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Inflating volcano intrigues scientists
10-25-2011 |
22
A 20,000-foot-high volcano in Bolivia appears to be inflating like a balloon at breakneck speed.
Can particles travel faster than light ?
9-23-2011 | 209
Scientists at Cern have reportedly detected subatomic particles moving faster than the speed of light.
Hew Horizons still on course for Pluto
9-6-2011 | 11
NASA's New Horizons probe is still hurtling towards Pluto at a speed of 1 million miles a day.
Wind farms: is Britain 'running out of wind'?
6-4-2011 | 11
A decline in the average wind speed over the last few years may mean the end for wind turbines.
Speeding drivers attempt to raise motorcyclist ghost
8-18-2010 | 15
Motorists in Australia have been hitting 180km/h in an attempt to conjure the ghost of a dead motorcyclist.
Motoring enthusiast builds 367mph bus
8-9-2010 | 5
Paul Stender and his team in Indianapolis have built a bus with a jet engine capable of reaching a speed of 367mph.
Pentagon plans 'flying submarine'
7-6-2010 | 19
The Pentagon is planning to develop a flying submarine than can travel at high speed in and out of the water.
Aircraft sets hypersonic record at Mach 6
5-28-2010 | 14
The X-51A Waverider has set a new hypersonic flight time record at six times the speed of sound.
Satellite speed cameras on the horizon
4-21-2010 | 18
New speed cameras that can track the speed of motorists from orbit are currently being tested in the UK.
Is warp speed possible ?
2-20-2010 | 11
Its been a staple of science fiction series' such as Star Trek for decades, but in reality how plausible is warp speed ?
Driverless car takes on high-speed rally
11-4-2009 | 6
A group of students at Standford University are putting together a car that can run itself without needing a driver, the...
Hadron Collider could test hyperdrive
10-12-2009 | 9
The Large Hadron Collider could be used to test the principles behind hyperdrive populsion, a potential future technolog...
Could a gravity trick speed us to Mars ?
9-29-2009 | 5
NASA engineer Robert Adams has proposed a new trick for flying to Mars based on a technique devised by Hermann Oberth in...
Solar sails set for voyages in space
9-17-2009 | 3
Scientists continue to explore the possibility of using a solar sail to propel spacecraft at great speeds through space ...
Speed camera chief caught speeding
5-11-2009 | 17
The man in charge of Britain's largest speed camera firm was fined £300 and given a six month driving ban when he was c...
Modern life may be speeding up evolution
4-14-2009 | 12
Some anthropologists believe that the rapid changes in the world around us coupled with the pressures of modern life are...
Quantum setback for warp drives
4-4-2009 | 18
A new study in to the possibility of a real life warp drive has concluded that travelling faster than light is impossibl...
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