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Rediscovering the sources of Egyptian metals

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Advancements in scientific analyses have allowed archaeologists to reconstruct the prehistoric trade of metals around the Mediterranean in remarkable detail. Ho...

The 2-D form of tungsten ditelluride is full of surprises

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

These 2-D materials can be prepared in crystalline sheets as thin as a single monolayer, only one or a few atoms thick. Within a monolayer, electrons are restri...

Scientists develop way to supercool liquids without freezing them

Aug 10, 2018 (UPI)

Scientists used the method to significantly decrease the freezing points of water and water-based solutions, allowing them to keep the liquids at extremely cold...

US mulls missile defense interceptors in space

Aug 10, 2018 (Sputnik)

US military strategists believe that a space-based sensor layer's vantage point high above Earth would ensure persistent tracking of hostile missiles, a capabil...

Introducing the latest in textiles: Soft hardware

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Researchers at MIT have now embedded high speed optoelectronic semiconductor devices, including light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and diode photodetectors, within fi...

PhD student develops spinning heat shield for future spacecraft

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Heat shields are essentially used as the brakes to stop spacecraft burning up and crashing on entry and re-entry into a planet's atmosphere. This design is the ...

Scientists squeeze nanocrystals in a liquid droplet into a solid-like state and back again

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

They put a droplet of a liquid containing iron oxide nanocrystals into an oily liquid containing tiny polymer strands. They found that a chemical additive in th...

Strange metals just got stranger

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Cuprates are high-temperature superconductors (HTS), meaning they can carry current without any loss of energy at somewhat warmer temperatures than conventional...

UNH researchers find seed coats could lead to strong, tough, yet flexible materials

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

"The seed coat's major function is to protect the seed but it also needs to become soft to allow the seed to germinate, so the mechanical property changes," sai...

Wearable 'microbrewery' saves human body from radiation damage

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

But rather than building portable cellars or ovens, Purdue University researchers have engineered yeast "microbreweries" within disposable badges made of freeze...

Yale-NUS scientist and collaborators solve open theoretical problem on electron interactions

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Electron behaviour is governed by two major theories - the Coulomb's law and the Fermi liquid theory. According to Fermi liquid theory, electrons in a conductiv...

Degrading plastics revealed as source of greenhouse gases

Aug 10, 2018 (SPX)

Mass production of plastics started nearly 70 years ago and the production rate is expected to double over the next two decades. While serving many applications...

NIST shows laser ranging can 'see' 3D objects melting in fires

Aug 09, 2018 (SPX)

Optical range measurements, already used in manufacturing and other fields, may help overcome practical challenges posed by structural fires, which are too hot ...

Facebook moves to stop sharing of 3D gun blueprints

Aug 09, 2018 (AFP)

"Sharing instructions on how to manufacture firearms using 3D printers or CNC milling machines is not allowed under our Community Standards," a Facebook spokesm...

NASA studies space applications for GaN crystals

Aug 09, 2018 (SPX)

Among its many attributes, gallium nitride - GaN, for short - demonstrates less electrical resistance and thus loses only a small proportion of power as heat. T...

It's Surprisingly Hard to Go to the Sun

Aug 09, 2018 (SPX)

Why is it so difficult? The answer lies in the same fact that keeps Earth from plunging into the Sun: Our planet is traveling very fast - about 67,000 miles per...

Aboard the ISS, researchers investigate complex dust behavior in plasmas

Aug 08, 2018 (SPX)

PK-4 is a collaboration between the European Space Agency and the Russian State Space Corporation "Roscosmos" to investigate complex plasmas. Complex or dusty p...

NASA poised to launch first Sun-skimming spaceship

Aug 08, 2018 (AFP)

After the Parker Solar Probe blasts off from Cape Canaveral, Florida on August 11, it will become the first spacecraft ever to fly through the Sun's scorching a...

Northrop Grumman tapped for E-2D radar plane upgrades

Aug 08, 2018 (UPI)

The order, announced Tuesday by the Department of Defense, provides for the procurement of 45 items of Peculiar Support Equipment for the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye ...

Loft Orbital announces inSpace mission partner program to standardize access to space

Aug 08, 2018 (SPX)

Loft Orbital owns and operates standard small satellites and flies customer payloads as a service. The company is developing the Payload Hub, a universal interf...