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8/15/2011 | RD 100 Awards
Relying on proven technologies that earned a previous R&D 100 Award, developers at NASA Langley Research Center have invented a method to make damage-resilient electric devices using open-circuit electrically conductive patterns.
9/13/2010 | News
Reflecting
the fortunes of a struggling economy, government R&D funding for
2011 is expected to slip about three-tenths of one percent from 2010
levels. The big news from the proposed package, however, is a marked
fall in defense R&D: 6.6%. As a result, non-defense R&D could rise by several percentage points.
7/13/2010 | News
NASA has recently made improvements in how missions are
developed, and how budgets are built, but the National Research Council
in a
new report says an overall strategy for staying within budget is lacking
at the
agency.
6/22/2010 | News
The ex-astronaut said he's against paying the Russians $55.8
million per person to fly U.S.
astronauts to the space station and back. He says little money will be
saved
canceling the shuttle program and relying on a single Russian launch
platform,
Soyuz, is a mistake.
6/2/2010 | News
The concept of a wind-powered vehicle that can be used to explore the surface of Mars—a so-called “tumbleweed rover” that would roll over the surface of Mars like a tumbleweed—has been around for more than 10 years, but so far there has been no consensus on exactly what that vehicle should look like. Now researchers from North Carolina State Univ. have developed a computer model that allows engineers to test the attributes of different vehicle designs.
5/18/2010 | RDBlog
Visit one of Florida’s
premier tourist destinations (no, not Disney) and it’s a little hard to
believe
there’s a countdown unrelated to a rocket launch. Nearly everything at Kennedy Space
Center is designed
to show visitors that not only does NASA has a rich history of space
exploration, it’s still going strong as the world’s premiere launch
facility.
5/12/2010 | RDBlog
Biotechnology has two of the most promising commercialization areas in orbital research: x-ray protein crystallography and vaccine therapeutics. But the demise of the space shuttle and the dearth of venture capital could stall some important R&D.
5/3/2010 | News
Requiring little maintenance and energy to grow, the sweet
red berries have attracted the attention of Purdue researchers looking
to
provide future astronauts with the ability to tend crops during the
mission. In
addition to spicing up space food, strawberries are rich in antioxidants
and
there is a psychological benefit to fresh fruits.
4/29/2010 | News
The recent STS-131 Space Shuttle Discovery mission conducted
two experiments that helped determine how cells become infected and
regenerate
in a microgravity environment. Carbon dioxide incubators from Binder
were
crucial in maintaining ideal conditions for the space-bound bioreactors.
4/19/2010 | News
If the president has his way, U.S. astronauts will set foot not
on another planet, but on one of the many near-Earth celestial objects.
It
would still be a demanding mission, requiring new technology able to
survive
what could be a 200-day mission.
