To this end, the defence research organisation has launched the Principles of Undersea Magnetohydrodynamic Pumps (PUMP) programme, a 42-month effort aiming to build on the success of MHD at small ...

Thirteen years old and now the reigning middle school science fair national champion, Christopher Sauer of Portola Valley seems to have the scientific method hard-wired into his neurons. He and fellow ...

HRL Laboratories proof-of-concept delivers quiet, reliable propulsion for marine applications similar to the fictional approach used in the 1990 film “The Hunt for Red October.” Designed for DARPA, ...

KOBE, JAPAN — In the beginning was the oar, a crucial if low-tech invention that served as the prime engine of naval propulsion for uncounted millennia. The next great advance was the sail, the ...

Abstract: Proposed missions such as a Mars sample return mission and a human mission to Mars require landed payload masses in excess of any previous Mars mission. Whether human or robotic, these ...

A mysterious silent propulsion system reminiscent of author Tom Clancy’s fictional submarine “Red October” went to sea in real life Tuesday – not at a Russian naval base but in Japan’s most advanced ...

Almost all satellites have some kind of thrusters aboard, but they tend to use them as little as possible to conserve chemical fuel. Reaction wheels are one way to make orientation adjustments without ...

Summary: A groundbreaking development (that ended up being an April Fools joke…) for the Virginia-class: a story about a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) drive system. The Virginia-Class Is Getting a Big ...