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Information storage for the next generation of plastic computers
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Inexpensive computers, cell phones and other systems that substitute flexible plastic for silicon chips may be one step closer to reality, thanks to research pu...
Chiral breathing: Electrically controlled polymer changes its optical properties
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Electrically controlled glasses with continuously adjustable transparency, new polarisation filters, and even chemosensors capable of detecting single molecules...
Global scientific team 'visualizes' a new crystallization process
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Sometimes engineers invent something before they fully comprehend why it works. To understand the "why," they must often create new tools and techniques in a vi...
Repeated Self-Healing Now Possible in Composite Materials
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Internal damage in fiber-reinforced composites, materials used in structures of modern airplanes and automobiles, is difficult to detect and nearly impossible t...
Rapid solidification of undercooled ternary Co-Cu-Pb alloy profiled
Apr 22, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at the Department of Applied Physics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, in Xi'an, China, are engaged in revealing the mysteries of solidificati...
Tiny Step Edges, Big Step for Surface Science
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
Experiments at the Vienna University of Technology can explain the behaviour of electrons at tiny step edges on titanium oxide surfaces. This is important for s...
Glasses strong as steel: A fast way to find the best
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists at Yale University have devised a dramatically faster way of identifying and characterizing complex alloys known as bulk metallic glasses (BMGs), a v...
Quantum superconductor-metal to glass transition observed
Apr 19, 2014 (SPX)
The article "Collapse of superconductivity in a hybrid tin-grapheme Josephson junction array'" (authors: Zheng Han, Adrien Allain, Hadi Arjmandi-Tash,Konstantin...
New technique takes cues from astronomy and ophthalmology to sharpen microscope images
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
The complexity of biology can befuddle even the most sophisticated light microscopes. Biological samples bend light in unpredictable ways, returning difficult-t...
Satellite telecom vulnerable to hackers: researchers
Apr 17, 2014 (AFP)
Security flaws in many satellite telecommunications systems leave them open to hackers, raising potential risks for aviation, shipping, military and other secto...
New Self-healing Plastics Developed
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
Scratches in the car finish or cracks in polymer material: Self-healing materials can repair themselves by restoring their initial molecular structure after the...
Cork trees offer greener source of polyester
Apr 17, 2014 (SPX)
On the scale of earth-friendly materials, you'd be hard pressed to find two that are farther apart than polyester (not at all) and cork (very). In an unexpected...
ISS to Beam Video via Laser Back to Earth
Apr 16, 2014 (JPL)
A team of about 20 working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., through the lab's Phaeton early-career-hire program, led the development of ...
Amazonas 4A satellite anomaly being investigated following launch
Apr 15, 2014 (SPX)
Following the launch of the Amazonas 4A from the Kourou base in French Guiana on board Arianespace's Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle and its subsequent positioning ...
Refreshingly cool, potentially toxic
Apr 15, 2014 (SPX)
The refrigerant R1234yf is being considered for use in air conditioning systems in cars. LMU chemists now show that, in the event of a fire, it releases the hig...
Dropbox out to be a home in the Internet 'cloud'
Apr 09, 2014 (AFP)
Dropbox is out to be the hip home in the cloud for photos, documents, video and other digital possessions amassed by Internet-age lifestyles. Dropbox on Wednesd...
Vanguard Space Technologies Antenna Reflectors on Amazonas Satellite Launch
Apr 09, 2014 (SPX)
Vanguard Space Technologies, Inc. (Vanguard) today announced that it supplied mission-critical components to Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) for the Amazonas...
A new twist for better steel
Apr 09, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers from Brown University and universities in China have found a simple technique that can strengthen steel without sacrificing ductility. The new techn...
Headwall Extends Global Reach in Asia/Pac and Israel
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
Headwall has responded to rapidly growing demand for its advanced hyperspectral sensors by adding reseller partners in both Singapore/Asia-Pac and Israel. The m...
Hyperspectral Software Announced for Airborne Applications
Apr 08, 2014 (SPX)
Headwall has released its new Hyperspec III application software featuring a powerful set of hyperspectral data acquisition management tools. The enhanced softw...
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