Elon Musk wants to build a Hyperloop test track in Texas
Hawthorne, Calif. (UPI) Jan 15, 2015 -
When Elon Musk tweets, the tech world listens. That was the case Thursday, as the founder of SpaceX instigated a cyber freakout with news that he plans to build a Hyperloop test track in Texas.
Musk's Tesla Motors continues to turn heads in the car world, and his aerospace company continues to make headway in revolutionizing the space travel industry. Now, he's ready to try his hand at ...
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Carbon nanotube finding could boost battery life
Madison WI (SPX) Jan 15, 2015 -
University of Wisconsin-Madison materials engineers have made a significant leap toward creating higher-performance electronics with improved battery life - and the ability to flex and stretch.
Led by materials science Associate Professor Michael Arnold and Professor Padma Gopalan, the team has reported the highest-performing carbon nanotube transistors ever demonstrated. In addition to p ...
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Alarm Shuts Down Unit at India's Kudankulam Nuclear Plant
New Delhi, India (Sputnik) Jan 16, 2015 -
The first unit of India's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was shut down when the emergency protection system was activated; there is no threat to safety, a source in the Indian nuclear industry told RIA Novosti Thursday.
"The emergency protection system of the first unit of Kudankulam nuclear power plant was activated. The tripping of the electricity grid mode operation triggered the activa ...
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A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
Leioa, Spain (SPX) Jan 15, 2015 -
Few materials have received as much attention from the scientific world or have raised so many hopes with a view to their potential deployment in new applications as graphene has.
This is largely due to its superlative properties: it is the thinnest material in existence, almost transparent, the strongest, the stiffest and at the same time the most strechable, the best thermal conductor, t ...
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Developing New Materials For Energy Transduction
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 14, 2015 -
Transduction involving the conversion of energy from one form into another is common in many military and space devices, such as communications antennas (radio waves to electrical signals), thermoelectric generators (heat to electricity) and electric motors (electromagnetic to kinetic energy).
Research efforts to develop new transductional materials, however, have largely been limited to l ...
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Long-lost British space probe found on Mars: agency
London (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 -
A British-built space probe that disappeared without trace more than a decade ago has been spotted on the surface of Mars, the UK Space Agency said on Friday.
The Beagle 2 lander was found partially deployed with one of its parachutes still attached in images taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
Scientists said it would be impossible to renew contact or retrieve data from t ...
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Robots learn to use tools by watching YouTube videos
College Park MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2015 -
Imagine having a personal robot prepare your breakfast every morning. Now, imagine that this robot didn't need any help figuring out how to make the perfect omelet, because it learned all the necessary steps by watching videos on YouTube. It might sound like science fiction, but a team at the University of Maryland has just made a significant breakthrough that will bring this scenario one step c ...
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