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3D bioprinting technique could create artificial blood vessels, organ tissue

Oct 23, 2018 (SPX)

The study, which was recently published in the journal Nature Communications, outlines a layer-by-layer printing method that features fine-grain, programmable c...

Origami, 3D printing merge to make complex structures in one shot

Oct 23, 2018 (SPX)

"What we have here is the proof of concept of an integrated system for manufacturing complex origami. It has tremendous potential applications," said Glaucio H....

Molecular memory can be used to increase the memory capacity of hard disks

Oct 22, 2018 (SPX)

Practical applications have, however, been greatly hindered by the fact that single-molecule magnets are operational only at extremely low temperatures. Their i...

Penetrating the soil's surface with radar

Oct 22, 2018 (SPX)

As with most technologies, it is getting better and new ways to use it are being tested. Jonathan Algeo, a graduate student at Rutgers University, has spent his...

Orbit Logic's scheduling software selected for NASA satellite servicing mission

Oct 22, 2018 (SPX)

Restore-L chose an Orbit Logic solution because STK Scheduler's timing and event constraint checking, along with its auto-sequencing features, will provide NASA...

Use of raw materials to double by 2060: OECD

Oct 22, 2018 (AFP)

The study "sees global materials use rising to 167 gigatonnes in 2060 from 90 gigatonnes today," the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, a gr...

Air Force contract Ball Aerospace for laser research

Oct 22, 2018 (UPI)

Under the terms of the cost-reimbursement contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Friday, Ball will deliver innovative diagnostics and test methods,...

Scientists discover first high-temperature single-molecule magnet

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

The group at the University of Sussex, working with collaborators at Sun-Yat Sen University in China and the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, report a new si...

Extremely small magnetic nanostructures with invisibility cloak imaged

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

Now, researchers at the Max Born Institute (MBI), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and DESY were able to put an "invisibility cloak" over the mag...

QuTech researchers put forward a roadmap for quantum internet development

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

The development ends with networks of fully quantum-connected quantum computers. In each phase, new applications become available such as extremely accurate clo...

3D printers have 'fingerprints,' a discovery that could help trace 3D-printed guns

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

The advancement, which the research team calls "PrinTracker," could ultimately help law enforcement and intelligence agencies track the origin of 3D-printed gun...

Bursting the clouds for better communication

Oct 19, 2018 (SPX)

Due to their density, clouds stop the laser beams and scramble the transfer of information. Researchers at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, have d...

Kleos Space signs MoU with Airbus to collaborate on In-Space manufacturing technology

Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)

Kleos Space and parent Magna Parva (UK) have developed an In-Space manufacturing system that will provide a method of producing huge carbon composite 3D structu...

Blue phosphorus mapped and measured for the first time

Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)

Now, another allotrope has been identified: In 2014, a team from Michigan State University, USA, performed model calculations to predict that "blue phosphorus" ...

Ultra-light gloves let users 'touch' virtual objects

Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)

Scientists at EPFL and ETH Zurich have just made a major step toward this goal with their new haptic glove, which is not only lightweight - under 8 grams per fi...

High entropy alloys hold the key to studying dislocation avalanches in metals

Oct 18, 2018 (SPX)

While researchers have studied individual dislocations in the past, a team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Tennessee, and...

Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone for Long Range Discrimination Radar

Oct 17, 2018 (SPX)

In preparation for full-rate manufacturing starting in the beginning of 2019, Lockheed Martin utilized production hardware, tactical backend processing equipmen...

Virtual reality can boost empathy

Oct 17, 2018 (UPI)

Empathy is the ability to understand and relate to other perspectives, thoughts and emotions of others. Studies show higher levels of empathy are linked with al...

ELTA nabs $55M contract for combat aircraft radars for Asian customer

Oct 17, 2018 (UPI)

IAI announced the contract Tuesday, which was awarded by an unnamed Asian customer. The contract is a repeat order, however, which the company said reflects "th...

Researchers quickly harvest 2-D materials, bringing them closer to commercialization

Oct 15, 2018 (SPX)

These materials could be stacked together like Lego bricks to form a range of devices with different functions, including operating as semiconductors. In this w...