Science news articles about 'first test'

... breach the surface of planets have successfully passed their first test in the UK, accelerating to 700 miles ... led by University College London (UCL) test-fired the projectiles in Wales, recording a peak ...

... away the most-closely-held, innermost electrons first, is an even rarer feat. But the brilliant X-ray ... Light Source have done just that, in the successful first test of the unprecedented X-ray laser ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Oct. 27 (UPI) -- The first test flight of NASA's Ares I-X rocket was scrubbed Tuesday because of unacceptable weather conditions at the Kennedy Space Center.

HOUSTON, May 8 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says one of the first tests involving human subjects in support of its return-to-the-moon Orion Project has been completed.

WASHINGTON, May 12 (UPI) -- The U.S. space agency says it's completed the first tests of the J-2X engine that will power the upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets.

NASA is expecting delays for the first tests of its shuttle successor.

A world-first test has been developed that can cheaply tell animals infected with foot-and mouth disease from those vaccinated against it.

A team led by MIT students this week successfully tested a prototype of what may be the most cost-efficient solar power system in the world--one team members believe has the potential to revolutionize ...

... Reactor National Scientific User Facility at Idaho National Laboratory and MIT, a Colorado School of Mines nuclear materials irradiation experiment will be the first test conducted in the MIT Reactor.

Scientists are reporting development of the first test for instantly detecting beef that has been contaminated with tissue from a cow's brain or spinal cord during slaughter — an advance in protecting ...

... Observatory (NRAO), took a giant step toward completion on August 7 with successful testing of advanced digital hardware designed to combine signals from its upgraded radio-telescope antennas to ...

... face of high winds. This week, inaugural tests at The University of Western Ontario's 'Three Little ... Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes is the first of its kind in the world to subject full-scale ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., have completed first-round testing of a critical motor for NASA's new Ares I rocket. The ...

... to sensory nerves. The trial represents two firsts, says Fink: It is the first human trial of gene therapy for pain, and the first study to test a nonreplicating HSV-based vector to ...

Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy). This was the penultimate firing test for the ...