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The math of doughnuts: 'Moonshine' sheds light on elliptic curves
Sep 25, 2017 (SPX)
"We've found a new form of moonshine, which in math refers to an idea so farfetched as to sound like lunacy," says Ken Ono, a number theorist at Emory Universit...
Positive, negative or neutral, it all matters: NASA explains space radiation
Sep 24, 2017 (SPX)
"One of our biggest challenges on a mission to Mars is protecting astronauts from radiation," said NASA Space Radiation Element Scientist Lisa Simonsen, Ph.D.. ...
Research team discovers 'rubber material' that could lead to scratch-proof paint for car
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
The findings, which have been reported in Nature Communications, reveal that the h-BN layers form the strongest thin insulator available globally and the unique...
Sand mining demand outpaces caution and knowledge
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
Sand is the literal foundation of urban development across the globe, a key ingredient of concrete, asphalt, glass, and electronics. It is cheap and easily extr...
Self-healing gold particles
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
Lending shape memory to materials is a very complex, painstaking effort. In pure metals, self-healing capacities repairing mechanically caused defects so far ha...
Aeroices: Newly discovered ultralow-density ice
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
Much less is known, however, about the effects of extreme negative pressure on water molecules. Exploring a significant region of negative pressure through mole...
'Naturally' glowing cotton yields dazzling new threads
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
Applying synthetic polymers to fabrics can result in a range of appealing properties, but anything added to a fabric can get washed or worn away. Furthermore, w...
New insights into nanocrystal growth in liquid
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
The work has a variety of implications in both discovery and applied science. In addition to providing insights into the formation of minerals and semiconductor...
Corrosion in real time
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
"Corrosion has been a major problem for a very long time," said UC Santa Barbara chemical engineering professor Jacob Israelachvili. Particularly in confined sp...
The doubly magic nucleus of lead-208 it spins, though it shouldn't
Sep 22, 2017 (SPX)
For a dozen or so years physicists from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFJ PAN) in Cracow, in collaboration with researcher...
A dream of foam
Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)
A good head of foam - generally measuring about 1.5 cm and containing an impressive 1,500,000 bubbles - is supposed to be a sign of quality and freshness. Ideal...
Space radiation is risky business for the human body
Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)
"Determining astronaut health consequences following radiation exposure involve very complex processes," said Tony Slaba, Ph.D., NASA research physicist. "It's ...
Pulling, not pushing, silk could revolutionize how greener materials are manufactured
Sep 21, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Sheffield's Department of Material Science and Engineering have shown that animals spin silk by pulling rather than pushing i...
'Overwatch' eSports league to debut in December
Sep 20, 2017 (AFP)
The computer game giant also announced three additional franchises in its freshly formed league, bringing the total to 12. The first of a series of exhibition m...
HZDR physicists discover optimum conditions for laser plasma acceleration
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
So far, the challenge with laser accelerators has been to create a reliable and stable electron beam, which is the prerequisite for possible applications. Physi...
Low-level radiation exposure less harmful to health than other modern lifestyle risks
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
In a new study, published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society, a team of experts from the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford have compiled the...
Physicists predict nonmetallic half-metallicity
Sep 19, 2017 (SPX)
The microscopic mechanism proposed by the researchers differs significantly from the usual half-metal model based on a strong electron-electron interaction. Thi...
Infostellar closes new funding for satellite antenna sharing platform with Airbus Ventures
Sep 15, 2017 (SPX)
Following the closing of the Series A round of investment, Infostellar also welcomes Dr Lewis Pinault, Managing Investment Partner for Airbus Ventures in Japan,...
'Peel-and-go' printable structures fold themselves
Sep 15, 2017 (SPX)
In a paper appearing in the American Chemical Society's journal Applied Materials and Interfaces, researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelli...
Air Force activates new satellites for tracking space objects
Sep 15, 2017 (UPI)
The program is a network of satellites designed to track objects in orbit ranging from other satellites to space debris for U.S. Strategic Command. It first bec...
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