As NASA seeks to reduce costs and extend the length and capabilities of ambitious new solar system science and exploration missions, alternative propulsion technologies may deliver the right mix of savings, safety and superior propulsive power to enrich a variety of next-generation journeys to worlds and destinations beyond Earth orbit.
Scientists are developing a mission concept that would send a probe flying through the plume created by the 100-odd geysers erupting from the south polar region of Saturn
A new computer chip that uses carbon nanotubes and builds connections in 3D could be 1,000 times faster than current technology.
Discover a new dimension to Virtual Reality with the brand new 7D Cinema Experience. 7D Cinema has become some of the most popular attractions at major theme parks, where people stand in line for hours to enjoy a 7D show.
In January 2002, astronomers discovered a massive explosion coming from V838 Monocerotis. They initially thought they were witnessing a supernova, but after the initial flash of light began to dim (as expected), it began to brighten again in infrared wavelengths at the beginning of March. After that brightening faded, another one happened in April.
Dr. Harold "Sonny" White, the Advanced Propulsion Theme Lead for the NASA Engineering Directorate has said that "a Star Trek experience within our lifetime is not such a remote possibility."
A record-breaking star system has been discovered, playing host to nine alien worlds -- including three "super-Earths."
(PhysOrg.com) -- At 0:38 CEST (18:38 EDT) this morning, the LHC shift crew declared ‘stable beams’ as two 4 TeV proton beams were brought into collision at the LHC’s four interaction points. This signals the start of physics data taking by the LHC experiments for 2012. The collision energy of 8 TeV is a new world record, and increases the machine’s discovery potential considerably.
The first atlas of the surface of the human brain based on genetic information has been produced by a national team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System.
The first multi-qubit computer with protection against decoherence (noise that prevents the computer from functioning properly) has been developed by an international team of scientists.
A gel can be resuscitated in a fashion similar to a medical cardiopulmonary resuscitation, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the
In a step toward computers that mimic the parallel processing of complex biological brains, researchers from HRL Laboratories, LLC, and the University of
A team at Manchester Royal Infirmary hospital, England, claim to be the first surgeons to use 3D cameras and monitors -- and embarrassingly clunky spectacles -- during an operation. Furthermore, if that wasn
Researchers have announced breakthroughs in the development of tunneling field effect transistors, a semiconductor technology that takes advantage of the quirky behavior of electrons at the quantum level.
