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UNH scientists find auroral 'speed bumps' are more complicated

Apr 24, 2019 (SPX)

"We knew these satellites were hitting "speed bumps", or "upswellings", which cause them to slow down and drop in altitude," said Marc Lessard, a physicist at U...

Scientists develop low-cost energy-efficient materials

Apr 24, 2019 (SPX)

Today, scientists from different countries are facing the task of creating new materials which would help to reduce losses in electricity transmission and trans...

Green plastic production made easy

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

An international team, including Kiyotaka Nakajima of Hokkaido University, Japan, and Emiel Hensen of Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands, has d...

Plastic's carbon footprint

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Now researchers at UC Santa Barbara have determined the extent to which plastic contributes to climate change, and what it would take to curb these emissions. T...

Shrinking the carbon footprint of a chemical in everyday objects

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

In an effort to help reduce this energy use and the related emissions, MIT chemical engineers have devised an alternative approach to synthesizing epoxides, a t...

RIT researcher collaborates with UR to develop new form of laser for sound

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Now a Rochester Institute of Technology researcher has teamed up with experts at the University of Rochester to create a different kind of laser - a laser for s...

Modified 'white graphene' for eco-friendly energy

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Prof Raul Rodriguez from the TPU Research School of Chemistry and Applied Biomedical Sciences explains: 'For the first time, we have managed to covalently funct...

Defying the laws of physics? Columbia engineers demonstrate bubbles of sand

Apr 23, 2019 (SPX)

Now, a recent discovery by Chris Boyce, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Columbia Engineering, explains a new family of gravitational instabilitie...

Debris of Satellite Destroyed by India May Threaten ISS - Russian MoD

Apr 23, 2019 (Sputnik)

"On 27 March, India successfully tested anti-satellite weapons, as a result of the destruction of the spacecraft, more than 100 fragments were formed in the alt...

Raytheon awarded $28M for AN/SPY-6(V) radar integration, production

Apr 22, 2019 (UPI)

The contract will include support for continued combat system integration and testing, engineering, training, software and depot maintenance as well as field en...

The ethical gold rush: Gilded age for guilt-free jewellery

Apr 21, 2019 (AFP)

Specialised producers now tack a "fairmined" ecologically friendly label on their output, and the Swiss house Chopard last year became the first big name to com...

China to complete $545 mn modernisation for Tajik smelter

Apr 19, 2019 (AFP)

A representative for Talco confirmed to AFP via telephone that "the contract between CMEC (China Machinery Engineering Corporation) and Talco was signed on Apri...

Wonder materials: 2D phosphorene nanoribbons and 2D borophene get a closer look

Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)

Unlike its carbon cousin, two-dimensional borophene can't be reduced from a larger natural form. Bulk boron is usually only found in combination with other elem...

Industrial 3D printing goes skateboarding

Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)

A team led by engineers from Michigan Technological University and re:3D, Inc. developed and tested the Gigabot X, an open source industrial FPF 3D printer, whi...

Tel Aviv University scientists print first 3D heart using patient's biological materials

Apr 17, 2019 (SPX)

Until now, scientists in regenerative medicine - a field positioned at the crossroads of biology and technology - have been successful in printing only simple t...

India's ASAT 'Justified'

Apr 17, 2019 (Sputnik)

According to Indian daily The Hindu, the Pentagon has defended India's need for anti-satellite (ASAT) missile capabilities, arguing that India needs the technol...

Scientists print world's first 3D heart using patient's own cells

Apr 15, 2019 (UPI)

Scientists have previously built synthetic hearts and bio-engineered tissues using a patient's cells. But the latest feat is the first time scientists have crea...

Rocket break-up provides rare chance to test debris formation

Apr 15, 2019 (ESA)

"Leaving a trail of debris in its wake, this fragmentation event provides space debris experts with a rare opportunity to test their understanding of such hugel...

Indian Satellite's Pieces Unlikely to Collide With ISS - Russian Space Agency

Apr 12, 2019 (Sputnik)

"Not all these pieces are possible to track. The reflectivity of the small ones is low, so, probably, it is impossible [to track them]. Though the likelihood of...

Northrop Grumman awarded $3B for 24 Hawkeye early warning aircraft

Apr 11, 2019 (UPI)

Work on the carrier-based aircraft, which Northrop Grumman describes as "a game changer in how the Navy will conduct battle management command and control," is ...