News tagged with vehicle aerodynamics


Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Pieces Coming Together for First Test Launch of NASA's New Spacecraft

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires. But those computers will have their work ...





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New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

New materials designed to deal with hypersonic and supersonic hot stuff (w/ Video)

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 24, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 6

University of Queensland researchers are testing new materials to withstand the extreme heat experienced by hypersonic vehicles in flight so they can fly for substantially longer.


NREL Evaluates UPS Hybrid-Electric Van Performance

Technology / Energy

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has collected and analyzed fuel economy, maintenance and other vehicle performance data from UPS’s first generation hybrid diesel ...


School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air

School classroom air may be more polluted with ultrafine particles than outdoor air

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The air in some school classrooms may contain higher levels of extremely small particles of pollutants — easily inhaled deep into the lungs — than polluted outdoor air, scientists in Australia and Germany ...


Air bags not a risk to pregnant women in motor vehicle crashes, study finds

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new ground-breaking study from University of Washington researchers has found that air bags do not seem to elevate risk of most potential adverse outcomes during pregnancy.


Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Bioengineered materials promote the growth of functional vasculature, new study shows

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Regenerative medicine therapies often require the growth of functional, stable blood vessels at the site of an injury. Using synthetic polymers called hydrogels, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology ...


The world's next economic hot spot?

The world's next economic hot spot?

Other Sciences / Economics

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A bailout by neighboring emirate Abu Dhabi has apparently stabilized Dubai’s financial crisis. But the longer-term economic impact—on Dubai and other nations—could grow more serious.


Smarter cars are gaining traction

Smarter cars are gaining traction (w/ Video)

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lives can depend on a vehicle's moment-by-moment traction. New European technology promises to make cars as good as experienced, alert drivers at sensing and adjusting to wet, snowy or icy ...


Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

Final launch of Ariane 5 GS completes busy year

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week, an Ariane 5 GS launcher lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on a journey to place the French military reconnaissance satellite Helios-2B into Sun-synchronous polar ...


Attention Demands May Explain Why Texting While Driving Is So Dangerous

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A timely study in the journal Human Factors suggests why texting while driving is riskier than talking on a cell phone or with another passenger. Human factors/ergonomics researchers at the University of Uta ...


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Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 1.7 / 5 (28) | comments 29

Man's best friend could be one of the environment's worst enemies, according to a new study which says the carbon pawprint of a pet dog is more than double that of a gas-guzzling sports utility vehicle.



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