Editorials from Science - FreeSoft

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope detected light emanating from an Alien Super-Earth beyond our solar system for the first time. While the planet is not habitable, the detection is a historic step toward the eventual search for signs of life on other planets. "Spitzer has amazed us yet again," said Bill Danchi, Spitzer program scientist at NASA Headquarters in Washington. "The spacecraft is pioneeri [...] » read more

Tags:NASA, Spitzer, James Webb, Space Telescope, light, Alien Super-Earth, 55 Cancri e, water world

Author: John Milton | Published: May 15, 2012 12:00 AM

A student at the University of Dundee has designed an innovative concept that looks at how autistic children can interact and connect with their parents through play.
“Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them.” (The National Autism Society). [...] » read more

Tags:Passive Play, project, autistic, children, University of Dundee, concept

Author: John Milton | Published: May 8, 2012 12:00 AM

GraphExeter is a new graphene-based material that could revolutionize electronics industry and is the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material ever for conducting electricity has been invented by a team from the University of Exeter. Also, GraphExeter could revolutionize the creation of wearable electronic devices, such as clothing containing computers, phones and MP3 players. In a rec [...] » read more

Tags:GraphExeter, graphene, material, transparent, lightweight, flexible, University of Exeter

Author: John Milton | Published: May 1, 2012 12:00 AM

A recent research study shows that new magnetically-controlled growing rods (MCGR) can treat scoliosis in children by being extended using a non-invasive technique as their spine grows, without the repeated invasive surgery used with existing rod technology. The study is by Professor Kenneth Cheung and Dr Dino Samartzis, from the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The University of Hong [...] » read more

Tags:magnetically-controlled, growing rods, MCGR, scoliosis, children

Author: John Milton | Published: April 25, 2012 12:00 AM

The low cost solar cell suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency following an early stage breakthrough by a University of Sydney researcher and his German partners. With the Australian Solar Institute (ASI) support, Associate Professor Tim Schmidt from the University's School of Chemistry, together with the Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy, h [...] » read more

Tags:Australian Solar Institute, ASI, solar cell, efficiency, photochemical

Author: John Milton | Published: April 24, 2012 12:00 AM

Dwayne Brown at the Washington Headquarter related on NASA's Mars Program Planning Group (MPPG), that established to assist the agency in developing a new strategy for the exploration of the Red Planet. NASA has begun analyzing options for future robotic missions and enlisting the assistance of scientists and engineers worldwide. NASA is reformulating the Mars Exploration Program to be responsive [...] » read more

Tags:NASA, Mars Program Planning Group, Mars, research

Author: John Milton | Published: April 18, 2012 12:00 AM

On the 12th of April 2012 Kyocera Corporation, IHI Corporation and Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. announced that the three companies have reached a basic agreement to construct a 70MW solar power plant in southern Japan and to further explore a business model for utility-scale solar power generation. The "mega-solar power plant" is being built to help solve Japan's power supply issues caused by the e [...] » read more

Tags:Kyocera, IHI, Mihuzo Corporate Bank, 70MW, solar, power plant, Japan

Author: John Milton | Published: April 13, 2012 12:00 AM

GE Global Research has been selected by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to participate in an incubator program that will use high-performance computing (HPC) in an effort to accelerate development of next-generation fuel injectors for GE's engine fleet. Global Research will collaborate with Arizona State University (ASU) and Cornell University on this project. GE mechanical engineer [...] » read more

Tags:GE Global Research, supercomputing, project

Author: John Milton | Published: April 11, 2012 12:00 AM

The Dutch company PAL-V Europe NV has successfully concluded test flights of its flying car, PAL-V (Personal Air and Land Vehicle). During the past two weeks, several test flights were conducted at the Gilze Rijen Airport (The Netherlands). The patented vehicle flies in the air like a gyrocopter with lift generated by an auto-rotating rotor and forward speed produced by a foldable push propeller [...] » read more

Tags:Personal Air and Land Vehicle, PAL-V, Europe NV, flying car

Author: John Milton | Published: April 4, 2012 12:00 AM

ASTRON, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy and IBM announced an initial 32.9 million EURO, five-year collaboration to research extremely fast, but low-power exascale computer systems targeted for the international Square Kilometer Array (SKA). The SKA is an international consortium to build the world’s largest and most sensitive radio telescope. Scientists estimate that the proces [...] » read more

Tags:ASTRON, IBM, Square Kilometer Array, SKA, telescope, exascale, computer, systems

Author: John Milton | Published: April 4, 2012 12:00 AM