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Researchers use LiDAR to locate invasive fish and preserve a national treasure
May 17, 2018 (SPX)
The instrument, which uses the light-based imaging technology Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), could allow those who manage the lake to hunt for invasive fi...
Frequency-stable laser systems for space
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
The frequency reference tests were carried out on 13 May on board the sounding rocket TEXUS54. The centerpiece of the payload, a compact laser system, which was...
Space Traffic Control
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
This challenge is daunting. Unlike air traffic control which requires aircraft to respond to ATC commands is simple 3-dimensional space over the Earth's surface...
Waterloo chemists create faster and more efficient way to process information
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
In a recently released study, the chemists discovered that light can induce magnetization in certain semiconductors - the standard class of materials at the hea...
Microscale IR spectroscopy enabled by phase change materials and metasurfaces
May 15, 2018 (SPX)
This infrared resonance can then be used to identify or "fingerprint" the molecules. The infrared is, therefore, useful for a range of applications, including a...
Step aside Superman, steel is no competition for this new material
May 10, 2018 (SPX)
Although technology has rapidly advanced, researchers are still playing catch-up with nature. Recently, scientists have been trying to mimic the architecture of...
Lasers in Space: Earth Mission Tests New Technology
May 09, 2018 (JPL)
This accuracy is required for the feat that a novel technology demonstration aboard the soon-to-launch Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-...
Telephonics contracted for Coast Guard radar systems
May 08, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $31.8 million under the terms of a fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-q...
Can this invasive exotic pest make better materials for industry and medicine?
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
The key to this unlikely marriage of wood and pests is a motif called the "Bouligand structure," in which molecules stack up in a twisted shape, similar to tiny...
This is not a game: NIST virtual reality aims to win for public safety
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) now aim to make virtual reality simulations more of a reality for first responders, ena...
UCI simulation technique models material-aging process
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
Imagine if engineers could build structures with materials that do not degrade over time. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have proposed a ne...
AF plans to accelerate defendable space with Next-Gen OPIR
May 07, 2018 (AFNS)
In order to maintain space superiority over its adversaries, the Air Force is implementing rapid procurement authorities and is targeting the first Next-Gen OPI...
Design for magnetoelectric device may improve your memory
May 07, 2018 (SPX)
An alternative approach being heavily investigated uses magnetic fields to store information. One promising version of magnetic device relies on the magnetoelec...
Mining for gold with a computer
May 04, 2018 (SPX)
Instead of conducting any additional experiments, the team used image-analysis software developed in-house to "mine" the existing literature on nanoporous gold ...
China rejects US military claims of laser attacks on pilots
May 04, 2018 (AFP)
Beijing, which operates a naval base in the Horn of Africa country, denied Pentagon accusations that Chinese personnel have targeted US pilots in the country wi...
Atomically thin magnetic device could lead to new memory technologies
May 04, 2018 (SPX)
In a study published online May 3 in the journal Science, the researchers report that they used stacks of ultrathin materials to exert unprecedented control ove...
Improving 3-D printing of plastic parts
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
Now, one group reports in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces that using a simple modification to the manufacture of the starting materials improves the toughn...
US military pilots injured by Chinese lasers in Djibouti: Pentagon
May 03, 2018 (AFP)
Officials have issued a formal diplomatic complaint and demanded Beijing investigate a series of incidents dating back several weeks, spokeswoman Dana White sai...
DARPA taps MIT for research on high-value molecules
May 03, 2018 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $11 million under the terms of a cost-reimbursement contract, which is a modi...
Ultrafast laser pulse created by golden nanoparticles
May 03, 2018 (SPX)
'We wanted to find out how fast we can turn our laser device on and off. Generating laser pulses quickly can be very useful in information processing and can im...
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