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Thales demos capability of ballistic missile tracking radar

Oct 09, 2017 (UPI)

The radar, mounted on the test tower at a company facility in Hengelo, Netherlands, detected and tracked a ballistic missile at an average range of more than 93...

New test opens path for better 2-D catalysts

Oct 09, 2017 (SPX)

The Rice lab of materials scientist Jun Lou, with colleagues at Los Alamos National Laboratory, developed a technique to probe through tiny "windows" created by...

Electrically heated textiles now possible via UMass Amherst research

Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)

In a new paper in Applied Materials and Interfaces, the scientists describe how they use a vapor deposition method for nano-coating fabric to create sewable, we...

CONFERS to Establish Rules of the Road for On-Orbit Servicing of Satellites

Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)

This question plays directly into why DARPA has initiated its Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS) program, with Phase 1 aw...

Atomistic simulations go the distance on metal strength

Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)

In a first of its kind series of computer simulations focused on metal tantalum, the team predicted that, on reaching certain critical conditions of straining, ...

Unexpected discovery leads to new theory of liquid streaming

Oct 06, 2017 (SPX)

As they investigated, they realized something more complex was a work than a transfer of momentum from the laser photons to the liquid. Their observation led to...

Students, researchers turn algae into renewable flip-flops

Oct 05, 2017 (UPI)

Their solution is the world's first algae-based, eco-friendly pair of flip flops. "Even though a flip flop seems like a minor product, a throwaway that everyone...

Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

Rather than reading and writing data one bit at a time by changing the orientation of magnetized particles on a surface, as today's magnetic disks do, the new s...

Surfactants have surprising effect on nanobubble stability

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

The stability of nanobubbles is well understood, but the mechanisms causing their eventual destabilization are still in question. Using molecular dynamics simul...

Teleoperating robots with virtual reality

Oct 05, 2017 (SPX)

The system embeds the user in a VR control room with multiple sensor displays, making it feel like they are inside the robot's head. By using gestures, users ca...

Microlasers get a performance boost from a bit of gold

Oct 05, 2017 (UPI)

Researchers at the University of Southern California were able to create a tiny, energy-efficient frequency comb by attaching gold nanoparticles to the surface ...

Sputnik, the tiny sphere that launched the space race

Oct 03, 2017 (AFP)

Sputnik, the tiny silver sphere with four spider leg-like antennae, showed off Soviet technological prowess. But German scientists -- who had worked on Adolf Hi...

Saab supplying radar to U.S. Coast Guard

Oct 03, 2017 (UPI)

The order received is for two radar systems and was issued by the U.S. Navy, and carries a value of $16.8 million. Options for additional radars are included an...

UV-irradiated amorphous ice behaves like liquid at low temperatures

Oct 02, 2017 (SPX)

Molecular bonds in the ice are severed when irradiated by ultraviolet light inside interstellar molecular clouds, facilitating the formation of complex organic ...

Ultracold atoms point toward an intriguing magnetic behavior

Oct 02, 2017 (SPX)

The researchers found that applying a strong magnetic field to these ultracold atoms caused them to line up in an alternating pattern and lean away from each ot...

Germany-based Hensoldt acquires Kelvin Hughes

Sep 29, 2017 (UPI)

A share purchase agreement with private equity firm ECI and Hensoldt management is now in effect after all legal requirements for the acquisition were met, the ...

New laser sensor could detect explosives, dangerous gases more quickly

Sep 29, 2017 (UPI)

The first technique, called multi-dimensional coherent spectroscopy, relies on short laser pulses. When bounced through a mixture of gases, scientists can measu...

Researchers developing new technique that uses light to separate mirrored molecules

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

Depending on the handedness, the molecule limonene smells like oranges or turpentine, ibuprofen can be four times more potent and thalidomide either treats morn...

Fast magnetic writing of data

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

As a means of realizing random access memories (RAMs), however, which are used as the main memory for processing data in computers, magnetic storage technologie...

Holograms for molecules

Sep 27, 2017 (SPX)

Scientists at ETH Zurich and the company Roche have jointly developed a completely new analysis method based on light diffraction on molecules on a small chip. ...