TECH SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

University Holds Tenth Annual Space Horizons Workshop

Feb 13, 2018 (SPX)

The workshop was designed to provide an informal setting for conversation and interaction with the audience. It was also shorter than more traditional conferenc...

Raytheon to upgrade radar systems in Hornet aircraft

Feb 13, 2018 (UPI)

The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $56 million under a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract. Originally develop...

Researchers take terahertz data links around the bend

Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)

Today's cellular networks and Wi-Fi systems rely on microwave radiation to carry data, but the demand for more and more bandwidth is quickly becoming more than ...

Helping authorities respond more quickly to airborne radiological threats

Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)

"We wanted a rapid way of detecting radiological aerosols that are usually associated with the production of dirty bombs or other radiological weapons," says Jo...

A new radiation detector made from graphene

Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)

Classified as a bolometer, the new device has a fast response time and, unlike most other bolometers, works over a wide range of temperatures. With a simple des...

Advances in lasers get to the long and short of it

Feb 12, 2018 (SPX)

The laser cavities are formed of a chiral nematic liquid crystal doped with a fluorescent dye. The liquid crystal creates a photonic bandgap in the laser cavity...

Lockheed's 'Dragon Shield' for Finland achieves operational capability

Feb 12, 2018 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin, who manufactures the Roll-on/Roll-off integrated intelligence system, said Friday that the milestone was achieved after the final flight test o...

Scientists can now 3D print nanoscale metal structures

Feb 12, 2018 (UPI)

Objects made via 3D printing are constructed using additive manufacturing, the deposition of material layer by layer. The technology can yield unique substructu...

A Detailed Timeline of The IMAGE Mission Recovery

Feb 09, 2018 (SPX)

Now a watchful citizen scientist, NASA, and a team of IMAGE scientists and engineers detected and received data from the spacecraft. Here's how it happened. Sat...

Singapore takes next step towards implementing world's first space-based VHF communications

Feb 08, 2018 (SPX)

The space-based VHF communications system involves the mounting of VHF communications equipment onto a constellation of small low-earth-orbit satellites to enab...

Latest Data From IMAGE Indicates Spacecraft's Power Functional

Feb 06, 2018 (SPX)

On Thanksgiving Day in 2004, the IMAGE spacecraft - at that time still fully functioning - underwent an unexpected power distribution reboot, after which the po...

In-Orbit Servicing Market Opportunity Exceeds $3 Billion

Feb 06, 2018 (SPX)

Life extension services drive most of this revenue, as many in-orbit service providers plan to enter the market in the next five years servicing commercial and ...

New method for synthesizing novel magnetic material

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

Magnetic materials of this class are used in microwave and magnetic photon equipment. Iron-dysprosium garnet is understudied and may have previously unknown pro...

Pearly material for bendable heating elements

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

Nacre, otherwise known as mother of pearl, makes up the opalescent exterior coating of a pearl and the inner coating of mollusk shells. Scientists have long bee...

VR helps surgeons to 'see through' tissue and reconnect blood vessels

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

The HoloLens is a self-contained computer headset that immerses the wearer in 'mixed reality', enabling them to interact with 'holograms' - computer-generated o...

Changing the color of 3-D printed objects

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

But imagine if that weren't the case - if, for example, you could recolor your iPhone case or earrings to match whatever outfit you're wearing. Researchers from...

Quantum control

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

Metamaterials are substances whose properties are determined not so much by the atoms they consist of, but by the atoms' structural arrangement. Each structure ...

Ultralow power consumption for data recording

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

This new material allows a drastic reduction in power consumption for data-recording in non-volatile random access memory. Phase change random access memory, PC...

Quantum cocktail provides insights on memory control

Feb 05, 2018 (SPX)

This route proved to be promising, but the underlying physical mechanisms remain poorly understood. This is largely due the complexity of the magnetic materials...

A frequency-doubling unit for transportable lasers

Feb 03, 2018 (SPX)

Some of these new clocks can even be transported to other locations. At its QUEST Institute, PTB is currently developing a transportable optical aluminum clock ...