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Global IT spending set to recover in 2014
Nov 06, 2013 (UPI)
As global spending on information technology swings toward a rebound, Latin America is set to spend more on new purchases, regeneration and updates, both in bus...
Gravity and the robot satellite attitude problem
Nov 06, 2013 (SPX)
Using an in-orbit robot to capturing a malfunctioning satellite that is tumbling out of control is currently just a theoretical idea. However, research inspired...
Breakthrough in study of aluminum should yield new technological advances
Nov 06, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at Oregon State University and the University of Oregon has announced a scientific advance that has eluded researchers for more than 100 years - a p...
Less Toxic Metabolites, More Chemical Product
Nov 05, 2013 (SPX)
The first dynamic regulatory system that prevents the build-up of toxic metabolites in engineered microbes has been reported by a team of researchers with the U...
Plasmonic crystal alters to match light-frequency source
Nov 05, 2013 (SPX)
Gems are known for the beauty of the light that passes through them. But it is the fixed atomic arrangements of these crystals that determine the light frequenc...
Google boss says US data spying is outrageous
Nov 04, 2013 (AFP)
Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt said reports that the US government spied on the Internet giant's data centres were "outrageous" and potentially illegal ...
Virtually numbed: Immersive video gaming alters real-life experience
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Spending time immersed as a virtual character or avatar in a role-playing video game can numb you to realizing important body signals in real life. This message...
UNC neuroscientists discover new 'mini-neural computer' in the brain
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
Dendrites, the branch-like projections of neurons, were once thought to be passive wiring in the brain. But now researchers at the University of North Carolina ...
Historic Demonstration Proves Laser Communication Possible
Oct 31, 2013 (SPX)
In the early morning hours of Oct. 18, NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) made history, transmitting data from lunar orbit to Earth at a rate...
Unique chemistry in hydrogen catalysts
Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)
Making hydrogen easily and cheaply is a dream goal for clean, sustainable energy. Bacteria have been doing exactly that for billions of years, and now chemists ...
New material for quantum computing discovered out of the blue
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
A common blue pigment used in the 5 pound note could have an important role to play in the development of a quantum computer, according to a paper published tod...
Managing the Deluge of 'Big Data' From Space
Oct 28, 2013 (JPL)
For NASA and its dozens of missions, data pour in every day like rushing rivers. Spacecraft monitor everything from our home planet to faraway galaxies, beaming...
CU-Boulder researchers develop 4-D printing technology for composite materials
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have successfully added a fourth dimension to their printing technology, opening up exciting possibilities for...
Zoomable Holograms Pave the Way for Versatile, Portable Projectors
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Imagine giving a presentation to a roomful of important customers when suddenly the projector fails. You whip out your smartphone, beam your PowerPoint presenta...
Birthing a new breed of materials
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Where two different materials meet on the atomic level, a new material can be born that is neither one nor the other. The two parent materials do not mix - they...
It's raining satellite: Europe's gravity field explorer to fall back to Earth in two weeks
Oct 28, 2013 (Voice of Russia)
A one-ton European Space Agency satellite, which for four years has being mapping the Earth's gravity, has run out of fuel and will reenter the atmosphere in tw...
NIST measures laser power with portable scale
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a novel method for measuring laser power by reflecting the light off ...
Study Finds Natural Compound Can Be Used for 3-D Printing of Medical Implants
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Laser Zentrum Hannover have discovered that a naturally-oc...
Vacuums provide solid ground for new definition of kilogram
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
Of all the standard units currently in use around the world, the kilogram - the official unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI) - is the only on...
Cheap metals can be used to make products from petroleum
Oct 28, 2013 (SPX)
The ancient alchemists sought to transform base metals, like lead, into precious gold. Now a new process developed at the University of Illinois at Chicago sugg...
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