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Fast forward to the past: NASA technologists test 'game-changing' data-processing technology
New thermoelectric material could be an energy saver
Illuminating the no-man's land of waters' surface: Strong electric charge observed at the interface between oil and water is not due to impurities
Graphene/nanotube hybrid makes single-surface material for energy storage, electronics
Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts?
Milestone along the way to CO2-free power plants
Tracking down smallest biomarkers
Researchers use shock tube for insight into physics early in blasts
Funneling the sun's energy: New way of harnessing photons for electricity proposed

Fast forward to the past: NASA technologists test 'game-changing' data-processing technology

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:13 PM PST

It's a digital world. Or is it? NASA technologist Jonathan Pellish isn't convinced. In fact, he believes a computing technology of yesteryear could potentially revolutionize everything from autonomous rendezvous and docking to remotely correcting wavefront errors on large, deployable space telescope mirrors like those to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope.

New thermoelectric material could be an energy saver

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 04:12 PM PST

By using common materials found pretty much anywhere there is dirt, a team of researchers has developed a new thermoelectric material. This is important, they said, because the vast majority of heat that is generated from, for example, a car engine, is lost through the tail pipe. It's the thermoelectric material's job to take that heat and turn it into something useful, like electricity.

Illuminating the no-man's land of waters' surface: Strong electric charge observed at the interface between oil and water is not due to impurities

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 10:02 AM PST

Scientist are refuting previously held theories and offering a new explanation of electrochemical phenomena occurring at the interface between water and a hydrophobic matter. A new paradigm may be on the horizon.

Graphene/nanotube hybrid makes single-surface material for energy storage, electronics

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:13 AM PST

A seamless graphene/nanotube hybrid may be the best electrode interface material possible for many energy storage and electronics applications.

Do missing Jupiters mean massive comet belts?

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:12 AM PST

Astronomers have discovered vast comet belts surrounding two nearby planetary systems known to host only Earth-to-Neptune-mass worlds. The comet reservoirs could have delivered life-giving oceans to the innermost planets.

Milestone along the way to CO2-free power plants

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:40 AM PST

An innovative method inexpensively and energetically efficiently reduces power-plant carbon dioxide emissions by more than 90 percent. The initial system for utilization on an existing power plant is currently in the planning stage.

Tracking down smallest biomarkers

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST

Scientists have developed a vacuum-compatible X-ray detector that allows the size of low-contrast nano-objects to be determined.

Researchers use shock tube for insight into physics early in blasts

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST

Researchers are using a unique multiphase shock tube to study how densely clustered particles disperse during an explosion.

Funneling the sun's energy: New way of harnessing photons for electricity proposed

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 08:07 AM PST

Engineers propose a new way of harnessing photons for electricity, with the potential for capturing a wider spectrum of solar energy.