TECH SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

Oct 17, 2016 (SPX)

Antimicrobial cutting boards. Flame-retardant carpets. Friction-resistant bearings. Engineered surfaces add value to the things we use, providing extra layers o...

U.S. State Dept. approves $194 million radar sale to Kuwait

Oct 14, 2016 (UPI)

The U.S. State Department has approved a proposed $194 million radar sale to Kuwait, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Thursday. The sale would ...

Beijing to merge chemicals giants

Oct 14, 2016 (AFP)

Beijing is planning a mega-merger of chemicals giants Sinochem and China National Chemical Corp. in a massive deal that would reshape the chemicals industry, Bl...

Mars astronauts face chronic dementia risk from cosmic ray exposure

Oct 14, 2016 (SPX)

Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called "s...

Novel method creates important industrial chemicals simply, cheaply

Oct 14, 2016 (SPX)

A Washington State University research team has used a simple, common industrial process in a new way to create chemicals used widely as fuel additives and as f...

TES team evaluates new data collection method after age-related issue

Oct 13, 2016 (JPL)

Mission managers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, are evaluating an alternate way to collect and process science data from the Troposp...

Novel 3-in-1 'Rheo-Raman' microscope enables interconnected studies of soft materials

Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)

An innovative three-in-one instrument that allows scientists to correlate the flowability of soft "gooey" materials such as gels, molten polymers and biological...

Technique mass-produces uniform, multilayered particles

Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)

Microencapsulation, in which a tiny particle of one material is encased within a shell made from another, is widely used in pharmaceuticals manufacturing and ho...

A breakthrough in the study of how things break, bend and deform

Oct 12, 2016 (SPX)

Every material can bend and break. Through nearly a century's worth of research, scientists have had a pretty good understanding of how and why. But, according ...

Scientists model anti-reflective surfaces after cicada wings

Oct 11, 2016 (UPI)

A team of researchers from China's Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently developed a new class of anti-reflective materials using nanostructures derived from t...

French-Japanese laboratory to study materials under extreme conditions

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

To strengthen their collaboration in materials science and engineering, the CNRS, Universite de Lyon, and Tohoku University are launching an international joint...

Small droplets feel the vibe

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

A team of researchers at the University of Bristol have used ultrasonic forces to accurately pattern thousands of microscopic water-based droplets. Each droplet...

Solving a cryptic puzzle with a little help from a hologram

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

A recent discovery published in Nature Physics provides an innovative technique for calculating the shapes of electrons. This finding will help scientists gain ...

Study eyes radiation of everyday objects

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

Most people assume all radioactive materials are dangerous, if not deadly. But a new study on the radiation emitted by everyday objects highlights the fact that...

Big data processing enables worldwide bacterial analysis

Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)

Sequencing data from biological samples such as the skin, intestinal tissues, or soil and water are usually archived in public databases. This allows researcher...

Brothers behind Ubisoft locked in real-life battle for control

Oct 09, 2016 (AFP)

Nothing in the farming background of the Guillemot brothers, who hail from the remote Brittany region, destined them to one day do battle with France's most fea...

NASA Offers Prize Money for Winning 3D-Printed Habitat Ideas

Oct 07, 2016 (SPX)

NASA is offering $1.1 million in prize money in Phase 2 of the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge for new ways to build houses where future space explorers can live a...

Facebook's Oculus pushes virtual reality with new gear

Oct 07, 2016 (AFP)

Facebook on Thursday worked to ramp up enthusiasm for its virtual reality line, unveiling new gear including a lower-end wireless headset prototype. The company...

Large volumes of data from ITER transferred to Japan at unprecedented speeds

Oct 06, 2016 (SPX)

The National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology (QST), as the implementing agency of the BA activities, in collaboration with the Na...

New Oculus gear to help Facebook push virtual reality

Oct 06, 2016 (AFP)

Facebook on Thursday unveiled new hardware for its Oculus division as part of a stepped-up effort to integrate virtual reality with the leading social network. ...