TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Jan 20, 2017 (SPX)

Metamaterials - materials whose function is determined by structure, not composition - have been designed to bend light and sound, transform from soft to stiff,...

ChemChina 'to file for anti-trust approval in US' for takeover

Jan 20, 2017 (AFP)

China's state-owned chemical corporation ChemChina has asked US anti-trust regulators to greenlight its $43 billion acquisition of Swiss seed giant Syngenta, a ...

U.S. Army taps Leidos for training and simulation equipment

Jan 19, 2017 (UPI)

Leidos has received a $22 million contract to provide training and simulation equipment for the U.S. Army. The order was placed under the Synthetic Environment ...

Swiss air force upgrading surveillance radars

Jan 19, 2017 (UPI)

Master air defense radars of the Swiss air force are to be modernized by Thales to extend their operational capabilities until the year 2030. The work is part o...

China's quantum communication satellite delivered for use

Jan 19, 2017 (XNA)

China's quantum communication satellite, launched last August, is officially operational after four months of in-orbit testing, the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

The power of attraction

Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)

Engineered nanometer- and micrometer-scale structures have a vast array of uses in electronics, sensors and biomedical applications. Because these are difficult...

Strength of hair inspires new materials for body armor

Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)

In a new study, researchers at the University of California San Diego investigate why hair is incredibly strong and resistant to breaking. The findings could le...

Dressing a metal in various colors

Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)

DGIST announced that Professor Kyung-in Jang's research team succeeded in developing a technology that can control various color changes by coating several nano...

China to develop prototype super, super computer in 2017

Jan 17, 2017 (AFP)

China plans to develop a prototype exascale computer by the end of the year, state media said Tuesday, as it seeks to win a global race to be the first to build...

CO2, the philosopher's stone to obtain valuable pharmaceuticals

Jan 17, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at the Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) in Tarragona have developed a method that transforms cyclic carbonates -that can be easily...

China develops world's brightest VUV free electron laser research facility

Jan 17, 2017 (SPX)

A team of Chinese scientists announced on Jan. 15 that they have developed a new bright VUV FEL light source, the Dalian Coherent Light Source (DCLS), which can...

Thales supplying Crowsnest radar system to Royal Navy

Jan 17, 2017 (UPI)

Thales is to supply Britain's Royal Navy with a new airborne and surveillance capability under a subcontract from Lockheed Martin UK. The Crowsnest system to be...

Theory lends transparency to how glass breaks

Jan 17, 2017 (SPX)

Over time, when a metallic glass is put under stress, its atoms will shift, slide and ultimately form bands that leave the material more prone to breaking. Rice...

Electron diffraction locates hydrogen atoms

Jan 17, 2017 (SPX)

Diffraction-based analytical methods are widely used in laboratories, but they struggle to study samples that are smaller than a micrometer in size. Researchers...

Researchers use nature's weaving formula to engineer advanced functional materials

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

For the first time, UNSW biomedical engineers have woven a 'smart' fabric that mimics the sophisticated and complex properties of one nature's ingenious materia...

York Space Systems signs Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

York Space Systems, an aerospace company specializing in complete space segment customer solutions and the manufacture of small and medium class spacecraft, thi...

3-D printing could transform future membrane technology

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Bath suggest developments in 3D printing techniques could open the door to the advancement of membrane capabilities. This work ...

How to inflate a hardened concrete shell with a weight of 80 tons

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

Concrete shells are efficient structures, but not very resource efficient. The formwork for the construction of concrete domes alone requires a high amount of l...

Manchester scientists tie the tightest knot ever achieved

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists at The University of Manchester have produced the most tightly knotted physical structure ever known - a scientific achievement which has the potenti...

NIST physicists 'squeeze' light to cool microscopic drum below quantum limit

Jan 13, 2017 (SPX)

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have cooled a mechanical object to a temperature lower than previously thought possible,...