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'Pac-Man' space probe to gobble-up space debris
Jul 06, 2015 (UPI)
Low Earth orbit is littered with space debris. But if the latest mission by Switzerland's EPFL Center for Space Engineering is successful, space will be less cr...
Why the seahorse's tail is square
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
Why is the seahorse's tail square? An international team of researchers has found the answer and it could lead to building better robots and medical devices. In...
Liquids on fibers - slipping or flowing?
Jul 05, 2015 (SPX)
Thin fibers play a tremendous role in many areas of our daily life, from the use of glass fibers in ultra-fast data transmission to textile fibers in our clothi...
Effective conversion of methane by a new copper zeolite
Jul 03, 2015 (SPX)
A new bio-inspired zeolite catalyst, developed by an international team with researchers from Technische Universitat Munchen (TUM), Eindhoven University of Tech...
Advanced radar to feature on upgraded Singapore fighters
Jul 02, 2015 (UPI)
The government of Singapore has detailed the upgrade of its fleet of F-16 fighters, which first entered service with its military in 1998. The modernization of ...
Graphene flexes its electronic muscles
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Flexing graphene may be the most basic way to control its electrical properties, according to calculations by theoretical physicists at Rice University and in R...
The peaks and valleys of silicon
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
When the new iPhone came out, customers complained that it could be bent - but what if you could roll up your too big 6 Plus to actually fit in your pocket? Tha...
Helium 'balloons' offer new path to control complex materials
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new method to manipulate a wide range of materials and their behavior u...
Study: South Africans used milk-based paint 49,000 years ago
Jul 01, 2015 (UPI)
Nearly 50,000 years ago, the people of South Africa used milk- and ochre-based paints to adorn themselves, as well as stones and wooden slabs. The use of paint ...
RADA Electronics receives radar order
Jul 01, 2015 (UPI)
Israel's RADA Electronic Industries has announced it is to produce a tactical air surveillance radar system for an unidentified European defense contractor. The...
Advancing Ceramic Coatings for Engine Life and Efficiency
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
Advancing the efficiency of aircraft engines can be improved significantly by increasing the temperature at which they operate. Engine components today are made...
MRI imaging shows how plants can inspire new engineering materials
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
3-D imaging of plant branching structures is allowing researchers to see how exactly their internal tissues respond under stress, giving new insights into the d...
Physicists shatter stubborn mystery of how glass forms
Jul 01, 2015 (SPX)
A physicist at the University of Waterloo is among a team of scientists who have described how glasses form at the molecular level and provided a possible solut...
Sea-based radar market tipped to grow over 10 years
Jun 30, 2015 (UPI)
A 10-year study of the sea-based radar market indicates it will grow to an estimated $13.037 billion, with production accounting for 61 percent of market value....
Research findings point way to designing crack-resistant metals
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Potential solutions to big problems continue to arise from research that is revealing how materials behave at the smallest scales. The results of a new study to...
New conductive ink for electronic apparel
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
University of Tokyo researchers have developed a new ink that can be printed on textiles in a single step to form highly conductive and stretchable connections....
Physicists fine-tune control of agile exotic materials
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Physicists have found a way to control the length and strength of waves of atomic motion that have promising potential uses such as fine-scale imaging and the t...
Sweeping lasers snap together nanoscale geometric grids
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Down at the nanoscale, where objects span just billionths of a meter, the size and shape of a material can often have surprising and powerful electronic and opt...
Silica spiky screws could boost industrial coatings, additive manufacturing
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
It took marine sponges millions of years to perfect their spike-like structures, but research mimicking these formations may soon alter how industrial coatings ...
What your clothes may say about you
Jun 28, 2015 (SPX)
Moving closer to the possibility of "materials that compute" and wearing your computer on your sleeve, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson Schoo...
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