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NASA Studies Space Applications for GaN Crystals

Aug 20, 2018

Two teams at the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, USA are being funded to investigate the use of gallium nitride (GaN) to enhance space exploration. Engineer Jean-Marie ...

Tags: GaN transistors, GaN Crystal

Freebird Partners with EPC to Develop Radiation-Hardened GaN Power Conversion Systems for Satellite and Harsh-Environment Applications

Apr 15, 2016

Freebird Semiconductor Corp of North Andover, MA, USA, which manufactures high-reliability gallium nitride (GaN) high-electron-mobility transistor (HEMT) products for power semiconductor technologies in the commercial space-flight ...

Tags: EPC E-mode GaN FETs GaN-on-Si

China's High-Speed Rail Takes Home Top Prize at Beijing Design Week

Oct 29, 2015

China's high-speed rail received the "Classic Design Award" at the opening ceremony of Beijing International Design Week Saturday night. The high-speed rail stood out from 10 nominees including Great Hall of the People, the restoration ...

Tags: High-Speed Rail, Beijing Design Week, Classic Design Award

Wang Yang Jointly Attends the Opening Ceremony of the 2nd China-Russia Expo with the Russian Vice-Premier Dimitry Rogozin

Oct 15, 2015

Haerbin, October 12 (Xinhua)-The Vice Premier of the State Council Wang Yang jointly attended the opening ceremony of the 2nd China-Russia Expo with the Russian Vice-Premier Dimitry Rogozin in Haerbin on October 12 and held the Chairman ...

Tags: space flight, nuclear energy

The Value of China's Equipment Manufacturing Industry Ranks The Highest in The World

Apr 12, 2014

The value of China's equipment manufacturing industry ranks the highest in the world, with a value of over 20 trillion yuan (about US$ 3.22 billion) last year, accounting for more than one third of the overall global value, China's deputy ...

Tags: Equipment Manufacturing, power generating equipment

Astronomers Using ALMA Telescope Have Discovered Splattered Remains of Comets Colliding

Mar 11, 2014

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) telescope have discovered the splattered remains of comets colliding together around a nearby star; the researchers believe they are witnessing the total destruction ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics

Scientists at MIT and NASA Have Identified a Process in The Earth's Magnetosphere

Mar 6, 2014

The Earth's magnetic field, or magnetosphere, stretches from the planet's core out into space, where it meets the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. For the most part, the magnetosphere acts as a shield to protect ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

Freeze This Year Has Local Implications,Including Possible Changes to Snowfall Amounts

Feb 28, 2014

At night, as cold settles in, lake ice creaks and groans. It's been excessively cold, and I camped exposed on the snow-swept surface. Other than the lack of vegetation and the sounds at night, you'd never know you were on a lake. It feels ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics

NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or Iris

Feb 27, 2014

(Phys.org) —On Jan. 28, 2014, NASA's Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, or IRIS, witnessed its strongest solar flare since it launched in the summer of 2013. Solar flares are bursts of x-rays and light that stream out into space, ...

Tags: IRIS, Solar Flare, NASA, ATC

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Has Passed Its First Significant Mission Milestone 2014

Feb 10, 2014

(Phys.org) —NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has passed its first significant mission milestone for 2014—a Spacecraft Critical Design Review (SCDR) that examined the telescope's power, communications and pointing control ...

Tags: Telescope, Webb Space Telescope

Power Plant Emissions of Sulfur Dioxide - Have Increased Across India in Recent Years

Dec 30, 2013

Power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide – an atmospheric pollutant with both health and climate impacts – have increased across India in recent years, according to a new analysis of data from a NASA satellite. The analysis of ...

Tags: sulfur dioxide, India, NASA satellite, pollution

The Research Programme Aims at Applying Its Results to Daily Life Situations

Dec 28, 2013

The University of Barcelona participates in the European project A-fit (Astronaut Exercise Prescriptions Promoting Health and Fitness on Earth), coordinated by the Karolinska Institute (Sweden). It aims at designing a fitness programme to ...

Tags: Health, Medicine

Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration or LLCD Mission Has Revealed

Dec 24, 2013

The completion of the 30-day Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration or LLCD mission has revealed that the possibility of expanding broadband capabilities in space using laser communications is as bright as expected. Hosted aboard the ...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Laser

Buried Underneath Compacted Snow and Ice in Greenland Lies a Large Liquid Water Reservoir

Dec 15, 2013

Buried underneath compacted snow and ice in Greenland lies a large liquid water reservoir that has now been mapped by researchers using data from NASA's Operation IceBridge airborne campaign. A team of glaciologists serendipitously found ...

Tags: Ice Sheet, Service

PPG Has Made a $5,000 Donation to The Frontiers of Flight Museum to Support Aviation

Dec 11, 2013

The PPG Industries Foundation has made a $5,000 donation to the Frontiers of Flight Museum located in Dallas to support aviation and space-flight education programs for Pre-K through 10th-grade students. The grant was made on behalf of PPG ...

Tags: PPG, Frontiers of Flight Museum, aviation, aerospace, donation

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