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NASA's abandoned ISEE-3 craft to return to Earth's orbit

Jun 16, 2013 (UPI)

NASA's so-called zombie probe, or ISEE-3, has been tumbling aimlessly through space for nearly 20 years. But structure is about to be reintroduced to the daily ...

Defense against laser beam flashes at aircraft being tested

Jun 16, 2013 (UPI)

Innovative thin films that can be attached to cockpit windshields to protect against laser beams and other light sources are being evaluated by Airbus. The film...

NSBRI Industry Forum Launches Grant Opportunity To Drive Spaceflight Product Development

Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)

The NSBRI Industry Forum has announced a new funding opportunity for small U.S. companies with biomedical products that hold promise for use in space. The NSBRI...

Filmmaking magic with polymers

Jun 14, 2013 (SPX)

Think about windows coated with transparent film that absorbs harmful ultraviolet sunrays and uses them to generate electricity. Consider a water filtration mem...

Chilean, U.S. firms join effort to expand e-waste recycling

Jun 13, 2013 (UPI)

Urban mining, a growing industry focused on extracting metals from discarded computers and other electronic waste, is set to grow in Latin America with benefits...

Space Debris - One Solution

Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)

The topic of "space debris" is hot, and getting hotter! Spacefaring nations and the space community are concerned about this growing impediment to future space ...

Moon Radiation Findings May Reduce Health Risks to Astronauts

Jun 13, 2013 (SPX)

Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance...

Video-game players better at using visual input, study finds

Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)

Video-game players really do see more, as hours of playing video games can train the brain to make better and faster use of visual input, U.S. researchers say. ...

An explanation for the mysterious effects in high-temperature superconductors

Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)

A German-French research team has constructed a new model that explains how the so-called pseudogap state forms in high-temperature superconductors. The calcula...

Providing a new framework for understanding the energetics of ionic liquids

Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)

A new study by researchers at UC Santa Barbara provides clues into the understanding of the behavior of the charged molecules or particles in ionic liquids. The...

Whispering light hears liquids talk

Jun 11, 2013 (SPX)

Ever been to a whispering gallery-a quiet, circular space underneath an old cathedral dome that captures and amplifies sounds as quiet as a whisper? Researchers...

Sony eyes long game despite console launch triumph

Jun 11, 2013 (AFP)

Sony insisted Tuesday that the game console war is far from won, despite its PR launch triumph over Microsoft this week, as gamers scrambled to get their hands ...

Study: Moving business software to cloud promises big energy savings

Jun 11, 2013 (UPI)

Moving software applications used by 86 million U.S. workers to the cloud could save enough electricity annually to power Los Angeles for a year, a study found....

Two New Russian Radars to Start Work Next Year

Jun 11, 2013 (RIA Novosti)

Russia's two new antimissile radars - one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk Region - will be launched in 2014, the Aerospa...

Plastic rocks likely to become part of geologic record

Jun 10, 2013 (UPI)

A rock made partially of plastic, found recently on a Hawaiian beach, inspired scientists to consider what role plastics will play in the geologic record many y...

Sony wins opening skirmish in new-gen console war

Jun 10, 2013 (AFP)

Sony's new-generation PlayStation 4 console scored an opening skirmish triumph over Microsoft's Xbox One on the eve of the Tuesday start of premier E3 videogame...

Next-gen consoles battle for new gamers

Jun 09, 2013 (AFP)

Sony and Microsoft will be battling for the spotlight at the E3 videogame show with new consoles designed to put them at the heart of home entertainment. Both c...

Dutch duo peddle old bikes as fashion, furniture

Jun 08, 2013 (AFP)

Two Dutch entrepreneurs have found a novel way to make money out of the thousands of bicycles abandoned in the Netherlands each year, by turning them into desig...

To improve today's concrete, do as the Romans did

Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)

In a quest to make concrete more durable and sustainable, an international team of geologists and engineers has found inspiration in the ancient Romans, whose m...

A path to compact, robust sources for ultrashort laser pulses

Jun 06, 2013 (SPX)

Laser researchers in Munich are challenging a basic assumption of engineering: "You can't have it all." They have shown that for certain kinds of laser applicat...