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NASA, German Aerospace Center Partner for Research into…

[caption id="attachment_4715" align="alignright" width="320"] Jaiwon Shin (right), associate administrator for NASA’s Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, and Rolf Henke, DLR Executive Board Member for Aeronautics Research, signed two agreements at the Paris Air ShowCredits: NASA/Garvey McIntosh[/caption]…

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A new method of converting algal oil to…

A new method of converting squalene, which is produced by microalgae, to gasoline or jet fuel, has been developed by the research group of Prof. Keiichi Tomishige and Dr. Yoshinao Nakagawa from Tohoku University's Department…

MIT Aquatic Veg

Predicting sediment flow in coastal vegetation

Model could help engineers design erosion-prevention strategies in marshes, wetlands, aquatic forests. [caption id="attachment_4706" align="alignnone" width="639"] Image: iStock[/caption] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Seagrass, kelp beds, mangroves, and other aquatic vegetation are often considered “ecosystem engineers” for their…

DRC HUBO valve

Team KAIST wins the DARPA Robotics Challenge 2015

DRC-HUBO finished all eight assignments in less than 45 minutes, taking first place among 24 international teams and claiming the USD 2 million prize offered by a US defense research agency. [caption id="attachment_4652" align="alignright" width="448"]…