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World's smallest hard disk stores data atom by atom

Jul 18, 2016 (UPI)

Researchers in the Netherlands have unveiled the world's smallest hard disk. The disk uses chlorine atoms to represent each bit of information, the most efficie...

Safran gets $304 million Laser Target Module Locator II Army contract

Jul 14, 2016 (UPI)

Safran Optics 1 has been awarded a $304 million firm-fixed-price, multi-year U.S. Army contract for the Laser Target Locator Module II. Bids were solicited onli...

Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO sensor makes first Black Hawk flight

Jul 13, 2016 (UPI)

Lockheed Martin's INFIRNO sensor system recently completed its maiden flight on an H-60 Black Hawk helicopter, the company announced. The company-funded test va...

FAU researchers show how gels develop their solid properties

Jul 13, 2016 (SPX)

Gels are found in wide range of products that we use on a day-to-day basis. But what gives gels their solid properties? What stops the particles that they are m...

Reconfiguring active particles into dynamic patterns

Jul 13, 2016 (SPX)

From swarming bees to clustering bacteria colonies, nature stuns with its ability to self organize and perform collective, dynamic behaviors. Now researchers ha...

Setting the gold standard

Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)

A team of University of Florida researchers has figured out how gold can be used in crystals grown by light to create nanoparticles, a discovery that has major ...

New record in microwave detection

Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)

Aalto University scientists have broken the world record by fourteen fold in the energy resolution of thermal photodetection. The record was made using a partia...

Learning from the mussel, scientists create a biologically active titanium surface

Jul 12, 2016 (SPX)

Titanium is used medically in applications such as artificial joints and dental implants. While it is strong and is not harmful to tissues, the metal lacks some...

Setting a satellite to catch a satellite

Jul 12, 2016 (ESA)

The target is set: a large derelict satellite currently silently tumbling its way through low orbit. If all goes to plan, in 2023 it will vanish - and efforts a...

Researchers improve performance of cathode material by controlling oxygen activity

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new way to increase the robustness and energy storage capability of a particular class of "lithium-rich"...

India May Buy Russian Microcircuits for Its Space Program

Jul 11, 2016 (Sputnik)

Russia's Angstrem microelectronics manufacturer is in talks on supplying some 10,000 radiation-resistant circuits for India's space program, local media said Tu...

Researchers improve catalyst efficiency for clean industries

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers have developed a way to use less platinum in chemical reactions commonly used in the clean energy, green chemicals, and automotive industries, accor...

Researchers report record performance for bismuth-based Zintl material

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

An international team led by researchers from the University of Houston has reported record thermoelectric performance from rarely studied bismuth-based Zintl p...

Raytheon to help develop new Army radar

Jul 11, 2016 (UPI)

Raytheon has received a $1.1 million grant from the Army Research Laboratory to develop technology for the Army's next-generation radar program, the company ann...

A sharper focus for plasmonic lasers

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

Lasers have become indispensable to modern life since they were invented more than fifty years ago. The ability to generate and amplify light waves into a coher...

Space Debris Solutions - Revisited

Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)

The topic of "space debris" continues to be covered in the technical and popular media. Several articles report that a solution is just beyond the horizon. As c...

Japan satellite made 'surprise' find before failure

Jul 08, 2016 (AFP)

A Japanese satellite recorded unprecedented observations of the Perseus galaxy before it disappeared from contact, scientists said, offering precious new inform...

Researchers determine fundamental limits of invisibility cloaks

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin have been able to quantify fundamental physical limitations on the perfor...

Theoretical climbing rope could brake falls

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

University of Utah mathematicians showed it is theoretically possible to design ideal climbing ropes to safely slow falling rock and mountain climbers like brak...

New plastic material begins to oscillate spontaneously in sunlight

Jul 08, 2016 (SPX)

Materials that move all by themselves under the influence of light - this phenomenon has been known for a number of years. However, since the source tends to be...