NASA Searching for Green Propellant Technology
NASA is looking for a greener alternative for fuel instead of using highly toxic hydrazine. They are working with local American companies to develop new…
NASA is looking for a greener alternative for fuel instead of using highly toxic hydrazine. They are working with local American companies to develop new…
To help carry gear, DARPA is continuing research into developing a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot to integrate with a squad of Marines or Soldiers….
A team of multinational researchers used heat instead of a magnetic field to record Terabytes of information per second. This technology is hundreds of times…
A team of researchers believes they have developed a more efficient way to make a silicon solar cell. Using the free online tool “Impurities to…
The results are in and multiple sensors showed that NASA’s 355-foot-tall Mobile Launcher reacted as expected during its move to Launch Pad 39B in November…
By using fumed silica impregnated with polyethlenimine, researchers at the USC Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute aim to recycle harmful excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere….
Examining astronauts in need of medical help while in space is about to get a lot easier. Researchers at the European Space Agency developed a…
Research presented at the American Stroke Association’s 2012 international conference shows that the SOLITAIRE Flow Restoration Device removes stroke-causing blood clots far better than the…
DARPA’s High-Assurance Cyber Military Systems program seeks to improve the security of embedded computer systems. To do this, researchers are looking to create new technology…
MIT researcher Andreas Mershin believes that low-cost photovoltaic panels may one day be made from plant material. His work is an extension of the research…
Engineers at Johns Hopkins are studying butterflies using high-speed video cameras to gain a better understand of their flight dynamics. With funding from U.S. defense…
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories and Solar Power Electric teamed together to develop a tool to appraise homes and commercial buildings with photovoltaic (PV) installations….
As part of the SCENICC program, DARPA researchers are working on futuristic contact lenses that will offer a dual purpose. These lenses will allow users…
Researchers studying single-walled carbon nanotubes at Rice University discovered new information about nanotube fluorescence and its relationship with length and imperfections. According to their findings,…
Cornell professors are combining their inventions in an effort to develop a handheld pathogen detector for developing world countries. The device works by “amplifying” very…
Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have invented a small-caliber, self-guided bullet and have had initial success testing the design in computer simulations and in field…
For the past year, leading aircraft manufacturers, Lockheed Martin, The Boeing Company, and Northrop Grumman, have been trying to meet NASA’s challenge and develop green…
DARPA is looking to further increase processing speed in their intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems and has set up a Proposers’ Day workshop to further…