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Sony pressured to change game with PS4 console
Feb 19, 2013 (AFP)
Sony is expected to reveal its vision of the future of home entertainment on Wednesday by providing a glimpse at a new-generation PlayStation console that strea...
Researchers strain to improve electrical material and it's worth it
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
Like turning coal to diamond, adding pressure to an electrical material enhances its properties. Now, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers hav...
Explosive breakthrough in research on molecular recognition
Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)
Ever wonder how sometimes people still get through security with explosives on their person? Research done in the University of Alberta's Department of Chemical...
Hand-held scanner used to make 3-D maps of crime scenes
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
A new scanner allows police to build 3-D crime scene maps that could help illustrate those scenes to juries, Australian researchers say. Developed by the Common...
Atlas Elektronik zeros in on Indian sonar deal
Feb 14, 2013 (UPI)
Atlas Elektronik is close to winning an order for sonar systems for the Indian navy's indigenous Delhi-class and Russian-built Talwar-class warships, the Busine...
ORNL scientists solve mercury mystery
Feb 13, 2013 (SPX)
By identifying two genes required for transforming inorganic into organic mercury, which is far more toxic, scientists have taken a significant step toward prot...
Nextdoor renovates before taking on the world
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
Neighborhood social networking service Nextdoor.com rolled out home improvements on Tuesday along with word it is flush with new funding and eyeing community-mi...
Growth factor aids stem cell regeneration after radiation damage
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
Epidermal growth factor has been found to speed the recovery of blood-making stem cells after exposure to radiation, according to Duke Medicine researchers. The...
Alphasat experiences heaven on Earth
Feb 12, 2013 (ESA)
Tucked away in a vacuum chamber for several months, Europe's largest telecom satellite has faced the harsh conditions it will deal with once it is launched into...
Indra Develops The First High-Resolution Passive Radar System
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
Indra has recently completed the development and demonstration of the functionalities of a passive high-resolution primary radar system. The project was sponsor...
High-energy X-rays shine light on mystery of Picasso's paints
Feb 12, 2013 (SPX)
The Art Institute of Chicago teamed up with Argonne National Laboratory to help unravel a decades-long debate among art scholars about what kind of paint Picass...
3D Printing on the Micrometer Scale
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
At the Photonics West, the leading international fair for photonics taking place in San Francisco (USA) this week, Nanoscribe GmbH, a spin-off of Karlsruhe Inst...
Scientists team with business innovators to solve 'big data' bottleneck
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
In a study that represents a potential cultural shift in how basic science research can be conducted, researchers from Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business ...
Mercury contamination in water can be detected with a mobile phone
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
Chemists at the University of Burgos (Spain) have manufactured a sheet that changes colour in the presence of water contaminated with mercury. The results can b...
Looking out for lasers
Feb 11, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's laboratories are equipped with a huge range of measuring tools, but the most versatile remains the human eye - and it must be looked after. These protecti...
New classes of magnetoelectric materials promise advances in computing technology
Feb 11, 2013 (SPX)
Although scientists have been aware that magnetism and electricity are two sides of the same proverbial coin for almost 150 years, researchers are still trying ...
Satellite undergoes extreme testing
Feb 08, 2013 (UPI)
Europe's largest telecom satellite has successfully faced a test recreating conditions it will deal with when it is launched this summer, scientists say. The Al...
Light-emitting triangles may have applications in optical technology
Feb 08, 2013 (SPX)
For the first time, scientists have created single layers of a naturally occurring rare mineral called tungstenite, or WS2. The resulting sheet of stacked sulfu...
Largest prime number to date found
Feb 06, 2013 (UPI)
Thousands of volunteers, and their computers, have determined the largest prime number found to date -- a 17 million digit number -- a U.S. researcher says. Uni...
Novel materials shake ship scum
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Just as horses shake off pesky flies by twitching their skin, ships may soon be able to shed the unwanted accumulation of bacteria and other marine growth with ...
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