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NASA Brings Earth Science 'Big Data' to the Cloud with Amazon Web Services
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and Amazon Web Services of Seattle, Wash., are making a large collection of NASA climate and Earth science satellite data available to research and educati...
Altering surface textures in 'counterintuitive manner' may lead to cooling efficiency gains
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers across the globe are racing to find ways to improve the cooling of hot surfaces -- for technologies ranging from small handheld electronics all the ...
Calculations reveal shortcut to characterize zeolites
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
A computational method to quantify the adsorption of gas by porous zeolites should help labs know what to expect before they embark upon slow, costly experiment...
Researchers at Penn Add Another Tool in Their Directed Assembly Toolkit
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
An interdisciplinary team of University of Pennsylvania researchers has already developed a technique for controlling liquid crystals by means of physical templ...
Levitating foam liquid under the spell of magnetic fields
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Foams fascinate, partly due to their short lifespan. Foams change as fluid drains out of their structure over time. It is precisely their ephemeral nature which...
Methane-munching microorganisms meddle with metals
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
On the continental margins, where the seafloor drops hundreds of meters below the water's surface, low temperatures and high pressure lock methane inside ice cr...
Thin, active invisibility cloak demonstrated for first time
Nov 13, 2013 (SPX)
Invisibility cloaking is no longer the stuff of science fiction: two researchers in The Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering h...
GOCE gives in to gravity
Nov 11, 2013 (ESA)
Close to 01:00 CET on Monday 11 November, ESA's GOCE satellite reentered Earth's atmosphere on a descending orbit pass that extended across Siberia, the western...
Italy assures no risk of satellite debris on its territory
Nov 10, 2013 (AFP)
Italian officials assured residents Sunday the risk of debris from a defunct satellite falling on Italy overnight was now nil, scrubbing an earlier warning of "...
New chemistry: Drawing and writing in liquid with light
Nov 09, 2013 (SPX)
University of Helsinki researchers have manufactured photochemically active polymers which can be dissolved in water or certain alcohols. The new soluble, photo...
Cat's eyes: Designing the perfect mixer
Nov 09, 2013 (SPX)
As any amateur baker knows, proper mixing is crucial to a perfect pastry. Mix too little and ingredients will not be evenly distributed; beat instead of fold, a...
Recycling valuable materials used in TVs, car batteries, cell phones
Nov 09, 2013 (SPX)
Many of today's technologies, from hybrid car batteries to flat-screen televisions, rely on materials known as rare earth elements (REEs) that are in short supp...
European science satellite to break up late Sunday
Nov 09, 2013 (AFP)
Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late Sunday or early Monday after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the E...
Monkeys use minds to move two virtual arms
Nov 08, 2013 (SPX)
In a study led by Duke researchers, monkeys have learned to control the movement of both arms on an avatar using just their brain activity. The findings, publis...
High Energy Prairie View A and M Interns Collaborate with NASA Goddard on Radiation Effects Research
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
When Alvin Boutte presented his graduate work at the 2010 National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Aerospace Systems Conference in Los Angeles, Calif., he had...
NASA Technologists Embrace Laser Instrument Challenge
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
In 2007, the National Research Council threw down a challenge: Design a space-based laser altimeter that could measure the height of Earth's surface everywhere ...
Highly stable quantum light source for applications in quantum information systems
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
Physicists at the University of Basel have been successful in generating photons - the quantum particles of light - with only one color. This is useful for quan...
Quantum 'sealed envelope' system enables 'perfectly secure' information storage
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
A breakthrough in quantum cryptography demonstrates that information can be encrypted and then decrypted with complete security using the combined power of quan...
London Metal Exchange announces warehouse shake-up
Nov 07, 2013 (AFP)
The London Metal Exchange on Thursday unveiled a plan to expedite deliveries of its traded base metals, in particular aluminium, and to improve its market credi...
Wageningen UR innovates in the ultra-low temperature freezing of research material
Nov 07, 2013 (SPX)
In partnership with the Dutch company B.E.R.G. Koudetechniek and Klimaatbeheersing, Wageningen UR (University and Research centre) has designed and constructed ...
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