TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Mar 04, 2015 (AFP)

Taiwan has snubbed a multi-million dollar funding pledge by China's e-commerce giant Alibaba designed to encourage the island's young entrepreneurs, saying yout...

US Military Satellite Explodes, Sending Chunks of Debris Into Orbit

Mar 04, 2015 (Sputnik)

After detecting what has been described as a "sudden spike in temperature," a 20-year-old weather satellite used by the US military exploded, sending dozens of ...

The rub with friction

Mar 04, 2015 (SPX)

Here's the rub with friction -- scientists don't really know how it works. Sure, humans have been harnessing the power of friction since rubbing two sticks toge...

3D printed parts provide cheap, custom alternatives for lab equipment

Mar 04, 2015 (SPX)

The 3-D printing scene, a growing favorite of do-it-yourselfers, has spread to the study of plasma physics. With a series of experiments, researchers at the U.S...

Smart crystallization

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

A novel nucleating agent that builds on the concept of molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) could allow crystallographers access to proteins and other biologic...

Debris Fills Orbit as US Satellite Explodes

Mar 03, 2015 (Sputnik)

The US Navy confirmed an unexplainable satellite explosion filled Earth's orbit with potentially dangerous debris. The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program ...

Boeing: First All-Electric Propulsion Satellites Send First On-Orbit Signals

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Two Boeing 702SP (small platform) satellites, the first all-electric propulsion satellites to launch, have sent initial signals from space, marking the first st...

SpaceX to Orbit the World's First All-Electric Satellites

Mar 03, 2015 (Sputnik)

A Space Exploration Technologies rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral on Sunday to put a pair of the world's first all-electric communications satellites into...

SES Satellite Plays Key Role In Future Networks

Mar 03, 2015 (SPX)

Satellite has a key role to play in the architecture of future networks and the acceleration of digitization. This was one of the main conclusions of a keynote ...

New filter could advance terahertz data transmission

Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)

University of Utah engineers have discovered a new approach for designing filters capable of separating different frequencies in the terahertz spectrum, the nex...

ADS delivers LISA Pathfinder propulsion and science modules for testing

Mar 02, 2015 (SPX)

LISA Pathfinder's propulsion and science modules are leaving the UK for the last time. Airbus Defence and Space will ship the two modules to IABG (Industrie Anl...

U.S. weather satellite explodes into 43 pieces

Mar 02, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force confirmed on Feb. 26 a "catastrophic event" that led to the destruction of a weather satellite on Feb. 3. The satellite, previously used by t...

Japan's NTT to buy German data centre operator: report

Feb 28, 2015 (AFP)

Japanese telecom giant NTT Communications is looking to acquire German data centre operator e-shelter, as it seeks to cash in on growing demand in Europe, a new...

Moving molecule writes letters

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

On the search for high performance materials for applications such as gas storage, thermal insulators or dynamic nanosystems it is essential to understand the t...

New NASA Space Cowboy Deploys Its 'Lasso'

Feb 27, 2015 (JPL)

Like a cowboy at a rodeo, NASA's newest Earth-observing satellite, the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP), has triumphantly raised its "arm" and unfurled a hug...

Watching bonds form using femtosecond X-ray liquidography

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

The research team of the Center for Nanomaterials and Chemical Reactions at the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) has successfully visualized the entire process...

New research predicts when, how materials will act

Feb 27, 2015 (SPX)

In science, it's commonly known that materials can change in a number of ways when subjected to different temperatures, pressures or other environmental forces....

A simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsions

Feb 26, 2015 (SPX)

MIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures, known as emulsions, that could have many applications in drug delivery, sensing, cleanin...

Australia researchers create 'world first' 3D-printed jet engines

Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)

Australian researchers said Thursday they have created two jet engines using 3D printing in what is described as a world-first that has attracted the interest o...

Last look at Sentinel-2A

Feb 25, 2015 (ESA)

Before Sentinel-2A is packed up and shipped to French Guiana for its launch targeted on 12 June, media representatives and specialists got one last look at the ...