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Study shows how to get sprayed metal coatings to stick

Dec 01, 2017 (SPX)

The surprising and counterintuitive finding could have serious implications for the design of certain coating processes or for 3-D printing, which both require ...

Backlash grows on 'Star Wars' video game 'loot boxes'

Nov 30, 2017 (AFP)

Game giant Electronic Arts has been criticized over its use of "loot boxes," a money-making tactic for game makers which typically offer digital items such as s...

UCLA engineers use deep learning to reconstruct holograms and improve optical microscopy

Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)

The approach, which uses multi-layered artificial neural networks to automate data analysis, also has shown significant promise for health care: It could be use...

PPPL scientists deliver new high-resolution diagnostic to national laser facility

Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)

The diagnostic, installed on the National Ignition Facility (NIF) at the DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, will analyze and record data from high-en...

Math gets real in strong, lightweight structures

Nov 30, 2017 (SPX)

The porous structures called schwarzites are designed with computer algorithms, but Rice researchers found they could send data from the programs to printers an...

Researchers inadvertently boost surface area of nickel nanoparticles for catalysis

Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)

The surprising result may prove useful by increasing the surface area of nickel available for catalyzing chemical reactions. "Nickel is noteworthy for its wides...

New 3-D printer is 10 times faster than commercial counterparts

Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)

The key to the team's nimble design lies in the printer's compact printhead, which incorporates two new, speed-enhancing components: a screw mechanism that feed...

Quantum optics allows us to abandon expensive lasers in spectroscopy

Nov 29, 2017 (SPX)

One of the most common ways of investigating interactions and processes occurring in a substance is based on measuring the time in which a sample responds to ex...

Saab intros augmented reality training tool for military

Nov 28, 2017 (UPI)

Called "We: Are," the tool is built on augmented reality for smart phones and tablets and was introduced Monday at the I/ITSEC simulation and training event in ...

Device could reduce the carbon footprint of ethylene production

Nov 28, 2017 (SPX)

This development led by Assistant Professor Jason Yeo Boon Siang from the Department of Chemistry at NUS Faculty of Science and the Solar Energy Research Instit...

3rd SES bids farewell to ANGELS satellite

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

ANGELS was an experimental satellite that tested the boundaries of orbital mechanics and capabilities of space systems. It was launched in July 2014, which was ...

New catalyst controls activation of a carbon-hydrogen bond

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

The journal Nature is publishing the work by chemists at Emory University, following on their development of a similar catalyst last year. Both of the catalysts...

Spin current from heat: New material increases efficiency

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

In a new study, the physicists tested which materials can generate this spin current most effectively from heat. The research was carried out in cooperation wit...

X-rays reveal the biting truth about parrotfish teeth

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

But don't overlook the mighty mouth of the parrotfish - its hardy teeth allow it to chomp on coral all day long, ultimately chewing and grinding it up through d...

New way to write magnetic info could pave the way for hardware neural networks

Nov 27, 2017 (SPX)

Much current computer hardware, such as hard drives, use magnetic memory devices. These rely on magnetic states - the direction microscopic magnets are pointing...

A curious quirk brings organic diode lasers one step closer

Nov 23, 2017 (SPX)

Now, a team of researchers from Penn State and Princeton University have taken a big step toward creating a diode laser from a hybrid organic-inorganic material...

Innovative and ideal liquid-repellent surfaces developed by HKU scientists

Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)

The dream of research and development on liquid-repellents is a structure that has robust liquid repellency, strong mechanical stability, and is inexpensive to ...

Scalable clusters make HPC development easy as Raspberry Pi

Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)

"It's not like you can keep a petascale machine around for R and D work in scalable systems software," said Gary Grider, leader of the High Performance Computin...

Soft magnetic material characterizations get a harder look

Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)

Choosing the right magnetic material is crucial for designing efficient machines, so researchers from the Institute of Electrical Machines (IEM) at RWTH Aachen ...

Quantum computing with molecules for a quicker search of unsorted databases

Nov 22, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now quantum mechanically implemented and successfully executed Glover's algorithm, a process for the ...