TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Sep 11, 2013 (SPX)

A team of researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden has designed a microplasma source capable of exciting matter in a controlled, efficient way. This miniat...

U.S. Army Awards Lockheed Martin contract for Counterfire Radar Production

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin $206 million in additional orders for the AN/TPQ-53 (Q-53), a long-range counterfire radar that provides soldiers with enh...

New computational approaches speed up the exploration of the universe

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

How many different molecules can be created when you release one of the universe's most reactive substances, hydrogen cyanide, in the lab? And will the process ...

Northrop Grumman Completes Demonstration of 3D Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) System

Sep 10, 2013 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has completed a full-scale demonstration of its Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) for the U.S. Air Force last month. Ap...

Simple compact laser system could detect presence of explosives

Sep 09, 2013 (UPI)

A simple, compact system could bring laser technology to the task of bomb detection at security checkpoints, researchers at Michigan State University say. Unive...

First laser-like X-ray light from a solid

Sep 09, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers have for the first time created an X-ray laser based on a solid. The method developed at DESY's free-electron laser FLASH opens up new avenues of in...

Mounting opposition in Romania against gold mine project

Sep 06, 2013 (AFP)

Romania's government faced mounting opposition Friday from rights groups and artists over a draft law clearing the way for a Canadian gold mine project slammed ...

GSAT-7 Satellite Placed in Geosynchronous Orbit

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

India's advanced multi-band communication satellite GSAT-7, launched from Kourou, French Guiana in the early hours of August 30, 2013, has been successfully pla...

A completely new atomic crystal dynamic of the white pigment titanium dioxide discovered

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

Titanium dioxide is an inexpensive, yet versatile material. It is used as a pigment in wall paint, as a biocompatible coating in medical implants, as a catalyst...

Lockheed Martin-Built A2100 Satellites: Over 400 Cumulative Years In Orbit And Counting

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

The Lockheed Martin A2100 communications satellite series has achieved a major milestone by achieving over 400 cumulative years of successful, in-orbit operatio...

Advancing graphene for post-silicon computer logic

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

A team of researchers from the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have solved a problem that previously presented a serious hur...

Existence of new element confirmed

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is considered a new element with atomic numbe...

Dartmouth researchers develop molecular switch that changes liquid crystal colors

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

Dartmouth researchers have developed a molecular switch that changes a liquid crystal's readout color based on a chemical input. This new development may open t...

World's First Full Color 3D Desktop Printer Destined For High Schools

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

botObjects who recently announced the ProDesk3D, the world's first Full Color 3D Desktop Printer (the ProDesk3D)- will now offer US high schools an opportunity ...

New superheavy elements can be uniquely identified

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

An international team of researchers presents fresh evidence that confirms the existence of the superheavy chemical element 115. The experiment was conducted at...

New low-temperature chemical reaction explained

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

In all the centuries that humans have studied chemical reactions, just 36 basic types of reactions have been found. Now, thanks to the work of researchers at MI...

Cloud IT services set to clinch $107 billion spending

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

Cloud computing services are on a growth spiral amid forecasts total global spending on IT cloud services will reach $47.4 billion this year. By 2017 that spend...

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

Sep 03, 2013 (SPX)

When NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by...

Creating a Secure, Private Internet and Cloud at the Tactical Edge

Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)

Squads of Soldiers or Marines on patrol in remote forward locations often don't have the luxury of quickly sharing current intelligence information and imagery ...

First Report of Real-Time Manipulation and Control of Nuclear Spin Noise

Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)

Basel Physicists in collaboration with Dutch researchers have demonstrated a new method for polarizing nuclear spins in extremely small samples. By Monitoring a...