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ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

ScienceDaily: Top Technology News

Scientists monitor comet breakup

Posted: 04 Nov 2012 09:26 AM PST

The Hergenrother comet is currently traversing the inner-solar system. Amateur and professional astronomers alike have been following the icy-dirt ball over the past several weeks as it has been generating a series of impressive outbursts of cometary-dust material. Now comes word that the comet's nucleus has taken the next step in its fragmentation.

Building small: In many industries, economies of size is shifting to economies of numbers

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 12:19 PM PDT

For decades, "bigger is better" has been the conventional path to efficiency in industries ranging from transportation to power generation. Food once grown on small family plots now comes overwhelmingly from factory farms. Vessels that carried 2,000 tons of cargo have been replaced by modern container ships that routinely move 150,000 tons. But now, new research shows, we are on the cusp of a radical shift from building big to building small -- a change that has profound implications for both established and emerging industries.

Researchers help green light the record-breaking 425 mph Jet Reaction bike

Posted: 02 Nov 2012 08:51 AM PDT

Researchers in the UK could help ensure that a daring Briton soon becomes the fastest man on two wheels, reaching speeds of 425 miles per hour and beyond. Richard Brown is determined to wrest back the world motorcycle land-speed record for Britain with his machine Jet Reaction, powered by an afterburning jet based on a helicopter engine. It develops massive power, but it has taken the team behind the project into new scientific and technological territory.
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