the Roman Empire: it is thought to have been caused by the concentration of grape juice in lead containers. Though the introduction of lead-free ...

Columbia Researchers Lead Race to Find Dark Matter

Physics / General Physics

Jul 27, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (6) | 9

(PhysOrg.com) -- Inside a mountain range in central Italy, Columbia researchers are trying to solve one of the most pressing questions in modern physics: What is dark matter? The riddle has obsessed astronomers ...

Superconductor magnet heat shield being developed

Superconductor magnet spacecraft heat shield being developed

Physics / General Physics

Nov 26, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (44) | 28

(PhysOrg.com) -- European space agencies and an aerospace giant are developing a new re-entry heat shield that will use superconductor magnets to generate a magnetic field strong enough to deflect the superhot ...

Space shuttle experiment to provide insights into turbulence, heating

Physics / General Physics

Mar 23, 2009 | not rated yet | 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 ...