TECH SPACE - INTERN DAILY

Inside tiny tubes, water turns solid when it should be boiling

Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)

It's a well-known fact that water, at sea level, starts to boil at a temperature of 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius. And scientists have long obs...

More reliable way to produce single photons for quantum information imprinting

Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists at the University of Bath have developed a technique to more reliably produce single photons that can be imprinted with quantum information. The inve...

Scientists unveil first 'water-wave laser'

Nov 29, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists in Israel have developed the world's first "water-wave laser," proof light and water waves can combine to generate laser radiation. Laser radiation i...

Model could shatter a mystery of glass

Nov 29, 2016 (SPX)

A glass is a curious material in between liquid and solid states of matter, but eventually glass always yields to its solid proclivity by settling into the orde...

With new polymer, you can carry hydrogen in your pocket

Nov 28, 2016 (UPI)

Want to carry hydrogen in your pocket? The latest invention out of Waseda University makes it possible. A team of researchers in Japan have developed a thin, fl...

The SpaceDataHighway is Open for Traffic

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

Airbus Defence and Space has started the initial service of its SpaceDataHighway. This represents a step change in the speed of space communications. Ultra-broa...

Ames Laboratory scientists create first intermetallic double salt with platinum

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are being credited with creating the first intermetallic double salt with platinum. Materials rese...

British Scientists Develop a 3D Metal Printer That Works in Space

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

British scientists at the Birmingham University, have developed a 3D metal printer that can function in zero gravity and will enable astronauts to easily produc...

Scientists shrink electron gun to matchbox size

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

In a multi-national effort, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from DESY and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has built a new kind of elect...

Scientists trace 'poisoning' in chemical reactions to the atomic scale

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have revealed new atomic-scale details about pesky deposits that can stop or slow chemical reactions vital to fuel production and other processes. T...

A new perovskite could lead the next generation of data storage

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

EPFL scientists have developed a new perovskite material with unique properties that can be used to build next-generation hard drives. As we generate more and m...

For platinum catalysts, tiny squeeze gives big boost in performance

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells, according to a new study by Stanford s...

Bringing silicon to life

Nov 25, 2016 (SPX)

A new study is the first to show that living organisms can be persuaded to make silicon-carbon bonds - something only chemists had done before. Scientists at Ca...

New solution for making 2-D nanomaterials

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials have been made by dissolving layered materials in liquids, according to new UCL-led research. The liquids can be used to appl...

New clues emerge in 30-year-old superconductor mystery

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

One of the greatest mysteries of experimental physics is how so-called high-temperature superconducting materials work. Despite their name, high-temperature sup...

Sweden orders new laser simulators from Saab

Nov 22, 2016 (UPI)

Saab has received a $10.26 million order from the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration to supply new laser simulators. The simulators will be used to support...

Calculations predict unexpected disorder in the surface of polar materials

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

The small units that constitute materials are ordered in their surfaces. The knowledge of the surface structure allows scientists to predict their properties so...

New math tools for new materials

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

University of Utah mathematician Graeme Milton presents a new tool for understanding how energy waves move through complex materials, opening up possibilities t...

Destruction Junction-What's Your Function?

Nov 22, 2016 (SPX)

Traveling at 4.26 miles per second, a tiny aluminum sphere representing a piece of orbital debris, or "space junk," can be seen crashing into a spacecraft prote...

Malawi could help secure raw materials for green technologies

Nov 21, 2016 (SPX)

Pioneering new insights into why high concentrations of some of the most rare and desirable natural elements - vital for the production of vital environmental, ...