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Chains of atoms move at lightning speed inside metals
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
"The phenomenon we have discovered changes the way we think about mass transport in metals. It explains properties of metals that we have, until now, not been a...
Physicists shed new light on how liquids behave with other materials
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
The authors provide a firm conceptual framework for tailoring the properties of new materials, including finding super-repellant substrates, such as expelling w...
Analysis of Galileo's Jupiter entry probe reveals gaps in heat shield modeling
Oct 16, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers at the Universidade de Lisboa and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign report their findings from new fluid radiative dynamics models usin...
Unique sticky particles formed by harnessing chaos
Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)
The findings, described in the journal Nature Materials, hold the potential for advances in gels, pastes, foods, nonwovens and coatings, among other formulation...
Unlocking the biochemical treasure chest within microbes
Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)
Now, a team of microbiologists and genomicists led by the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI) has invented a genetic engineering tool, called CRAG...
There's a new Clean Up Sheriff in LEO
Oct 15, 2019 (SPX)
This organization is focused on supporting commercial, civil and military activities in creating innovative new technologies and systems in order to strengthen ...
Celebrating a mission that changed how we use radar
Oct 14, 2019 (JPL)
The SIR-C instrument, built by NASA'S Jet Propulsion Laborator in Pasadena, California, and the X-SAR instrument, built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR), co...
Astroscale takes next step towards commercial active debris removal mission
Oct 11, 2019 (SPX)
"We are excited to be taking this next step in building our groundbreaking mission," said Seita Iizuka, Project Manager. "ELSA-d is an incredibly complex satell...
German shooter video stays online despite crackdown
Oct 10, 2019 (AFP)
Roughly 24 hours after the attack, video and links to an anti-Semitic "manifesto" published a week earlier by the gunman were also still available online using ...
AFRL reimagines tech development with virtual reality
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
At the Air Vehicles Technology Symposium, held Sept. 10-12 in Dayton, the Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for Aircraft Maintenance, or VAMRAM, team demons...
Electronic solid could reduce carbon emissions in fridges and air conditioners
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
The device is based on layers of a material composed of oxygen and three metallic elements known as PST, and it displays the largest electrocaloric effects - ch...
How do the strongest magnets in the universe form?
Oct 10, 2019 (SPX)
The researchers used large computer simulations to demonstrate how the merger of two stars creates strong magnetic fields. If such stars explode in supernovae, ...
German chemical industry sketches costly carbon-neutral path
Oct 09, 2019 (AFP)
A study showed reaching net zero output of greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) by mid-century would cost 45 billion euros ($49.4 billion) in additional investme...
When debris overwhelms space exploitation
Oct 08, 2019 (SPX)
For example, Amazon is planning to launch 3,236 satellite and SpaceX is already building the first of 4,000 multi-hundred-kilogram spacecraft. Add all of the br...
SwRI, international team use deep learning to create virtual 'super instrument'
Oct 08, 2019 (SPX)
"Deep learning is an emerging capability that is revolutionizing the way we interact with data," said Dr. Andres Munoz-Jaramillo, senior research scientist at S...
A filament fit for space - silk is proven to thrive in outer space temperatures
Oct 03, 2019 (SPX)
Sub-microscopic order and hierarchy allows a silk to withstand temperatures of down to -200oC. And possibly even lower, which would make these classic natural l...
Scientists develop unique orbital cleaner
Oct 02, 2019 (Sputnik)
Scientists at Samara University have developed a unique gravitational effects system. The results of the study are published in Astra Astronautica magazine. The...
Astroscale and Southampton jointly advance business case for active debris removal services
Oct 02, 2019 (SPX)
The University of Southampton is a partner university on the national SPRINT (SPace Research and Innovation Network for Technology) programme and the project wi...
Canada, US seek to reduce dependency on China for rare earth minerals
Sep 30, 2019 (AFP)
He said that in his last meeting with US President Donald Trump, "I highlighted that Canada has many of the rare earth minerals that are so necessary for modern...
Celestia Technologies Group UK gears up for eScan expansion in the UK
Sep 27, 2019 (SPX)
Four new appointments have been made at senior level at the company's UK headquarters in Harwell, Oxfordshire to build on the current Celestia UK team and boost...
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