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A new theory to describe widely used material
Dec 27, 2017 (SPX)
One of the most commonly used materials in organic electronics is the conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS, and tens of thousands of scientific articles have been publi...
Water without windows: Capturing water vapor inside an electron microscope
Dec 27, 2017 (SPX)
By suspending organic samples in water vapor, OIST scientists were able to demonstrate another way to view them at high resolution. The researchers found they c...
Two holograms in one surface
Dec 26, 2017 (JPL)
The technology hinges on the ability of a carefully engineered surface to reflect light differently depending on the angle at which incoming light strikes that ...
Pentagon Challenged to Procure a New Satellite in Less Than 12 Years
Dec 22, 2017 (SPX)
It's no wonder that U.S. Air Force General John Hyten expressed his frustration over the Pentagon's broken procurement process at the recent Reagan National Def...
New synthethic protocol to form 3-D porous organic network
Dec 22, 2017 (SPX)
This breakthrough has been led by Professor Jong-Beom Baek in the School of Energy and Chemical Engineering at UNIST. The study demonstrates a synthetic protoco...
Experiments reveal evidence of exotic new matter state
Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)
When scientists confined ultracold atoms to a 2D medium, scientists witnessed a unique type of particle pairing. They described the unusual interactions between...
Russian scientist found out what happens with 'smart' magnetic gel in a magnetic field
Dec 22, 2017 (SPX)
However, the dependence of elastic characteristics of these materials on the external field remains a poorly studied issue. Recently, the physical nature of the...
Rainbow spider's iridescence could inspire color technology advances
Dec 22, 2017 (UPI)
The abdomens of male peacock spiders offer a shiny rainbow coloration. To attract the attention of potential mates, the males gyrate their colorful behinds. The...
Raytheon tapped to support Cobra Dane radar system
Dec 20, 2017 (UPI)
The deal, announced Tuesday by the Pentagon, taps Raytheon to support "in-scope requirements," which officials say are "required to ensure the Cobra Dane radar ...
3-D printed metals can be both strong and ductile
Dec 19, 2017 (SPX)
The findings, published in Materials Today, outline how a joint research team from the University of Birmingham, UK, Stockholm University, Sweden and Zhejiang U...
Computer systems predict objects' responses to physical forces
Dec 19, 2017 (SPX)
Presenting their work at this year's Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems, Tenenbaum and one of his students, Jiajun Wu, are co-authors on four p...
NASA laser communication payload undergoing integration and testing
Dec 19, 2017 (SPX)
"LCRD is a big step in the evolution of space communications," said Dave Israel, LCRD's principal investigator. "LCRD will demonstrate how laser communications ...
Software enables robots to be controlled in virtual reality
Dec 18, 2017 (SPX)
The software connects a robot's arms and grippers as well as its onboard cameras and sensors to off-the-shelf virtual reality hardware via the internet. Using h...
Northrop Grumman producing RF threat detection system
Dec 15, 2017 (UPI)
Production of the AN/APR-39D(V)2 comes under a $124.7 million award following a period of development and testing. Northrop, however, did not specify the contra...
Brittle starfish shows how to make tough ceramics
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
A beautiful, brainless brittle star that lives in coral reefs has the clue to super tough glass. Hundreds of focal lenses are located on the arms of this creatu...
Seeing through walls of unknown materials
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
The study was published in the journal Optica on Dec. 5, 2017. "Most technologies that can see through walls use a broad range of frequencies, which makes them ...
Physicists excited by discovery of new form of matter, excitonium
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
The team studied non-doped crystals of the oft-analyzed transition metal dichalcogenide titanium diselenide (1T-TiSe2) and reproduced their surprising results f...
Blackbody radiation from a warm object attracts polarizable objects
Dec 14, 2017 (SPX)
The tiny effect is much like the effect a laser has on an atom in a device called optical tweezers, which are used to trap and study atoms, a discovery that led...
Boeing tapped to sustain Space-Based Space Surveillance system
Dec 14, 2017 (UPI)
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense and worth more than $21.9 million under the terms of the contract, is classified as a cost-plus-incen...
Better mastery of heat flow leads to next-generation thermal cloaks
Dec 13, 2017 (SPX)
Materials for such cloaks would need to offer zero thermal conductivity to help camouflage the heat. Now, Liujun Xu and colleagues from Fudan University, Shangh...
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