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Using sound and light to generate ultra-fast data transfer
Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)
What distinguishes terahertz quantum cascade lasers from other lasers is the fact that they emit light in the terahertz range of the electromagnetic spectrum. T...
Making 3-D printing smarter with machine learning
Feb 12, 2020 (SPX)
What happens to the unusable print jobs? They must be discarded, presenting a significant environmental and financial cost to industry. A team of researchers fr...
New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable tech
Feb 11, 2020 (SPX)
Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), studied by physicists at Michigan Technological University, encase tellurium atomic chains like a straw, which could be controll...
Amazon wants Trump testimony about huge Pentagon contract
Feb 10, 2020 (AFP)
As part of an evidence gathering phase of an appeal on the awarding of the "JEDI" contract to upgrade the US military's computing networks, Amazon asked a judge...
Fastest high-precision 3D printer
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed a system to print highly precise, centimeter-sized objects with submicrometer details ...
First time controlling two spacecraft with one dish
Feb 06, 2020 (ESA)
Late on Thursday 30 January, the 35-metre New Norcia dish in Western Australia 'spoke' to Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO). Talking with two...
Researchers report progress on molecular data storage system
Feb 05, 2020 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Communications, the team stored a variety of image files - a Picasso drawing, an image of the Egyptian god Anubis and others - in...
Breakthrough 3D-printed rocket engine tests completed in Fife, Scotland
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
Edinburgh-based satellite launch firm Skyrora has completed a week of static horizontal firings conducted in Fife to compare the behaviour of kerosene and eco-f...
UNH researchers find clues to how hazardous space radiation begins
Feb 04, 2020 (SPX)
These observations show how plasma that is released after a solar flare - a sudden flash of increased brightness - can accelerate and pile up energetic particle...
AFRL, partners develop innovative tools to accelerate composites certification
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a physics-based exact s...
Can wood construction transform cities from carbon source to carbon vault
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
But if society is able to use more wood-based products to meet this building demand, this urban growth might actually present an opportunity to mitigate climate...
Sustainable 3D-printed super magnets
Feb 03, 2020 (SPX)
But due to the increasing miniaturisation of electronics and the more exacting requirements, this places on magnetic components in terms of geometry, these conv...
'Satellite Collision is a Clear and Present Danger' - Professor
Jan 31, 2020 (Sputnik)
According to a representative from the US Space Command, experts predict that satellite collisions could become a common occurrence if non-operational satellite...
Suspected space debris breaks into pieces over Southern California
Jan 31, 2020 (UPI)
Videos captured by residents in San Diego, Los Angeles and the surrounding areas Wednesday evening show the bright fireball, suspected by some to be a meteor, b...
AFRL, Partners Develop Innovative Tools To Accelerate Composites Certification
Jan 31, 2020 (SPX)
Creating a new materials characterization subfacility, known as the Materials Solutions Network, will drive composite manufacturing into a physics-based exact s...
Two satellites just avoided a head-on smash. How close did they come to disaster?
Jan 31, 2020 (The Conservation)
It all began with a series of tweets from LeoLabs, a company that uses radar to track satellites and debris in space. It predicted that two obsolete satellites ...
NASA scientists tap virtual reality to make a scientific discovery
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
Using a customized, 3D virtual reality (VR) simulation that animated the speed and direction of 4 million stars in the local Milky Way neighborhood, astronomer ...
Two defunct satellites narrowly miss collision: officials
Jan 30, 2020 (AFP)
The satellites -- a pioneering international space telescope and an experimental US craft traveling in opposing orbits -- "crossed paths without incident," a sp...
Protein pores packed in polymers make super-efficient filtration membranes
Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)
Led by Manish Kumar, associate professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, the research team describes their new high-...
As seen in movies, new meta-hologram can be used as a communication tool
Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)
Recently, thinner and lighter meta-hologram operating in forward and backward directions has been developed. As seen in the movie, Black Panther, people from Wa...
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