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Miniature device is 3 times more efficient in generating new colors of laser pulses

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

A group of researchers from the Faculty of Physics at the University of Warsaw has just published the results of their works on miniature device - a tripler - f...

Sound-shaping super-material invented

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

A super-material that bends, shapes and focuses sound waves that pass through it has been invented by scientists. The creation pushes the boundaries of metamate...

Scientists forgo kiln, bake ceramics with pressure

Feb 28, 2017 (UPI)

Industrial kilns, the commercial ovens used to fire bathroom tiles and tableware, operate at temperatures in excess of 1,000 degrees Celsius. Scientists at ETH ...

New 'tougher-than-metal' fiber-reinforced hydrogels

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Efforts are currently underway around the world to create materials that are friendly to both society and the environment. Among them are those that comprise di...

Researchers use laser-generated bubbles to create 3-D images in liquid

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a completely new type of display that creates 3D images by using a laser to form tiny bubbles inside a liquid "screen." Instead of re...

New pop-up strategy inspired by cuts, not folds

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Origami-inspired materials use folds in materials to embed powerful functionality. However, all that folding can be pretty labor intensive. Now, researchers at ...

New use for paper industry's sludge and fly ash in plastics

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland examined, as part of the EU's Reffibre project, whether new industrial applications could be developed for various type...

York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

York Space Systems has announced an agreement with Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) for the establishment of its new manufacturing facility and Mis...

Materials that emit rainbows

Feb 28, 2017 (SPX)

Mechanochromic luminescent (MCL) materials change their color in response to a change in their environment, like pressure and temperature. To date, most MCL mat...

Two radar eyes are better than one

Feb 28, 2017 (ESA)

A novel airborne experiment over the flat agricultural landscape of the Netherlands recently simulated, for the first time, images that could be taken by radar ...

NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions

Feb 27, 2017 (SPX)

In just two years' time, a team of NASA engineers accomplished what some thought impossible: the group created a smaller, more capable "brain" for smaller space...

Raytheon gets $1 billion radar contract for Qatar

Feb 27, 2017 (UPI)

Raytheon received a $1 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide an early warning radar system for the government of Qatar. Early warning radar system...

Serendipity uncovers borophene's potential

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

Almost one year ago, borophene didn't even exist. Now, just months after a Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory team discovered the material,...

New assembly method for ultra-conformable 'electronic tattoo' devices

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

A group of researchers at Waseda University has developed processes and materials for ultrathin stick-on electronic devices using elastomeric "nanosheet" film, ...

Scientists discover how essential methane catalyst is made

Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)

New ways to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into methane gas for energy use are a step closer after scientists discovered how bacteria make a component that facili...

Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems

Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)

Raytheon received a $45.5 million contract modification for the delivery of Silent Knight Radar systems to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The modification...

Terma partner wins Indian radar contract

Feb 23, 2017 (UPI)

India's Nova Integrated Systems, in partnership with Terma AS, has signed an Indian Ministry of Defense contract to provide naval surface surveillance radar. Th...

New metamaterial is first to achieve performance as predicted by theoretical bounds

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way people think about high-perform...

Penn engineers overcome a hurdle in growing a revolutionary optical metamaterial

Feb 22, 2017 (SPX)

When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a grad...

Developing a catalytic conveyor belt

Feb 21, 2017 (SPX)

Capitalizing on previous studies in self-powered chemo-mechanical movement, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering and Penn...