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ISRO Says Multi-Object Tracking Radar Ready for Trials
Apr 05, 2015 (IANS)
The indigenously designed Rs. 245-crore multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) is ready to undergo trials, said a senior space scientist at Sriharikota on Saturday....
Skin tough
Apr 05, 2015 (SPX)
When weighing the pluses and minuses of your skin add this to the plus column: Your skin - like that of all vertebrates - is remarkably resistant to tearing. No...
Femto-snapshots of reaction kinetics
Apr 02, 2015 (SPX)
Using quantum chemical calculations, they were successful in interpreting the data and obtaining a detailed picture of the intermediates and reaction kinetics. ...
British military gets simulator training system from Selex ES
Apr 01, 2015 (UPI)
The British military is now in possession of a forward air control simulator and training system it ordered last year from Selex ES and Close Air Solutions. The...
Rare-earth innovation to improve nylon manufacturing
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
The Critical Materials Institute, a U.S. Department of Energy Innovation Hub led by the Ames Laboratory, has created a new chemical process that makes use of th...
Metals used in high-tech products face future supply risks
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
In a new paper, a team of Yale researchers assesses the "criticality" of all 62 metals on the Periodic Table of Elements, providing key insights into which mate...
Twisted nanofibers create structures tougher than bulletproof vests
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas have created new structures that exploit the electromechanical properties of specific nanofibers to stretch to ...
Building shape inspires new material discovery
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Physicists inspired by the radical shape of a Canberra building have created a new type of material which enables scientists to put a perfect bend in light. The...
Study reveals novel technique for handling molecules
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Like vast international trading companies, biological systems pick up freight items (in the form of small molecules), transport them from place to place and rel...
Catching and releasing tiny molecules
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Employing an ingenious microfluidic design that combines chemical and mechanical properties, a team of Harvard scientists has demonstrated a new way of detectin...
Sewage could be a source of valuable metals and critical elements
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
Poop could be a goldmine - literally. Surprisingly, treated solid waste contains gold, silver and other metals, as well as rare elements such as palladium and v...
Goddard releases open source core flight software suite to public
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
The Innovative Technology Partnerships Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, announced the release of its core Flight System (cFS...
A method to simplify pictures makes chemistry calculations a snap
Apr 01, 2015 (SPX)
A method smartphones use to simplify images when storage space is limited could help answer tough chemistry problems. In a report appearing in ACS Central Scien...
Engineers speed up simulations in computational grand challenge
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have developed a new family of methods to significantly increase the speed of time-resolved numerical simu...
A first glimpse inside a macroscopic quantum state
Mar 31, 2015 (SPX)
In a recent study published in Physical Review Letters and highlighted by the magazine Science News, the research group led by ICREA Prof at ICFO Morgan Mitchel...
Desalination using a nanoporous graphene membrane
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Less than 1 percent of Earth's water is drinkable. Removing salt and other minerals from our biggest available source of water - seawater - may help satisfy a g...
Colombia transforms old tires into green housing
Mar 30, 2015 (AFP)
The highlands around the Colombian capital are scattered with small buildings that look like out-of-place igloos but are in fact innovative houses made from the...
Australia eyes new air search radar
Mar 30, 2015 (UPI)
A proposal to replace air search radar aboard Royal Australian Navy frigates has received First Pass approval from the government. The approval for project SEA ...
Molecule from trees could make our roads and roofs greener
Mar 30, 2015 (SPX)
Construction crews may someday use a plant molecule called lignin in their asphalt and sealant mixtures to help roads and roofs hold up better under various wea...
Scuttling satellites to save space
Mar 28, 2015 (ESA)
It takes a lot of ingenuity - not to mention a massive quantity of sheer force - to get satellites into orbit. Now space engineers are applying comparable ingen...
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