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A fast, non-destructive test for 2-dimensional materials
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers have begun to study hundreds of other 2D materials for the purposes of electronics, sensing, early cancer diagnosis, water desalination and a host o...
Bacteria with Midas touch for efficient gold processing
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
For more than 10 years, University of Adelaide researchers have been investigating the role of microorganisms in gold transformation. In the Earth's surface, go...
New metamaterial designed with counterintuitive property
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
This concept inspired a group of researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany and the French National Center for Scientific Research ...
NASA Awards $100,000 in First Printing Stage of 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge is run through a partnership with NASA's Centennial Challenges Program and Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois. The goal of ...
PowerPoint and LED projector enable new technique for self-folding origami
May 05, 2017 (SPX)
The technique involves projecting a grayscale pattern of light and dark shapes onto a thin layer of liquid acrylate polymer placed in a plate or between two gla...
Erasable ink for 3-D printing
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Direct laser writing means that a computer-controlled, focused laser beam generates the structure in a photoresist similar to a pen. "Developing an ink that can...
New coating surface for superior rust resistance with 'colorless' color
May 04, 2017 (SPX)
Electrophoretic deposition is a standard industrial method for coating material and is especially used for rust prevention. Current methods, however, require a ...
Raytheon starts low-rate radar production
May 04, 2017 (UPI)
Production of three AN/SPY-6(V) radar ship sets began Wednesday following notification that the company was receiving a $327,146,998 Fixed Price Incentive modif...
Device allows users to manipulate 3-D virtual objects more quickly
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
The device, called CAPTIVE, offers six degrees of freedom (6DoF) for users - with applications ranging from video gaming to medical diagnostics to design tools....
Russian scientists create new system of concrete building structures
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
The development has unique characteristics, enabling the increase of load-carrying capability by more than 200% and decrease in specific density of the construc...
Scientists at MIPT explain the way Weyl particles 'dance' on crystal surface
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
The Weyl particle - or the Weyl fermion, to use a more precise term - was predicted in the early 20 century by Hermann Weyl, a German physicist. Despite his ear...
Why space dust emits radio waves upon crashing into a spacecraft
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
A new study published this week in the journal Physics of Plasmas, from AIP Publishing, uses computer simulations to show that the cloud of plasma generated fro...
Ground Control Satellite Dish Arrives at University of Leicester
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
The roof has been reinforced in preparation to receive the system. It's 2.4 metre satellite dish is now visible to all working at, studying at and visiting the ...
The Day Space Stood Still
May 03, 2017 (SPX)
Human activity in space has produced societal benefits that improved the quality of life on Earth. Those first satellites, designed to study the space environme...
First luminescent molecular system with a lower critical solution temperature
May 02, 2017 (SPX)
However, it is rare for non-polymeric mixtures to have a lower critical solution temperature because small molecules usually become more soluble as they are hea...
Raytheon receives $327M radar contract for U.S. Navy
May 02, 2017 (UPI)
The contract will cover the procurement of three initial systems, including the equipment and engineering systems needed to produce, the Department of Defense a...
New organic lasers one step closer to reality
May 02, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at Kyushu University's Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA) reported an optically pumped organic thin-film laser that can c...
MIT wireless device can see through walls to detect walking speed
May 02, 2017 (SPX)
Unfortunately, it's hard to accurately monitor walking speed in a way that's both continuous and unobtrusive. Professor Dina Katabi's group at MIT's Computer Sc...
For first time, researchers measure forces that align crystals and help them snap together
May 01, 2017 (SPX)
Called van der Waals forces, the attraction provides insights into how crystals self-assemble, an activity that occurs in a wide range of cases in nature, from ...
Control of molecular motion by metal-plated 3-D printed plastic pieces
May 01, 2017 (SPX)
EPFL scientists have now developed a similar device for splitting beams of molecules, where high-voltage electrodes are used to control the motion of the molecu...
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