TECH SPACE - SKY NIGHTLY

New plastic material begins to oscillate spontaneously in sunlight

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

Materials that move all by themselves under the influence of light - this phenomenon has been known for a number of years. However, since the source tends to be...

Researchers determine fundamental limits of invisibility cloaks

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have been able to quantify fundamental physical limitations on the perfor...

Japan satellite made 'surprise' find before failure

Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)

A Japanese satellite recorded unprecedented observations of the Perseus galaxy before it disappeared from contact, scientists said, offering precious new inform...

Theoretical climbing rope could brake falls

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

University of Utah mathematicians showed it is theoretically possible to design ideal climbing ropes to safely slow falling rock and mountain climbers like brak...

Penn chemists establish fundamentals of ferroelectric materials

Jul 07, 2016 (SPX)

Ferromagnetic materials, like compass needles, are useful because their magnetic polarization makes them rotate to align with magnetic fields. Ferroelectric mat...

A little impurity makes nanolasers shine

Jul 07, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have improved the performance of tiny lasers by adding impurities, in a discovery which will be central t...

Russian Scientists Propose Charging Satellites Using Land-Based Lasers

Jul 07, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russian scientists from the Novosibirsk-based Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics have proposed a project in the field of space communications that envisages ch...

The switch that could double USB memory

Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a device that employs both magnetic and electronic signals, which could provide twice the storage capacity of c...

New mid-infrared laser system could detect atmospheric chemicals

Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have found a new way of using mid-infrared lasers to turn regions of molecules in the open air into glowing filaments of electr...

A drop of water as a model for the interplay of adhesion and stiction

Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)

How can a gecko move across a ceiling upside down? Two mechanisms are responsible: Adhesion via billions of extremely fine hairs on its feet, which enable it to...

Triple external quantum efficiencies - a new material TADF was developed

Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)

An international joint research group succeeded in developing a novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) material which displays emission of light ...

New plastic material spontaneously oscillates in sunlight

Jul 05, 2016 (UPI)

A new material developed by researchers at the Eindhoven University of Technology is the first to move spontaneously in the presence of sunlight. Previously, re...

OrbitOutlook integrates diverse network to help avoid collisions in space

Jul 03, 2016 (SPX)

More than 500,000 pieces of manmade space debris-including spent rocket stages, defunct satellites, and fragments as small as flecks of paint-currently hurtle a...

WSU researchers develop shape-changing 'smart' material

Jul 03, 2016 (SPX)

Washington State University researchers have developed a unique, multifunctional smart material that can change shape from heat or light and assemble and disass...

No need in supercomputers

Jul 03, 2016 (SPX)

A group of physicists from the Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Lomonosov Moscow State University, has learned to use personal computer for calculat...

Getting a grip on slippery cell membranes

Jul 01, 2016 (SPX)

Within each of our cells is a distribution system that uses molecular motors and filaments to move proteins, organelles, and other tiny bits of cargo along its ...

Huge helium discovery 'a life-saving find'

Jul 01, 2016 (SPX)

A new approach to gas exploration has discovered a huge helium gas field, which could address the increasingly critical shortage of this vital yet rare element....

A shampoo bottle that empties completely - every last drop

Jul 01, 2016 (SPX)

It's one of life's little annoyances: that last bit of shampoo that won't quite pour out of the bottle. Or the last bit of hand soap, or dish soap, or laundry d...

Missing link between glass formation and crystallization found

Jul 01, 2016 (UPI)

What accounts for the unique structure of glass? Recently, scientists at Germany's Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz used a combination of light scattering an...

New antenna brings enhanced capabilities to the battlefield

Jun 29, 2016 (SPX)

The 460th Space Communications Squadron, Air Force Wideband Enterprise Terminals Program office, Tobyhanna Army Depot and Radome Services have been working toge...