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Eco-friendly tech could transform European aluminum industry by 2050

Mar 14, 2016 (SPX)

Adopting innovative technological solutions - currently in early research phase - instead of following a conservative technology development path could slash th...

First code of conduct for the use of virtual reality established

Mar 13, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) in Germany have prepared a list of ethical concerns that might arise with the use of virtual reality ...

Superman can start worrying - we've got the formula for (almost) kryptonite

Mar 13, 2016 (SPX)

Theoretical chemists from the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences have found how to synthesize the first binary compound of krypto...

Ruby red improves in the microwave oven

Mar 13, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from India's CSIR - Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) have tested a new way to improve the colour, clarity and lustre of rubies:...

Metamaterial separation proposed for chemical, biomolecular uses

Mar 11, 2016 (SPX)

The unique properties of metamaterials have been used to cloak objects from light, and to hide them from vibration, pressure waves and heat. Now, a Georgia Inst...

Aerojet Rocketdyne tests 3D printed injector in upper stage engine

Mar 11, 2016 (SPX)

Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:AJRD), marked another major milestone in its ongoing effort to incorporate additive ...

Total invisibility cloak an impossibility, scientists say

Mar 10, 2016 (UPI)

A new study suggests an invisibility cloak can never hide an object from all observers. The very best invisibility cloak would be able to hide an object from a ...

Clothes of the future will adjust to the weather, body temperature

Mar 09, 2016 (UPI)

A group of scientists in Finland are the definition of fashion forward. They're working on designing the clothes of the future -- smart clothes. Their work is p...

How metal clusters grow

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

First the nucleus, then the shell: Researchers from Marburg and Karlsruhe have studied stepwise formation of metal clusters, smallest fractions of metals in mol...

UMass Amherst team offers new, simpler law of complex wrinkle patterns

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

In a new paper, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Oxford University describe a new, more general law for predicting the wavelength of c...

Electron-beam imaging can see elements that are 'invisible' to common methods

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

Electrons can extend our view of microscopic objects well beyond what's possible with visible light--all the way to the atomic scale. A popular method in electr...

New laser achieves wavelength long sought by laser developers

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of Bath, United Kingdom have created a new kind of laser capable of pulsed and continuous mid-infrared (IR) emission between 3.1 a...

Scaling up tissue engineering

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

A team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and the Harvard John A. Paulson School for Engineering and Applied Scie...

Stretchable electronics that quadruple in length

Mar 08, 2016 (SPX)

Conductive tracks are usually hard printed on a board. But those recently developed at EPFL are altogether different: they are almost as flexible as rubber and ...

New radar system set for testing

Mar 07, 2016 (UPI)

Emirates Technology Innovation Center says its locally conceived and developed radar system is set to be tested this summer. The July test of the radar for dete...

Disney automated system lets characters leap and bound realistically in virtual worlds

Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)

Virtual game characters can leap, roll and climb so realistically that simply watching them could seemingly exhaust a player. Generating the precise instruction...

University of Kentucky physicist discovers new 2-D material that could upstage graphene

Mar 04, 2016 (SPX)

A new one atom-thick flat material that could upstage the wonder material graphene and advance digital technology has been discovered by a physicist at the Univ...

Spacepath Communications creates new joint venture with Polarity in US

Mar 02, 2016 (SPX)

Spacepath Communications and Polarity Inc. have formed a new company, Stellar Satcom, based in Rancho Cordova, California, to provide marketing and customer sup...

California researchers reveal how to hack a 3D printer

Mar 02, 2016 (UPI)

How do you steal intellectual property from a 3D printer? Just listen very closely. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have revealed a security...

Braille maps for blind and visually impaired created with 3-D printer

Mar 02, 2016 (SPX)

Using a high-tech 3-D printer, a Rutgers undergraduate and his professor created sophisticated braille maps to help blind and visually impaired people navigate ...