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A mini-antenna for the data processing of tomorrow

Aug 03, 2016 (SPX)

With the rapid advance of miniaturization, data processing using electric currents faces tough challenges, some of which are insurmountable. Magnetic spin waves...

Lattice structure absorbs vibrations

Aug 03, 2016 (SPX)

Vibrations from a bus engine can sometimes be felt uncomfortably strongly through the seats. Similarly, vibrations from the propellers or rotors in propeller ai...

Flexible building blocks of the future

Aug 03, 2016 (SPX)

Ill-fitting joint sockets, contact dermatitis and sebaceous cysts are just a few of the problems plaguing prosthetic patients. They are all a result of the pres...

Physicists set low temperature record using laser cooling

Aug 02, 2016 (UPI)

Researchers at the University of New Mexico are using optical refrigeration to set low-temperature records. Physicists there recently used lasers to cool a spec...

Study looks at future of 2D materials

Jul 29, 2016 (UPI)

Graphene -- the atom-thick, honeycomb-like weave of carbon -- revolutionized the world of materials science. Now other 2D materials and their creators are looki...

Improving safety of neutron sources

Jul 29, 2016 (SPX)

There is a growing interest in the scientific community in a type of high-power neutron source that is created via a process referred to as spallation. This pro...

Vortex laser carries computer data in cyclone-like motion

Jul 29, 2016 (UPI)

As the rise car ownership and automobile use in the 1950s and 60s necessitated bigger, better roads, increasing broadband use demands more efficient telecommuni...

The hot attraction of gold

Jul 29, 2016 (SPX)

Gold had long been considered a non-magnetic metal. But researchers at Tohoku University recently discovered that gold can in fact be magnetized by applying hea...

HawkEye 360 brings space-based radio frequency mapping and analytics to new applications

Jul 28, 2016 (SPX)

HawkEye 360 and Lockheed Martin are collaborating to apply HawkEye 360's radio frequency (RF) detection and mapping technology in new markets. HawkEye 360 plans...

Humanity in Dire Need of Global System to Prevent In-Space Collisions

Jul 28, 2016 (Sputnik)

The president of the Satellite Industry Association, Tom Stroup, tells Radio Sputnik that it's time to consider the creation of a set of international guideline...

Scientists grow dandelions to make rubber

Jul 27, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists have developed a dandelion strain with natural rubber in its roots. The summer weed that invades suburban lawns could be the next rubber tree. Resear...

An accelerated pipeline to open materials research

Jul 27, 2016 (SPX)

Using today's advanced microscopes, scientists are able to capture exponentially more information about the materials they study compared to a decade ago - in g...

Self-organizing smart materials that mimic swarm behavior

Jul 27, 2016 (SPX)

A new study by an international team of researchers, affiliated with Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) has announced that they have suc...

Scientists create new thin material that mimics cell membranes

Jul 27, 2016 (SPX)

Materials scientists have created a new material that performs like a cell membrane found in nature. Such a material has long been sought for applications as va...

NUS scientists develop plastic flexible magnetic memory device

Jul 27, 2016 (SPX)

It looks like a small piece of transparent film with tiny engravings on it, and is flexible enough to be bent into a tube. Yet, this piece of "smart" plastic de...

A third of U.S. adults say they'd be enthusiastic about a microchip implanted in brain

Jul 26, 2016 (UPI)

A third of U.S. adults in a recent Pew Research Center survey said they'd be "enthusiastic" about a brain chip to enhance their thinking power. The survey of 4,...

Chinese scientists develop new metal 3D printing technology

Jul 26, 2016 (XNA)

Researchers with Huazhong University of Science and Technology in central China's Hubei Province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new ...

NASA Establishes Institute to Explore New Ways to Protect Astronauts

Jul 25, 2016 (SPX)

NASA is joining with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston to operate a new institute charged with researching and developing innovative approaches to reduce ri...

Active tracking of astronaut rad-exposures targeted

Jul 22, 2016 (ESA)

Radiation is an invisible hazard of spaceflight, but a new monitoring system for ESA astronauts gives a realtime snapshot of their exposure. The results will gu...

Thales to modernize German army simulators

Jul 21, 2016 (UPI)

Thales Deutschland is to modernize all small arms/handheld anti-tank weapons shooting simulator training devices in use with the German army. The work is to be ...