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Researchers create new 'smart' material with potential biomedical, environmental uses

Nov 23, 2018 (SPX)

"One limiting factor in the use of alginate hydrogels is that they're very fragile - they tend to fall apart under mechanical load or in low salt solutions," sa...

Virtual reality resurrects ancient Rome bit by bit

Nov 21, 2018 (AFP)

The Rome Reborn tour is the first to show users over 7,000 buildings and monuments from the year AD 320, allowing both those with Virtual Reality goggles or jus...

BASF bets on China to power growth

Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)

The group plans both to expand an existing site in Nanjing and build a new major factory in Zhanjiang in the south to profit from China's forecast rise to aroun...

Singapore probes embattled Noble Group for 'false statements'

Nov 20, 2018 (AFP)

Once one of the world's top commodity trading houses, Noble is struggling to stay afloat after shareholders backed a $3.5 billion restructuring deal that snatch...

A new lead on a 50-year-old radiation damage mystery

Nov 19, 2018 (SPX)

Now, a simulation done by researchers at the University of Michigan, Hunan University (China) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has shown that a shockwave pr...

Japan awards Northrop Grumman contract for E-2D Hawkeye radar aircraft

Nov 19, 2018 (UPI)

The contract modification falls under Foreign Military Sales with the work expected to be completed by Aug. 2022. $32.7 million in FMS funding will be obligated...

Treated superalloys demonstrate unprecedented heat resistance

Nov 19, 2018 (SPX)

The key is to heat and cool the superalloy in a specific way. That creates a microstructure within the material that can withstand high heat more than six times...

New space industry emerges: on-orbit servicing

Nov 17, 2018 (AFP)

When satellites run out of fuel, they can no longer maintain their precise orbit, rendering them useless even if their hardware is still intact. "It's literally...

Space Tango unveils ST-42 for scalable manufacturing in space for Earth-based applications

Nov 16, 2018 (SPX)

Launching in the mid 2020's, ST-42 aims to harness the unique environment of microgravity to produce high value products across industries; from patient therape...

Space making the virtual a reality

Nov 16, 2018 (ESA)

Usually associated with video games, this ultra-immersive technology is quickly being recognised for its real-world potential. VR is a computer-generated enviro...

Electronic skin points the way north

Nov 16, 2018 (SPX)

As this e-skin is extremely thin and malleable, it can easily be affixed to human skin to create a bionic analog of a compass. This might not only help people w...

Scientists engineer a functional optical lens out of 2D materials

Nov 16, 2018 (SPX)

But even though metalenses are much thinner than glass lenses, they still rely on "high aspect ratio" structures, in which the column or fin-like structures are...

Optimization of alloy materials: Diffusion processes in nano particles decoded

Nov 15, 2018 (SPX)

Nano structures responsible for material quality Alloy elements such as scandium and zircon are added to the aluminium matrix to improve the strength, corrosion...

UTA researchers find cheaper, less energy-intensive way to purify ethylene

Nov 15, 2018 (SPX)

Ethylene is produced from crude oil but is usually obtained as a mixture containing ethane. Manufacturing processes using ethylene usually require pure, or 99.9...

3D Printing, Virtual Reality, Simulated Stardust and More Headed to Orbiting Lab

Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)

Read more about some of the science NG CRS-10 delivers to the space station: Refabricator demonstrates an integrated 3D printer and recycler for the first time ...

Cells require background levels of radiation for normal growth

Nov 14, 2018 (SPX)

Castillo, professor of microbiology in the Aerospace Physiology program at Embry-Riddle, was a collaborator on the Low Background Radiation Experiment (LBRE) st...

A two-atom quantum duet

Nov 12, 2018 (SPX)

The spin is a fundamental quantum mechanical object and governs magnetic properties of materials. In a classical picture, the spin often can be considered like ...

Thermal testing of the magnetometer boom

Nov 12, 2018 (ESA)

The tests were run as part of the MAG boom development programme in order to validate current engineering assumptions and guarantee the overall thermal performa...

Unlocking the secrets of metal-insulator transitions

Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)

"Correlated materials have interesting electronic, magnetic, and structural properties, and we try to understand how those properties change when their temperat...

Creating better devices: The etch stops here

Nov 09, 2018 (SPX)

"In the last five years, there has been a huge gold rush where researchers figured out we could make 2D materials that are naturally only one molecule thick but...