TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

19th Century Math Tactic Tweak Yields Answers 200 Times Faster

Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)

A relic from long before the age of supercomputers, the 169-year-old math strategy called the Jacobi iterative method is widely dismissed today as too slow to b...

Future Electronics May Depend on Lasers, Not Quartz

Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)

Nearly all electronics require devices called oscillators that create precise frequencies-frequencies used to keep time in wristwatches or to transmit reliable ...

Efficient structures help build a sustainable future

Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)

When envisioning a new structure, engineers often have to balance design choices against the environmental impact of materials used. It is estimated that 40 to ...

New material puts a twist in light

Jul 22, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have uncovered the secret to twisting light at will. It is the latest step in the development of photonic...

GOES-R Magnetometer Ready for Spacecraft Integration

Jul 21, 2014 (SPX)

The Magnetometer instrument that will fly on NOAA's GOES-R satellite when it is launched in early 2016 has completed the development and testing phase and is re...

No-wait data centers

Jul 21, 2014 (SPX)

Big websites usually maintain their own "data centers," banks of tens or even hundreds of thousands of servers, all passing data back and forth to field users' ...

French minister opposes Australian firm's plan to ship waste

Jul 18, 2014 (AFP)

French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal Friday voiced opposition to a proposal by Australian chemical giant Orica to ship highly toxic waste to France for incine...

Virtual finger enables scientists to navigate and analyze complex 3D images

Jul 18, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers have pioneered a revolutionary new way to digitally navigate three-dimensional images. The new technology, called Virtual Finger, allows scientists ...

Four JPL Suborbital Technology Payloads Chosen

Jul 15, 2014 (JPL)

From hopping/tumbling robots to gecko-inspired adhesives, a variety of technologies have been chosen by NASA for flight on commercial reusable launch vehicles a...

Uncertainty gives scientists new confidence in search for novel materials

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found a way to estimate uncertainties in computer cal...

Hollow optical fibres for UV light

Jul 14, 2014 (SPX)

If you want to send light on a trip through optical fibres - with as little loss as possible, you should opt for infrared light, as is the case, for example, in...

ASC Signal Introduces Innovative Carbon-Fiber Antenna

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

ASC Signal has introduced a new, transportable, ARSTRAT-certifiable 2.5-meter carbon-fiber antenna that provides high performance across multiple bands in a red...

Consider the 'Anticrystal'

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

For the last century, the concept of crystals has been a mainstay of solid-state physics. Crystals are paragons of order; crystalline materials are defined by t...

Inspired by Nature, Researchers Create Tougher Metal Materials

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

Drawing inspiration from the structure of bones and bamboo, researchers have found that by gradually changing the internal structure of metals they can make str...

Carbon-fiber epoxy honeycombs mimic performance of balsa wood

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

In wind farms across North America and Europe, sleek turbines equipped with state-of-the-art technology convert wind energy into electric power. But tucked insi...

Even geckos can lose their grip

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

Not even geckos and spiders can sit upside down forever. Nanophysics makes sure of that. Mechanics researchers at Linkoping University have demonstrated this in...

Platonic solids generate their four-dimensional analogues

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

Alicia Boole Stott, the third daughter of mathematician George Boole, is probably best known for establishing the term "polytope" for a convex solid in four dim...

Resolve Supplies Zoom Lenses for NASA Testing

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

Resolve Optics has supplied a number of non-browning zoom lens to the Satellite Servicing Capabilities Office (SSCO) at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Gr...

Speeding up data storage by a thousand times with 'spin current'

Jul 11, 2014 (SPX)

A hard drive stores bits in the form of tiny magnetic domains. The directions of the magnetic north and south poles of these domains, which are referred to as t...

Projecting a Three-Dimensional Future

Jul 10, 2014 (SPX)

Since the 1960s, theatergoers have shelled out for crude 3-D glasses, polarized glasses, and shutter glasses to enhance their viewing experience. These basic de...