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Snake scales protect steel against friction
Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)
"Friction and wear are two of the biggest challenges in systems of several individual components," Christian Greiner of the Institute for Applied Materials says...
Matter wave technique that could cool molecules
Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated for the first time a new laser cooling method, based upon the interference of matter waves, tha...
Engineers identify how to keep surfaces dry underwater
Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)
Imagine staying dry underwater for months. Now Northwestern University engineers have examined a wide variety of surfaces that can do just that - and, better ye...
Advancing the Next Revolution of Stuff
Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)
For millennia, materials have mattered-so much so that entire eras have been named for them. From the Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age and beyond, br...
Lockheed Martin to Cooperate With Danish Company on Missile Defense Radar
Aug 18, 2015 (Sputnik)
One of the United States' leading defense contractors will work with Danish corporation Weibel Scientific to integrate the Gap-Filling Tracking Radar (GFTR) int...
Scientists achieve major breakthrough in thin-film magnetism
Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)
Magnetism in nanoscale layers only a few tens of atoms thick is one of the foundations of the big data revolution - for example, all the information we download...
Surprising discoveries about 2-D molybdenum disulfide
Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)
Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the ef...
Gaming fans resurrect beloved 1980s ZX Spectrum in UK
Aug 16, 2015 (AFP)
A gaming console that was the forerunner of today's PlayStation and Xbox has been brought back to life more than 30 years later after an online fundraising camp...
Australia court sides with Internet firms in piracy row
Aug 14, 2015 (AFP)
Australians who illegally downloaded the movie "Dallas Buyers Club" will not be asked to pay for the film just yet, after the Federal Court on Friday decided no...
Black phosphorus surges ahead of graphene
Aug 14, 2015 (SPX)
A Korean team of scientists tune BP's band gap to form a superior conductor, allowing for the application to be mass produced for electronic and optoelectronics...
RT Logic and Spaceflight to enhanced small satellite ground support
Aug 13, 2015 (SPX)
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has formed a partnership between its RT Logic subsidiary and Spaceflight Networks, Spaceflight Industries' line of busines...
Trusty, not rusty, pipelines owe a debt to space
Aug 13, 2015 (ESA)
When a Dutch company working on soil pollution teamed up with ESA to build a better, bacteria-based air filter for space, they also created the foundation for a...
Caltech Announces Discovery in Fundamental Physics
Aug 13, 2015 (SPX)
When the transistor was invented in 1947 at Bell Labs, few could have foreseen the future impact of the device. This fundamental development in science and engi...
How CubeSats are Revolutionizing Radio Science
Aug 12, 2015 (JPL)
Next time you tune in to public radio or the hottest Top 40 radio station, you'll be using some of the same tools NASA uses to unravel the mysteries of the univ...
Researcher uses vibrations to identify materials' composition
Aug 12, 2015 (SPX)
A researcher now at the University of Central Florida has developed a new method for identifying materials' unique chemical "fingerprints" and mapping their che...
Big data analytical advances to exploration of universe
Aug 12, 2015 (SPX)
Statisticians have combined state-of-the-art analytical techniques from the academic and business worlds to tackle the Big Data challenges confronting astrophys...
New device converts DC electric field to terahertz radiation
Aug 10, 2015 (SPX)
Terahertz radiation, the no-man's land of the electromagnetic spectrum, has long stymied researchers. Optical technologies can finagle light in the shorter-wave...
Disney Research produces 3D objects with variable elasticity using single material
Aug 07, 2015 (SPX)
A 3D-printed teddy bear can have a stiff head, a pliable tummy and bendable arms, even though all of it is made of the same relatively stiff material, using a n...
Cooking up altered states
Aug 05, 2015 (SPX)
Churning raw milk sufficiently creates butter. Squirting lemon juice coagulates it into curd. These two phenomena are not as straightforward as they sound on th...
Satcoms Linking Rural Schools in South Africa and Italy
Aug 05, 2015 (ESA)
Teachers and students from rural schools in South Africa and Italy are benefiting from an ESA-supported project that enriches education through satcoms. Twelve ...
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