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MIT engineers manipulate water using only light
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
The system, reported in the journal Nature Communications, was developed by MIT associate professor of mechanical engineering Kripa Varanasi, School of Engineer...
Penn researchers quantify the changes that lightning inspires in rock
Apr 27, 2017 (SPX)
In a new set of experiments at Penn, researchers have probed the power of lightning in a less risky but much more technologically advanced fashion. Chiara Elmi,...
SES Offers Panoramic Glimpse into the Future of TV with Live Virtual Reality Demo
Apr 26, 2017 (SPX)
The live VR broadcast will originate from Fraunhofer HHI's OmniCam-360 camera, which will capture the sights and sounds of the SES event booth at NAB. The 10K x...
Man-Made Space Junk Puts Astronauts, Operational Spacecraft in Serious Danger
Apr 26, 2017 (Sputnik)
During a conference on space debris, held in Germany this week, the ESA expressed concerns over the increasing danger of orbiting space trash. Some experts are ...
BAE Systems unveils 3D warning system for aircraft
Apr 25, 2017 (UPI)
The 3DAWS product suite protects aircraft in a multi-threat environment using layered countermeasure defense. It maximizes the effectiveness of current flare an...
Engineering technique is damaging materials research reveals
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
This remarkable capability transformed scientific fields ranging from materials science and engineering to biology and earth sciences. FIB is now an essential t...
Two-dimensional melting of hard spheres experimentally unravelled after 60 years
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from the group of Professor Roel Dullens at Oxford's Department of Chemistry have experimentally elucidated how melting of a two-dimensional solid o...
Lockheed Martin secures $1.6 billion contract for counterfire radars
Apr 24, 2017 (UPI)
Lockheed recently completed building it's 100th unit of the system in January, and the contract includes service and support of the system, along with anticipat...
Finding order and structure in the atomic chaos where materials meet
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
"We've known that these grain boundaries influence material characteristics for many decades," says Srikanth Patala, corresponding author of a paper on the work...
Can virtual reality help us prevent falls in the elderly and others?
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, a research team led by Jason R. Franz, PhD, assistant professor in the Joint UNC/NC State department of biome...
Nature: 3-D-printing of glass now possible
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
The scientists mix nanoparticles of high-purity quartz glass and a small quantity of liquid polymer and allow this mixture to be cured by light at specific poin...
Changing the game
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
The jump from supercomputers to video games began when Song asked if hardware called 3D stacked memory could do something it was never designed to do: help rend...
By listening to optical 'noise,' researchers discover new way to track hidden objects
Apr 24, 2017 (SPX)
The approach could help advance real-time remote sensing for military and other applications. For example, it could be used to track vehicles or aircraft travel...
Call for a sustainable future in space
Apr 21, 2017 (ESA)
"We require a coordinated global solution to what is, after all, a global problem that affects critical satellites delivering services to all of us," said Brigi...
Lasers measure jet disintegration
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
Rocket engines, gas turbines and diesel engines experience conditions in their combustion chamber that exceed the critical conditions of their fuel, and supercr...
Japanese Cloud Radar payload ready for final spacecraft assembly
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
In the coming weeks, JAXA and ESA teams will run final checks on the instrument before giving a "green light" to the Airbus project team to integrate it with th...
Leybold simplifies repairs and maintenance through Augmented Reality
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
The real-time visualizations and context-related information concepts are not new to the renowned pump manufacturer. Since the year 2016, Leybold has been using...
4-D printing gets simpler and faster
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
However, 4D printing generally involves complex and time-consuming post-processing steps to mechanically programme the component. Furthermore, the materials are...
Apple touts greater use of recycled metal in gadgets
Apr 20, 2017 (AFP)
"Traditional supply chains are linear," it said. "Materials are mined, manufactured as products, and often end up in landfills after use. Then the process start...
Computers create recipe for two new magnetic materials
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
Although magnets abound in everyday life, they are actually rarities - only about five percent of known inorganic compounds show even a hint of magnetism. And o...
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