TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

ADATS could assist X-planes with large, super-fast data transmission

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

A network and communication architecture that can more efficiently move data from research aircraft, while using half the bandwidth of traditional methods, coul...

Pulverizing electronic waste is green, clean - and cold

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at Rice University and the Indian Institute of Science have an idea to simplify electronic waste recycling: Crush it into nanodust. Specifically, th...

Researchers use light to remotely control curvature of plastics

Mar 23, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a technique that uses light to get two-dimensional (2-D) plastic sheets to curve into three-dimens...

How fullerite becomes harder than diamond

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Physicists have simulated the structure of a new material based on fullerite and single crystal diamond to show how this material can obtain ultrahigh hardness....

'Flying saucer' quantum dots hold secret to brighter, better lasers

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Fresh insights into living cells, brighter video projectors and more accurate medical tests are just three of the innovations that could result from a new way o...

Transparent ceramics make super-hard windows

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists have synthesised the first transparent sample of a popular industrial ceramic at DESY. The result is a super-hard window made of cubic silicon nitrid...

Why water splashes: New theory reveals secrets

Mar 21, 2017 (SPX)

New research from the University of Warwick generates fresh insight into how a raindrop or spilt coffee splashes. Dr James Sprittles from the Mathematics Instit...

The strangeness of slow dynamics

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown ...

Groundbreaking process for creating ultra-selective separation membranes

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

A team of researchers, led by the University of Minnesota, has developed a groundbreaking one-step, crystal growth process for making ultra-thin layers of mater...

Airbus ships first high-power all-electric EUTELSAT 172B satellite to Kourou for Eutelsat

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

EUTELSAT 172B, the first high power all-electric telecommunications satellite, is now ready for shipment on 20 March from the Airbus satellite assembly facility...

Using lasers to create ultra-short pulses

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) have entered new territory with regard to the pulsing of electron beams. Their method coul...

New electron source for materials analysis

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

How can solar cells be made more efficient? How can solar and wind energy be best stored for later use? Technologies for the transformation of the German energy...

Aluminium giant Rusal doubles profits

Mar 17, 2017 (AFP)

Russian aluminium giant Rusal said Friday it had more than doubled net profit in 2016 after selling off one of its refineries. Shares in the Hong Kong-listed fi...

Next-gen steel under the microscope

Mar 17, 2017 (SPX)

Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project involving a University of Queensland scientist....

Switching oxygen on and off

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Oxygen atoms are highly reactive, yet the world does not spontaneously burn, even though everything is surrounded by this aggressive element. Why? The reason is...

Researchers offer overview of composite metal foams and potential applications

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a range of composite metal foams (CMFs) that can be used in applications from armor to hazardous m...

Solid metal has 'structural memory' of its liquid state

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

New work from a team including Carnegie's Guoyin Shen and Yoshio Kono used high pressure and temperature to reveal a kind of "structural memory" in samples of t...

Dramatic improvement in surface finishing of 3-D printing

Mar 15, 2017 (SPX)

Waseda University researchers have developed a process to dramatically improve the quality of 3D printed resin products. The process combines greatly improved s...

IAI unveils radar that detects targets in dense forests

Mar 14, 2017 (UPI)

Israel Aerospace Industries on Tuesday revealed a new radar capable of identifying targets traveling through heavily wooded areas. The radar, known as the ELM-2...

Cancer-Causing Radiation Biggest Threat to Humans on Deep Space Missions

Mar 13, 2017 (Sputnik)

Researchers looking into the effects of deep space travel on the human body may have just discovered something that could jeopardize humankind's chances of a su...