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First Q-53 radar equipped with gallium nitride delivered to US Army
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
"Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently delivered the first Q-53 system to the U.S. Army equipped with GaN," said Mark Mekker, director, Lockheed Martin Army rada...
'Animal Crossing' offers digital getaway under lockdown
May 01, 2020 (AFP)
The leisurely land of Nintendo's latest release has struck a chord with gamers around the world, many of them yearning for a virtual escape from the onerous res...
US Army's Sentinel A4 Radar Program quickly achieves key milestones
May 01, 2020 (SPX)
"Traditionally, the SRR and PDR take place several months apart, but thanks to Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) preparation, investment and our technically mature ...
ESA's Tenerife telescope resumes watching the sky
May 01, 2020 (ESA)
The Optical Ground Station (OGS) is located high on the slopes of the volcanic island, to take advantage of Tenerife's clear weather conditions. It was original...
Heat-friendly microbes provide efficient way to biodegrade plastic
Apr 30, 2020 (SPX)
The researchers published their findings in Microbial Biotechnology on April 28, 2020. The research team at Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Techno...
A great new way to paint 3D-printed objects
Apr 29, 2020 (SPX)
Conventional sprays and brushes can't reach all nooks and crannies in complex 3D-printed objects, but the new technique coats any exposed surface and fosters ra...
Bose-Einstein condensate: magnetic particles behave repulsively
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
Magnons, the particles of magnetism, serve as moving information carriers. Almost 15 years ago, researchers at the University of Munster (Germany) succeeded for...
Scientists discover just how runny a liquid can be
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
Viscosity, the measure of how runny a fluid is, is a property that we experience daily when we fill a kettle, take a shower, pour cooking oil or move through ai...
Coding contest from NASA and Texas Instruments allows students to compete virtually to win out-of-this-world prizes
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
The NASA and TI Codes Contest challenges middle and high school students to improve a process or product on the International Space Station - whether it's a bet...
Synthesizing ammonia using less energy
Apr 28, 2020 (SPX)
Ammonia is a critical for making plant fertilizer, which in turn feeds approximately 70% of the world's population. In industries, ammonia is produced via the H...
Papua New Guinea seizes Barrick, Zijin gold mine
Apr 27, 2020 (AFP)
The Canadian firm, which jointly runs the Porgera mine with China's Zijin Mining Group, said operations had halted "temporarily" after the government's announce...
Best homemade mask combines cotton, natural silk, chiffon
Apr 24, 2020 (UPI)
Though public health experts offered conflicting guidance on mask-wearing at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Utilizing the impact resistance of the world's hardest concrete for disaster prevention
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
Some of the basic properties of PFC have already been explored, and now a team including Kanazawa University has probed the impact response of this innovative m...
Sensors woven into a shirt can monitor vital signs
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
The sensor-embedded garments, which are machine washable, can be customized to fit close to the body of the person wearing them. The researchers envision that t...
Astronauts, robots and the history of fixing and building things in space
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
Where We've Been Skylab Repair Things don't always go as planned in space. In 1973, Skylab, the first space station, experienced a problem during launch. While ...
New Army tech may turn low-cost printers into high-tech producers
Apr 24, 2020 (SPX)
The research is also the cover story of the April edition of Advanced Engineering Materials, a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal. Parts produced with the...
Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology
Apr 22, 2020 (SPX)
"Many researchers study different types of Bose-Einstein condensates," said Professor Burkard Hillebrands from TUK, one of the leading researchers in the field ...
Intelsat 901 Satellite Returns to Service Using Northrop Grumman's Mission Extension Vehicle
Apr 20, 2020 (SPX)
Since the February rendezvous, MEV-1 has assumed navigation of the combined spacecraft stack reducing its inclination by 1.6 degrees and relocating IS-901 to it...
New clues to predict the risks astronauts will face from space radiation on long missions
Apr 17, 2020 (SPX)
A team led by researchers at Colorado State University used a novel approach to test assumptions in a model used by NASA to predict these health risks. The NASA...
New textile could keep you cool in the heat, warm in the cold
Apr 16, 2020 (SPX)
"Smart textiles" that can warm or cool the wearer are nothing new, but typically, the same fabric cannot perform both functions. These textiles have other drawb...
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