Thermal
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Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft now indicates that the plumes from Saturn's moon Enceladus may be due to present-day hydrothermal activity in the vast ocean beneath the crust of the frozen moon, raising the possibility that Enceladus may harbor life.
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For a long time, scientists have been searching for an answer as to how galaxy clusters regulate the number of stars they create. A team of researchers from MIT, Columbia University and Michigan State University believe they have found the answer.
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Former NASA engineer-turned-inventor Mark Rober thinks nuking our food shouldn't involve so much guesswork. His take on the microwave offers a thermal vision display of your food as it cooks, so you know exactly when it's time to chow down.
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In Melbourne's inner-northern suburb of Brunswick stands a beacon of green and thoughtful design. The Commons is a beautiful five-story apartment block with sustainability emanating from every square foot, from the bicycle rack to the communal veggie garden on its roof.
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Thermal imaging cameras tend to be bulky ... and very pricey. California-based Seek Thermal is aiming to bring thermal imaging into the consumer realm with its thermal camera smartphone accessory.
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ScienceWorking at MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering, scientists claim to have created a sponge-like graphite-carbon material that helps convert water to steam using sunlight only one-hundredth as bright as that required by conventional steam-producing solar generators.
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According to a new study, a large network of concentrated solar power plants in two of the world's deserts would be able to consistently run at 80 percent or more of maximum capacity throughout the year regardless of time of day, season, or weather conditions.
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NASA scientists have installed the largest heat shield ever created onto the crew module of the Orion spacecraft. The shield, made of the same material that protected the crew on re-entry during the Apollo missions, will be tested to the extreme later this year as Orion's maiden flight blasts off.
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Technological advances aren't just about making new devices. Many times it's more a matter of taking an existing device and improving on it. A case in point is Raytheon’s new thermal imaging chip that the company says will be so small and cheap, that it may make the humble flashlight obsolete.
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In order to run at high temperatures, the metal components of airplane engines are presently treated with heat-shielding coatings. Scientists are now developing a new such coating, that could extend the service life of engines by 300 percent.
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The full moon has long been associated with lunacy, violence, fertility, disasters, and the performance of the stock market. While these have been thoroughly debunked, a lunar ranging study has long contended with a "Full-Moon Curse." This Curse is real, and has now been explained.
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ScienceIn what could lead to new ultrathin insulation, researchers at the University of Namur in Belgium and the University of Hassan I in Morocco found that radiation plays a larger role than conduction in the insulation of polar animals such as penguins and polar bears than previously believed.
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