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Study: Home 3D printing may bring 'make it, don't buy it' to families

Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)

Families may someday save hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars by making their own household items with a 3D printer, a U.S. researcher says. Personal manufac...

Sony, Panasonic mulling 300-gigabyte Blu-ray format

Jul 30, 2013 (UPI)

Japan's Sony and Panasonic say they're working on a successor to Blu-ray, hoping to offer optical discs holding at least 300 gigabytes of data by 2015. Current ...

Superfluid turbulence through the lens of black holes

Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)

A superfluid moves like a completely frictionless liquid, seemingly able to propel itself without any hindrance from gravity or surface tension. The physics und...

Researchers Get Better Metrics on Laser Potential of Key Material

Jul 29, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed more accurate measurements of how efficiently a polymer called MEH-PPV amplifies light, which sh...

Perfecting digital imaging

Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)

Computer graphics and digital video lag behind reality; despite advances, the best software and video cameras still cannot seem to get computer-generated images...

Ancient technology for metal coatings 2,000 years ago can't be matched even today

Jul 26, 2013 (SPX)

Artists and craftsmen more than 2,000 years ago developed thin-film coating technology unrivaled even by today's standards for producing DVDs, solar cells, elec...

Researchers seek metal-coating secrets of ancient gold-, silversmiths

Jul 24, 2013 (UPI)

Italian researchers say ancient craftsmen created metal-coating techniques 2,000 years ago that have never been matched, even today. Writing in the American Che...

Magnets make droplets dance

Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)

This is the first time researchers have demonstrated reversible switching between static and dynamic self-assembly. Researchers from Aalto University and Paris ...

Carnegie Mellon, Microsoft researchers demonstrate internal tagging technique for 3D-printed objects

Jul 23, 2013 (SPX)

The age of 3D printing, when every object so created can be personalized, will increase the need for tags to keep track of everything. Happily, the same 3D prin...

Diode laser strong enough to cut metal developed by former MIT scientists

Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)

A new diode laser that can cut metal may soon find its way onto the market, thanks to a few former MIT scientists looking to commercialize their research. Diode...

Delayed Shield game gadget to hit market on July 31

Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)

Graphics chip star NVIDIA has set a July 31 release date for its Shield handheld gaming and entertainment device powered by Google's Android software. The high-...

New Raytheon radar for Navy passes key design reviews

Jul 23, 2013 (UPI)

The U.S. Navy's next-generation air and ballistic missile defense radar from Raytheon has successfully completed critical design reviews. The hardware Prelimina...

Controlling friction by tuning van der Waals forces

Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)

For a car to accelerate there has to be friction between the tire and the surface of the road. The amount of friction generated depends on numerous factors, inc...

USAF orders ground approach radar for Saudi Arabia

Jul 22, 2013 (UPI)

Saudi Arabia's National Guard is receiving a precision ground approach radar to support its aviation mission from Exelis of the United States. The contract for ...

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who has the lowest noise of them all

Jul 22, 2013 (SPX)

Although it may not be immediately obvious, the mechanical properties of optical components have a significant impact on the performance of lasers employed in p...

World's cheapest computer gets millions tinkering

Jul 21, 2013 (AFP)

It's a single circuit board the size of a credit card with no screen or keyboard, a far cry from the smooth tablets that dominate the technology market. But the...

Sandstone arches formed by gravity and stress, not erosion

Jul 21, 2013 (UPI)

Sandstone arches, alcoves and pillars are scattered across the globe, monuments to nature's strange beauty -- odd, gravity-defying shapes carved by the wind and...

Unusual material expands dramatically under pressure

Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)

If you squeeze a normal object in all directions, it shrinks in all directions. But a few strange materials will actually grow in one dimension when compressed....

Milikelvins drive droplet evaporation

Jul 19, 2013 (SPX)

Evaporation is so common that everybody thinks it's a well understood phenomenon. Appearances can be, however, deceptive. Recently, a new, earlier not predicted...

Thyroid cancer risk for 2,000 Fukushima workers: TEPCO

Jul 19, 2013 (AFP)

Around 2,000 people who have worked at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant face a heightened risk of thyroid cancer, its operator said Friday. Tokyo Electri...