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New method to distinguish between neighbouring quantum bits
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers at the University of New South Wales have proposed a new way to distinguish between quantum bits that are placed only a few nanometres apart in a si...
DNA brings materials to life
Jun 19, 2013 (SPX)
A colloid is a substance spread out evenly inside another substance. Everyday examples include milk, styrofoam, hair sprays, paints, shaving foam, gels and even...
Scientists say pearls 'ratchet' themselves to form perfect spheres
Jun 19, 2013 (UPI)
Spanish researchers say pearls are the most perfectly spherical large objects in nature because they turn inside oyster tissue in response to movement. Research...
LONGBOW Receives Contract for Saudi Arabia Apache Radar Systems
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, received a $90.6 million contract to provide Saudi Arabia with L...
Laser survey reveals detail of 'lost' city hidden in Cambodian jungle
Jun 18, 2013 (UPI)
Aircraft equipped with lasers have revealed a lost city near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, hidden for centuries under a dense forest cover, researchers say. Details o...
Scientists see Earth's most abundant mineral for the first time
Jun 18, 2013 (UPI)
It's hard to be ubiquitous and well-concealed, but that's what silicate-perovskite has been for some time -- until now. Having recently been seen by scientists ...
Raytheon awarded contract for F-15C AESA radars
Jun 18, 2013 (SPX)
Boeing Company has awarded Raytheon a follow-on contract for the sixth production lot of APG-63(V)3 active electronically scanned array radars for United States...
China supercomputer world's fastest: report
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
A Chinese supercomputer is the fastest in the world, according to survey results announced Monday, comfortably overtaking a US machine which now ranks second. T...
MakerBot Opens New Manufacturing Factory in Brooklyn
Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)
MakerBots are made with Brooklyn Pride! With its original roots in the Brooklyn community, MakerBot, the leader in the desktop 3D printing industry, has expande...
Echoes can reveal the shape of a room
Jun 17, 2013 (AFP)
A snap of a finger, a handful of scattered microphones and a computer algorithm are all it takes to create an accurate three-dimensional map of a room, Swiss an...
Selex ES is upgrading RAT 31 DL radar in Turkey
Jun 17, 2013 (UPI)
NATO support agency NSPA has tapped Selex ES to upgrade RAT 31 DL three-dimensional air defense radars that are in use in Turkey. The three radar systems by Sel...
Water is no lubricant
Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)
Water in the Earth's crust and upper mantle may not play such an important role as a lubricant of plate tectonics as previously assumed. This is a result geosci...
Discovery of new material state counterintuitive to laws of physics
Jun 17, 2013 (SPX)
When you squeeze something, it gets smaller. Unless you're at Argonne National Laboratory. At the suburban Chicago laboratory, a group of scientists has seeming...
NASA's abandoned ISEE-3 craft to return to Earth's orbit
Jun 16, 2013 (UPI)
NASA's so-called zombie probe, or ISEE-3, has been tumbling aimlessly through space for nearly 20 years. But structure is about to be reintroduced to the daily ...
Defense against laser beam flashes at aircraft being tested
Jun 16, 2013 (UPI)
Innovative thin films that can be attached to cockpit windshields to protect against laser beams and other light sources are being evaluated by Airbus. The film...
Chinese astronauts complete warm-up maintenance work in space module
Jun 16, 2013 (XNA)
Chinese astronauts installed new floor boards in the orbiting Tiangong-1 space module on Friday morning, according to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center. The ...
NSBRI Industry Forum Launches Grant Opportunity To Drive Spaceflight Product Development
Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)
The NSBRI Industry Forum has announced a new funding opportunity for small U.S. companies with biomedical products that hold promise for use in space. The NSBRI...
Filmmaking magic with polymers
Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)
Think about windows coated with transparent film that absorbs harmful ultraviolet sunrays and uses them to generate electricity. Consider a water filtration mem...
Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts
Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)
Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance...
Chilean, U.S. firms join effort to expand e-waste recycling
Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)
Urban mining, a growing industry focused on extracting metals from discarded computers and other electronic waste, is set to grow in Latin America with benefits...
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