University of Arkansas researchers are working on a promising new material to create more efficient photovoltaic solar cells to be used in space missions. Shui-Qing 'Fisher' Yu, associate professor of electrical engineering, will serve as ...
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Seoul Viosys Co Ltd and Sensor Electronic Technology Inc (SETi) of Columbia, SC, USA (in which Seoul Viosys acquired a majority stake just last month) are to jointly commercialize and expand sales of Violeds technology. The technology, ...
NASA astronauts at the International Space Station became the first in the world to taste the first bite of lettuce grown in the microgravity environment of space. They cleaned the produce with citric acid-based, food safe sanitizing ...
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NASA has introduced a self driving robotic car prototype, Modular Robotic Vehicle (MRV), which is capable of moving sideways and can take tight corners without compromising on the vehicle speed. The car looks similar to a golf cart with ...
The middle school and high school teams must launch their rockets at least a mile in the air, deploy onboard science experiments, and land safely using a system of recovery parachutes. This may be a simple task for NASA engineers, but it is ...
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Nissan is planning to introduce its self-driving cars in Japan by next year, which will be able to navigate on its own on the highway. By 2020, the company aims to further advance the technology and make the car ready to navigate on busy ...
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Among the forty presenters, not including three breakfast keynoters and a panel including two NASA scientists, at the Eastern Coatings Show will be Stuart Lipskin of BYK USA, Inc. and Carl Cavalin of Hexion, Inc. The Show is at the Taj ...
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SupercapacitorsUnconventional internal design yields a larger capacitanceThat property of a system of conductors and dielectrics which permits the storage of electricity when potential difference exists between the conductors. Its value is ...
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k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies instrumentation and software for surface science and thin-film technology applications) and the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) at SUNY Polytechnic Institute ...
Tags: III-nitride materials research, growth parameters, Electrical
Nissan’s North American unit has entered into a five-year research and development partnership with NASA to develop autonomous vehicle systems for commercial application. Researchers from the car maker's Silicon Valley Research ...
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New Era Cap announced the introduction of technologically advanced caps designed to meet the specific performance needs of golfers. The company is making the caps available to a limited number of golf shops in 2015. A Golf caps will be ...
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B. Robinson Optical, Inc. will launch Revo's first ski goggle collection next fall featuring the brand's light management lenses at specialty boutiques and sport retailers nationwide as well as at Revo.com. B Robinson, which manufactures ...
The Faction Collective’s has completed a major expansion the sales force at its newly-launched Full Stack Supply Co. division, which manages design and distribution of its Faction Skis & Apparel as well as Roxy Skis. In North ...
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TenCate Advanced Composites North America, a global composite materials company for space and aerospace applications, has developed and provided heat resistant composites for the heat shield and backshell structure of the Lockheed Martin ...
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Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab Inc of Sylmar, CA, USA, which manufactures multi-junction solar cells and panels for concentrated photovoltaic and spacecraft power systems, says it is the first company to produce 4 million gallium arsenide ...
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