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Airborne surveillance program Gorgon Stare getting Exelis sensors
May 15, 2013 (UPI)
Additional infrared sensors for a U.S. military wide-area airborne surveillance program are being supplied by Exelis under a $25 million contact. The program is...
Scientists uncover the fundamental property of astatine, the rarest atom on Earth
May 15, 2013 (SPX)
An international team of scientists, including a University of York researcher, has carried out ground-breaking experiments to investigate the atomic structure ...
Cornstarch proves to be worth its weight in gold
May 14, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists said Tuesday they have found a way to extract gold from ore using a seemingly unlikely pantry item -- cornstarch. Traditional leaching employs poison...
Heady mathematics
May 14, 2013 (SPX)
Bubble baths and soapy dishwater, the refreshing head on a beer and the luscious froth on a cappuccino. All are foams, beautiful yet ephemeral as the bubbles po...
Exelis advancing sensor detection system
May 14, 2013 (UPI)
An airborne multi-directional long-wave infrared hyperspectral sensor to detect and identify threatening substances and gases has been flight tested by Exelis. ...
Another 'trophy' for the chemistry cabinet
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
The search for cleaner, low temperature nuclear fuels has produced a shock result for a team of experts at The University of Nottingham. First they created a st...
One order of steel; hold the greenhouse gases
May 13, 2013 (SPX)
Anyone who has seen pictures of the giant, red-hot cauldrons in which steel is made - fed by vast amounts of carbon, and belching flame and smoke - would not be...
Airbus Defence and Space in radar technology study
May 13, 2013 (UPI)
Airbus Defense and Space is to explore the feasibility of using a radar technology originally developed for the military in civil aviation. The technology is pa...
Cloud computing is silver lining for Russian firms
May 12, 2013 (AFP)
Russian police marched into a small company's office in Moscow and told everyone to sit down and wait to be interviewed. They left hours later with all the comp...
Saab adds new radar variants
May 12, 2013 (UPI)
The Giraffe family of surface radars has been expanded by Saab of Sweden with the addition of five active electronically-scanned array variants. Giraffe 1X and ...
Researcher Construct Invisibility Cloak for Thermal Flow
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
By means of special metamaterials, light and sound can be passed around objects. KIT researchers now succeeded in demonstrating that the same materials can also...
UF launches HiPerGator, Florida's most powerful supercomputer
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
The University of Florida has unveiled the state's most powerful supercomputer, a machine that will help researchers find life-saving drugs, make decades-long w...
Giant 50-foot magnet to make cross-country trek for physics experiment
May 09, 2013 (UPI)
U.S. physicists say they're planning a new experiment in particle physics -- but first there's the small matter of moving a 50-foot-diameter magnet 3,200 miles....
iGT Debuts Airborne Satcom Solutions for Secure Connectivity and Situational Awareness
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
As the demand for airborne applications increases, iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), launches new airbor...
Engineers fine-tune the sensitivity of nano-chemical sensor
May 09, 2013 (SPX)
Researchers have discovered a technique for controlling the sensitivity of graphene chemical sensors. The sensors, made of an insulating base coated with a grap...
Electrolysis method described for making 'green' iron
May 08, 2013 (AFP)
Scientists unveiled a new method on Wednesday for extracting metallic iron from its ore while curbing Earth-warming carbon dioxide emissions. This is achieved w...
Do-it-yourself invisibility with 3D printing
May 08, 2013 (SPX)
Seven years ago, Duke University engineers demonstrated the first working invisibility cloak in complex laboratory experiments. Now it appears creating a simple...
World's First Full Color 3D Desktop Printer
May 07, 2013 (SPX)
botObjects has released the ProDesk3D, the world's first Full Color 3D Desktop Printer. The 3D printing industry will take the next evolutionary step forward fo...
EA inks deal for Star Wars videogames
May 06, 2013 (AFP)
A new wave of Star Wars videogames is coming. A deal announced Monday by videogame giant Electronic Arts and The Walt Disney Company calls for EA to develop new...
More effective, cheaper concrete manufactured with ash from olive residue biomass
May 06, 2013 (SPX)
University of Granada researchers have successfully manufactured self-compacting concrete using ash from the combustion of olive pruning residue pellets. Due to...
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