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Experiments explain why some liquids are 'fragile' and others are 'strong'
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
Only recently has it become possible to accurately "see" the structure of a liquid. Using X-rays and a high-tech apparatus that holds liquids without a containe...
NASA Probes Studying Earth's Radiation Belts to Celebrate Two Year Anniversary
Sep 01, 2014 (SPX)
NASA's twin Van Allen Probes will celebrate on Saturday two years of studying the sun's influence on our planet and near-Earth space. The probes, shortly after ...
Yale's cool molecules
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
It's official. Yale physicists have chilled the world's coolest molecules. The tiny titans in question are bits of strontium monofluoride, dropped to 2.5 thousa...
Atoms to Product: Aiming to Make Nanoscale Benefits Life-sized
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
Many common materials exhibit different and potentially useful characteristics when fabricated at extremely small scales-that is, at dimensions near the size of...
The fluorescent fingerprint of plastics
Aug 29, 2014 (SPX)
A team of researchers led by Professor Heinz Langhals of LMU's Department of Chemistry has taken a significant step which promises to markedly expedite the recy...
Photon speedway puts big data in the fast lane
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
A series of experiments conducted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC) researchers is sheddin...
Laser pulse turns glass into a metal
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Quartz glass does not conduct electric current, it is a typical example of an insulator. With ultra-short laser pulses, however, the electronic properties of gl...
Researchers map quantum vortices inside superfluid helium nanodroplets
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have, for the first time, characterized so-called quantum vortices that swirl within tiny droplets of liquid helium. The research, led by scientists ...
The power of salt
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Where the river meets the sea, there is the potential to harness a significant amount of renewable energy, according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT. T...
US Space Debris Tracking Site To Be Build In Western Australia
Aug 28, 2014 (SPX)
Under a new strategic cooperation agreement, Lockheed Martin and Electro Optic Systems Pty Ltd are developing a new space object tracking site in Western Austra...
Roscosmos Intends to Spend About $298 Million on Removing Orbital Clutter
Aug 25, 2014 (RIA Novosti)
The Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) is planning to spend 10.8 million rubles to develop a new spacecraft that would be used to remove space debris whic...
New EIAST Primary Sat Fab Facilities Ready Soon
Aug 25, 2014 (SPX)
The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) announced that works entailing the construction of its primary facility for the manufacture...
Russia to develop scavenger to collect cosmic debris by 2025
Aug 25, 2014 (Voice of Russia)
The Russian space agency is allocating around $297 million to design and construct a spacecraft that would clean circumterrestrial space of disabled communicati...
Laser makes microscopes way cooler
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Laser physicists have found a way to make atomic-force microscope probes 20 times more sensitive and capable of detecting forces as small as the weight of an in...
Discovery suggests surprising uses for common bubbles
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Anyone who has ever had a glass of fizzy soda knows that bubbles can throw tiny particles into the air. But in a finding with wide industrial applications, Prin...
Researchers prove stability of wonder material silicene
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
An international team of researchers has taken a significant step towards understanding the fundamental properties of the two-dimensional material silicene by s...
Paper offers insights into new class of semiconductors
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
A new paper by University of Notre Dame researchers describes their investigations of the fundamental optical properties of a new class of semiconducting materi...
Artificial Cells Act Like the Real Thing
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery, but mimicking the intricate networks and dynamic interactions that are inherent to living cells is diffi...
Pitt engineer turns metal into glass
Aug 21, 2014 (SPX)
Materials scientists have long sought to form glass from pure, monoatomic metals. Scott X. Mao and colleagues did it. Their paper, "Formation of Monoatomic Meta...
New F-16 configuration features AESA radar
Aug 20, 2014 (UPI)
The newest configuration of Lockheed Martin's F-16 Fighting Falcon has new capabilities with integration of Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar. AESA rada...
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