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Lasers could yield particle research tool

Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)

A laser system using telecom technology may produce a next-generation particle accelerator similar to the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, physicists say. ...

DARPA Envisions the Future of Machine Learning

Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)

Machine learning - the ability of computers to understand data, manage results, and infer insights from uncertain information - is the force behind many recent ...

Removing orbital debris with less risk

Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)

Global Aerospace Corporation has announced that the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is publishing an article entitled "Removing Orbita...

Cutting-edge 3D film revives a Warsaw lost to war

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

Nazi bombs left Warsaw as little more than a smouldering heap of rubble at the end of World War II. Now, nearly seventy years later, the charm of the pre-war Po...

New 'BioShock' game takes aim at American taboos

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

A new edition of the dystopian "BioShock" shooter videogame released Tuesday puts Americanism in the crosshairs, taking on taboo topics including slavery and ra...

NIST tests underscore potential hazards of green laser pointers

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology (...

Record simulations conducted on Lawrence Livermore supercomputer

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed record simulations using all 1,572,864 cores of Sequoia, the largest supercomputer in the w...

Astrium: operational and commercial launch of the fully complete Pleiades constellation

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Astrium has announced the operational and commercial launch of the fully complete Pleiades constellation as well as SPOT 6, following the successful in-orbit qu...

Raytheon helps MDA counter ballistic missile threat with delivery of 8th AN/TPY-2 radar

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon has delivered its eighth AN/TPY-2 radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in support of the U.S. combatant commands. An integral capability of the Ba...

Mainz scientists create new flexible mineral inspired by deep-sea sponges

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Germany have created a new synthetic hybrid...

NTU scientist develops a multi-purpose wonder material to tackle environmental challenges

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more - It can also desalinate...

Breakthrough research shows chemical reaction in real time

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in...

World's lightest material created

Mar 22, 2013 (UPI)

Chinese scientists say they have developed the world's lightest material, lighter than air, which could play an important role in tackling pollution. The materi...

Smartphone app turns home drone into spacecraft

Mar 21, 2013 (ESA)

A free ESA app turns a popular iPhone-controlled 'home drone' into a spacecraft. The augmented reality game lets owners of Parrot AR.Drone quadcopters attempt d...

Japan finds rich rare earth deposits on seabed: study

Mar 21, 2013 (AFP)

Japanese researchers said Thursday they have found a rich deposit of rare earths on the Pacific seabed, with reports suggesting it could be up to 30 times more ...

Scientists claim new glasses-free 3D for cellphone

Mar 20, 2013 (AFP)

Fancy watching a movie on your mobile phone, where figures leap out from the screen in 3D, rather as Princess Leia did in that scene from "Star Wars"? That's th...

NASA Awards Astrotech Contract For SMAP Spacecraft Processing

Mar 20, 2013 (SPX)

Astrotech Corporation, reports that its Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) subsidiary has been awarded a NASA task order contract to provide payload processing se...

Earth will drown in garbage

Mar 19, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

Man-made garbage cluttering from near space is a very intensive process. Therefore, it may happen that within the coming 20 years safe near-Earth orbits which i...

Europe triples recycling but still lags target

Mar 19, 2013 (AFP)

Recycling of household waste has tripled in Europe over the past decade but some countries are dragging their feet for meeting a target set for 2020, the Europe...

Raytheon's dual-band datalink tested with Thales radar

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon tested its company-funded dual-band datalink with a Thales Nederland Advanced Phased Array Radar (APAR). The test took place at a shore-based Dutch fac...