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First Laser Communication System Integrated, Ready for Launch

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

A new NASA-developed, laser-based space communication system will enable higher rates of satellite communications similar in capability to high-speed fiber opti...

Mobile LIDAR technology expanding rapidly

Mar 18, 2013 (SPX)

Imagine driving down a road a few times and obtaining in an hour more data about the surrounding landscape than a crew of surveyors could obtain in months. Such...

Videogame power harnessed for positive goals

Mar 16, 2013 (AFP)

Even as videogames come under scrutiny for potential harmful impacts, researchers and developers are touting digital games for positive effects on health, learn...

Breaking the final barrier: room-temperature electrically powered nanolasers

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

A breakthrough in nanolaser technology has been made by Arizona State University researchers. Electrically powered nano-scale lasers have been able to operate e...

Novel technique for chemical identification at the nanometer scale developed

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

For more than 20 years, researchers have been using atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure and characterize materials at the nanometer scale. However AFM-base...

New Technique Creates Stronger, Lightweight Magnesium Alloys

Mar 14, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique for creating stronger, lightweight magnesium alloys that have potential structur...

NIST quantum refrigerator offers extreme cooling and convenience

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a solid-state refrigerator that uses quantum physics in micro- and na...

Star-shaped waves spotted in shaken fluid

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

A new wave phenomenon in liquids has been spotted by physicists in France. By shaking small cylindrical dishes of silicone oil, the team created standing waves ...

Aspirin may lower melanoma risk

Mar 13, 2013 (SPX)

A new study has found that women who take aspirin have a reduced risk of developing melanoma-and that the longer they take it, the lower the risk. The findings ...

Researchers Solve Riddle of What Has Been Holding Two Unlikely Materials Together

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

For years, researchers have developed thin films of bismuth telluride (Bi2Te3) - which converts heat into electricity or electricity to cooling - on top of gall...

NUS graphene researchers create 'superheated' water that can corrode diamonds

Mar 12, 2013 (SPX)

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) led by Professor Loh Kian Ping, Head of the Department of Chemistry at the NUS Faculty of ...

Russian satellite hit by remnants of destroyed Chinese spacecraft

Mar 12, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

A small Russian spacecraft in orbit appears to have been struck by remnants of a destroyed Chinese satellite. It's just the second time in history that an activ...

SSBV And zero2infinity Team Up For Airdrop Recovery

Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)

SSBV Aerospace and Technology Group (SSBV) and zero2infinity announce the signing of an agreement regarding the use of SSBV's ACRIDS airdrop and vehicle recover...

Activists fault WHO report on Fukushima radiation

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

Activist physicians on Monday accused the World Health Organization of downplaying the health impact of nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. In ...

SimCity climbing from launch wreckage

Mar 11, 2013 (AFP)

The hugely popular SimCity game is rapidly recovering from its trouble-plagued launch but problems are yet to be completely eradicated, company officials said. ...

INRS overcomes a hurdle in the development of terahertz lasers

Mar 11, 2013 (SPX)

Dr. Roberto Morandotti and his team at the INRS Energie Materiaux Telecommunications Research Centre have developed a device that is critical to the use of tera...

SXSW kicks off with vision of a 3D printing revolution

Mar 08, 2013 (AFP)

The 27th edition of South by Southwest kicked off Friday with a bold prediction that desktop 3D printing will unleash a new industrial revolution guided by "cre...

MEXSAT Bicentenario Satellite Completes On-orbit Testing

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

The MEXSAT Bicentenario satellite, built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] partner Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB], has completed on-orbit testing and has been acce...

Big data: Searching in large amounts of data quickly and efficiently

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

The term "big data" is defined as a huge amount of digital information, so big and so complex that normal database technology cannot process it. It is not only ...

Atoms with Quantum-Memory

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

Order tends towards disorder. This is also true for quantum states. Measurements at the Vienna University of Technology show that in quantum mechanics this tran...