TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 23, 2015 (SPX)

Mother-of-pearl, the iridescent layer in the shells of some mollusks, inspired a Rice University study that will help scientists and engineers judge the ultimat...

Intelsat EpicNG Completes Major Milestone on the Road to 2016 Launch

Mar 22, 2015 (SPX)

Intelsat has announced the completion of a series of tests demonstrating the compatibility of the Intelsat EpicNG digital payload with existing ground equipment...

A call to change recycling standards as 3-D printing expands

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

The 3-D printing revolution has changed the way we think about plastics. Everything from children's toys to office supplies to high-value laboratory equipment c...

Researchers collaborate to develop revolutionary 3-D printing technology

Mar 19, 2015 (SPX)

A 3D printing technology developed by Silicon Valley startup, Carbon3D Inc., enables objects to rise from a liquid media continuously rather than being built la...

Design your world - online robots, 3D printers at CeBIT

Mar 18, 2015 (AFP)

Need a copy of your wedding ring, a new name tag for the dog, or a spare part for the washing machine? Just print it, is the message at the CeBIT IT fair in Ger...

Inbuilt immune defense could protect industrial bacteria from viruses

Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)

Findings from a new study that set out to investigate the evolution of immune defences could boost the development of industrial bacteria that are immune to spe...

Liquid metal 'Terminator' robot inspires 3D printer

Mar 17, 2015 (AFP)

A terrifying killer liquid metal robot from a blockbuster "Terminator" science fiction film has inspired what was heralded here as a revolution in 3D printing. ...

Detumbling a Spacecraft

Mar 17, 2015 (SPX)

Uncontrolled tumbling of a spacecraft may result from collision, malfunction or other disabling event associated with the application of a large disturbing torq...

Engineers create chameleon-like artificial 'skin' that shifts color on demand

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Borrowing a trick from nature, engineers from the University of California at Berkeley have created an incredibly thin, chameleon-like material that can be made...

3-D printer for small molecules opens access to customized chemistry

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute scientists have simplified the chemical synthesis of small molecules, eliminating a major bottleneck that limits the exploration...

New research into materials for tooth fillings

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Tooth decay is a serious health problem and it is often necessary to repair cavities. Today they often use a composite filling material made of acrylate compoun...

Squeezing out new science from material interfaces

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

With more than five times the thermal conductivity of copper, diamond is the ultimate heat spreader. But the slow rate of heat flow into diamond from other mate...

In pursuit of the perfectly animated cloud of smoke

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Simulations of impressive landscapes and alien creatures have become commonplace, especially in fantasy and science fiction films. But simulations are also appe...

Researchers identify process for improving durability of glass

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Universite Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris have identified a method for m...

Polymers designed for protection

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Today's soldiers rely on polymers as part of their protective systems. Polymers are molecular chains that can vary from a few linked monomers to millions of che...

Fluid-filled pores separate materials with fine precision

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

In nature, pores can continuously control how a living organism absorbs or excretes fluids, vapors and solids in response to its environment; for example, tiny ...

Molecule-making machine simplifies complex chemistry

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

A new molecule-making machine could do for chemistry what 3-D printing did for engineering: Make it fast, flexible and accessible to anyone. Chemists at the Uni...

On Pi Day, How Scientists Use This Number

Mar 16, 2015 (JPL)

If you like numbers, you will love March 14, 2015. When written as a numerical date, it's 3/14/15, corresponding to the first six digits of pi (3.1415) - a once...

Taking cable to new heights

Mar 16, 2015 (SPX)

Global connectivity supplier HUBER+SUHNER is setting its sights high at Satellite 2015 in Washington DC next week with the launch of two new cable assemblies de...

Researchers develop 'visual Turing test'

Mar 13, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from Brown and Johns Hopkins universities have come up with a new way to evaluate how well computers can divine information from images. The team de...