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Gold from old phones is real prospect thanks to chemical advance
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
Vast quantities of gold could be salvaged from old mobile phones using a simple chemical method, a study shows. Current methods for extracting gold from old gad...
Super cement's secret
Aug 31, 2016 (SPX)
Simple cements are everywhere in construction, but researchers want to create novel construction materials to build smarter infrastructure. The cement known as ...
Berlin's IFA fair dons virtual reality headsets
Aug 31, 2016 (AFP)
Virtual and augmented reality gadgets are expected to hog the limelight at Berlin's mega consumer electronics show IFA this week, as Pokemon Go gave a tantalisi...
3-D-printed structures 'remember' their shapes
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
Engineers from MIT and Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) are using light to print three-dimensional structures that "remember" their original...
New method developed for producing some metals
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
The MIT researchers were trying to develop a new battery, but it didn't work out that way. Instead, thanks to an unexpected finding in their lab tests, what the...
Physicists find peculiarities in a material with a giant magnetocaloric effect
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is manifested in cooling or heating of the magnetic material (a material having magnetic properties) in an external magnetic fie...
UNIST to engineer next-generation smart separator membranes
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
A team of Korean researchers, affiliated with UNIST is receiving the media spotlight as they have proposed a green material strategy for the development of smar...
FSU chemistry professor explores outer regions of periodic table
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
A little known - and difficult to obtain - element on the fringes of the periodic table is broadening our fundamental understanding of chemistry. In the latest ...
Why an uncanny crystal change could laser design
Aug 29, 2016 (SPX)
Laser applications may benefit from crystal research by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and China's Shandong University....
Streamlining accelerated computing for industry
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists and engineers striving to create the next machine-age marvel - whether it be a more aerodynamic rocket, a faster race car, or a higher-efficiency jet...
Unraveling the crystal structure of a -70C Celsius superconductor
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
For the first time in the world, a research group led by Osaka University, Japan, clarified the crystal structure of hydrogen sulfide in its superconducting pha...
NIST's compact gyroscope may turn heads
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
Shrink rays may exist only in science fiction, but similar effects are at work in the real world at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). A...
New 10-foot dish will connnect ASU researchers directly with satellites
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
We can hear them now... A new ground tracking station featuring a 10-foot diameter dish at Arizona State University's Tempe campus will allow researchers to com...
Northrop Grumman to Provide Navigation System for German Satellite
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from OHB System AG to supply the space inertial reference system for Germany's SARah satellite-based radar reconnai...
Feeling the force between sand grains
Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)
For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have measured how forces move through 3D granular materials, determining how this ...
A new generation of cheap networked nuclear-radiation detectors
Aug 25, 2016 (SPX)
A DARPA program aimed at preventing attacks involving radiological "dirty bombs" and other nuclear threats has successfully developed and demonstrated a network...
Squid, jellyfish and wrinkled skin inspire materials for anti-glare screens and encryption
Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)
What do squid and jellyfish skin have in common with human skin? All three have inspired a team of chemists to create materials that change color or texture in ...
New flexible material can make any window 'smart'
Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have invented a new flexible smart window material that, when incorporate...
Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens
Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists at the UK's Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope's potential. Exte...
Air Force successfully launches GSSAP 3/4 - AFSPC-6 from Cape Canaveral AFS
Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)
The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third and fourth Orbital ATK built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSS...
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