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Study reveals clues to cause of hydrogen embrittlement in metals
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
Hydrogen, the lightest element, can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and substantially more prone to ...
Thermogenerator from the Printer
Nov 22, 2012 (SPX)
Wireless sensor networks monitor machinery and equipment in factories, cars and power stations. They increasingly "harvest" the energy they need to transmit mea...
Smartphones crushing point-and-shoot camera market
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, threatening the once-vibrant sector as firms scramble to hit back with web...
Global mobile data traffic doubled in year: Ericsson
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
The amount of data used by mobile devices doubled over the past year, boosted by growth in video streaming services, according to a study released on Wednesday ...
China sets special funds to boost rare earth sector
Nov 21, 2012 (AFP)
China said Wednesday it would allocate special funds to its rare earths sector to support producers hit by weak prices, but did not give the total amount. China...
ORNL recipe for oxide interface perfection opens path to novel materials
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
By tweaking the formula for growing oxide thin films, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory achieved virtual perfection at the...
Lockheed Martin Expands Range Of Cloud Computing Services for UK Government
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin UK has expanded its offering of cloud computing services available to the UK government after recently being selected to provide G-Cloud 2 IT su...
Keeneland Project Deploys New GPU Supercomputing System for the National Science Foundation
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Georgia Tech, along with partner research organizations on the Keeneland Project, including the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, the National Institute for Co...
Britain's oldest computer gets a 'reboot'
Nov 20, 2012 (UPI)
The world's oldest original working digital computer has been brought back to life and is going on display at a British computer museum, officials said. Dubbed ...
Bug repellent for supercomputers proves effective
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have used the Stack Trace Analysis Tool (STAT), a highly scalable, lightweight tool to debug a program...
NASA Technology Protects Spacecraft from Outgassed Molecular Contaminants
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
Outgassing - the physical process that creates that oh-so-alluring new car smell - isn't healthy for humans and, as it turns out, not particularly wholesome for...
Invisibility cloaking to shield floating objects from waves
Nov 20, 2012 (SPX)
A new approach to invisibility cloaking may one day be used at sea to shield floating objects - such as oil rigs and ships - from rough waves. Unlike most other...
Windows 8 phone users tell of glitches
Nov 19, 2012 (UPI)
Microsoft has confirmed it is investigating reports of Windows Phone 8 devices suffering random reboots and problems syncing email messages. Windows 8 smartphon...
Samsung hits back at LG in patents row
Nov 19, 2012 (AFP)
South Korea's Samsung has hit back at rival LG in a patents row over next-generation display panels, with both firms accusing the other of stealing technology a...
AVX Introduces SMD Tantalum Chip Capacitors For Aerospace Applications
Nov 19, 2012 (SPX)
AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has developed two new high-reliability SMD tantalum chip capacitor ser...
Titan is also a green powerhouse
Nov 18, 2012 (SPX)
Not only is Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Titan the world's most powerful supercomputer, it is also one of the most energy-efficient. Titan came in at number ...
Google's Android is eating Apple's lunch
Nov 17, 2012 (AFP)
Smartphones and tablets powered by Google's Android software are devouring the mobile gadget market, eating into Apple's turf by feeding appetites for innovatio...
Andrews Space To Manufacture Sinclair Rods
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
Andrews Space (Andrews) has announced they have signed an exclusive agreement with Sinclair Interplanetary (Sinclair) of Toronto, Canada to begin selling and ma...
Raytheon submits Space Fence proposal to the USAF
Nov 15, 2012 (SPX)
Raytheon has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force's Space Fence program. Space Fence, a large, S-band radar to be based in Kwajalein atoll, will be cap...
Larger version of Kindle Fire tablet unleashed
Nov 15, 2012 (AFP)
Amazon on Thursday began shipping a large-screen, high-definition version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet computers ahead of schedule in a holiday season chal...
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