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Researchers demonstrate promising method for improving quantum information processing

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

The frequency of light determines its color. When the frequencies are separated, as in a rainbow, each color photon can be encoded with quantum information, del...

A new way of generating ultra-short bursts of light

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

Until now, these lesser-known light sources have been mostly confined to the lab because their setup leaves little room for error - even a minor jostle could kn...

Friction found where there should be none: In superfluids near absolute zero

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

"For now, we have to study the phenomenon itself more in depth, before we can have insight exhaustive enough to be applied to experimental research and developi...

Breaking local symmetry: Why water freezes but silica forms a glass

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

Unlike water, silica (SiO2) does not freeze easily. When liquid silica cools, its atoms fail to arrange into an ordered crystal. Instead, as temperature decreas...

Engineers develop smart material that changes stiffness when twisted or bent

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

Stress a muscle and it gets stronger. Mechanically stress the rubbery material - say with a twist or a bend - and the material automatically stiffens by up to 3...

Splashdown: Supersonic cold metal bonding in 3-D

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

The model is the first to connect the dots between particle impact velocity, energy transformation, and temperature rise in the particle impact zone, in three d...

Measuring the temperature of two-dimensional materials at the atomic level

Feb 20, 2018 (SPX)

Newly developed two-dimensional materials, such as graphene - which consists of a single layer of carbon atoms - have the potential to replace traditional micro...

Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering

Feb 19, 2018 (SPX)

Known for his work on The Honey Bee Algorithm, which tamed web traffic instabilities on servers by mimicking the behavior of bee colonies, systems researcher Cr...

Last NASA Communications Satellite of its Kind Joins Fleet

Feb 16, 2018 (SPX)

"With TDRS-13's successful acceptance into the network, the fleet is fully replenished and set to continue carrying out its important mission through the mid-20...

UMass Amherst physicists speed up droplet-wrapping process

Feb 16, 2018 (SPX)

Physics professor Narayanan Menon, with current postdoctoral researcher Deepak Kumar, former postdoc Joseph Paulsen and professor of polymer science Thomas Russ...

Super wood could replace steel

Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)

"This new way to treat wood makes it 12 times stronger than natural wood and 10 times tougher," said Liangbing Hu of UMD's A. James Clark School of Engineering ...

Recreating outer space in the lab

Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)

The expansion of a gas with no electric charge has typically been studied using traditional thermodynamics. Experiments with simple gases can easily be carried ...

Tricking photons leads to first-of-its-kind laser breakthrough

Feb 15, 2018 (SPX)

These results are presented in two research papers, one describing the theory of topological lasers and the other experiments, published in Science. The project...

Self-Driving Servicer Now Baselined for NASA's Restore-L Satellite-Servicing Demonstration

Feb 14, 2018 (SPX)

Officials with NASA's Satellite Servicing Projects Division, or SSPD, have officially baselined the Kodiak system - formerly known as the Goddard Reconfigurable...

Navy turns to Raytheon for aircraft sensor upgrades

Feb 14, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $8.8 million and is a modification to a previous award under the terms of a cos...

University Holds Tenth Annual Space Horizons Workshop

Feb 13, 2018 (SPX)

The workshop was designed to provide an informal setting for conversation and interaction with the audience. It was also shorter than more traditional conferenc...

Raytheon to upgrade radar systems in Hornet aircraft

Feb 13, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $56 million under a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract. Originally develop...

A new radiation detector made from graphene

Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)

Classified as a bolometer, the new device has a fast response time and, unlike most other bolometers, works over a wide range of temperatures. With a simple des...

Lockheed's 'Dragon Shield' for Finland achieves operational capability

Feb 12, 2018 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the Roll-on/Roll-off integrated intelligence system, said Friday that the milestone was achieved after the final flight test o...

Scientists can now 3D print nanoscale metal structures

Feb 12, 2018 (UPI)

Objects made via 3D printing are constructed using additive manufacturing, the deposition of material layer by layer. The technology can yield unique substructu...