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Dense hydrogen in a new light
Jun 05, 2013 (SPX)
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. The way it responds under extreme pressures and temperatures is crucial to our understanding of matter an...
Mind-controlled games on show at Asia's biggest IT fair
Jun 05, 2013 (AFP)
Finger fatigue after hours of video gaming may become a thing of the past, as firms unveil headsets that measures users' brainwaves and allow them to interact w...
Another American High Frontier First: 3-D Manufacturing in Space
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
In preparation for a future where parts and tools can be printed on demand in space, NASA and Made in Space Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., have joined to launch...
Atom by atom, bond by bond, a chemical reaction caught in the act
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
When Felix Fischer of the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) set out to develop nanostructures made of graphene us...
Lockheed system to help track orbiting space objects
Jun 04, 2013 (UPI)
Advanced S-Band phased array radars are to be provided to the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin for the Space Fence program, the company announced. The contract...
Magnetic monopoles erase data
Jun 04, 2013 (SPX)
A physical particle postulated 80 years ago, could provide a decisive step toward the realization of novel, highly efficient data storage devices. Scientists at...
Radiation Exposure Associated with a Trip to Mars Calculated
Jun 03, 2013 (SPX)
On November 26, 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory began a 253-day, 560-million-kilometer journey to deliver the Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. En route, the...
Charred micro-bunny sculpture shows promise of new material for 3-D shaping
Jun 03, 2013 (SPX)
Though its surface has been turned to carbon, the bunny-like features can still be easily observed with a microscope. This rabbit sculpture, the size of a typic...
The formula for turning cement into metal
Jun 03, 2013 (SPX)
In a move that would make the Alchemists of King Arthur's time green with envy, scientists have unraveled the formula for turning liquid cement into liquid meta...
Flexible opals make for some colourful material science
Jun 03, 2013 (SPX)
Instead of through pigments, these 'polymer opals' get their colour from their internal structure alone, resulting in pure colour which does not run or fade. Th...
NASA Partners With Utah State University's Space Dynamics Lab
Jun 03, 2013 (SPX)
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center's Innovative Partnerships Office in Greenbelt, Md., has entered into a Space Act Agreement with Utah State University's Space...
After factory shutdown, Italian workers 'recycle' jobs
Jun 02, 2013 (AFP)
A group of Italian factory workers who lost their jobs at an auto component maker due to the recession, have taken over their disused factory near Milan and are...
Radiation Measured by Curiosity During Mars Trip Has Implications for Human Missions
May 31, 2013 (JPL)
Measurements taken by NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission as it delivered the Curiosity rover to Mars in 2012 are providing NASA the information it nee...
Snap-proof space tether
May 31, 2013 (ESA)
Space tethers hold intriguing potential for satellite manoeuvring, attitude control and even power generation. But about half of all orbital tether tests have e...
NASA, Air Force Seek Next Generation Space Processor Program
May 31, 2013 (SPX)
NASA and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, N.M., are requesting research and development proposals to define the type of spacecraft computi...
Radiation exposure considered significant risk in manned Mars mission
May 30, 2013 (UPI)
Astronauts who might journey someday to Mars would be subject to significant radiation risks, a NASA Curiosity rover study released Thursday concluded. Research...
One Year Anniversary of KOMPSAT-3 Launch
May 30, 2013 (SPX)
Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has announced successful operation of KOMPSAT-3 for one year since its launch on May 18, 2012. For the first year of o...
NASA, Researchers Use Weightlessness of Space to Design Better Materials for Earth
May 30, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers from Northeastern University are among the many scientists helping NASA use the weightlessness of space to design stronger materials here on Earth. ...
Helicopter-light-beams - a new tool for quantum optics
May 29, 2013 (SPX)
A light wave oscillates perpendicular to its propagation direction - that is what students learn in school. However, scientists of the Vienna University of Tech...
Just how secure is quantum cryptography
May 29, 2013 (SPX)
Quantum communication systems offer the promise of virtually unbreakable encryption. Unlike classical encryption, which is used to send secure data over network...
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