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New System Giving SMAP Scientists the Speed They Need
Oct 30, 2015 (SPX)
For scientists now studying the voluminous amounts of data collected daily by NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) mission, speed is everything. A new NAS...
Virtual Reality System to Fly in Space Brings Non-Astronauts Aboard ISS
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
For the first time ever, a virtual reality recording system will be flown in space. The project, announced by Deep Space Industries (DSI), will use a spherical ...
Coating cancels acoustic scattering from odd-shaped objects
Oct 29, 2015 (SPX)
In a new twist, a team of researchers from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the University of Texas at Austin has applied to acoustic waves the concept of...
Researchers use common 3-D printer to rebuild heart
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
As of this month, over 4,000 Americans are on the waiting list to receive a heart transplant. With failing hearts, these patients have no other options; heart t...
Ants: Both solid-like and liquid-like
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
Collections of ants have a remarkable ability to change shapes and tasks based on the demands of their environment. When floodwaters hit, they self-assemble and...
Nanoquakes probe new 2-dimensional material
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
In a step towards a post-graphene era of new materials for electronic applications, an international team of researchers, including scientists at the University...
Researchers take cue from spider glue in efforts to create new materials
Oct 28, 2015 (SPX)
A taut tug on the line signals the arrival of dinner, and the leggy spider dashes across the web to find a tasty squirming insect. The spider, known as an orb w...
Researchers observe surprising phase transition
Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)
An ultrapure material taken to pressures greater than that in the depths of the ocean and chilled to temperatures colder than outer space has revealed an unexpe...
U.S. Air Force awards Southwest Research Institute development contract
Oct 27, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has awarded the Southwest Research Institute a $9,423,767 contract for research and development, the Department of Defense announced Monday. ...
Space Junk Predicted to Enter Earth's Atmosphere
Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)
Millions of bits of space junk - leftover fragments from spacecraft and related debris - orbit Earth, and the majority of these will eventually fall into Earth'...
Studying Hypervelocity Impact Phenomena
Oct 27, 2015 (SPX)
Using a Specialised Imaging SIM8 ultra fast framing camera researchers at the Thiot Ingenierie Shock Physics Laboratory have been able study high velocity impac...
How a flying bat sees space
Oct 26, 2015 (SPX)
Recordings from echolocating bat brains have for the first time given researchers a view into how mammals understand 3-D space. By training bats to fly around o...
Nanoscale diamond 'racetrack' becomes breakthrough Raman laser
Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)
Diamonds are renowned for their exquisite beauty and unrivaled durability, but they also are highly prized by scientists and engineers for their exceptional opt...
NASA Takes Lasercom a Step Forward
Oct 23, 2015 (SPX)
A NASA-developed laser communication (lasercom) system made NASA Takes Lasercom a Step Forwards in 2013 when it demonstrated record-breaking data download and u...
Deutsche Telekom, Huawei in cloud link to rival Amazon
Oct 23, 2015 (AFP)
German telecoms operator Deutsche Telekom said Friday it is to partner with China's Huawei to offer public cloud computing services in a bid to rival US behemot...
Norsk Titanium, Alcoa team for 3-D printed aerospace parts
Oct 23, 2015 (UPI)
Norsk Titanium AS and Alcoa have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a joint technology and industrial cooperation program focused on 3-D printing. "We...
Mother-of-pearl's genesis identified in mineral's transformation
Oct 22, 2015 (SPX)
How nature makes its biominerals - things like teeth, bone and seashells - is a playbook scientists have long been trying to read. Among the most intriguing bio...
U.S. Air Force long-range radar systems reach full operational capability
Oct 22, 2015 (UPI)
Upgraded AN/FPS-117 long-range radar systems for the U.S. Air Force were deemed effective and certified, the Air Force announced on Wednesday. The AN/FPS-117 is...
Ukraine to receive U.S. radars by mid-November
Oct 22, 2015 (UPI)
The U.S. will supply Ukraine with long-range counter-battery radar stations by mid-November as the country continues to fight Russian-backed militants. Ukrainia...
Exciting breakthrough in 2-D lasers
Oct 22, 2015 (SPX)
An important step towards next-generation ultra-compact photonic and optoelectronic devices has been taken with the realization of a two-dimensional excitonic l...
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