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Laser-burned graphene gains metallic powers

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

Rice University chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material into a useful catalyst ...

Small, cheap femtosecond laser for industry available

Aug 21, 2015 (SPX)

A team at the University of Warsaw, Faculty of Physics has created a laser capable of generating ultrashort pulses of light even under extremely difficult exter...

Connected sports shirt promises 'smart,' at a price

Aug 21, 2015 (AFP)

A connected workout shirt from designer Ralph Lauren is hitting the market this month, promising to deliver "smart" fashion, at a hefty price. The new "PoloTech...

India to Set Up Space Research and Satellite Monitoring Station in Fiji

Aug 21, 2015 (Sputnik)

The Indian Space Research Organization has announced plans to open a new space research and satellite monitoring station on the Fiji Islands. Prime Minister Nar...

Hydrogen sulfide loses its electrical resistance under high pressure at -70C

Aug 20, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany observed that hydrogen sulfide becomes superco...

The unbearable lightness of helium may not be such a problem after all

Aug 20, 2015 (SPX)

Helium gas - essential for MRI scanners, semiconductor manufacture (and according to some, party balloons) - may not be on the verge of running out after all. P...

Dancing droplets launch themselves from thin fibers

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

We've all seen dewdrops form on spider webs. But what if they flung themselves off of the strands instead? Researchers at Duke University and the University of ...

Engineers identify how to keep surfaces dry underwater

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

Imagine staying dry underwater for months. Now Northwestern University engineers have examined a wide variety of surfaces that can do just that - and, better ye...

Programming and prejudice

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

Software may appear to operate without bias because it strictly uses computer code to reach conclusions. That's why many companies use algorithms to help weed o...

Snake scales protect steel against friction

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

"Friction and wear are two of the biggest challenges in systems of several individual components," Christian Greiner of the Institute for Applied Materials says...

Matter wave technique that could cool molecules

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from the University of Southampton have demonstrated for the first time a new laser cooling method, based upon the interference of matter waves, tha...

Breakthrough optics pave way for new class of intriguing technologies

Aug 19, 2015 (SPX)

A new class of fascinating technologies - including optics in computing, telecommunications links and switches, and virtually any other optical component - coul...

Advancing the Next Revolution of Stuff

Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)

For millennia, materials have mattered-so much so that entire eras have been named for them. From the Stone Age to the Bronze Age to the Iron Age and beyond, br...

Scientists achieve major breakthrough in thin-film magnetism

Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)

Magnetism in nanoscale layers only a few tens of atoms thick is one of the foundations of the big data revolution - for example, all the information we download...

Surprising discoveries about 2-D molybdenum disulfide

Aug 18, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have used a unique nano-optical probe to study the ef...

Lockheed Martin to Cooperate With Danish Company on Missile Defense Radar

Aug 18, 2015 (Sputnik)

One of the United States' leading defense contractors will work with Danish corporation Weibel Scientific to integrate the Gap-Filling Tracking Radar (GFTR) int...

Gaming fans resurrect beloved 1980s ZX Spectrum in UK

Aug 16, 2015 (AFP)

A gaming console that was the forerunner of today's PlayStation and Xbox has been brought back to life more than 30 years later after an online fundraising camp...

Australia court sides with Internet firms in piracy row

Aug 14, 2015 (AFP)

Australians who illegally downloaded the movie "Dallas Buyers Club" will not be asked to pay for the film just yet, after the Federal Court on Friday decided no...

Black phosphorus surges ahead of graphene

Aug 14, 2015 (SPX)

A Korean team of scientists tune BP's band gap to form a superior conductor, allowing for the application to be mass produced for electronic and optoelectronics...

RT Logic and Spaceflight to enhanced small satellite ground support

Aug 13, 2015 (SPX)

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has formed a partnership between its RT Logic subsidiary and Spaceflight Networks, Spaceflight Industries' line of busines...