TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Neutron scattering provides data on adsorption of ions in microporous materials

Mar 07, 2013 (SPX)

The adsorption of ions in microporous materials governs the operation of technologies as diverse as water desalination, energy storage, sensing and mechanical a...

3D printer wows world's top high-tech fair

Mar 05, 2013 (AFP)

Of all the futuristic gadgets on show at CeBIT, the world's top high-tech fair, few drew bigger crowds Tuesday than a 3D printer creating solid objects in plast...

Physicists demonstrate the acceleration of electrons by a laser in a vacuum

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Accelerating a free electron with a laser has been a longtime goal of solid-state physicists. David Cline, a distinguished professor in the UCLA Department of P...

Creating your own animated 3D characters and scenes for the web

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

It could be a grotto. Light is glowing up from below and gives the moving waves a glance of an opal under the sunlight. "This computer graphic was written with ...

Towards more sustainable construction

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Construction in Montreal is under a microscope. Now more than ever, municipal builders need to comply with long-term urban planning goals. The difficulties surr...

SimCity rebuilt for modern life

Mar 04, 2013 (AFP)

A 10-year wait ends Tuesday with the arrival of 'SimCity,' a computer game that challenges players to build thriving cities in the face of conditions such as li...

Taiwan turns plastic junk into blankets, dolls

Mar 01, 2013 (AFP)

Some 40 people stand ankle-deep in used plastic bottles in the yard of a recycling station in Taipei, stamping them flat in the first step of a process that wil...

In probing mysteries of glass, researchers find a key to toughness

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

In a paper published online in the journal Nature Communications, a Yale University team and collaborators propose a way of predicting whether a given glass wil...

Nanowelding Using Light And Nanorods In Solid Materials

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a way to melt or "weld" specific portions of polymers by embedding aligned nanoparticles within ...

Tungstenite triangles emit light

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers in the US have succeeded in growing single atomic layers of the naturally occurring mineral tungstenite for the first time. The sheets appear to hav...

WikiHouse pioneers do-it-yourself home building

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

WikiHouse is putting a new spin on old-time barn-raising with a free online resource that lets people put homes together the same way they might a giant jigsaw ...

Fukushima raised cancer risk near plant: WHO

Feb 28, 2013 (AFP)

Japan's 2011 Fukushima disaster raised the cancer risk for people living near the atomic plant, but no jump in cases is expected elsewhere, the UN's health agen...

A New Anti-Frost And Anti-Fog Coating For Glass

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

In an advance toward glass that remains clear under the harshest of conditions, scientists are reporting development of a new water-repellant coating that resis...

Titanium dioxide nanoreactor

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Tiny particles of titanium dioxide are found as key ingredients in wall paints, sunscreens, and toothpaste; they act as reflectors of light or as abrasives. How...

Creating More Efficient High-Density Ceramics

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

A researcher from North Carolina State University has developed a technique for creating high-density ceramic materials that requires far lower temperatures tha...

Theory of crystal formation complete again

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Exactly how a crystal forms from solution is a problem that has occupied scientists for decades. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), toget...

Force is the Key to Granular State-Shifting

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Ever wonder why sand can both run through an hourglass like a liquid and be solid enough to support buildings? It's because granular materials - like sand or di...

New Phased Array Programs May Save Billions, Years Off Development

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Phased radio frequency (RF) arrays use numerous small antennas to steer RF beams without mechanical movement (think radar without a spinning dish). These electr...

When water speaks

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Why certain catalyst materials work more efficiently when they are surrounded by water instead of a gas phase is unclear. RUB chemists have now gleamed some ini...

Laser mastery narrows down sources of superconductivity

Feb 28, 2013 (SPX)

Identifying the mysterious mechanism underlying high-temperature superconductivity (HTS) remains one of the most important and tantalizing puzzles in physics. T...