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Fast and accurate 3-D imaging technique to track optically trapped particles
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
Optical tweezers have been used as an invaluable tool for exerting micro-scale force on microscopic particles and manipulating three-dimensional (3-D) positions...
Reducing big data using quantum theory
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
Analysing the large volumes of data gathered by modern businesses and public services is problematic. Traditionally, relationships between the different parts o...
Mechanical cloaks of invisibility - without complicated mathematics
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
A honeycomb is a very stable structure. If it has a larger hole, however, stability is largely lost. What might a honeycomb look like, which survives external f...
Perseverance paves way for wind laser
Apr 27, 2015 (ESA)
Developing new satellite instruments is always challenging, but at times more head-scratching is needed to create something truly cutting-edge. ESA's Aeolus mis...
ASC Signal To Supply Globecomm With Earth Stations and Upgrades
Apr 27, 2015 (SPX)
ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a contract by Globecomm to expand and upgrade the company's earth station antennas at Globecomm's Maryland teleport. The...
Russian Mission Control Adjusts ISS Orbit to Avoid Space Junk
Apr 24, 2015 (Sputnik)
Russia's space agency Roscosmos adjusted the orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) due to a threat of collision with fragments of a former spacecraft, ...
A blueprint for clearing the skies of space debris
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
An international team of scientists have put forward a blueprint for a purely space-based system to solve the growing problem of space debris. The proposal, pub...
Notre Dame paper opens the door to the study of a new class of materials
Apr 23, 2015 (SPX)
A new paper by a team of researchers led by Karel Matous, College of Engineering Associate Professor of Computational Mechanics in the Department of Aerospace a...
New 'space trash' laser may tidy up Earth's orbit
Apr 23, 2015 (Sputnik)
A new combination telescope-laser is currently in development, to combat the growing issue of space trash - debris released into Earth's orbit from human activi...
Tethers Unlimited to recycle ISS plastic waste into 3D printer filament
Apr 22, 2015 (SPX)
NASA has announced that its Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program has selected Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (TUI) for award of a Phase II contract to dev...
How many gold atoms make gold metal?
Apr 21, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the Nanoscience Center at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland, have shown that dramatic changes in the electronic properties of nanometre-sized ...
Inventing a 2-D liquid
Apr 21, 2015 (SPX)
Where water and oil meet, a two-dimensional world exists. This interface presents a potentially useful set of properties for chemists and engineers, but getting...
ADS NEWTON products enable agile satellite missions
Apr 21, 2015 (SPX)
Since late 2011, when the Pleiades A satellite was launched from Kourou, GN&C equipment built by Airbus Defence and Space Electronics have allowed Earth Observa...
Honeywell gives European Space Agency new satellite technology
Apr 21, 2015 (SPX)
Honeywell has announced that its Global Tracking solution has passed the final acceptance test for use on the European Space Agency's (ESA) Galileo search and r...
IBM earnings dip as sales fall again
Apr 20, 2015 (AFP)
Technology heavyweight IBM reported Monday lower profits in the first quarter following another drop in revenues, this time partly due to the strong dollar. Ear...
Technique could slash energy used to produce many plastics
Apr 19, 2015 (SPX)
A new material developed at the University of Colorado Boulder could radically reduce the energy needed to produce a wide variety of plastic products, from groc...
Disney develops layered fabric 3-D printer
Apr 17, 2015 (UPI)
Most plastic is pretty hard -- not ideal for making soft, squeezable toys and playthings for little ones. New technology from Disney aims to solve the problem. ...
Scientists examine rarest elements of periodic table
Apr 17, 2015 (SPX)
A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table. According to new research by a Florida State Univers...
New order for Selex ES search-and-rescue radars
Apr 17, 2015 (UPI)
Search-and-rescue radar for special mission jets of Cobham Aviation Services in Australia have been ordered from Britain's Selex ES, the company announced. Unde...
Zuckerberg sees 'wild' future for virtual reality
Apr 15, 2015 (AFP)
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg sees a wild future in store for virtual reality. During a written question-and-answer session available at his Facebook page...
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