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For platinum catalysts, tiny squeeze gives big boost in performance
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells, according to a new study by Stanford s...
The SpaceDataHighway is Open for Traffic
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space has started the initial service of its SpaceDataHighway. This represents a step change in the speed of space communications. Ultra-broa...
Scientists shrink electron gun to matchbox size
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
In a multi-national effort, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from DESY and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has built a new kind of elect...
Ames Laboratory scientists create first intermetallic double salt with platinum
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are being credited with creating the first intermetallic double salt with platinum. Materials rese...
British Scientists Develop a 3D Metal Printer That Works in Space
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
British scientists at the Birmingham University, have developed a 3D metal printer that can function in zero gravity and will enable astronauts to easily produc...
A new perovskite could lead the next generation of data storage
Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)
EPFL scientists have developed a new perovskite material with unique properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives. As we generate more and m...
New solution for making 2-D nanomaterials
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can be used to appl...
New math tools for new materials
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
University of Utah mathematician Graeme Milton presents a new tool for understanding how energy waves move through complex materials, opening up possibilities t...
Calculations predict unexpected disorder in the surface of polar materials
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
The small units that constitute materials are ordered in their surfaces. The knowledge of the surface structure allows scientists to predict their properties so...
Destruction Junction-What's Your Function?
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
Traveling at 4.26 miles per second, a tiny aluminum sphere representing a piece of orbital debris, or "space junk," can be seen crashing into a spacecraft prote...
New clues emerge in 30-year-old superconductor mystery
Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)
One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature sup...
Sweden orders new laser simulators from Saab
Nov 22, 2016 (UPI)
Saab has received a $10.26 million order from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration to supply new laser simulators. The simulators will be used to support...
Saab to provide training simulation upgrades for U.S. Army
Nov 21, 2016 (UPI)
Saab has received three new orders from the U.S. Army to provide upgraded training simulation equipment. The orders included up-to-date versions of the U.S. 7th...
Ice is no match for CSU-developed coating
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Anyone who's ever chipped ice off a windshield or nervously watched a plane get de-iced, take note: Colorado State University researchers have invented an ice-r...
Malawi could help secure raw materials for green technologies
Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)
Pioneering new insights into why high concentrations of some of the most rare and desirable natural elements - vital for the production of vital environmental, ...
UK 'space junk' project highlights threat to missions
Nov 18, 2016 (AFP)
The mass of "space junk" orbiting the Earth poses a serious threat to future exploration, a British scientist said on Friday at the launch of a project to raise...
Beautiful accident leads to advances in high pressure materials synthesis
Nov 18, 2016 (SPX)
Unexpected results from a neutron scattering experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a new pathway for the synthesis o...
NASA microthrusters achieve success on ESA's LISA Pathfinder
Nov 17, 2016 (JPL)
A next-generation technology demonstration mission has just passed a big milestone. The Space Technology 7 Disturbance Reduction System (ST7-DRS) is a system of...
Dry adhesive holds in extreme cold, strengthens in extreme heat
Nov 17, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University, Dayton Air Force Research Laboratory and China have developed a new dry adhesive that bonds in extreme tempera...
2-D material a brittle surprise
Nov 16, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at Rice University have discovered that an atom-thick material being eyed for flexible electronics and next-generation optical devices is more brittl...
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