TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

3-D mapping of entire buildings with mobile devices

Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)

When Thomas Schops wants to create a three-dimensional model of the ETH Zurich main building, he pulls out his tablet computer. As he completes a leisurely walk...

Polymer puts new medical solutions within reach

Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers, particularly those in the medical field, have been searching for a way to combine the properties of liquid crystallinity with those of hydrogels. L...

Metamaterials boost sensitivity of MRI machines

Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)

A group of researchers from Russia, Australia and the Netherlands have developed a technology that can reduce Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanning times by...

All-antiferromagnetic memory could get digital data storage in a spin

Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)

If you haven't already heard of antiferromagnetic spintronics it won't be long before you do. This relatively unused class of magnetic materials could be about ...

Recycling light

Jan 18, 2016 (SPX)

Humanity started recycling relatively early in its evolution: there are proofs that trash recycling was taking place as early as in the 500 BC. What about light...

Nano-shells deliver molecules that tell bone to repair itself

Jan 15, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the University of Michigan have developed a polymer sphere that delivers a molecule to bone wounds that tells cells already at the injury site to ...

New twists in the diffraction of intense laser light

Jan 14, 2016 (SPX)

A discovery by University of Strathclyde researchers could have a major impact on advancing smaller, cheaper, laser-driven particle accelerators - and their pot...

A new way to print 3-D metals and alloys

Jan 14, 2016 (SPX)

A team of Northwestern University engineers has created a new way to print three-dimensional metallic objects using rust and metal powders. While current method...

Russia Building a Powerful New Early Warning Radar Network

Jan 13, 2016 (Sputnik)

Earlier this month, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that 2016 will see the introduction of three powerful 'Voronezh'-series early warning radar systems. ...

How seashells get their strength

Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)

Seashells and lobster claws are hard to break, but chalk is soft enough to draw on sidewalks. Though all three are made of calcium carbonate crystals, the hard ...

Space Protection - A Financial Primer

Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)

Last week, Space News aired a timely and important article by Mike Gruss on "Satellites in the Crosshairs." We rarely hear details about the highly classified a...

Self-adaptive material heals itself, stays tough

Jan 12, 2016 (SPX)

An adaptive material invented at Rice University combines self-healing and reversible self-stiffening properties. The Rice material called SAC (for self-adaptiv...

China chemical giant to acquire Germany's KraussMaffei

Jan 11, 2016 (AFP)

China's biggest state-owned chemical firm on Monday announced it will buy Germany's KraussMaffei Group, which makes machinery for producing plastics and rubber,...

New wave in tech: hacking the brain

Jan 09, 2016 (AFP)

The next frontier for the tech sector is the human brain. A new breed of neuro-hacker is finding ways to capture and manipulate brainwaves to improve health, wi...

Consumer Electronics Show awash with altered realities

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Altered realities abounded at the Consumer Electronics Show gadget-fest on Thursday, touching everything from sex and sports to sales and space exploration. Vir...

Tech tethers dog lovers remotely to their pets

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Gadgets galore are letting dog lovers stay connected to their pets even when they can't take canine companions with them on the go. A sea of innovations on disp...

Vietnam army probes mysterious 'space balls'

Jan 08, 2016 (AFP)

Vietnam's military is investigating the appearance of three mysterious metal balls -- believed to be debris from space -- which landed in the country's remote n...

Researchers squeeze hydrogen into 'metallic state'

Jan 08, 2016 (UPI)

Inside laboratories in Scotland, hydrogen has assumed a strange new state -- one only found naturally inside gas giants like Jupiter and Saturn. Scientists at t...

Newly developed 'metallic glue' could replace welding

Jan 08, 2016 (UPI)

Researchers at Northeastern University -- a professor and two PhD students -- have invented a new sealant capable of creating a metal bond. They're calling it "...

Thor's hammer to crush materials at 1 million atmospheres

Jan 07, 2016 (SPX)

A new Sandia National Laboratories accelerator called Thor is expected to be 40 times more efficient than Sandia's Z machine, the world's largest and most power...