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Studying structure to understand function within 'material families'

Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)

As Francis Crick, one of Britain's great scientists, once said: "If you want to understand function, study structure." Within the realm of chemical physics, a c...

Spin liquid on a peak

Nov 09, 2016 (SPX)

A little frustration can make life interesting. This is certainly the case in physics, where the presence of competing forces that cannot be satisfied at the sa...

Melanin may boost strength of foams and fabrics

Nov 09, 2016 (UPI)

Creating stronger materials may be as simple as adding melanin, the molecule that lends skin its pigment and protects animals from ultraviolet rays. In recent e...

Vector and ATLAS partner to introduce new satellite ground architecture offering

Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)

Vector Space Systems has finalized a strategic partnership agreement with ATLAS Space Operations to seamlessly integrate ATLAS' network of capabilities into Vec...

Trace metal recombination centers kill LED efficiency

Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)

Using cutting-edge first-principles calculations, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) have demonstrated the mechanism by which tra...

Controlling the properties of matter in two-dimensional crystals

Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)

By creating atomic chains in a two-dimensional crystal, researchers at Penn State believe they have found a way to control the direction of materials properties...

Lehigh scientists fabricate a new class of crystalline solid

Nov 08, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at Lehigh University, in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, have demonstrated the fabrication of what they call a new class of...

Why buoyant spheres don't always leap out of the water

Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)

It's a common swimming pool game: Force a buoyant ball underwater and let it go. The ball springs to the surface and jumps into the air. But, submerge the ball ...

Establishing an advanced bonding technique for tungsten and copper alloys

Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)

The divertor is the device that continuously receives the extremely high heat and particle loads from the nuclear fusion plasma. Research and development on the...

Indonesian air force uses Leonardo ISR sensor

Nov 07, 2016 (UPI)

A digital aircraft sensor for aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions has entered service with the Indonesian air force. The SAGE el...

Engineers develop new magnetic ink to print self-healing devices that heal in record time

Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a magnetic ink that can be used to make self-healing batteries, electrochemical sens...

Testing AsiaSat 9 in a Simulated Space Environment

Nov 04, 2016 (SPX)

AsiaSat 9 enters a thermal vacuum chamber for testing, after completing a rigorous assembly and ambient temperature test program. Once the installation of the s...

Cal State LA partners with NASA to study how materials solidify in space

Nov 04, 2016 (SPX)

NASA has awarded Cal State LA two grants to conduct materials science experiments with the International Space Station. The grants are made through NASA's Physi...

Metamaterial device allows chameleon-like behavior in the infrared

Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)

An electric current will not only heat a hybrid metamaterial, but will also trigger it to change state and fade into the background like a chameleon in what may...

Smashing metallic cubes toughens them up

Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at Rice University are smashing metallic micro-cubes to make them ultrastrong and tough by rearranging their nanostructures upon impact. The Rice tea...

The quantum sniffer dog

Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)

As humans, we sniff out different scents and aromas using chemical receptors in our noses. In technological gas detection, however, there are a whole host of ot...

Nickel-78 is a doubly magic isotope supercomputer confirms

Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)

For many of us, the term "doubly magic" may evoke images of Penn and Teller. However, for nuclear physicists, it describes atomic nuclei that have greater stabi...

Towards better metallic glasses

Nov 03, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from the University of Bristol have used state-of-the-art computer simulation to test a theory from the 1950s that when atoms organise themselves in...

New tech uses electricity to track water, ID potential problems in concrete

Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new technique for tracking water in concrete structures ...

When it comes to atomic-scale manufacturing, less really is more

Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)

Robert Wolkow is no stranger to mastering the ultra-small and the ultra-fast. A pioneer in atomic-scale science with a Guinness World Record to boot (for a need...