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Nature's masonry: The first steps in how thin protein sheets form polyhedral shells

Dec 28, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists have for the first time viewed how bacterial proteins self-assemble into thin sheets and begin to form the walls of the outer shell for nano-sized po...

Port of call at 36,000 KM for in-orbit servicing

Dec 25, 2015 (SPX)

Speaking to a St. Louis audience in September, Pam Melroy outlined the next space revolution, adding that it will happen in geosynchronous orbit. "What if you c...

Move aside carbon: Boron nitride-reinforced materials are even stronger

Dec 24, 2015 (SPX)

Carbon nanotubes are legendary in their strength - at least 30 times stronger than bullet-stopping Kevlar by some estimates. When mixed with lightweight polymer...

Super strong, lightweight metal could build tomorrow's spacecraft

Dec 24, 2015 (UPI)

A new metal, a combination of magnesium and ceramic silicon carbide nanoparticles, is promising to change how airplanes, spacecraft and cars are manufactured. I...

BAE Systems to provide radar support for U.S. Air Force

Dec 23, 2015 (UPI)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a five-year contract to support the Instrumentation Radar Support Program. The contract, valued at approximately $278...

Algorithm helps turn smartphones into 3-D scanners

Dec 23, 2015 (SPX)

While 3-D printers have become relatively cheap and available, 3-D scanners have lagged well behind. But now, an algorithm developed by Brown University researc...

Modeling microstructures in polycrystalline materials

Dec 22, 2015 (SPX)

Most solid materials are of polycrystalline nature. In which way the individual grains are oriented in the material can be relevant for its functional propertie...

Piece by piece NASA is 3-D printing a rocket engine

Dec 21, 2015 (SPX)

A NASA team moved a step closer to building a completely 3-D printed, high-performance rocket engine by manufacturing complex engine parts and test firing them ...

Turning rice farming waste into useful silica compounds

Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)

The researcher who developed the process says it could save approximately six tons of carbon emissions per ton of silica compounds produced. He estimates the co...

Scientists create atomically thin boron

Dec 19, 2015 (SPX)

A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern University and Stony Brook University has, for the fir...

Israel's Amos-5 Satellite Failure Caused by Power Supply Malfunction

Dec 17, 2015 (Sputnik)

Israel's AMOS-5 satellite failed as a result of a problem either with the power supply or an onboard cable network due to the external impact of high-energy cos...

Physics of slow microscopic changes in magnetic structures revealed

Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)

The research group of Professor Hideo Ohno and Associate Professor Shunsuke Fukami of Tohoku University has studied in detail, a slow change of microscopic magn...

New metamaterial manipulates sound to improve acoustic imaging

Dec 17, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers from North Carolina State University and Duke University have developed a metamaterial made of paper and aluminum that can manipulate acoustic waves...

Hybrid material presents potential for 4-D-printed adaptive devices

Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)

Combining photo-responsive fibers with thermo-responsive gels, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and Clemson Universit...

Satellite's Last Days Improve Orbital Decay Predictions

Dec 16, 2015 (SPX)

Scientists are learning more about how the upper atmosphere and ionosphere affect space satellites as well as communications and navigation here on Earth, thank...

The artificial materials that came in from the cold

Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)

It has often been said that nature is history's greatest innovator and if that is true then scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berke...

PC steel wires on concrete and steel bridges now visible with terahertz waves

Dec 15, 2015 (SPX)

Researchers at Tohoku University have found a way to make covered or hidden PC steel wires visible, by developing a new terahertz wave light source featuring bo...

A new theory describes ice's slippery behavior

Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)

Winter is coming, promising the usual bouts of frozen precipitation for northern locations. The slickness of snow and ice is a big pain if you're driving, flyin...

Digital Globe to use Raytheon's Constellation Scheduling System

Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)

Raytheon has been selected by the high-resolution Earth imagery company, DigitalGlobe, Inc., to develop the capability to support a September 2016 launch and mi...

Minerals from Papua New Guinea hold secret for recycling of noble gases

Dec 14, 2015 (SPX)

With every breath we take, we inhale not only oxygen, but also a mix of gases. This mixture includes carbon dioxide and nitrogen, but also a gas called argon. N...