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Theory and practice key to optimized broadband, low-loss optical metamaterials

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

The union of theory and practice makes broadband, low-loss optical devices practical, which is why two groups of Penn State engineers collaborated to design opt...

CWRU-led scientists build material that mimics squid beak

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University have turned to an unlikely model to make medical devices safer and more comfortable-a squid's b...

Light may recast copper as chemical industry 'holy grail'

Apr 06, 2013 (SPX)

Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidati...

Michigan Tech researcher slashes optics laboratory costs

Apr 04, 2013 (SPX)

Just as the power of the open-source design has driven down the cost of software to the point that it is accessible to most people, open-source hardware makes i...

CO2 could produce valuable chemical cheaply

Mar 29, 2013 (SPX)

A key advance, newly reported by chemists from Brown and Yale Universities, could lead to a cheaper and more sustainable way to make acrylate, an important comm...

Catalyst in a teacup: New approach to chemical reduction

Mar 29, 2013 (SPX)

Taking their inspiration from Nature, scientists at the University of New South Wales have developed a new method for carrying out chemical reduction - an indus...

Paint-on plastic electronics: Aligning polymers for high performance

Mar 28, 2013 (SPX)

Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way f...

Lasers could yield particle research tool

Mar 28, 2013 (UPI)

A laser system using telecom technology may produce a next-generation particle accelerator similar to the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland, physicists say. ...

Removing orbital debris with less risk

Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)

Global Aerospace Corporation has announced that the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is publishing an article entitled "Removing Orbita...

DARPA Envisions the Future of Machine Learning

Mar 27, 2013 (SPX)

Machine learning - the ability of computers to understand data, manage results, and infer insights from uncertain information - is the force behind many recent ...

Cutting-edge 3D film revives a Warsaw lost to war

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

Nazi bombs left Warsaw as little more than a smouldering heap of rubble at the end of World War II. Now, nearly seventy years later, the charm of the pre-war Po...

New 'BioShock' game takes aim at American taboos

Mar 26, 2013 (AFP)

A new edition of the dystopian "BioShock" shooter videogame released Tuesday puts Americanism in the crosshairs, taking on taboo topics including slavery and ra...

Record simulations conducted on Lawrence Livermore supercomputer

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have performed record simulations using all 1,572,864 cores of Sequoia, the largest supercomputer in the w...

Astrium: operational and commercial launch of the fully complete Pleiades constellation

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Astrium has announced the operational and commercial launch of the fully complete Pleiades constellation as well as SPOT 6, following the successful in-orbit qu...

NIST tests underscore potential hazards of green laser pointers

Mar 25, 2013 (SPX)

Using a low-cost apparatus designed to quickly and accurately measure the properties of handheld laser devices, National Institute of Standards and Technology (...

Breakthrough research shows chemical reaction in real time

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

The ultrafast, ultrabright X-ray pulses of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) have enabled unprecedented views of a catalyst in action, an important step in...

Raytheon helps MDA counter ballistic missile threat with delivery of 8th AN/TPY-2 radar

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Raytheon has delivered its eighth AN/TPY-2 radar to the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) in support of the U.S. combatant commands. An integral capability of the Ba...

Mainz scientists create new flexible mineral inspired by deep-sea sponges

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P) in Germany have created a new synthetic hybrid...

NTU scientist develops a multi-purpose wonder material to tackle environmental challenges

Mar 24, 2013 (SPX)

A new wonder material that can generate hydrogen, produce clean water and even create energy. Science fiction? Hardly, and there's more - It can also desalinate...

World's lightest material created

Mar 22, 2013 (UPI)

Chinese scientists say they have developed the world's lightest material, lighter than air, which could play an important role in tackling pollution. The materi...