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University of Cincinnati, industry partners develop low-cost, 'tunable' window tintings
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
Technology developed by the University of Cincinnati and industry partners can do something that neither blinds nor existing smart windows can do. This patent-p...
Framework materials yield to pressure
Jun 17, 2015 (SPX)
Pressure is a powerful thermodynamic variable that enables the structure, bonding and reactivity of matter to be altered. In materials science it has become an ...
Students Hope 3D-Printed Rocket Engine Will Break Records
Jun 17, 2015 (Sputnik)
After successfully testing a 3D-printed rocket engine, a group of UC San Diego students are looking to break the world record for the longest flight by a propul...
Radar system approved for allies
Jun 16, 2015 (UPI)
AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar, for use in forward-based mode, can now be procured by allies through the Foreign Military Sales program. Raytheon, mak...
Robot to 3D-print steel canal bridge in Amsterdam
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
A Dutch startup has unveiled plans to build the world's first 3D-printed bridge across an Amsterdam canal, a technique that could become standard on future cons...
Console kings battle with grand games and virtual worlds
Jun 16, 2015 (AFP)
Console kings Microsoft and Sony battled for players' hearts with blockbuster games and the lure of virtual worlds as the Electronic Entertainment Expo was pois...
Turning paper industry waste into chemicals
Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the KU Leuven Centre for Surface Chemistry and Catalysis have found a more eco-friendly way to derive lignin - a paper industry waste product - f...
Researchers develop ultra-tough fiber that imitates the structure of spider silk
Jun 16, 2015 (SPX)
Professors Frederick Gosselin and Daniel Therriault, along with their master's student Renaud Passieux, are not related to Spiderman. Nevertheless, these Polyte...
Recovering a rare metal from LCDs to avoid depleting key resource
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
Life without bright screens on our smart phones and TVs is hard to imagine. But in 20 years, one of the essential components of the liquid-crystal displays, or ...
MIT team creates ultracold molecules
Jun 15, 2015 (SPX)
The air around us is a chaotic superhighway of molecules whizzing through space and constantly colliding with each other at speeds of hundreds of miles per hour...
New composite material as CO2 sensor
Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)
Material scientists at ETH Zurich and the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam have developed a new type of sensor that can measure carbon...
First US deep space weather satellite reaches final orbit
Jun 11, 2015 (SPX)
More than 100 days after it launched, NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) satellite has reached its orbit position about one million miles from Earth...
Magnetic nanoparticles could offer alternative to rare Earth magnets
Jun 10, 2015 (SPX)
A team of scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University has synthesized a powerful new magnetic material that could reduce the dependence of the United States ...
China launches space junk monitoring center
Jun 10, 2015 (XNA)
China on Monday launched a space junk monitoring center to protect its spacecraft in orbit. The new center, to be managed by the State Administration of Science...
Researchers simulate behavior of 'active matter'
Jun 10, 2015 (SPX)
From flocks of starlings to schools of fish, nature is full of intricate dynamics that emerge from the collective behavior of individuals. In recent years, inte...
An inexpensive rival to graphene aerogels
Jun 10, 2015 (SPX)
The electromagnetic radiation discharged by electronic equipment and devices is known to hinder their smooth operation. Conventional materials used today to shi...
How natural channel proteins move in artificial membranes
Jun 10, 2015 (SPX)
Natural channel proteins are integrated into artificial membranes to facilitate the transport of ions and molecules. Researchers at the University of Basel have...
New tunable laser diode for high-frequency efficiency
Jun 09, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at Tohoku University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) in Japan, have developed a novel ultra-compact h...
Golden shipping container transports Americans to parts unknown
Jun 06, 2015 (AFP)
Step inside a gold-painted shipping container in downtown Washington, midway between the White House and the Capitol, and, for 20 minutes, you can make a new fr...
High-temperature superconductivity in atomically thin films
Jun 05, 2015 (SPX)
A research group at Tohoku University has succeeded in fabricating an atomically thin, high-temperature superconductor film with a superconducting transition te...
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