NASA NIAC 2026 awarded $3.2 million across 18 early-stage space concepts, including EARENDIL: a nuclear EVA suit heater study ...

Interplanetary travel to Mars aboard nuclear-powered spaceships may sound like science fiction – yet NASA is planning to make it a reality. The Space Reactor-1 Freedom mission is scheduled for launch ...

We’re not exactly worried about Armageddon here at Hackaday, but should we end up facing the end of the world as we know it, having something to pass the time would be nice. That’s why we were ...

Scientists are learning how to turn the chill of outer space into a quiet source of electricity, using the night sky itself as a heat sink. By carefully managing how surfaces shed heat after dark, ...

When you compare SpaceX to the world’s other space enterprises, it’s probably easier to list the things SpaceX hasn’t done instead of reciting all of the company’s achievements. One of these is the ...

Thermometers are an under-appreciated marvel of human ingenuity built upon an understanding of relatively simple physical principles. Mercury and alcohol thermometers rely on the volume of liquids ...

The research team created the thermoelectric module from silver telluride nanowire. Researchers at IIT Mandi have created materials that efficiently convert body heat into electricity. This ...

Simulink model of KRYOTHERM TGM-199-1.4-0.8 thermoelectric generator module. KRYOTHERM TGM-199-1.4-0.8 thermoelectric generator module Simulink model. This model uses data presented in the ...

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Screw connections on critical infrastructures are exposed to major stresses and must therefore be checked on a regular basis. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Cognitive Internet ...