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Penn Research Shows Mechanism Behind Wear at the Atomic Scale
Feb 04, 2013 (SPX)
Wear is a fact of life. As surfaces rub against one another, they break down and lose their original shape. With less material to start with and functionality t...
South Korean Satellite Makes First Contact with Ground
Feb 01, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
After a successful Wednesday launch, South Korea's scientific satellite made its first contact with a ground station on Thursday, the Yonhap news agency said. T...
NTU research embraces laser and sparks cool affair
Feb 01, 2013 (SPX)
Bulky and noisy air-conditioning compressors and refrigerators may soon be a thing of the past. With the latest discovery by scientists from Nanyang Technologic...
Scientists trick iron-eating bacteria into breathing electrons instead
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
Scientists have developed a way to grow iron-oxidizing bacteria using electricity instead of iron, an advance that will allow them to better study the organisms...
Space Station Crew Uses Laser Channel to Beam Data
Jan 31, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Russian astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) have transferred scientific data using a laser communication channel for the first time in inte...
Stanford Researchers Break Million-core Supercomputer Barrier
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
Stanford Engineering's Center for Turbulence Research (CTR) has set a new record in computational science by successfully using a supercomputer with more than o...
Demagnetization by rapid spin transport
Jan 31, 2013 (SPX)
For purposes of their research, the scientists irradiated two separate layered systems with ultrashort laser pulses on the order of just one hundred femtosecond...
Liquid metal makes silicon crystals at record low temperatures
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
A new way of making crystalline silicon, developed by U-M researchers, could make this crucial ingredient of computers and solar cells much cheaper and greener....
Laser-Plasma Process Gives Nanohybrid Remarkable Properties
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
By achieving the synthesis of a novel nanohybrid structure by means of the pulsed laser ablation (PLA) technique, Professor My Ali El Khakani and his team paved...
DNA and quantum dots: All that glitters is not gold
Jan 29, 2013 (SPX)
A team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that by bringing gold nanoparticles close to the dots and using a D...
Supercomputer sets computing record
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
Engineers at California's Stanford University say they set a record in computer science by using a supercomputer with more than 1 million computing cores. Resea...
Amazon rumored to be working on game/entertainment console
Jan 28, 2013 (UPI)
Amazon plans to launch an Android-based gaming and entertainment device this year, a video games industry website is reporting. The Amazon console will have a s...
New information on binding gold particles over metal oxide surfaces
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
The strong binding of gold on electronically modified calcium oxide can now be understood in detail. In a computational study, researchers Jenni Andersin, Janne...
Phoenix Rising: New Video Shows Advances in Satellite Repurposing Program
Jan 25, 2013 (SPX)
Inserting new capabilities into a satellite is no simple task. Doing so as that satellite hurdles through space 22,000 miles above the Earth is a bit more chall...
Novel sensor provides bigger picture
Jan 24, 2013 (SPX)
Duke University engineers have developed a novel sensor that is more efficient, versatile and cheaper for potential use in such applications as airport security...
Dutch architect to build house with 3D printer
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
A Dutch architect has designed a house "with no beginning or end" to be built using the world's largest 3D printer, harnessing technology that may one day be us...
Computer breakthrough: Code of life becomes databank
Jan 23, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists in Britain on Wednesday announced a breakthrough in the quest to turn DNA into a revolutionary form of data storage. A speck of man-made DNA can hold...
Bamboo math documents called China's earliest
Jan 23, 2013 (UPI)
Chinese archaeologists say they have discovered the country's earliest mathematics document, written on bamboo more than 2,200 years ago. The document is a math...
Kim Dotcom apologises for Mega bugs
Jan 22, 2013 (AFP)
Megaupload founder and alleged online piracy kingpin Kim Dotcom apologised for teething problems with his new file-sharing service Tuesday, saying massive globa...
Researchers Create Method for More Sensitive Electrochemical Sensors
Jan 22, 2013 (SPX)
Graphene and related materials hold promise for the future of electrochemical sensors - detectors that measure the concentration of oxygen, toxic gases, and oth...
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