TECH SPACE - ROBO DAILY

Wonders of nature inspire exotic man-made materials

Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)

In this month's edition of Physics World, a group of physicists describe how unique structures in the natural world are inspiring scientists to develop new type...

Large Area Picosecond Photodetectors push timing envelope

Aug 08, 2013 (SPX)

The Large Area Picosecond Photodetector (LAPPD) collaboration has developed big detectors that push the timing envelope, measuring the speed of particles with a...

Bolivia to join electronic waste recycling venture

Aug 08, 2013 (UPI)

Bolivia is following Chile's lead in welcoming international investment in a new electronic waste recycling business in the country. Latin America is rated as t...

New 'weird' material may be new class of solids, researchers say

Aug 08, 2013 (UPI)

There may be more kinds of stuff in nature than was believed, U.S. researchers say, describing a new category of solids neither pure glasses nor crystals. "Very...

Alphasat deploys its giant reflector in orbit

Aug 07, 2013 (ESA)

Alphasat, Europe's largest-ever telecom satellite, reached a temporary position in the geostationary ring last weekend, where it deployed its 11 m-diameter main...

Discovery could lead to end of sunburn pain

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

The painful, red skin that comes from too much time in the sun is caused by a molecule abundant in the skin's epidermis, a new study shows. Blocking this molecu...

New coating turns ordinary glass into super glass

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspir...

Mission Criticality of Space Mechanisms - Part 1

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

The failure of a single space vehicle mechanism can cause a total loss of mission. This criticality is compounded by the fact that redundancy in mechanisms is o...

Light that Moves and Molds Gels

Aug 07, 2013 (SPX)

Some animals-like the octopus and cuttlefish-transform their shape based on environment, fending off attackers or threats in the wild. For decades, researchers ...

Largest neuronal network simulation achieved using K computer

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

By exploiting the full computational power of the Japanese supercomputer, K computer, researchers from the RIKEN HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences, t...

A crystal of a different color

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

Chemists have unexpectedly made two differently colored crystals - one orange, the other blue - from one chemical in the same flask while studying a special kin...

Bio-inspired design may lead to more energy efficient windows

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

University of Toronto Engineering professor Ben Hatton is turning to nature to find a way to cut down on the energy leaks from windows. In an article in Solar E...

Lockheed Martin Selects Northrop Grumman's Scalable Agile Beam Radar

Aug 06, 2013 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has competitively selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) for the U.S. Air Force and Taiwan F-16 rad...

World's second tallest building tops out in China

Aug 03, 2013 (AFP)

Work on the main structure of the world's second tallest skyscraper was completed on Saturday, as the final beam was placed on the Shanghai Tower. A crane place...

Watching catalysts at work - at the atomic scale

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Developing materials with novel catalytic properties is one of the most important tasks in energy research. It is especially important to understand the dynamic...

How does hydrogen metallize?

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Hydrogen is deceptively simple. It has only a single electron per atom, but it powers the sun and forms the majority of the observed universe. As such, it is na...

Lockheed Martin Completes Long-Range Surveillance Radar Demonstration

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Lockheed Martin has operated its full-scale prototype long-range air surveillance radar during a recent capability demonstration to the U.S. Air Force. The Thre...

Tetrapod Quantum Dots Light the Way to Stronger Polymers

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Fluorescent tetrapod nanocrystals could light the way to the future design of stronger polymer nanocomposites. A team of researchers with the U.S. Department of...

Hardness in depth at nano scales

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

In today's precision manufacturing environment, designers of products as diverse as car airbag sensors, computer microchips, drill bits and paint often need to ...

New Ways To Create Gradients For Molecular Interactions

Aug 01, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists use tools called gradients to understand how molecules interact in biological systems. Researchers from North Carolina State University have develope...