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New assembly method for ultra-conformable 'electronic tattoo' devices

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

A group of researchers at Waseda University has developed processes and materials for ultrathin stick-on electronic devices using elastomeric "nanosheet" film, ...

Scientists discover how essential methane catalyst is made

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

New ways to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane gas for energy use are a step closer after scientists discovered how bacteria make a component that facili...

Serendipity uncovers borophene's potential

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

Almost one year ago, borophene didn't even exist. Now, just months after a Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory team discovered the material,...

Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems

Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)

Raytheon received a $45.5 million contract modification for the delivery of Silent Knight Radar systems to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The modification...

Terma partner wins Indian radar contract

Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)

India's Nova Integrated Systems, in partnership with Terma AS, has signed an Indian Ministry of Defense contract to provide naval surface surveillance radar. Th...

Penn engineers overcome a hurdle in growing a revolutionary optical metamaterial

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a grad...

New metamaterial is first to achieve performance as predicted by theoretical bounds

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way people think about high-perform...

Kelvin Hughes to provide SharpEye radars for U.K. OPVs

Feb 21, 2017 (UPI)

Britain's Royal Navy has selected Kelvin Hughes to supply its SharpEye radar systems for its new Batch 2 offshore patrol vessels. Under the contract, the ships ...

Developing a catalytic conveyor belt

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Capitalizing on previous studies in self-powered chemo-mechanical movement, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and Penn...

ESA's six-legged Suntracker flying on a Dragon

Feb 21, 2017 (ESA)

Tomorrow, a Space-X Dragon cargo ferry will be launched to the International Space Station packed with supplies, experiments, tools and food for the six astrona...

When ultrafast laser pulse meets magnetic materials

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Ultrafast non-equilibrium magnetization in correlated spin systems is extensively studied in recent years. At both fundamental and application levels, ultrafast...

Designing new materials from 'small' data

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Finding new functional materials is always tricky. But searching for very specific properties among a relatively small family of known materials is even more di...

Breakthrough with a chain of gold atoms

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Heat transport is of similar fundamental importance and its control is for instance necessary to efficiently cool the ever smaller chips. An international team ...

Lossless metamaterial could boost efficiency of lasers and other light-based devices

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a material that could reduce signal losses in photonic devices. The advance has the potential...

Scientists look to tick 'cement' as potential medical adhesive

Feb 20, 2017 (UPI)

Researchers in Austria are exploring the potential of tick "cement" as a super-strong bioadhesive. Once ticks lodge themselves onto their victims and begin to f...

Breakthrough in 'wonder' materials paves way for flexible tech

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Gadgets are set to become flexible, highly efficient and much smaller, following a breakthrough in measuring two-dimensional 'wonder' materials by the Universit...

Penn researchers are among the first to grow a versatile 2-dimensional material

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

University of Pennsylvania researchers are now among the first to produce a single, three-atom-thick layer of a unique two-dimensional material called tungsten ...

New synchrotron powder diffraction facility for long running experiments

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Synchrotron beamlines and their instruments are built to harness the photon beam power of synchrotron radiation (SR), which has special properties - ideally sui...

Sky and Space signs agreement with US Department of Defence

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Sky and Space Global Ltd reports it has signed a Cooperation Agreement for Sharing Space Situational Awareness Services (Agreement) with the Department of Defen...

Curtiss-Wright offers COTS Module for measuring microgravity acceleration

Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)

Curtiss-Wright's Defense Solutions division has introduced the space industry's first COTS-based solution for measuring microgravity acceleration. Previously, t...