TECH SPACE - BIOTECHNOLOGY DAILY

'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...

Beyond plastic: Design world goes green and 'meaningful'

Sep 22, 2016 (AFP)

Plastic chairs are sold around the globe. But today, that "plastic" might actually be a vegetable compound as the design world increasingly embraces "green" and...

UK increases investment in Magna Parva in-space manufacturing tech

Sep 22, 2016 (SPX)

Magna Parva wins major follow-on contract to build engineering qualification model that will manufacture structures of indefinite size in space The UK Ministry ...

Scientific breakthrough reveals how materials break down

Sep 21, 2016 (UPI)

New research explains the deformation process of layered materials. Until now, scientists didn't have a solid grasp of how layered materials break down. The new...

Tardigrades use protective protein to shield their DNA from radiation

Sep 20, 2016 (UPI)

Tardigrades are thought to be the most durable life form on Earth. The eight-legged, water-dwelling creatures can survive extreme temperatures, intense pressure...

Study investigates steel-eating microbes on ship hulls

Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)

Until now, researchers thought the microbial strain Mariprofundus sp. DIS-1 only thrived under anaerobic, or micro aerobic, conditions. But new research proves ...

Breakthrough in materials science: Kiel research team can bond metals with nearly all surfaces

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Through this "nanoscale-sculpturing" process, metals such as aluminium, titanium, or zinc can permanently be joined with nearly all other materials, become wate...

Lightweight, wearable tech efficiently converts body heat to electricity

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new design for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity for use in wearable elect...

Tuning materials and devices to adapt to their environment

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Materials with large dielectric constants - aka "high-K materials" - have recently garnered attention for their potential use within future generations of reduc...

Magnetic sensors made to measure

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at DESY have discovered a method that paves the way for a new generation of magnetic sensors. Their procedure can be used to greatly extend the funct...

Researchers build world's largest database of crystal surfaces and shapes

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego, in collaboration with the Materials Project at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), ha...

State Dept. approves possible radar sale to Egypt

Sep 19, 2016 (UPI)

Egypt has received U.S. State Department approval for the acquisition of Sentinel AN/MPQ-64F1 radars through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program. The possib...

PPPL researchers test device that analyzes components within a vacuum

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have successfully tested a new device that will lead to a better ...

Foam stops sloshing liquid

Sep 19, 2016 (SPX)

Clinking your glass of beer often leaves its contents sloshing back and forth. Soon, though, the motion stops, your drink settles down, and you can take a sip w...

Developing composites that self-heal at very low temperatures

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists have developed a method of allowing materials, commonly used in aircraft and satellites, to self-heal cracks at temperatures well below freezing. The...

With great power comes great laser science

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

It is a very unusual kind of laser: researchers at the photonics institute at TU Wien (Vienna) have built a device which emits ultrashort flashes of infrared li...

Deriving inspiration from the dragon tree

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

Could dragon trees serve as a source of inspiration for innovations in lightweight construction? A team of researchers at the University of Freiburg and the Kar...

Metal in chains

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

If one looked deep into three different solids using a super-microscope, one would, in principle, always see the same thing: atomic nuclei arranged in a crystal...

On-surface chemistry leads to novel products

Sep 15, 2016 (SPX)

On-surface chemical reactions can lead to novel chemical compounds not yet synthesized by solution chemistry. The first-step, second-step, and third-step produc...

New material to revolutionize water proofing

Sep 13, 2016 (SPX)

Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a new spray-on material with a remarkable ability to repel water. The new protective coati...