The smart outdoor lighting system is an innovative idea of combining hybrid wind-solar energy generation, LED lighting and mosquito trap into one compact design. The off-grid features of the system offers great advantage ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 29, 2015
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An investigation into how owls fly and hunt in silence has enabled researchers to develop a prototype coating for wind turbine blades that could significantly reduce the amount of noise they make.
Engineering
Jun 22, 2015
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Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have revealed precisely how much different slipstreaming tactics reduce drag on a horse during a race.
General Physics
Nov 3, 2014
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Working in wind tunnels, software laboratories and work stations across America, NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partners continue to make strides in advancing the designs of the American spacecraft and rockets that ...
Space Exploration
May 20, 2014
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Sandia National Laboratories has finished eight days of testing a full-scale mock unit representing the aerodynamic characteristics of the B61-12 gravity bomb in a wind tunnel.
Engineering
Apr 15, 2014
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A study into the aerodynamic performance of feathered dinosaurs, by scientists from the University of Southampton, has provided new insight into the evolution of bird flight.
Archaeology
Sep 18, 2013
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A three-dimensional chessboard-like structure that may soon harness the sun to create power for your toaster, television, or the city you live in.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 30, 2013
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The technology, which sounds straight out of a science-fiction movie, has enough reality to it for the United Kingdom government to offer $90.62 million (£60 million), in stages, to a company looking to develop the engine.
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2013
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The Boeing Company of Houston, a NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner, recently performed wind tunnel testing of its CST-100 spacecraft and integrated launch vehicle, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket. ...
Space Exploration
Jun 4, 2013
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Simple 'blast' fences called baffles could deliver improvements in air quality for people living near airports, new research has found.
Engineering
Jan 31, 2013
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