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Where to grab space debris
Sep 12, 2014 (SPX)
Objects in space tend to spin - and spin in a way that's totally different from the way they spin on earth. Understanding how objects are spinning, where their ...
Scientists review new ways to process and analyze Big Data
Sep 11, 2014 (SPX)
Big Data presents scientists with unfolding opportunities, including, for instance, the possibility of discovering heterogeneous characteristics in the populati...
Hewlett-Packard buys cloud-computing firm Eucalyptus
Sep 11, 2014 (AFP)
Hewlett-Packard on Thursday announced a deal to buy business cloud-computing specialty firm Eucalyptus. HP did not disclose financial terms of the acquisition, ...
U.S. military taps Northrop Grumman for new technology
Sep 11, 2014 (UPI)
Wideband digital antenna technology for new radio frequency sensors using active electronically scanned arrays is to be developed by Northrop Grumman. The work ...
Rice wireless experts tap unused TV spectrum
Sep 11, 2014 (SPX)
Rice University wireless researchers have found a way to make the most of the unused UHF TV spectrum by serving up fat streams of data over wireless hotspots th...
Space Traffic Control Architecture
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
The number of organizations using the near-Earth space environment for applications ranging from exploration to exploitation and national security is impressive...
Ultra-thin Detector Captures Unprecedented Range of Light
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
New research at the University of Maryland could lead to a generation of light detectors that can see below the surface of bodies, walls, and other objects. Usi...
Rethinking the basic science of graphene synthesis
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
A new route to making graphene has been discovered that could make the 21st century's wonder material easier to ramp up to industrial scale. Graphene -- a tight...
Artificial membranes on silicon
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
Artificial membranes mimicking those found in living organisms have many potential applications ranging from detecting bacterial contaminants in food to toxic p...
Grooving Crystal Surfaces Repel Water
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from Kyoto University in Japan have developed a novel way to waterproof new functionalized materials involved in gas storage and separation by addin...
A Metallic Alloy That is Tough and Ductile at Cryogenic Temperatures
Sep 10, 2014 (SPX)
A new concept in metallic alloy design - called "high-entropy alloys" - has yielded a multiple-element material that not only tests out as one of the toughest o...
Robotic Satellite-Servicing Capabilities in Geostationary Earth Orbit
Sep 05, 2014 (SPX)
An increasing number of expensive, mission-critical satellites are launched every year into geostationary Earth orbit (GEO), approximately 22,000 miles (36,000 ...
Mitsubishi Electric Ready to Deliver Himawari-8 to Tanegashima
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it has completed work on the Himawari-8 satellite, the next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite based on a ...
Officials expand space-tracking website
Sep 04, 2014 (AFNS)
Defense Department officials announced additions to its space situational awareness program's Space-Track.org website. In a recent telephone interview with DOD ...
Singapore launches world's first ZigBee inter-satellite comms system
Sep 04, 2014 (SPX)
Engineers at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have successfully piloted the world's first ZigBee-based inter-satellite communication system. Th...
Russia Considers Meteor Impact Prevention Project
Sep 04, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
A project to protect people and economic facilities from the impact of space objects could be launched in Russia this year, Russian Emergencies Ministry has ann...
Selex ES adds to its radar product line
Sep 03, 2014 (UPI)
A new surveillance radar system has been introduced by Selex ES at the International Defense Industry Exhibition in Poland. The system is the Gabbiano TS-80 PLU...
Argonne scientists pioneer strategy for creating new materials
Sep 03, 2014 (SPX)
Making something new is never easy. Scientists constantly theorize about new materials, but when the material is manufactured it doesn't always work as expected...
How video games are benefitting ISIS
Sep 03, 2014 (UPI)
Almost $1 billion was spent on a new video channel where millions now watch others playing video games. Sign of the once-over-lightly culture that now engulfs s...
Japan firm showcases 'touchable' 3D technology
Sep 01, 2014 (AFP)
Technology that generates touchable 3D imagery was unveiled in Japan Monday, with its developers saying users could pull and push objects that are not really th...
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