1. Fusion Energy for Space Missions in the 21st Century (496 pages, 25 megabytes. Note – George Miley was a big contributor to this 1991 document. (H/T Crowlspace). Future space missions were hypothesized and analyzed and the energy source for their accomplishment investigated. The missions included manned Mars, scientific outposts to and robotic sample return …
Toyota Motor Corp unveiled the “FT-Bh” a lightweight, next generation small gasoline-electric hybrid concept car, here today at the 82nd Geneva International Motor Show By pursuing weight reduction, a more-efficient powertrain and reduced air resistance, the FT-Bh boasts a fuel efficiency of 2.1 liters per 100 kilometers under the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC), with …
Looking to nature for their muse, researchers have used a common protein to guide the design of a material that can make energy-storing hydrogen gas. The synthetic material works 10 times faster than the original protein found in water-dwelling microbes, the researchers report in the August 12 issue of the journal Science, clocking in at …
Duke electrical engineers have developed a man-made material that they say literally allows them to manipulate light at will. They say that the results of their latest proof-of-concept experiments could lead to the replacement of electrical components with those based on optical technologies, which should allow for faster and more efficient transmission of information, much …
False-colour images of the two brown dwarf discoveries WISE J0254+0223 and WISE J1741+2553. (Credit: AIP, NASA/IPAC Infrared Science Archive) Arxiv – Two very nearby (less than 5 parsecs) ultracool brown dwarfs detected by their large proper motions from WISE, 2MASS, and SDSS data WISE provides an infrared all-sky survey which aims at completing our knowledge …
In 2012-13, Aeros plans to fly the Pelican, a 230-ft.-long, 600,000-cu.-ft. demonstrator for its rigid-aeroshell, variable-buoyancy (RAVB) technology. Inside the shell, comprising a load-bearing frame of carbon-fiber trusses covered by thin-gauge rigid panels, will be a membrane to contain the helium lifting gas. Inside that membrane will be pressurized pump-fed tanks. More helium under pressure …
1. AstroEngine – Screaming Exoplanets: Detecting Alien Magnetospheres According to a new study presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting in Llandudno, Wales we could detect the radio emissions from a distant Jupiter like worlds that possess a magnetosphere. “Jupiter and Saturn take 12 and 30 years respectively to orbit the Sun, so you would …
Carnival of Space 176 is up at Kentucky Space If you’re interested in repeatable and affordable micro-g research, contact Kentucky Space about your payload. This site submitted an article on the Fermilab holometer to test if the universe is a hologram Ian O’Neill at Discovery covers the tests to see if our universe is a …
Scientists perfect new nanowire technique http://www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/915/scientists_perfect_new_nanowire_technique Scientists at the University of Leeds have perfected a new technique that allows them to make molecular nanowires out of thin strips of ring-shaped molecules known as discotic liquid crystals (DLCs). The findings could be an important step in the development of next generation electronic devices, such as light-harvesting …
China has recently completed a factory to build modules for AP1000 nuclear reactors. The 71000 square meter factory was completed in 11 months and can build the parts for two AP1000 reactors each year. China is wanting 100 Westinghouse AP1000 reactors to be built or being built by 2020. Now a similar factory will be …
Previously this site looked at a technology that is almost in hand for solving excess manmade CO2 (possible global warming) and now a simple nearly in hand technology and plan for addressing peak oil. They both need to be part of an overall energy and technology development plan, but a key point is technology and …