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Pushing and pulling: Using strain to tune a new quantum material

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Research into a recently discovered class of materials shows they have the necessary characteristics to develop ultra-energy efficient electronics. Topological ...

Recovering valuable substances from wastewater

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

Not only plants, but also humans and animals need phosphorus, which is a building block of DNA. Many biological processes in our body can only take place if pho...

Facebook buying virtual reality firm Oculus for $2 bn

Mar 25, 2014 (AFP)

Facebook said Tuesday it was buying Oculus, a specialist in virtual reality technology, for about $2 billion in cash and shares. Facebook said it would build on...

Lightweight Construction Materials of Highest Stability Thanks to Their Microarchitecture

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

KIT researchers have developed microstructured lightweight construction materials of highest stability. Although their density is below that of water, their sta...

It looks like rubber but isn't

Mar 25, 2014 (SPX)

The experimental and numerical study of the behaviour of polymers in concentrated solutions is a line of research that is still highly active. In the past, it e...

Getting rid of bad vibrations

Mar 24, 2014 (SPX)

Scanning electron microscopes are extremely sensitive and even subtle movements going on around them can affect their accuracy. Vibration control tables already...

Cisco pushes into 'cloud' with $1 bn investment

Mar 24, 2014 (AFP)

Cisco Systems announced plans Monday to invest $1 billion to step up its cloud computing with several global partners. The California-based equipment maker said...

ISS dodges space junk

Mar 19, 2014 (Voice of Russia)

The International Space Station had to sidestep a piece of space junk. NASA said Monday the space station had to dodge part of an old satellite. Sunday night's ...

3D X-ray Film: Rapid Movements in Real Time

Mar 19, 2014 (SPX)

How does the hip joint of a crawling weevil move? A technique to record 3D X-ray films showing the internal movement dynamics in a spatially precise manner and,...

In the lab, scientists coax E. coli to resist radiation damage

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Capitalizing on the ability of an organism to evolve in response to punishment from a hostile environment, scientists have coaxed the model bacterium Escherichi...

A brake for spinning molecules

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Chemical reactions taking place in outer space can now be more easily studied on Earth. An international team of researchers from the University of Aarhus in De...

Novel membrane reveals water molecules will bounce off a liquid surface

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Consider the nearest water surface: a half-full glass on your desk, a puddle outside your window, or a lake across town. All of these surfaces represent liquid-...

Researchers Describe Oxygen's Different Shapes

Mar 18, 2014 (SPX)

Oxygen-16, one of the key elements of life on earth, is produced by a series of reactions inside of red giant stars. Now a team of physicists, including one fro...

First thin films of spin ice reveal cold secrets

Mar 16, 2014 (SPX)

Thin films of spin ice have been shown to demonstrate surprising properties which could help in the development of applications of magnetricity, the magnetic eq...

MUSE Envisions Mining Big Code to Improve Software Reliability and Construction

Mar 16, 2014 (SPX)

During the past decade information technologies have driven the productivity gains essential to U.S. economic competitiveness, and computing systems now control...

Getting hyperspectral image data down to a sprint

Mar 16, 2014 (SPX)

Materials of similar appearance can be unambiguously identified by the respective color spectrum. Hyperspectral cameras deliver the requisite spectral data. A n...

Reducing debris threat from satellite batteries

Mar 16, 2014 (ESA)

Across a satellite's working life, batteries keep the craft's heart beating whenever it leaves sunlight. But after its mission ends, those same batteries may th...

Heat-Based Technique Offers New Way to Measure Microscopic Particles

Mar 14, 2014 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a new heat-based technique for counting and measuring the size of microscopic particles. The technique is less expensive than light-b...

Northrop Grumman GATOR System To Start Low-Rate Initial Production Phase

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

On Jan. 24, the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research Development and Acquisition approved the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) program ...

Squeezing light into metals

Mar 13, 2014 (SPX)

Using an inexpensive inkjet printer, University of Utah electrical engineers produced microscopic structures that use light in metals to carry information. This...