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Vector network analysis using lasers
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
Vector network analyzers (VNA) are among the most precise high-frequency measurement devices available today. Due to continuous development within the last deca...
Structure of 'concrete disease' solved
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) teamed up with colleagues from the Swiss Materials Science Lab Empa to study a degenerative sign of ageing in...
Trampolining water droplets
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
If you travel by plane in the coming months, you might witness a wintry aviation ritual in which ice and snow are cleared off the wings with a special liquid. T...
High-Q crystal microresonator fabricated by femtosecond laser
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
High-quality (high-Q) whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) microresonators can efficiently confine light in a very small volume via total internal reflection, leading ...
The social and legal complexities of augmented reality
Nov 15, 2015 (SPX)
Augmented reality is the enhancement of human perception through overlaying technologies that can expand, annotate and even record the user's moment-to-moment e...
Queen's University professor to unveil self-levitating displays
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
An interactive swarm of flying 3D pixels (voxels) developed at Queen's University's Human Media Lab is set to revolutionize the way people interact with virtual...
Electron microscopy method sculpts 3-D structures at atomic level
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
Electron microscopy researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a unique way to build 3-D structures with finely cont...
BU Satellite Team Gets Big Boost from NASA
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
On March 10, 1989, a solar eruption blasted plasma toward Earth. Canadian utility Hydro-Quebec noticed a hop-skip-and-jump in the voltage on its grid two days l...
Researchers find way to create wide variety of new holograms
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed techniques that can be used to create ideal geometric phase holograms for any kind of optical patt...
Study shows some 3-D printed objects are toxic
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have found parts produced by some commercial 3D printers are toxic to certain fish embryos. Their results...
System helps novices design 3-D-printable robotic creatures
Nov 13, 2015 (SPX)
Even a novice can design and build a customized walking robot using a 3-D printer and off-the-shelf servo motors with the help of a new design tool developed by...
Magneto-optics on the edge
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
Magneto-optics is a crucial characterization and detection technique for materials and devices. Hereby, the technique benefits from its high sensitivity and its...
Lowering the 'softening temperature' via electric field
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
On a serendipitous occasion, while attending a conference and listening to Rishi Raj, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Colorado Boulde...
The solution to faster computing? Sing to your data
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
Nothing is more frustrating that watching that circle spinning in the centre of your screen, while you wait for your computer to load a programme or access the ...
Minuscule, flexible compound lenses magnify large fields of view
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
Drawing inspiration from an insect's multi-faceted eye, University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers have created miniature lenses with vast range of vision. Their...
Space rains junk on Spain
Nov 12, 2015 (AFP)
It's raining space junk in Spain. Rocket fuel tanks, chunks of satellites or something else entirely... In just over one week, three mysterious objects have fal...
The complexity of modeling
Nov 12, 2015 (SPX)
In recent years, advances in materials synthesis techniques have enabled scientists to produce increasingly complex functional materials with enhanced or novel ...
Peru's ancient city Caral inspires modern architects
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Architects seeking solutions for sustainable living in the 21st century are taking notes from the ancient city of Caral in Peru, an engineering marvel built som...
New radar system announced by Israeli company
Nov 11, 2015 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries has introduced a new radar system for early detection and tracking of long-range threats such as ballistic missiles. The system is c...
Amazon flies high in the Internet cloud
Nov 11, 2015 (AFP)
Amazon is widely known for its prowess as an online retail colossus, but is also thriving when it comes to sending business aloft in the Internet cloud. Cloud c...
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