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The language of holography: Problems and hints for solving them

Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)

Most novices do not understand and cannot appreciate the exciting aspects of holograms. After seeing an image in an excellent hologram for the first time, most ...

Selective separation could help alleviate critical metals shortage

Dec 21, 2021 (SPX)

Selective adjustments within a chemical process called sulfidation allowed professor of metallurgy Antoine Allanore and his graduate student Caspar Stinn to suc...

Understanding cobalt's human cost

Dec 20, 2021 (SPX)

After studying the impacts of mining cobalt - a common ingredient in lithium-ion batteries - on communities in Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), ...

Oracle to buy medical records firm Cerner for $28.3 bn

Dec 20, 2021 (AFP)

"Working together, Cerner and Oracle have the capacity to transform healthcare delivery by providing medical professionals with better information -- enabling t...

Long-Range Discrimination Radar Reshapes Adversaries' Calculus for Attacks Against US Homeland

Dec 20, 2021 (SPX)

The multi-mission LRDR is designed, for now, to better track incoming ballistic missiles. It combines the capabilities of lower frequency radars - which can tra...

New smart-roof coating enables year-round energy savings

Dec 17, 2021 (SPX)

"Our all-season roof coating automatically switches from keeping you cool to warm, depending on outdoor air temperature. This is energy-free, emission-free air ...

Nike buys virtual sneaker firm as metaverse buzz grows

Dec 14, 2021 (AFP)

Nike joined the wave of brands buying into excitement over virtual goods Monday as the sportswear giant announced it has bought RTFKT, a company that makes digi...

Technique enables real-time rendering of scenes in 3D

Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)

Yet a machine that needs to interact with objects in the world - like a robot designed to harvest crops or assist with surgery - must be able to infer propertie...

Oculus Observatory set to disrupt space situational awareness globally

Dec 09, 2021 (SPX)

Opened today, by Head of the Australian Space Agency, Enrico Palermo, 'Oculus' is located on the fringe of South Australia's dark sky reserve in the Mid-Murray ...

Researchers develop novel 3D printing technique to engineer biofilms

Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)

Biofilms can be both harmful and beneficial to humans: they can coat the surfaces of materials and objects, including medical devices, and cause infections, and...

New 'Halo' game debuts as Xbox turns 20

Dec 06, 2021 (AFP)

"Halo Infinite" is out Wednesday -- but to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the cult sci-fi series, Microsoft and developer 343 Industries have already release...

NASA and industry embrace laser communications

Dec 06, 2021 (SPX)

NASA and commercial aerospace companies are applying similar technologies to space communications, bringing optical speeds to the final frontier. Free-space opt...

Reshaping the plastic lifecycle into a circle

Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)

"At our current rate of plastic waste generation, increasing waste management capacity will not be sufficient to reach plastic pollution goals alone," said Vika...

Researchers team up to get a clearer picture of molten salts

Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)

Molten salts, or salt melts, remain liquid across a range of temperatures and offer stable thermal and conductive properties for some of the hottest application...

Major Swedish initiative in new materials for a sustainable future

Dec 01, 2021 (SPX)

Knowledge and the production of new materials have contributed to human and societal progress throughout history, everything from the extraction of bronze and i...

Eagle professor's space debris removal device receives patent

Nov 30, 2021 (SPX)

Known as the Drag De-Orbit Device, or D3, the invention can guide small satellites from low Earth orbit, maneuvering them through Earth's atmosphere, where they...

NASA delays spacewalk to replace antenna at ISS due to debris danger

Nov 30, 2021 (UPI)

NASA had planned for Thomas Marshburn, 61, and Kayla Barron, 34, to exit the space station about 7:10 a.m. EST for more than six hours. The spacewalk would be M...

First LoRa message bounced off the moon

Nov 29, 2021 (SPX)

For a short moment the entire message was in space, in between the Earth and the Moon. We transmitted the signal with a Semtech LR1110 RF transceiver chip (in t...

NASA awards contract for 3D-printed construction on moon, Mars

Nov 29, 2021 (UPI)

ICON, which is known for its 3D-printed homes and military barracks, announced Tuesday it has won a $57 million contract from NASA to build Project Olympus, whi...

ISRO rife with speculation about human space mission centre, IN-SPACe shift

Nov 26, 2021 (IANS)

Serving and retired senior officials of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), speaking on the condition of anonymity, told IANS that there is speculation a...