Stanford researchers have developed an inexpensive device that uses light to split water into oxygen and clean-burning hydrogen. It will be useful to supplement solar cells with hydrogen-powered fuel cells that can…
NASA Launches MAVEN to Study Upper Atmosphere of Mars
A NASA mission that will investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and abundant liquid water launched into space at 1:28 p.m. EST Monday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United…
Fuel Rod removal operation begins at Japan’s Tsunami-hit Fukushima Nuclear plant
TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) has started removing fuel rods from a storage pond at the Unit 4 reactor building of Tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear power station in Japan. The first of…
More than 2 Million Raspberry Pi Board were sold.
Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced that as of the last week in October, the project has sold more than two million boards. The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card-sized single-board computer developed…
Scientists propose fire-spotting satellite for warning Forest Fires early.
Scientists from University of California, Berkeley propose a fire-spotting satellite which could view the Western United States almost continuously, snapping pictures of the ground every few seconds in search of hot spots…