TECH SPACE - ROBO DAILY

Sep 05, 2013 (SPX)

An international team of researchers, led by physicists from Lund University, have confirmed the existence of what is considered a new element with atomic numbe...

Cloud IT services set to clinch $107 billion spending

Sep 04, 2013 (UPI)

Cloud computing services are on a growth spiral amid forecasts total global spending on IT cloud services will reach $47.4 billion this year. By 2017 that spend...

Space Laser To Prove Increased Broadband Possible

Sep 03, 2013 (SPX)

When NASA's Lunar Laser Communication Demonstration (LLCD) begins operation aboard the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) mission managed by...

First Report of Real-Time Manipulation and Control of Nuclear Spin Noise

Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)

Basel Physicists in collaboration with Dutch researchers have demonstrated a new method for polarizing nuclear spins in extremely small samples. By Monitoring a...

Creating a Secure, Private Internet and Cloud at the Tactical Edge

Aug 28, 2013 (SPX)

Squads of Soldiers or Marines on patrol in remote forward locations often don't have the luxury of quickly sharing current intelligence information and imagery ...

Sticking power of plant polyphenols used in new coatings

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

A simple kitchen sink experiment helped Northwestern University researchers discover that green tea leaves not only can be used to steep a good cup of tea, but ...

Computer Simulations Indicate Calcium Carbonate Has a Dense Liquid Phase

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

Computer simulations conducted at the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) could help scientists make sense of a rec...

Mobius strip ties liquid crystal in knots to produce tomorrow's materials and photonic devices

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

University of Warwick scientists have shown how to tie knots in liquid crystals using a miniature Mobius strip made from silica particles. By tying substances l...

Physicists pinpoint key property of material that both conducts and insulates

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

It is well known to scientists that the three common phases of water - ice, liquid and vapor - can exist stably together only at a particular temperature and pr...

Lab-made complexes are sun sponges

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

In diagrams it looks like a confection of self-curling ribbon with bits of bling hung off the ribbon here and there. In fact it is a carefully designed ring of ...

Using x-ray vision to detect unseen gold

Aug 26, 2013 (SPX)

Powerful x-rays can now be used to rapidly and accurately detect gold in ore samples, thanks to a fancy new technique our scientists have developed. We're prett...

Boeing Communications Relay Satellites Complete Space, Earthly Testing

Aug 22, 2013 (SPX)

Two Boeing Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS) have completed testing milestones - one in space and the other on Earth - marking more progress in enhancin...

The world's future tallest skyscrapers: who will be first to break the 1,000-meter mark?

Aug 22, 2013 (SPX)

sooner has the global economy steadied itself a little than new skyscrapers are shooting out of the ground all over the world and reaching dizzying heights that...

U.S. firm releases $1,400 scanner to create 3-D printing files

Aug 22, 2013 (UPI)

A U.S. company says it is selling a desktop device that can quickly scan objects so they can be reproduced on a 3-D printer. MakerBot of Brooklyn, N.Y., said it...

Earliest known iron artifacts come from outer space

Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers have shown that ancient Egyptian iron beads held at the UCL Petrie Museum were hammered from pieces of meteorites, rather than iron ore. The objects...

Poisoning corrosion brings stainless magnesium closer

Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)

In a discovery that could have major implications for the aerospace, automotive and electronics industries, scientists have found a way to dramatically reduce t...

Device for capturing signatures uses tiny LEDs created with piezo-phototronic effect

Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology want to put your signature up in lights - tiny lights, that is. Using thousands of nanometer-scale wires, the...

ORNL finding goes beyond surface of oxide films

Aug 21, 2013 (SPX)

Better batteries, catalysts, electronic information storage and processing devices are among potential benefits of an unexpected discovery made by Oak Ridge Nat...

Will 'space junk' problem intensify?

Aug 21, 2013 (Voice of Russia)

The United States is planning to shut down a key component of its space surveillance network that tracks satellites and "space junk" orbiting the Earth. As a re...

Scientists use X-ray vision to search for previously hidden gold

Aug 21, 2013 (UPI)

A new X-ray method can detect gold in ore samples faster and more accurately than traditional chemical analysis methods, Australian scientists say. The techniqu...