TECH SPACE - AFRICA DAILY

Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)

Magnetic nanostructures - or rather: the interaction between charge, spin and current flow as a function of a temperature gradient in such structures - this is ...

Colombia receives Northrop Grumman AN/TPS-78 radar

Oct 16, 2015 (UPI)

The Colombian Air Force has received Northrop Grumman's new AN/TPS-78 3-D radar, following two flights from the United States to deliver the product. Four syste...

Patterning oxide nanopillars at the atomic scale by phase transformation

Oct 16, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) have carried out a collaborative study aimed at precisely controlling phase ...

Mode control for square microresonator lasers suitable for integration

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Totally internal confined whispering-gallery modes can have high Q factors in wavelength scale optical microresonators, such as microspheres and two-dimensional...

Methodology could lead to more sustainable manufacturing systems

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Engineers at Oregon State University have developed a new "sustainable development methodology" to help address a social and regulatory demand for manufacturing...

Boeing showcases lightest metal ever

Oct 15, 2015 (UPI)

Microlattice is 99.99 percent air. But it's not air, it's a metal -- the "lightest metal ever made," according to aerospace giant Boeing. It's so light, it take...

New deposition technique enhances optoelectronic properties of lasers

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

A simple new electron-beam multilayer deposition technique for creating intracavity contacts - an important component of gallium nitride-based (III-nitride) ver...

Haze particles hard enough to cause abrasive damage on industrial alloys

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Rapid economic growth and urbanization in developing countries are accompanied by serious particulate air pollution, i.e. haze. The haze has raised worldwide co...

Mathematicians find 'magic key' to drive Ramanujan's taxi-cab number

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

Taxi-cab numbers, among the most beloved integers in math, trace their origins to 1918 and what seemed like a casual insight by the Indian genius Srinivasa Rama...

Redefining temperature with precision lasers

Oct 15, 2015 (SPX)

A team of Australian scientists has produced a precision laser device that creates an accurate international standard for temperature. Published in the journal ...

Raytheon's AESA 360-degree radar moves toward production

Oct 13, 2015 (UPI)

Raytheon announced major milestones bringing an upgrade of Patriot Air and Missile Defense System radar with Gallium Nitride-based Active Electronically Scanned...

Dielectric film has refractive index close to air

Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a dielectric film that has optical and electrical properties similar to air, but is strong enoug...

Using optical fiber to generate a two-micron laser

Oct 13, 2015 (SPX)

In recent years, two-micron lasers (0.002 millimetre) have been of growing interest among researchers. In the areas of surgery and molecule detection, for examp...

NASA Announces Winners for 3-D Printed Container Contest

Oct 12, 2015 (SPX)

A workshop where tools floated around would be difficult to work in. So, NASA has chosen two winning designs from K-12 students for a 3-D printed container to h...

Northrop Grumman upgrading G/ATOR radar system

Oct 12, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Marine Corp has tapped Northrop Grumman to develop and test a ground weapon locating capability for its AN/TPS-80 radar system. The AN/TPS-80 Ground/Ai...

Selex ES delivers air defense radars to Poland

Oct 09, 2015 (UPI)

Three installed air defense fixed radar systems were officially delivered to Poland this week by Selex ES for use in NATO's air defense network. The RAT 31 DL r...

Caution: Shrinks when warm

Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)

Most materials swell when they warm, and shrink when they cool. But UConn physicist Jason Hancock has been investigating a substance that responds in reverse: i...

Faster design - better catalysts

Oct 09, 2015 (SPX)

While the cleaning of car exhausts is among the best known applications of catalytic processes, it is only the tip of the iceberg. Practically the entire chemic...

Purdue professor solves 140-year fluid mechanics enigma

Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)

A Purdue University researcher has solved a 140-year-old enigma in fluid mechanics: Why does a simple formula describe the seemingly complex physics for the beh...

New surfaces delay ice formation

Oct 08, 2015 (SPX)

If you've ever waited on an airport runway for your plane to be de-iced, had to remove all your food so the freezer could defrost, or arrived late to work becau...