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Radiation protection vest being investigated for use in space

Jul 28, 2015 (UPI)

Radiation shielding technology by StemRad Ltd. is being jointly investigated with Lockheed Martin for possible use to protect astronauts. StemRad's 360 Gamma pr...

NASA approves AVX's Space-Level X7R BME MLCCs

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

AVX Corporation has announced that, after several years of extensive testing, NASA has approved its space-level X7R base metal electrode (BME) multilayer cerami...

Smarter window materials can control light and energy

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin are one step closer to delivering smart windows with a new level of energ...

Scientists reveal 'woodquakes'

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

Wood and its response to stress or strain has been less known at a fundamental level - until now. The structural properties of brittle materials like rock or ce...

Rock paper fungus

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

Believe it or not: X-ray works a lot better on rocks than on paper. This has been a problem for conservators trying to save historical books and letters from th...

Syntactic foam sandwich fills hunger for lightweight yet strong materials

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

A team of researchers reports success in pioneering tests of a layered material with a lightweight metal matrix syntactic foam core that holds significant poten...

Satellite time transfer method based on two-way common-view comparison

Jul 27, 2015 (SPX)

Time synchronization between ground and satellites is a key technology for satellite navigation system. With dual-channel satellite, a method called Two-Way Com...

Cold crystallization has a dual nature

Jul 24, 2015 (SPX)

In some vitrous substances, when heated, not one, but two physical mechanisms are reponsible for crystallization, as scientists working at the Insitiute of Nucl...

Battling Satellite Interference

Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)

As satellite communications becomes a more important piece of both day-to-day life and national security, interference with those communications becomes a criti...

New mussel-inspired surgical protein glue

Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)

One of the most basic yet important surgical skills to keep a patient alive and intact may be closing wounds. It seems that doctors will now get the job done wi...

Simulations lead to design of near-frictionless material

Jul 22, 2015 (SPX)

Argonne scientists used Mira to identify and improve a new mechanism for eliminating friction, which fed into the development of a hybrid material that exhibite...

Bringing back the magic in metamaterials

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

A single drop of blood is teeming with microorganisms--imagine if we could see them, and even nanometer-sized viruses, with the naked eye. That's a real possibi...

First realization of invisible absorbers and sensors

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

The manipulation of light has led to many applications that have revolutionized society through communications, medicine and entertainment. Devices consuming th...

Metal foams capable of shielding X-rays, gamma rays, neutron radiation

Jul 21, 2015 (SPX)

Research from North Carolina State University shows that lightweight composite metal foams are effective at blocking X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation, a...

Trapped light orbits within an intriguing material

Jul 20, 2015 (SPX)

Light becomes trapped as it orbits within tiny granules of a crystalline material that has increasingly intrigued physicists, a team led by University of Califo...

'White graphene' structures can take the heat

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Three-dimensional structures of boron nitride might be the right stuff to keep small electronics cool, according to scientists at Rice University. Rice research...

For faster, larger graphene add a liquid layer

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Millimetre-sized crystals of high-quality graphene can be made in minutes instead of hours using a new scalable technique, Oxford University researchers have de...

Indra Finishes Implementation Of Main Center For Paz Satellite

Jul 16, 2015 (SPX)

Under a contract with INTA, Indra has successfully led the implementation of the main management center for Paz, the earth observation satellite which Spain wil...

Yinchuan to host China-Arab satellite service industry demonstration site

Jul 16, 2015 (XNA)

Yinchuan Economic and Technical Development Zone and China Alliance of Satellite Application Service signed a cooperation agreement lately on the establishment ...

ISS astronauts dodge flying Russian space debris

Jul 16, 2015 (AFP)

Three astronauts living at the International Space Station were forced to scramble to safety after what NASA described as a "close pass" by flying Russian space...