Science news articles about 'boom'

  • NASA, JAXA to conduct sonic boom research

    WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency said it plans to join the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency in conducting research on sonic boom modeling.
  • Booming China splashes out on science

    BEIJING (Reuters) - China's booming economy has allowed it to increase spending on research and basic science, but it still has a way to go to catch up with the United States and other developed ...
  • Booming China splashes out on science

    China's booming economy has allowed it to increase spending on research and basic science, but it still has a way to go to catch up with the United States and other developed countries, top science ...
  • A new biopesticide for the organic food boom

    With the boom in consumption of organic foods creating a pressing need for natural insecticides and herbicides that can be used on crops certified as 'organic,' biopesticide pioneer Pam G. Marrone, Ph ...
  • A New Biopesticide For The Organic Food Boom

    With the boom in consumption of organic foods creating a pressing need for natural insecticides and herbicides that can be used on crops certified as "organic," biopesticide pioneer Pam G. Marrone is ...
  • Solving the Sonic Problem to Usher In a Boom in Supersonic Travel

    ... seem curious that domestic supersonic travel doesn’t already exist. But it’s been the pesky sonic boom that accompanies supersonic flight that has prevented development in this area -- until now. ...
  • Stem cells drug testing predicted to boom under Obama

    ... in The Netherlands, predicts that what is currently a small and sparsely funded research area will boom in coming years. Her views have been buoyed by the victory of US President-elect Barack Obama, ...
  • Dinosaur baby boom hit Cretaceous Korea

    Cretaceous-era Korea was the site of a dinosaur baby boom that resulted in hundreds upon hundreds of dinos, ranging from giant plant eaters to bird-like, fleet-footed runners, two new studies suggest. ...
  • Blu-ray DVD booms in aftermath of format war victory

    Blu-ray DVD hardware and disc sales have boomed despite the drubbing that tough economic times are giving the consumer electronics industry.
  • NASA Aims to Quiet Sonic Booms

    A sonic boom is created by shock waves that form on an aircraft flying faster than the speed of sound.
  • Drug testing a booming business in Manitoba

    In the face of a recession one sector of Winnipeg's economy is booming: labs that test employees for drug and alcohol use.
  • Biofuels boom could fuel rainforest destruction, Stanford researcher warns

    ... provide more recent information about expansion of croplands occurring in the midst of the biofuels boom," Gibbs said. Although Gibbs recognizes that biofuels have certain drawbacks, including those ...
  • Biofuels boom could destroy rainforests

    STANFORD, Calif., Feb. 19 (UPI) -- A U.S. researcher is warning the boom in the production of biofuels might lead tropical farmers to destroy rainforests to plant biofuel crops.
  • Ka-Boom!!!

    Boom! Cheap, lightweight cameras could help protect mass transit, but would they survive a big costly blast? ... it split the bus in half? "3, 2, 1! Boom!!" Even behind a giant steel plate, the walls ...
  • Boom amid bust: Med schools grow as economy tanks

    ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) -- You wouldn't know there was an economic crisis the way the medical school business is booming these days....

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