Collaborate Disseminate
Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills is offering a trio of historic Apollo 11 artifacts as part of its Legends & Explorers auction, which takes place on July 17 and 18, 2020. Three of the hand controllers used to steer the famous Columbia Command Service… Continue reading Flight controls from historic Apollo 11 mission go up for auction
Julien’s Auctions of Beverly Hills is offering a trio of historic Apollo 11 artifacts as part of its Legends & Explorers auction, which takes place on July 17 and 18, 2020. Three of the hand controllers used to steer the famous Columbia Command Service… Continue reading Flight controls from historic Apollo 11 mission go up for auction
Engineers from the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) in Düsseldorf and the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology in Aachen have combined ancient and modern technology by developing a way to 3D print Damascus steel.Continue ReadingCatego… Continue reading Legendary Damascus steel 3D printed by varying temperature of layers
A team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy believe that unusually large, cool surface spots are the most likely explanation for the recent dimming of the red giant star Betelgeuse that raised fears it was going supernova.Continue … Continue reading Giant star spots likely to blame for Betelgeuse supernova scare
Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) have, through an examination of pipes from 1400 year-old archaeological sites, discovered that Native Americans in what is now Washington State weren’t just smoking tobacco. The plant, a native to North … Continue reading New technique finds first non-tobacco residue in ancient pipes
A study by the University of Maryland indicates that new offshore wind farms being constructed on the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf could become a stopover spot for migrating Atlantic salmon and striped bass.Continue ReadingCategory: Science… Continue reading Offshore wind farms could become stopover points for migrating fish
Researchers at Oregon State University (OSU) College of Agricultural Sciences have found that a bird deterrent called a “flapper” could significantly reduce the number of our feathered friends being killed by colliding with power lines.Continue Reading… Continue reading Power line “flappers” prove best deterrent for preventing bird deaths
BAE Systems has won a £3.2 million (US$4 million) contract to supply the British Royal Navy with autonomous Pacific 24 (P24) boats. The robotic P24 Unmanned, which is converted from the staple Unmanned Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), is 7.8 m (25.6 ft) lo… Continue reading BAE awarded contract to supply Royal Navy with autonomous patrol boats
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have confirmed a half-century-old theory that claimed a super-advanced alien civilization could use a black hole as an energy source. By using sound waves, the researchers were able to conduct an experiment on th… Continue reading Advanced civilizations could harness black holes as an energy source
NASA has released a video showing what sunsets might look like on a number of different planets. The simulations were created by Geronimo Villanueva, a planetary scientist from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, using a computer modeling tool being de… Continue reading NASA simulations provide tantalizing taste of sunsets on other planets