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Water-saving technology focus of new grant

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if it’s dry. Or, they just water them whether they need it or not. University of Georgia horticulturists ...


Keeping Mars Contained

Keeping Mars Contained

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

When robotic spacecraft bring a sample of Mars back to Earth, scientists will need specially-designed facilities to study the samples and prevent them from escaping to the outside world.


Munich lab demonstrates diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

German researchers demonstrate diesel truck engine with barely measurable emissions

Technology / Engineering

created 10 hours ago | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Just three months after the Euro 5 Norm for exhaust emissions went into force for all new car models, researchers at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM, Germany) have demonstrated an engine that is ...


Texas AgriLife researchers working to develop heartier, better-adapted crops

Biology / Other

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dr. Daniel Leskovar, a Texas AgriLife Research plant physiologist at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde, has been investigating ways to help vegetable plants make a less stressful transition from the ...


Space technology optimises windmill efficiency

Space technology optimises windmill efficiency

Technology / Engineering

created 4 hours ago | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A French start-up company from ESA's Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 ...


Physicist Jack Harris Is Honored by DARPA as One of Nation's 'Rising Stars'

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Jack Harris, an associate professor of physics, has received one of this year's Young Faculty Awards (YFA) from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He is one of 33 "rising stars" across ...


India's Tata launches low-cost water filter for rural poor

Technology / Engineering

created 7 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

India's giant Tata Group on Monday unveiled a new low-cost water purifier, hoping to do for health what it did for motoring and provide affordable, safe drinking water for millions and cut disease.



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