TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Landmark study proves that magnets can control heat and sound

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at The Ohio State University have discovered how to control heat with a magnetic field. In the journal Nature Materials, they describe how a magneti...

An explanation for the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam system problem

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

A team of researchers, led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professor Yuri Lvov, has found an elegant explanation for the long-standing Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU...

New transitory form of silica observed

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

A Carnegie-led team was able to discover five new forms of silica under extreme pressures at room temperature. Their findings are published by Nature Communicat...

Cluster satellite catches up

Mar 26, 2015 (ESA)

One of the four Cluster satellites has shifted its orbit to ensure a safe reentry when the time comes, as well as providing a rare opportunity to study how a sa...

Additives to biodegrade plastics don't work

Mar 26, 2015 (SPX)

Recycling plastic works; additives to biodegrade plastic do not. A new study from Michigan State University shows that several additives that claim to break dow...

Processing Paradigms That Accelerate Computer Simulations

Mar 25, 2015 (SPX)

Whether designed to predict the spread of an epidemic, understand the potential impacts of climate change, or model the acoustical signature of a newly designed...

Slight surface movements on the radar

Mar 25, 2015 (ESA)

Scientists are making advances in the use of satellite radar data - such as those from the Sentinel-1 mission - to monitor Earth's changing surface. Italy's Phl...

Want to snag a satellite? Try a net

Mar 25, 2015 (ESA)

One of humanity's oldest technologies, the humble fishing net, may yet find a new role in space: bringing down dead satellites. The behaviour of nets in orbit w...

Japan military eyes recruits with cutesy smartphone game

Mar 25, 2015 (AFP)

Japan's military has released a smartphone game featuring cutesy characters who dodge household objects, marking the latest effort to polish the force's image a...

Ground broken for Space Fence installation

Mar 24, 2015 (UPI)

Construction of facilities for the new Space Fence radar system has been started in the Marshall Islands by the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin. Space Fence ...

Better debugger

Mar 24, 2015 (SPX)

Integer overflows are one of the most common bugs in computer programs - not only causing programs to crash but, even worse, potentially offering points of atta...

Many plastics labeled 'biodegradable' don't break down as expected

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Plastic products advertised as biodegradable have recently emerged, but they sound almost too good to be true. Scientists have now found out that, at least for ...

Nano piano's lullaby could mean storage breakthrough

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the first-ever recording of optically encoded audio onto a non-magnetic plasmo...

The taming of the shrew

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

CH5+, formed by adding a proton (H+) to the well-known methane (CH4) molecule, is the prototype of fluxional molecules. In contrast to common molecules, which a...

Electronic waste has energy value

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Using discarded electronic boards, the UPV/EHU researcher Andoni Salbidegoitia has, in collaboration with international researchers, developed a system for obta...

New optical materials break digital connectivity barriers

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

From computers, tablets, and smartphones to cars, homes, and public transportation, our world is more digitally connected every day. The technology required to ...

NASA Running Out of Nuclear Fuel For Batteries

Mar 23, 2015 (Sputnik)

The radioactive material NASA uses to power spacecraft for its deep space missions is now in short supply. The Agency says it only has enough to power three mor...

Textured rubber that grips slick, icy surfaces

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Winter storms dumped records amounts of snow on the East Coast and other regions of the country this February, leaving treacherous, icy sidewalks and roads in t...

USMC orders targeting system from Elbit Systems America

Mar 23, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Marines are to receive a new lightweight all-weather targeting capability from Elbit Systems America LLC through a new IDIQ contract. The indefinite-de...

Data structures influence speed of quantum search in unexpected ways

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Using the quantum property of superposition, quantum computers will be able to find target items within large piles of data far faster than conventional compute...