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Lockheed receives contract for Marine Corps AN/TPS-59A(V)3 radars
Aug 28, 2017 (UPI)
The contract includes options that, if invoked, could potentially raise the value of the contract to $46.7 million. The work will take place at Lockheed Martin'...
Scientists launch virtual reality game to detect Alzheimer's
Aug 28, 2017 (AFP)
The game -- downloadable from Tuesday in its virtual reality version -- seeks to stimulate players' brains through a series of tasks based on memory and orienta...
National Maglab achieves new world record with strongest resistive magnet
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
The new instrument reached 41.4 teslas (a unit of magnetic field strength) at 1:10 p.m. on Aug. 21, the culmination of two and a half intense years of design an...
The breaking point
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
What, exactly, happens right around the edge of the crack, in the area in which those large stresses are concentrated? Prof. Eran Bouchbinder of the Weizmann In...
New results reveal high tunability of 2-D material
Aug 28, 2017 (SPX)
Applications for 2-D materials range from microchip components to superthin and flexible solar panels and display screens, among a growing list of possible uses...
45th Space Wing supports successful Minotaur IV ORS-5 launch
Aug 26, 2017 (SPX)
ORS-5 is a single satellite constellation with a primary mission to provide space situational awareness of the geosynchronous orbit belt for Combatant Commander...
Breakthrough made in ultra-high strength steel
Aug 25, 2017 (UPI)
Aerospace, automotive and defense applications need metallic materials with ultra-high strength, and in some high-loading structural applications metallic mater...
Air Force, Orbital ATK set to launch ORS-5 space tracking satellite
Aug 24, 2017 (UPI)
The ORS-5 will be launched using Orbital's Minotaur IV rocket and will be placed the satellite into low Earth orbit, the company announced on Thursday. "The del...
New approach brings 3D sound to the living room
Aug 24, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers at the University of Surrey in collaboration with the universities of Salford and Southhampton and BBC Research & Development created the Media Devi...
Nanoparticle ink produces glowing holograms with simple inkjet printer
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
Particles of this material were proven to be useful for manufacturing glowing holographic coatings with a high degree of protection. Importantly, the developed ...
Army developing video game to aid weapons prototyping efforts
Aug 23, 2017 (UPI)
Operation Overmatch is part of the Early Synthetic Prototyping program designed to connect scientists, soldiers and engineers with their ideas on prototype weap...
Myanmar's startups map past, shape future with virtual reality
Aug 23, 2017 (AFP)
"In Myanmar we can't afford much to bring students to the real world experience," beamed Hla Hla Win, a teacher and tech entrepreneur taking virtual reality int...
ShAPEing the future of magnesium car parts
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
Magnesium is 75 percent lighter than steel, 33 percent lighter than aluminum and is the fourth most common element on earth behind iron, silicon and oxygen. But...
Can 'large stars' anti-aging research' help future memory devices
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
While investigating "anti-aging therapy" of large stars, researchers at the Center for the Theoretical Physics of the Universe, within the Institute for Basic S...
Full Circle: NASA to Demonstrate Refabricator to Recycle, Reuse, Repeat
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
In 2018, the nation's space agency will take the next step toward a sustainable in-space manufacturing capability when it launches a machine that can not only p...
Solidifying advanced alloy design
Aug 23, 2017 (SPX)
However, as researchers attempt to create increasingly complex materials to address increasingly intricate industrial needs - such as improved material resilien...
Understanding brittle crack behaviors to design stronger materials
Aug 22, 2017 (SPX)
The results of this study will help researchers better understand how fragile materials, such as glass, ceramic, polymers, and bone break - often catastrophical...
NASA protects its super heroes from space weather
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Outside Earth's protective magnetic field and atmosphere, the ionizing radiation in space will pose a serious risk to astronauts as they travel to Mars. High-en...
Researchers use vacuum for hands-free patterning of liquid metal
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
Liquid metals are promising as soft, stretchable electrical components such as antennas, circuits, electrodes and wires. These applications often require the ab...
Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers
Aug 21, 2017 (SPX)
"They will be attractive targets because 3D-printed objects and parts are used in critical infrastructures around the world, and cyberattacks may cause failures...
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