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Turning rice farming waste into useful silica compounds
Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)
The researcher who developed the process says it could save approximately six tons of carbon emissions per ton of silica compounds produced. He estimates the co...
Israel's Amos-5 Satellite Failure Caused by Power Supply Malfunction
Dec 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
Israel's AMOS-5 satellite failed as a result of a problem either with the power supply or an onboard cable network due to the external impact of high-energy cos...
New metamaterial manipulates sound to improve acoustic imaging
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Duke University have developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that can manipulate acoustic waves...
Physics of slow microscopic changes in magnetic structures revealed
Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)
The research group of Professor Hideo Ohno and Associate Professor Shunsuke Fukami of Tohoku University has studied in detail, a slow change of microscopic magn...
Satellite's Last Days Improve Orbital Decay Predictions
Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well as communications and navigation here on Earth, thank...
Hybrid material presents potential for 4-D-printed adaptive devices
Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)
Combining photo-responsive fibers with thermo-responsive gels, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and Clemson Universit...
The artificial materials that came in from the cold
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
It has often been said that nature is history's greatest innovator and if that is true then scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berke...
PC steel wires on concrete and steel bridges now visible with terahertz waves
Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Tohoku University have found a way to make covered or hidden PC steel wires visible, by developing a new terahertz wave light source featuring bo...
Minerals from Papua New Guinea hold secret for recycling of noble gases
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
With every breath we take, we inhale not only oxygen, but also a mix of gases. This mixture includes carbon dioxide and nitrogen, but also a gas called argon. N...
MIT chemists characterize a chemical state thought to be unobservable
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time, MIT chemists have measured the energy of the transition state of a chemical reaction - a fleeting, unstable state that is a reaction's point...
Planetary Science Institute receives Data Archiving Services
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
The Planetary Science Institute received a $4 million, five year cooperative agreement from NASA to manage the Planetary Data System's Asteroid and Dust Subnode...
Physics of wrapping miniature droplets takes cue from street foods
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
When grabbing a snack from a food truck, you're likely to find delicious fillings wrapped in a tidy packet of dough. It's easy to visualize the way handheld foo...
A new theory describes ice's slippery behavior
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
Winter is coming, promising the usual bouts of frozen precipitation for northern locations. The slickness of snow and ice is a big pain if you're driving, flyin...
Digital Globe to use Raytheon's Constellation Scheduling System
Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)
Raytheon has been selected by the high-resolution Earth imagery company, DigitalGlobe, Inc., to develop the capability to support a September 2016 launch and mi...
A sticky breakthrough makes for practical underwater glue
Dec 12, 2015 (SPX)
In an important step toward creating a practical underwater glue, researchers at UC Santa Barbara have designed a synthetic material that combines the key funct...
New understanding of how shape and form develop in nature
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers have developed a new method for generating complex shapes, and have found that the development of form in nature can be driven by the physical prope...
On-the-go ultrahigh vacuum storage systems
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
The train to Tsukuba, Japan often carries workers with briefcases and travelers with overnight bags, but recently a group of scientists took an unusual bit of l...
NASA tests ICESat-2's laser aim
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
Close enough doesn't cut it in the spacecraft assembly cleanroom at NASA Goddard's Space Flight Center, where engineers are building an elevation-measuring inst...
'Al dente' fibers could make bulletproof vests stronger and 'greener'
Dec 11, 2015 (SPX)
Bulletproof vests and other super-strong materials could soon become even tougher and more environmentally friendly at the same time with the help of extra firm...
Colombian eco-designer finds beauty in trash
Dec 11, 2015 (AFP)
Adriana Restrepo has a lot of experience searching for silver linings. The Colombian fashion designer and environmentalist was a pregnant 18-year-old when drug ...
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