TECH SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

Northrop Grumman to Provide Navigation System for German Satellite

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from OHB System AG to supply the space inertial reference system for Germany's SARah satellite-based radar reconnai...

Unraveling the crystal structure of a -70C Celsius superconductor

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

For the first time in the world, a research group led by Osaka University, Japan, clarified the crystal structure of hydrogen sulfide in its superconducting pha...

Feeling the force between sand grains

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have measured how forces move through 3D granular materials, determining how this ...

NIST's compact gyroscope may turn heads

Aug 26, 2016 (SPX)

Shrink rays may exist only in science fiction, but similar effects are at work in the real world at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). A...

A new generation of cheap networked nuclear-radiation detectors

Aug 25, 2016 (SPX)

A DARPA program aimed at preventing attacks involving radiological "dirty bombs" and other nuclear threats has successfully developed and demonstrated a network...

Squid, jellyfish and wrinkled skin inspire materials for anti-glare screens and encryption

Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)

What do squid and jellyfish skin have in common with human skin? All three have inspired a team of chemists to create materials that change color or texture in ...

New flexible material can make any window 'smart'

Aug 23, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have invented a new flexible smart window material that, when incorporate...

Raytheon awarded $92 million Navy radar contract

Aug 22, 2016 (UPI)

Raytheon has been awarded a $92 million U.S. Navy contract for engineering and manufacturing development of the Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar, or EASR, the ...

Air Force successfully launches GSSAP 3/4 - AFSPC-6 from Cape Canaveral AFS

Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)

The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third and fourth Orbital ATK built Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSS...

Scientists have created a ceramic, resistant to extreme temperatures

Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists and technicians of the TSU and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SB RAS are developing experimental samples of ceramics that are re...

Spider silk: Mother Nature's bio-superlens

Aug 22, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the UK's Bangor and Oxford universities have achieved a world first: using spider-silk as a superlens to increase the microscope's potential. Exte...

Researchers watch catalysts at work

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists at the University of Basel have succeeded in watching a silver catalyst at work for the first time with the aid of an atomic force microscope. The ob...

Vector Space launches new software platform to support space entrepreneurs

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

Vector Space Systems, a space systems company focused on micro launches and micro space platforms and comprised of new-space and enterprise software industry ve...

New ceramic is resistant to temperature extremes

Aug 19, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists in Russia are currently perfecting a new type of ceramic that can withstand extreme temperatures. The material could prove useful in space aeronautic...

Shining a light on damage within polymers

Aug 19, 2016 (SPX)

When it comes to even the most advanced materials, the adage "if it does not bend, it breaks" is often true. But before that final snap, most materials experien...

Slicing through materials with a new X-ray imaging technique

Aug 18, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have created a new imaging technique that allows scientists to probe the internal ...

Long-term health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs not as dire as perceived

Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)

The detonation of atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 resulted in horrific casualties and devastation. The long-term ...

Your brain on Google Glass

Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)

"Smart" eyewear - that can integrate augmented reality with your own, feed you live information about your surroundings and even be used in the operating room -...

Computer programming made easier

Aug 17, 2016 (SPX)

Nobody said computer programming was easy. But maybe in the future, it could be. In order to simplify program development, a National Science Foundation (NSF)-s...

New approach doubles 3-D resolution of fluorescence microscopy

Aug 15, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a new fluorescence microscopy approach that significantly improves image resolution by acquiring three views of a sample at the same ...