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Study yields new knowledge about materials for ultrasound and other uses

Oct 05, 2016 (SPX)

The lighter wand for your gas BBQ, a submarine's sonar device and the ultrasound machine at your doctor's office all rely on piezoelectric materials, which turn...

Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to scientists who made molecular machines

Oct 05, 2016 (UPI)

Three scientists whose independent work led to the development of molecular machines with controllable movement won the 2016 Nobel Prize in chemistry, the organ...

Water vapor sets some oxides aflutter

Oct 05, 2016 (SPX)

When one type of an oxide structure called perovskite is exposed to both water vapor and streams of electrons, it exhibits behavior that researchers had never a...

Virtual reality helps net last Auschwitz criminals

Oct 05, 2016 (AFP)

Slipping on a virtual reality headset, the indelible images come into view: the steel rails, the imposing brick gatehouse, the rows of identical barracks, the g...

Scientists closer to creating 3D computer model of a cell

Oct 05, 2016 (UPI)

The creation of 3D computer model of a human cell would be a monumental breakthrough for biological research and medical science. According to a new study, adva...

New York trash man tells Americans wake up to garbage

Oct 04, 2016 (AFP)

A man has been strolling around New York for two weeks weighed down with trash. Meet Rob Greenfield, an environmental activist asking America to wake up to its ...

Saab launches Giraffe 1X radar in U.S. market

Oct 04, 2016 (UPI)

Saab has launched its land-based Giraffe 1X radar in the U.S. market, the company announced Monday. The new, compact radar system offers advanced capabilities a...

Rice explores cement's crystalline nature to boost concrete performance

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Rice University scientists working to develop a deeper understanding of the world's most widely used man-made material, concrete, have detailed previously unexp...

Color-changing smart material sensor to alert user to get out of sun

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

According to the American Cancer Society approximately 5.4 million basal and squamous cell skin cancers are diagnosed each year. Yet, the sun does contribute to...

Turning to the brain to reboot computing

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

Computation is stuck in a rut. The integrated circuits that powered the past 50 years of technological revolution are reaching their physical limits. This predi...

Clean room helps NASA robot explore frontiers of materials science

Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)

The celebrated robot ISAAC now has a hermetically sealed workshop where it's free to follow its prime directive: discovering bold new ways of making composite m...

Raytheon to begin production planning for AN/TPY-2 radars

Sep 30, 2016 (UPI)

Raytheon will begin incorporating Gallium Nitride components for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's existing and future AN/TPY-2 radars. The alterations are set ...

Yes, the rumors are true! Brandeis really has a space chair

Sep 30, 2016 (SPX)

Imagine you're a jet fighter pilot being chased by a heat-seeking missile. You undertake evasive maneuvers, climbing and nose-diving, performing barrel rolls an...

Indonesian scavengers scrape a living by recycling

Sep 30, 2016 (AFP)

Sifting through piles of pungent trash in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, scores of men and women collect used plastic bottles with their bare hands and put the...

Digital photography: The future of small-scale manufacturing

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

What if it were possible to quickly and inexpensively manufacture a part simply by using a series of close-range digital images taken of the object? Michael Imm...

Levitating nanoparticle improves torque sensing in quest for quantum theory fundamentals

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have levitated a tiny nanodiamond particle with a laser in a vacuum chamber, using the technique for the first time to detect and measure its "torsi...

Apple teams with Deloitte to push deeper into work

Sep 28, 2016 (AFP)

Apple on Wednesday announced an alliance with professional services group Deloitte to get more businesses using iPhones and iPads as workplace tools. Deloitte i...

Use of 'large open-ended pipe piles' could lead to lower-cost bridge construction

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

Civil engineers at Purdue University are leading a project with the Indiana Department of Transportation to learn how to use a type of bridge pile often seen in...

Scientists and Engineers Evaluate Orion Radiation Protection Plan

Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)

When astronauts in Orion venture far beyond Earth into deep space, they will expand humanity's frontier and push the boundaries of exploration. While the spacec...

'Virtual orchestra' hits high notes in London

Sep 23, 2016 (AFP)

Music fans will be able to immerse themselves into the world of an orchestra thanks to a virtual reality experience launched in London on Friday. Visitors to th...