The commercial aircraft of the future are on today’s drawing tables. Some of those new designs surfaced this week when NASA announced the results of its Fundamental Aeronautics Program. In the 18-month exercise, heavy-hitting industrial and academic groups contemplated specific operational, environmental, and energy efficiency goals for air travel in 2030 and beyond. ? From [...]
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Our cars are 85 percent recyclable, Ford says
Ford Motor announced Wednesday that 85 percent (by weight) of each Ford vehicle made now is recyclable. In addition to the usual car parts that have been recycled for years, Ford has also been adding sustainable raw materials or recycled materials for components in select cars. Ford’s use of components like splash shields and engine covers made [...]
Age of Universe estimated to be 13.75 billion year
The new approximations have designated that the age of the Universe is 13.75 billion years, which is 20 million years more than was examined earlier. Previously, scientists using data from NASA’s Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) calculated the time since the Big Bang to be an extremely precise 13.73 billion years (give or take 0.12 [...]
A joint Project of Indo-Pak Students for NASA
A project for space settlement at America’s National Aeronautical Space Agency (NASA) would be designed by a group of Indian and Pakistani students. Designing a space city for 10K inhabitants will not only test their technical competence but also their imagination, organization skills, environmental acquaintance, collaboration as well as management. US Ambassador in India Timothy [...]
Blind Finn able to see by German scientist chip transplant
In Hamburg, German doctors have set in a special microchip in the Retina of a blind Finnish man, which enabled him to see, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday on its website. The 1,500-pixel sensor chip can copy the electrical signals sent by a healthy eye through the nervous system to the brain. The [...]
Saturn’s largest moon contains water on its surface – NASA
An image was captured by NAS which is a quite dramatic image of light reflection in the northern hemisphere of Titan, the largest moon of the planet Saturn, illustrating the presence of surface liquid on the planetary body. The image, taken by the Cassini Spacecraft’s visual and infrared mapping spectrometer on July 8, is the [...]
270 KM longest laser of the World created
An optical fiber of 270 kilometers has been transformed into the world’s longest laser, an achievement that its inventors trust will lead to a major new outlook on information transmission and secure communications. The Engineering academics at Aston University, UK, are leading research into ultra-long fiber lasers, to create a platform proficient of delivering ‘next [...]
The microbes of Childhood prevent from diseases in adulthood
A new research from Northwestern University suggests that parents should take ease on antibacterial soap and should actually allow their little babies to play in the mud — or at least a much better acquaintance with everyday germs. The study is the first to look at how microbial exposures near the beginning in life affect [...]
NASA Satellite with Infrared Power will Capture the Unseen Sky
The light from most of the stars and other objects like planets in this universe is twice as invisible. It may come but in the form of infrared and heat radiation, with the wavelengths too long for our eyes to pick up. Moreover, most infrared wavelengths do not penetrate the Earth’s atmosphere to get to [...]
IQ depends on fitness and NOT Physical Strength
Young adults with peak fitness have higher IQs, new research shows. A study involving 1.2 million Swedish soldiers born between 1950 and 1976, shows a clear link between fitness and mental caliber. Logical thinking and verbal comprehensions are of high importance in answering a question more accurately and sharply and that’s what IQ is based [...]