TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Aug 26, 2012 (UPI)

As tablet computers proliferate and look more and more alike, Apple and Samsung have thrown down the legal gauntlet. A California jury Friday found Samsung infr...

Apple patent win may reshape sector, slow Google

Aug 25, 2012 (AFP)

Apple's decisive victory in a landmark US patent case against Samsung could reshape the hot sector for mobile devices and slow the momentum of Google and its An...

Silicone Foul Release Coatings Show Most Promise at Managing Quagga and Zebra Mussels at Water and Hydropower Facilities

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

The Bureau of Reclamation has found that silicone foul release coatings may be an important tool for mitigating invasive quagga and zebra mussels' impacts to wa...

New catalyst could improve production of glass alternatives

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

University of Oregon chemists have identified a catalyst that could dramatically reduce the amount of waste made in the production of methyl methacrylate, a mon...

Northwestern scientists create chemical brain

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

Northwestern University scientists have connected 250 years of organic chemical knowledge into one giant computer network - a chemical Google on steroids. This ...

One-molecule-thick material has big advantages

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

The discovery of graphene, a material just one atom thick and possessing exceptional strength and other novel properties, started an avalanche of research aroun...

Apple scores huge win over Samsung in patent case

Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)

Apple won more than $1 billion in a massive US court victory over Samsung on Friday, in one of the biggest patent cases in decades -- a verdict that could have ...

China to expand rare earths reserves: report

Aug 24, 2012 (AFP)

China plans to add 18,000 tonnes of rare earths to its strategic reserves following an agreement with a domestic producer, a state-linked newspaper said Friday....

Engineers achieve longstanding goal of stable nanocrystalline metals

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

Most metals - from the steel used to build bridges and skyscrapers to the copper and gold used to form wires in microchips - are made of crystals: orderly array...

Ames Laboratory scientists crack long-standing chemistry mystery

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

A team of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has answered a key question concerning the widely-used Fenton reaction - important in w...

Elusive metal discovered

Aug 24, 2012 (SPX)

Carnegie scientists are the first to discover the conditions under which nickel oxide can turn into an electricity-conducting metal. Nickel oxide is one of the ...

Facebook unveils speedier app for iPhone, iPad

Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)

Facebook unveiled a new mobile app Thursday for its users on Apple iPhone and iPad, saying it would speed up the performance of people accessing the world's big...

Calculating Properties of Materials from First Principles

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

Once the domain of guesswork and intuition, the field of developing new materials for advanced batteries and other applications is taking a turn towards a more ...

Global tablet sales to top 100 million in 2012: survey

Aug 23, 2012 (AFP)

The global market for tablet computers is extending its sizzling growth and will likely top 100 million in 2012, a research firm said Thursday. The April-June q...

3D movies in your living room - without the glasses

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

New television screens will make it possible for viewers to enjoy three-dimensional television programming without those bothersome 3D glasses. Still, the conte...

New space-age insulating material for homes, clothing and other everyday uses

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

A major improvement in the world's lightest solid material and best solid insulating material, described here, may put more of this space-age wonder into insula...

Next Generation 3-D Theater: Optical Science Makes Glasses a Thing of the Past

Aug 23, 2012 (SPX)

From the early days of cinema, film producers have used various techniques to create the illusion of depth - with mixed results. But even with digital technolog...

Hewlett-Packard books $8.9 bn loss

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

Hewlett-Packard on Wednesday announced a quarterly loss of $8.9 billion as the US computer giant was forced to write down the value of some assets and take heft...

China slightly increases export quota for rare earths

Aug 22, 2012 (AFP)

China announced Wednesday a slight increase in its export quota for rare earth resources, amid falling demand and as the country remains at loggerheads with maj...

Information overload in the era of 'big data'

Aug 22, 2012 (SPX)

Botany is plagued by the same problem as the rest of science and society: our ability to generate data quickly and cheaply is surpassing our ability to access a...