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Aerospace Awarded NASA Grant for Innovative Space Debris Technology

Jun 08, 2016 (SPX)

NASA has awarded Aerospace a grant to investigate the possibility of developing an extremely thin spacecraft that would wrap around debris and remove it from Ea...

Dutch architect unveils 3D printer to make 'endless' house

Jun 08, 2016 (AFP)

A Dutch architect Wednesday unveiled a unique 3D printer with which he aims to construct a large building "without beginning or end" shaped like an infinite loo...

Plant lignin improves efficacy of sunscreen

Jun 08, 2016 (UPI)

In a new study, scientists point to the potential of lignin to bolster sunscreen performance. Lignin is an organic polymer found in the cell walls of many plant...

A protective shield against the heavy metal uranium

Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)

Microorganisms can better withstand the heavy metal uranium when glutathione is present, a molecule composed of three amino acids. Scientists from the German ba...

New 4D simulation may prevent construction project delays

Jun 07, 2016 (UPI)

You can use a pen to put that ribbon cutting ceremony in your calendar. That is if your project's planners used the new 4D simulation designed by researchers at...

Highly tuned catalytic controls

Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)

You could think of bioorthogonal chemistry as a discreet valet or concierge that steers two world leaders to a private meeting without making noise or trouble a...

Titan Transtage to be studied by orbital debris scientists

Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)

The Titan Transtage, an upper stage of the Titan III rocket family, arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center May 26, where it will be studied by scientists in the...

Orbit Logic Awarded Air Force Space Situational Awareness Contract

Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)

Orbit Logic has signed a Phase II SBIR contract sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to research and implement software to optimize the schedul...

Scientists find surprising magnetic excitations in a metallic compound

Jun 06, 2016 (SPX)

Some three-dimensional materials can exhibit exotic properties that only exist in "lower" dimensions. For example, in one-dimensional chains of atoms that emerg...

Airbus presents 3D-printed mini aircraft

Jun 05, 2016 (AFP)

Dwarfed by huge jets all around, the mini-plane Thor was nonetheless an eye-catcher at the Berlin air show this week -- the small Airbus marvel is the world's f...

3D printing opens door to rapid advances in membrane technology

Jun 03, 2016 (SPX)

A new type of 3-D printing will make it possible for the first time to rapidly prototype and test polymer membranes that are patterned for improved performance,...

Believe the hype? How virtual reality could change your life

Jun 02, 2016 (AFP)

Reducing errors made during surgery, bringing school books to life, enabling us to browse shops from the comfort of home -- virtual reality is not just about ga...

Scientists test world's most intense gamma radiation source

Jun 02, 2016 (UPI)

Scientists may soon better understand the elemental origins of oxygen, thanks to the world's most intense source of gamma radiation -- soon to be brought online...

Microsoft wants Windows to open into mixed reality

Jun 01, 2016 (AFP)

Microsoft is out to use Windows software to do for altered reality what it did for personal computers: make them commonplace. The US technology giant on Wednesd...

Mantis shrimp inspires next generation of ultra-strong materials

Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside and Purdue University are one step closer to developing super strong composite materials, thanks to the m...

Calculating the mechanics of a rough sphere

Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)

The scientific community uses spheres for all sorts of things - artificial limbs, cars, molecular chemistry - but there's always a little uncertainty when this ...

'On-the-fly' 3-D print system prints what you design, as you design it

Jun 01, 2016 (SPX)

3-D printing has become a powerful tool for engineers and designers, allowing them to do "rapid prototyping" by creating a physical copy of a proposed design. B...

Compound switches between liquid and solid states when exposed to light or heat

May 31, 2016 (SPX)

A research group led by Professor Mochida Tomoyuki (Kobe University Graduate School of Science) and Dr. Funasako Yusuke (Tokyo University of Science, Yamaguchi)...

Multifunction Phase Array Radar (MPAR)

May 31, 2016 (SPX)

Multifunction Phase Array Radar (MPAR) is a multi-US Agency initiative by the Federal Aviation Administration, the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administrati...

3-D model reveals how invisible waves move materials within aquatic ecosystems

May 31, 2016 (SPX)

Garbage, nutrients and tiny animals are pushed around, suspended in the world's oceans by waves invisible to the naked eye according to a new 3-D model develope...