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July 15, 2014

Marshall Propellant Tank Tech Benefits SLS Development
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 15, 2014
Take a two-liter bottle, and fill it with water. Now, turn it upside down. Did you see a lot of bubbles as the liquid drains rapidly from the top? That's because air is trying to get back in the bottle due to the low pressure created in the space above the liquid as it runs out. When it comes to liquid propellant tanks for rockets, the same scenario applies. While the engines are running, fuel drains at a rapid speed from the tanks. However, to prevent the low pressure from reducing the cont ... read more

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Using Sand to Improve Battery Performance Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key mater ... more		RUB chemists develop novel catalyst with two functions Chemists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They developed a new type of catalyst on t ... more		Trump unveils plans for 'Golden Dome' missile shield for US Philippines, US coast guards join military drills in South China Sea Russian strike on Ukrainian military training site kills six: Kyiv		Flexlab Opens Test Beds to Drive Dramatic Increase in Building Efficiency The world's most advanced energy efficiency test bed for buildings is open for business, launched by U.S. Department of Energy Deputy Secretary Daniel Poneman. DOE's FLEXLAB at Lawrence Berkeley Nat ... more
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Bipartisan Legislation Promotes Commercial Space Ventures U.S. Representatives Bill Posey (R-FL) and Derek Kilmer (D-WA) introduced bipartisan legislation to expand opportunities and protections for private space companies looking to explore space. The Ame ... more		University Students Developing Robotic Gardening Technology For more than a half-century, NASA has made the stuff of science fiction into reality. Researchers are continuing that tradition by designing robots to work in a deep-space habitat, tending gardens ... more		Consider the 'Anticrystal' For the last century, the concept of crystals has been a mainstay of solid-state physics. Crystals are paragons of order; crystalline materials are defined by the repeating patterns their constituen ... more		Power consumption of robot joints could be 40 percent less Robots are being increasingly used in industrial processes because of their ability to carry out repetitive tasks in a precise, reliable way. Right now, digital controllers are used to drive the mot ... more

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