It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields...

It is expected that ongoing advances in optics will revolutionise the 21st century as they began doing in the last quarter of the 20th. Such fields...

It's called the Raptor. The F-22 will be the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter for the first decades of the 21st century. Like other expensive milit...

This second of a two volume study closely examines the development and uses of personal flying equipment issued to the combat personnel of the Luft...

Fundamental physics has now been stuck for almost a century. Ever since the discovery of general relativity and quantum mechanics in the early 1900...

As the demand for space availability in marine environments increases due to the upward trend and intensity of human activities, Marine Spatial Pla...

Shock impact alterations influence the structure, mineralogy, chemistry and the mechanical properties of many meteorites. The first chapter overvie...

Microbiochips, such as a lab-on-a-chip (LOC) devices and micro total analysis systems, can be regarded conceptually as a biological equivalent of c...

This book titled "Microfiltration: Principle, Process and Applications" is formed of 6 chapters covering many research aspects on microfiltration. ...

This book examines the 2011 edition of U.S. Geological Survey's Mineral Commodity Summaries (MCS), which includes information on events, trends and...

Mountaintop removal mining involves removing the top of a mountain in order to recover the coal seams contained there. It creates an immense quanti...

NASA’s mission is to drive advances in science, technology, aeronautics, and space exploration to enhance knowledge, education, innovation, economi...

This book presents an overview of NASA’s past operations and provides detailed accounts of some current missions and how they will form the future ...

Weaknesses in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) export control policy and implementation of foreign national access procedur...

The idea of human spaceflight beyond Earth's orbit has captivated many Americans for more than half a century. As U.S. space policy has evolved, ne...

Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle Program in July 2011, the United States has lacked a domestic capability to transport crew and -- until r...

Missiles came of age after World War II and the United States has pursued missile defences ever since. The issue has turned out to be one of the mo...

Department of Defense (DOD) development work on high-energy military lasers, which has been underway for decades, has reached the point where laser...

The opening chapter aims at reviewing the mechanism of the use of Nd:YAG lasers in vascular lesions, specific indications for its use and treatment...

Scientists classify comets and asteroids that pass within 28 million miles of Earth's orbit as near-Earth objects (NEOs). Asteroids that collide an...