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Shortage of rare materials said holding back technology development

Dec 06, 2013 (UPI)

A shortage of "rare earth" metals, used in high-tech electronic devices, is hampering the growth of a number of technologies, U.S. experts say. With the prolife...

Laser Communication Mission Targets 2017 Launch

Dec 06, 2013 (SPX)

NASA's next laser communication mission recently passed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR), another major milestone towards the launch of the Laser Communication...

Cloud firm Box raises $100 mn

Dec 06, 2013 (AFP)

Cloud storage startup Box, launched from a college dorm in 2005, has raised $100 million in new capital to help fund a global expansion. The latest funding give...

Uncovering hidden structures in massive data collections

Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)

Advances in computer storage have created collections of data so huge that researchers often have trouble uncovering critical patterns in connections among indi...

Satellite Cooling System Breakthrough Developed by Lockheed Martin Space Systems

Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) have developed the lightest satellite cryocooler, (cooling system) ever built. ...

USMC Conducts Operational Assessment of GATOR System

Dec 05, 2013 (SPX)

The AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) system, built by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Marine Corps, has successfully conducted developmental test...

Telescope to track space junk using youth radio station

Dec 04, 2013 (SPX)

A combination of pop songs, talkback radio and cutting-edge science has enabled Australian astronomers to identify a way to prevent catastrophic, multi-billion ...

Mission possible: Simulation-based training and experimentation on display

Dec 04, 2013 (SPX)

A unique system that merges the virtual and real worlds to train Sailors for combat scenarios was unveiled Dec. 2 in Orlando. The Office of Naval Research (ONR)...

Google steps up its battle for Internet 'cloud'

Dec 03, 2013 (AFP)

Google is stepping up its efforts to move into the Internet "cloud," taking on rivals like Amazon and Microsoft in competition for business customers. The Calif...

Use of ancient lead in modern physics experiments ignites debate

Nov 29, 2013 (UPI)

Physicists and archaeologists are at odds over the use in contemporary experiments in particle physics of lead recovered from ancient shipwrecks. Scientists fro...

Crippled space telescope given second life, new mission

Nov 28, 2013 (UPI)

NASA says it has successfully revived its crippled Kepler Space Telescope and may give it a new mission of searching the skies. In its new mission Kepler would ...

Scientists create perfect solution to iron out kinks in surfaces

Nov 28, 2013 (SPX)

A new technique that allows curved surfaces to appear flat to electromagnetic waves has been developed by scientists at Queen Mary University of London. The dis...

What might recyclable satellites look like?

Nov 26, 2013 (ESA)

No matter how painstakingly we choose the materials to build satellites, once a mission is over they are just so much junk. But what if one day they could be re...

Overcoming Brittleness: New Insights into Bulk Metallic Glass

Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)

From the production of tougher, more durable smart phones and other electronic devices, to a wider variety of longer lasting biomedical implants, bulk metallic ...

NASA Instrument Determines Hazards of Deep-Space Radiation

Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)

Deep-space radiation is a significant danger for interplanetary human space flight. But now an instrument on NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has learn...

SlipChip Counts Molecules with Chemistry and a Cell Phone

Nov 25, 2013 (SPX)

In developing nations, rural areas, and even one's own home, limited access to expensive equipment and trained medical professionals can impede the diagnosis an...

$3.3 billion Canadian mining project scrapped

Nov 22, 2013 (UPI)

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. says it has suspended plans for a $3.3 billion chromite mining project in Canada. The company, based in Cleveland, mines iron ore ...

Raytheon awarded US Navy contract for radar production

Nov 20, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon has been awarded a $406 million U.S. Navy multi-year contract to provide AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control Systems for the AEGIS progra...

Bayanat Airports And Lockheed To Deploy Windtracer Lidar In Middle East

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Bayanat Airports Engineering and Supplies (BAES), in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, has successfully installed the region's first WindTracer lidar (light d...

UNH scientists document, quantify deep-space radiation hazards

Nov 19, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and colleagues have published comprehensive findings on space-based radiation as measured by a UNH-led detector ...