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Tiny Probes Hold Big Promise for Future NASA Missions
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
The Conformal Ablative Thermal Protection System, or CA-TPS, will be installed on a small probe flight article provided by Terminal Velocity Aerospace (TVA) and...
Tweaking a molecule's structure can send it down a different path to crystallization
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
"The findings address an ongoing debate about crystallization pathways," said materials scientist Jim De Yoreo at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest N...
'Twist and shine': Development of a new photoluminescent sensor material
Apr 20, 2017 (SPX)
Such light-based sensing molecules, also called photoluminescent mechanophores, are not new, but currently available applications are single-use only. They woul...
Waste Cadets: space plans mean more space junk, harder space exploration
Apr 19, 2017 (Sputnik)
A variety of companies, including Google, SpaceX, Boeing and Samsung, are vying to launch global broadband networks via the deployment of thousands of micro sat...
Space debris problem getting worse, say scientists
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
In less than a quarter of a century, the number of orbiting fragments large enough to destroy a spacecraft has more than doubled, a conference in Germany heard....
France's Melenchon returns with campaigning hologram
Apr 18, 2017 (AFP)
For his last major rally before Sunday's nailbiting first-round vote, the resurgent leftwinger killed seven birds with one stone by transmitting his onstage app...
SSL completes agreement to partner with DARPA on satellite servicing
Apr 18, 2017 (SPX)
SSL is a U.S. company, which employs more than 2,000 people in Palo Alto, California, where it has done business for 60 years. The work scope for the DARPA miss...
New method for 3-D printing extraterrestrial materials
Apr 13, 2017 (SPX)
Northwestern University's Ramille Shah and her Tissue Engineering and Additive Manufacturing (TEAM) Laboratory have demonstrated the ability to 3D-print structu...
Ultra-thin multilayer film for next-generation data storage and processing
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
The nano-sized thin film, which was developed in collaboration with researchers from Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and Louisiana State...
Recent advances and new insights into quantum image processing
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
Quantum image processing (QIP) is an emerging sub-discipline that is focused on extending conventional image processing tasks and operations to the quantum comp...
Humans to Mars Official NASA Goal, But What About Radiation
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
And for the first time, the NASA budget adds human exploration of Mars as an official goal for the agency. The president spoke at the signing ceremony. Trump sa...
NASA Fellow studies new heatshield-making technique
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
TPS, or heatshields, form the outer surface of spacecraft - called the aeroshell - and provide protection as the vehicle plunges through planetary atmospheres. ...
USC Viterbi researchers develop new class of optoelectronic materials
Apr 12, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at USC Viterbi, led by Jayakanth Ravichandran, an assistant professor in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Sciences an...
Aerojet Rocketdyne achieves 3-D printing milestone
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD) has successfully hot-fire tested a full-scale, additively manufactured thrust ...
Mitsubishi Electric Chosen as Prime Contractor of Japanese Government's Engineering Test Satellite 9
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been chosen by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) as the prime contractor for the Engineering Test Satellite 9 (E...
DARPA Wades into Murky Multimedia Information Streams to Catch Big Meaning
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
The U.S. government has always had an interest in developing and maintaining a strategic understanding of events, situations, and trends around the world. In re...
EDA launches 3D printing study for security
Apr 10, 2017 (SPX)
MBDA Systems and Fundacion Prodintec will collaborate on the new project, called the "Additive Manufacturing Feasibility Study and Technology Demonstration." Th...
Despite EU fines, Greece struggling to promote recycling
Apr 07, 2017 (UPI)
According the European environment agency, only 16 percent of household waste is recycled across the country, compared to a 50-percent target by 2020 under EU d...
New bioactive foam could replace lost skull bone
Apr 07, 2017 (UPI)
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Connecticut are creating a new moldable, bioactive foam that could be used to replace skull bone lost dur...
U.S. Air Force connects Stratotanker training simulators
Apr 07, 2017 (UPI)
The U.S. Air Force has directed contractor Canadian Aviation Electronics to connect KC-135 Stratotanker simulators to other mobility platforms. The simulators w...
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