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Anyone can try IBM's powerful quantum computer
May 04, 2016 (AFP)
IBM on Wednesday opened its quantum computer processor to anyone who wants to try what is expected to be a new kind of computing with enormously improved power ...
Leonardo-Finmeccanica develops new E-scan radar
May 04, 2016 (UPI)
An electronic scanning radar with a flat-panel antenna design is being built for Norwegian search-and-rescue helicopters by Leonardo-Finmeccanica. The system, c...
Sea urchin's teeth inspire new design for space exploration device
May 04, 2016 (SPX)
The sea urchin's intricate mouth and teeth are the model for a claw-like device developed by a team of engineers and marine biologists at the University of Cali...
First Light For ESO's VLT Four Laser Guide Star Facility
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
On 26 April 2016 ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile hosted an event to mark the first light for the four powerful lasers that form a crucial part of the adaptiv...
Hybrid nanoantennas offer new platform for ultradense data recording
May 03, 2016 (SPX)
A group of scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg has put forward a new approach to effective manipulation of light at the nanoscale based on hybri...
Light-powered 3-D printer creates terahertz lens
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
From visible light to radio waves, most people are familiar with the different sections of the electromagnetic spectrum. But one wavelength is often forgotten, ...
Augmented games can increase the diversity of sports
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
Augmented climbing wall increases social interaction, helps to attract wider target audiences and empowers users to become content creators. Augmented climbing ...
Speedy bridge repair
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
In just 30 seconds, a devastating earthquake like the ones that struck Japan and Ecuador can render a city helpless. With roadways split and bridges severely da...
Exploring phosphorene, a promising new material
May 02, 2016 (SPX)
Two-dimensional phosphane, a material known as phosphorene, has potential application as a material for semiconducting transistors in ever faster and more power...
Folding molecules into screw-shaped structures
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Artificial molecules are like sheets of paper. Chemists can fold them into specific shapes. Transferring the shape of one molecule to another, however, poses a ...
Rare Earth atoms see the light
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Tiny units of matter and chemistry that they are, atoms constitute the entire universe. Some rare atoms can store quantum information, an important phenomenon f...
Researchers list '7 chemical separations to change the world'
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Thermally-based industrial chemical separation processes such as distillation now account for 10 to 15 percent of the world's annual energy use. Slaking the glo...
Engineers develop micro-sized, liquid-metal particles for heat-free soldering
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Martin Thuo likes to look for new, affordable and clean ways to put science and technology to work in the world. His lab is dedicated to an idea called frugal i...
Belgium plans to provide all residents with anti radiation pills
Apr 29, 2016 (Sputnik)
The Belgian authorities plan to provide all residents of the country with tablets to minimize the possible effects of radiation, local media reported Thursday. ...
ORNL researchers discover new state of water molecule
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Neutron scattering and computational modeling have revealed unique and unexpected behavior of water molecules under extreme confinement that is unmatched by any...
The reliability of material simulations put to test
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
Several international scientists from over 30 universities and institutes teamed to investigate to what extent quantum simulations of material properties agree ...
It takes more than peer pressure to make large microgels fit in
Apr 29, 2016 (SPX)
When an assembly of microgel particles includes one particle that's significantly larger than the rest, that oversized particle spontaneously shrinks to match t...
All Belgians to get iodine pills in case of nuclear accident: report
Apr 28, 2016 (AFP)
Belgium is to provide iodine pills to its entire population of around 11 million people to protect against radioactivity in case of a nuclear accident, the heal...
New material combines useful, typically incompatible properties
Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)
Mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and malicious Mr. Hyde were opposite aspects of the same man, and their story ended in tragedy because the two couldn't peacefully coex...
Specialist equipment helping the International Space Station in Orbit
Apr 27, 2016 (SPX)
This week we celebrate 15 years of European astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS). And it has been quite the journey. Umberto Guidoni made history...
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