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Coding and computers help spot methane, explosives
Apr 18, 2016 (SPX)
A modern twist on an old technology could soon help detect rogue methane leaks, hidden explosives and much more. A Duke University team is using software to dra...
Topology explains queer electrical current boost in non-magnetic metal
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
Insights from pure mathematics are lending new insights to material physics, which could aid in development of new devices and sensors. Now an international tea...
Clearing the way for real-world applications of superhydrophobic surfaces
Apr 15, 2016 (SPX)
In their perspective article in the journal Science, researchers from Aalto University call for consistent and standardized testing of superhydrophobic, i.e. ex...
Airbus wins contract for solid state recorder on NASA-ISRO SAR Mission
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space will supply its latest generation Solid State Recorder for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission, slated for launch in...
Brittle is better for making cement
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
Because concrete, the world's most-used construction material, is such a major contributor to climate change, it's worth knowing every detail about how it's man...
Cooling down the hot side of space hardware
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
In a world of micro-this and nano-that, space exploration also benefits from utilizing smaller, more efficient and more powerful devices. But such advances in t...
Catalyst could make production of key chemical more eco-friendly
Apr 14, 2016 (SPX)
The world has more carbon dioxide than it needs, and a team of Brown University chemists has come up with a potential way to put some of it to good use. The res...
Breaking metamaterial symmetry with reflected light
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Optical activity - rotation of the polarization of light - is well known to occur within materials that differ from their mirror image. But what happens if this...
Changing the color of single photons in a diamond quantum memory
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have, for the first time, c...
Methods used to create textiles also could help manufacture human tissues
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
Tissue engineering is a process that uses novel biomaterials seeded with stem cells to grow and replace missing tissues. When certain types of materials are use...
Graphene is both transparent and opaque to radiation
Apr 13, 2016 (SPX)
EPFL and UNIGE scientists have developed a microchip using graphene that could help wireless telecommunications share data at a rate that is ten times faster th...
Radical solution could avoid depletion of natural resources
Apr 12, 2016 (SPX)
A radical approach to managing natural resources could target the problem of their over-exploitation, such as in forests or fisheries, according to a new study....
'Self-healing' plastic could mean better bandages, tougher phone cases
Apr 08, 2016 (UPI)
A plastic-like material that "flows" back together when cut or scraped could lead to self-healing bandages and cellphones that never stay scuffed, according to ...
GenDyn completes Space Fence radar array structure
Apr 08, 2016 (UPI)
The construction and walk-through of a 7,000 square-foot ground radar array structure for the Space Fence system has been completed by General Dynamics. The 700...
Researchers use 3-D printing to create structure with active chemistry
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Many materials - sugars, thermoplastics, glass, metals, ceramics and more - are used to produce 3D-printed figures, typically with expensive or custom-built 3D ...
Artificial molecules
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have developed a new technique that enables for the first time the manufacture of complexly structured tiny obj...
Ruthenium nanoframes open the doors to better catalysts
Apr 07, 2016 (SPX)
The world is run by catalysts. They clean up after cars, help make fertilizers, and could be the key to better hydrogen fuel. Now, a team of chemists, led by Xi...
Light helps develop programmable materials
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Light of a certain wavelength can be used to put so-called active materials into motion and control their movement. In the future, this discovery can become sig...
New metallic glass bounces
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers have created a new material with an unusual chemical structure that makes it incredibly hard and yet elastic. The material can withstand heavy impacts...
Scientists divide magnetic vortices into collectivists and individualists
Apr 06, 2016 (SPX)
In manganese monosilicide (MnSi), microscopic magnetic vortices - skyrmions - may behave as "collectivists" or "individuals", i.e. they are able to create a sin...
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