Landing pads being designed for extraterrestrial missions

ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — When the Mars Science Laboratory's Curiosity rover landed on Aug. 6, it was another step forward in the effort to eventually send humans to the Red Planet. Using the lessons of the Apollo era and robotic missions to Mars,...

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New airport system facilitates smoother take-offs and landings

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — For airline passengers who dread bumpy rides to mountainous destinations, help may be on the way. A new turbulence avoidance system has for the first time been approved for use at a U.S. airport and can be adapted for additional...

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Protecting our harbors and ships with a robotic tuna fish

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — No question about it… they're very good at what they do. But they don't take well to orders, especially those to carry out inspection work in oily or dangerous environments, or in any kind of harsh environment, for that...

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NASA Mars rover targets unusual rock enroute to first destination

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has driven up to a football-size rock that will be the first for the rover's arm to examine. Curiosity is about 8 feet (2.5 meters) from the rock. It lies about halfway from the rover's...

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Revolutionary ultrathin, flat lens: Smartphones as thin as a credit card?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Scientists are reporting development of a revolutionary new lens -- flat, distortion-free, so small that more than 1,500 would fit across the width of a human hair -- capable in the future of replacing lenses in applications...

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Thermoelectric material is the best at converting heat waste to electricity

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Northwestern University scientists have developed a thermoelectric material that is the best in the world at converting waste heat to electricity. This is very good news once you realize nearly two-thirds of energy input...

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Experiment corrects prediction in quantum theory

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — An international team of scientists is rewriting a page from the quantum physics rulebook using a University of Florida laboratory once dubbed the coldest spot in the universe. Much of what we know about quantum mechanics...

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Single-atom writer a landmark for quantum computing

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A research team led by Australian engineers has created the first working quantum bit based on a single atom in silicon, opening the way to ultra-powerful quantum computers of the future. In a landmark paper published...

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Using a laser to 'see' the smallest world: Powerful laser breathes new life into an old technology for studying atomic-level structures

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A multi-university team has employed a high-powered laser based at UC Santa Barbara to dramatically improve one of the tools scientists use to study the world at the atomic level. The team used their amped-up electron paramagnetic...

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Can nanotubes tell of bridge collapse risk?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — In August 2007, the I-35W Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145. The collapse was attributed to a design deficiency that resulted in a gusset plate failing during...

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Ultra-distant galaxy discovered amidst cosmic 'dark ages': May be oldest galaxy ever

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — With the combined power of NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes as well as a cosmic magnification effect, a team of astronomers led by Wei Zheng of The Johns Hopkins University has spotted what could be the most distant...

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Did a 'forgotten' meteor have a deadly, icy double-punch?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — When a huge meteor collided with Earth about 2.5 million years ago and fell into the southern Pacific Ocean it not only could have generated a massive tsunami but also may have plunged the world into the Ice Ages, a new...

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New screening method identifies 1,200 candidate refrigerants to combat global warming

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new computational method for identifying candidate refrigerant fluids with low "global warming potential" (GWP) -- the tendency to...

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Angling for gold: Alternative description of atomic level gold bonding

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — A new model provides an alternative description of atomic level gold bonding. A study on how gold atoms bond to other atoms using a model that takes into account bonds direction has been carried out by physicist Marie...

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Out of this world nanoscience: A computer chip that can assemble itself?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Imagine a computer chip that can assemble itself. According to Eric M. Furst, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, engineers and scientists are closer to making this and other...

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Fireworks in the early universe

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — Galaxies in the early universe grew fast by rapidly making new stars. Such prodigious star formation episodes, characterized by the intense radiation of the newborn stars, were often accompanied by fireworks in the form...

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New processes for cost-efficient solar cell production

ScienceDaily (Sep. 19, 2012) — The competition in the photovoltaics market is fierce. When it comes to price, Asian manufacturers are frequently ahead of the competition by a nose. Now, Fraunhofer researchers are designing new coating processes and thin...

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University students put off-the-shelf helicopters to work

ScienceDaily (Sep. 18, 2012) — What amounts to serious scientific research could, at first glance, be mistaken for students at The University of Alabama in Huntsville letting off a little stress with radio-controlled helicopters. On a recent sunny,...

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