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Plasma from lasers can shed light on cosmic rays, solar eruptions

Nov 13, 2017 (SPX)

Physicists have long observed that particles like electrons and atomic nuclei can accelerate to extremely high speeds in space. Researchers believe that process...

Leonardo tapped by British Royal Air Force for radar testing equipment

Nov 12, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, announced Saturday, calls for the company to simulate radar threats to the A400M prior to take off. The Royal Air Force plans to use the system to tes...

Measuring atoms for better navigation and mineral detection

Nov 10, 2017 (SPX)

University of Queensland PhD candidate Mr Samuel Nolan said the study investigated how to reduce errors in atom interferometers, devices that provide incredibly...

New insights into metamaterial magic

Nov 08, 2017 (SPX)

"Not many real metamaterial devices have been developed," says Elena Semouchkina, an associate professor of electrical engineering at Michigan Technological Uni...

Tech increases microfluidic research data output 100-fold

Nov 08, 2017 (SPX)

"Semiconductor nanocrystals are important structures used in a variety of applications, ranging from LED displays to solar cells. But producing nanocrystalline ...

General Atomics awarded $8.8M contract for low power laser demonstrator

Nov 07, 2017 (UPI)

The deal, worth more than $8.8 million, is a competitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract that will enable General Atomics to perform the "next step" for the develo...

Cancer cells destroyed with dinosaur extinction metal

Nov 06, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers from the Professor Sadler and Professor O'Connor groups in Warwick's Department of Chemistry and Professor Hui Chao's group at Sun Yat-Sen have demo...

Cheyenne Mountain sees better satellite picture

Nov 06, 2017 (SPX)

Five massive radar sites arrayed throughout the northern hemisphere, mostly designed and installed during the Cold War, provide missile warning information and ...

Synthetic material acts like an insect cloaking device

Nov 06, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists have long been aware that leaf hoppers extrude microparticles, called brochosomes, and wipe them on their wings. Because the particles are superhydro...

Opening the Van der Waals' sandwich

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

In its proof-of-concept, the team also created more durable gallium selenide crystals. The accomplishment could advance the development of terahertz and spintro...

One-step 3-D printing of catalysts developed at Ames Laboratory

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

While 3D printing has found applications in many areas, its use as a way to control chemical reactions, or catalysis, is relatively new. Current production of 3...

Novel technique reveals the intricate beauty of a cracked glass

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

Now there is a way around this problem. Replacing hard glass with soft but brittle gels makes it possible to slow down the cracks that precipitate fracture to m...

Jellyfish-inspired electronic skin glows when it gets hurt

Nov 03, 2017 (SPX)

Now researchers report in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces the development of a jellyfish-inspired electronic skin that glows when the pressure against it i...

How to store information in your clothes invisibly, without electronics

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

The UW computer scientists have created fabrics and fashion accessories that can store data - from security codes to identification tags - without needing any o...

Liquids take a shine to terahertz radiation

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

The search for new and brighter radiation sources is an enduring quest in science and technology. While there are many sources across the entire electromagnetic...

System could let thousands of researchers contribute to data analysis projects

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

MIT researchers have developed a new collaboration tool, dubbed FeatureHub, intended to make feature identification more efficient and effective. With FeatureHu...

Voltage-driven liquid metal fractals

Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)

Surface tension is the force exerted by the surface of a liquid that causes it to "bead up" or form droplets. Water, for example, has a high surface tension, so...

'Tensor algebra' software speeds big-data analysis 100-fold

Nov 01, 2017 (SPX)

With sparse data, analytic algorithms end up doing a lot of addition and multiplication by zero, which is wasted computation. Programmers get around this by wri...

3-D-printed device builds better nanofibers

Nov 01, 2017 (SPX)

In the latest issue of the journal Nanotechnology, MIT researchers describe a new device for producing nanofiber meshes, which matches the production rate and p...

Making glass invisible

Nov 01, 2017 (SPX)

Now, scientists at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory...