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Water bottles, other recycled 3D printing materials could avoid military supply snags
Aug 22, 2018 (SPX)
The researchers are presenting their work at the 256th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS). ACS, the world's largest scientif...
Scientists create antilaser for ultracold atoms condensate
Aug 20, 2018 (SPX)
Successful information transfer requires an ability to extinguish selected electromagnetic signal completely, without any reflection. This might happen only whe...
Army to test body armor made from spider silk
Aug 20, 2018 (UPI)
The panels, constructed out of the companies proprietary Dragon Silk, will be evaluated for their ability to stop bullets and other ballistic threats like shrap...
Physicists fight laser chaos with quantum chaos to improve laser performance
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
High-powered semiconductor lasers are used in materials processing, biomedical imaging and industrial research, but the emitted light they produce is affected b...
Quantum material is promising 'ion conductor' for research, new technologies
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
The research centers on a material called samarium nickelate, which is a quantum material, meaning its performance taps into quantum mechanical interactions. Sa...
Most wear-resistant metal alloy in the world engineered at Sandia National Laboratories
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
Sandia's materials science team has engineered a platinum-gold alloy believed to be the most wear-resistant metal in the world. It's 100 times more durable than...
Novel sensors could enable smarter textiles
Aug 17, 2018 (SPX)
Fabric coated with this sensing technology could be used in future "smart garments" where the sensors are slipped into the soles of shoes or stitched into cloth...
Natural refrigerant replacements could reduce energy costs and conserve the environment
Aug 16, 2018 (SPX)
Recently, a team of Iranian researchers investigated how natural refrigerants could replace CFCs, HCFCs and HFCs in geothermal heat pumps to reduce energy consu...
Terahertz technology creates new insight into how semiconductor lasers work
Aug 14, 2018 (SPX)
The development of specific terahertz equipment has allowed them to investigate this process for the first time. Their results, published in Nature Communicatio...
GTAR Technologies tapped for inflatable satellite antennas
Aug 13, 2018 (UPI)
Work locations and funding on the contract, announced by the Department of Defense on Friday, will be determined with each order. The work is expected to be com...
Northrop Grumman successfully tests APG-83 radar on F/A18
Aug 13, 2018 (UPI)
The fit check demonstrated SABR is an option for installation on F/A-18C/D Hornets and that the radar is compatible with the aircraft's power, cooling and avion...
France to set penalties on non-recycled plastic
Aug 12, 2018 (AFP)
Brune Poirson, secretary of state for ecological transition, said the move was one of several to be implemented in coming years, including a deposit-refund sche...
Wearable 'microbrewery' saves human body from radiation damage
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
But rather than building portable cellars or ovens, Purdue University researchers have engineered yeast "microbreweries" within disposable badges made of freeze...
SERSitive: New substrates make it possible to routinely detect one molecule in a million
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
Another qualitative leap in the techniques of detecting small amounts of chemical compounds will most likely involve Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)....
Rediscovering the sources of Egyptian metals
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
Advancements in scientific analyses have allowed archaeologists to reconstruct the prehistoric trade of metals around the Mediterranean in remarkable detail. Ho...
Introducing the latest in textiles: Soft hardware
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at MIT have now embedded high speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and diode photodetectors, within fi...
Scientists develop way to supercool liquids without freezing them
Aug 10, 2018 (UPI)
Scientists used the method to significantly decrease the freezing points of water and water-based solutions, allowing them to keep the liquids at extremely cold...
Scientists squeeze nanocrystals in a liquid droplet into a solid-like state and back again
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
They put a droplet of a liquid containing iron oxide nanocrystals into an oily liquid containing tiny polymer strands. They found that a chemical additive in th...
US mulls missile defense interceptors in space
Aug 10, 2018 (Sputnik)
US military strategists believe that a space-based sensor layer's vantage point high above Earth would ensure persistent tracking of hostile missiles, a capabil...
UNH researchers find seed coats could lead to strong, tough, yet flexible materials
Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)
"The seed coat's major function is to protect the seed but it also needs to become soft to allow the seed to germinate, so the mechanical property changes," sai...
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