TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

Such are the findings of a new study led by UC Santa Barbara industrial ecologist Roland Geyer. The research, which appears in the journal Science Advances, pro...

Breakthrough tool predicts properties of theoretical materials

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers led by Olexandr Isayev, Ph.D., and Alexander Tropsha, Ph.D., at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy used data on approximately 60,000 unique materia...

Strengthening 3-D printed parts for real-world use

Jul 21, 2017 (SPX)

Brandon Sweeney and his advisor Dr. Micah Green discovered a way to make 3-D printed parts stronger and immediately useful in real-world applications. Sweeney a...

Japanese engineers develop headset-less VR system

Jul 18, 2017 (AFP)

Unlike conventional VR systems, the "8K:VR Ride" -- which resembles a cross between a theme park ride and a miniature IMAX theatre -- does not require users to ...

Nature-inspired material uses liquid reinforcement

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

In research appearing online in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces, graduate student Peter Owuor, research scientist Chandra Sekhar Tiwary and colleagues...

Spacepath Communications Announces Innovative Frequency Converter Systems

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

SpacePath's intelligent frequency converters feature a hot swappable capability in a 1RU design. The 1:1 redundant, hot swappable frequency convertor requires n...

Signature analysis of single molecules using their noise signals

Jul 14, 2017 (SPX)

Materials with a high surface-to-volume ratio are attractive for studying the noise produced by nanoscale electronics because they are very sensitive to changes...

News laser design offers more inexpensive multi-color output

Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)

A new Northwestern University study has engineered a more cost-effective laser design that outputs multi-color lasing and offers a step forward in chip-based la...

Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light

Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)

The economical method for shaping light into an infinite number of volumetric objects would be useful in a variety of fields, from biomedical imaging, education...

WVU to develop software for future NASA Mars rovers, test 3-D printed foams on ISS

Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)

The research team, which includes assistant professors Jason Gross and Victor Fragoso, will utilize the algorithms that powered Cataglyphis, which won more than...

Alien ice on Earth

Jul 12, 2017 (SPX)

In addition to helping scientists better understand those remote worlds, the findings - published online July 11 in Physical Review Letters - could reveal how w...

Engineers find way to evaluate green roofs

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

Green roofs are flat, vegetated surfaces on the tops of buildings that are designed to capture and retain rainwater and filter any that is released back into th...

Giant enhancement of electromagnetic waves revealed within small dielectric particles

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

The problem of miniaturization of basic elements in electronics requires new approaches. In this connection, it has become very important to be able to create i...

Feel the heat, one touch a time

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

These materials are promising for recovery of tremendous waste heat produced during industrial production and in our daily life, and they can enable effective s...

6 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

For this level, which is the second of three sub-competitions within Phase 2, teams had to 3-D print a beam for bend testing. Scores were calculated based on th...

Sorting complicated knots

Jul 10, 2017 (SPX)

Why care about knots? Making perfect knots on ties and quick knots on shoes are good skills to have, but why are mathematicians so interested in knots? It turns...

ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

Lead researcher Dr Mohsen Rahmani from ANU said the material was so thin that hundreds of layers could fit on the tip of a needle and could be applied to any su...

Scanning the surface of lithium titanate

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

LiTi2O4 is the only known example of a so-called spinel1 oxide superconductor. Its rarity makes LiTi2O4 of enormous interest to those studying the origins of su...

The comeback kid - black phosphorus and its new potential

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

Now, one group reports in Nano Letters that some commonly held assumptions about black phosphorus are incorrect and that the material is exceptionally tunable. ...

Monash Earth Scientists involved in discovery of a new mineral

Jul 07, 2017 (SPX)

The mineral - Nataliyamalikite - is new, and did not exist before, explains Professor Joel Brugger, the lead author in a recently published paper in American Mi...