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Three-dimensional direction-dependent force measurement at the subatomic scale
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
To fully characterize materials used in nanoscale devices, it is necessary to obtain information about parameters with directionality, such as electronic, magne...
X-rays from copper source set new gold standard for measuring industrial materials
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
The process of building the instrument for making the new measurements was painstaking. "This new specialized precision instrument required both a tremendous am...
Liquid-crystal and bacterial living materials self-organize and move in their own way
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
"One of the ideas we came up with was materials that live," said Igor S. Aronson, holder of the Huck Chair and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry an...
Ames Lab and Iowa State scientists develop more efficient catalytic material
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
The researchers succeeded by overcoming some of the technical challenges presented in the fabrication of the platinum-zinc nanoparticles with an ordered lattice...
Scientists help thin-film ferroelectrics go extreme
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
The achievement, reported May 10 in Nature Communications by researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), pav...
Hydrogen bonds directly detected for the first time
May 17, 2017 (SPX)
Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe and is an integral part of almost all organic compounds. Molecules and sections of macromolecules are connec...
A bath for precision printing of 3-D silicone structures
May 16, 2017 (SPX)
They demonstrated the capability of this method by using it to create model tracheal implants and a functional fluid pump, among other items relevant to biomedi...
Physical keyboards make virtual reality typing easier
May 16, 2017 (SPX)
"Lots of people are buying head-mounted displays, but it's mostly for video games," says Scott Kuhl, an associate professor of computer science at Michigan Tech...
HP Enterprise unveils computer 'for era of Big Data'
May 16, 2017 (AFP)
The prototype named simple "the Machine" uses a new approach to computer architecture which the company says can be adapted for a range of Big Data applications...
Airbus Friedrichshafen: new satellite hub lays groundwork for the future
May 16, 2017 (SPX)
The ITC, featuring complex technology and equipment, that are unique in Europe, enables various clean room classes in the central integration hall and is set to...
Inverse designing spontaneously self-assembling materials
May 16, 2017 (SPX)
More specifically, they did so by recasting the design goal to the microscopic, asking which interactions between constituent particles can cause them to sponta...
Can a parasitic fly inspire a new generation of hearing aids?
May 15, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists hope the fly's hearing mechanism can inspire the next generation of auditory sensors, but new research suggests the fly's hearing mechanism has limit...
Study analyzes foods for radioactive substances
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
"The actual risk is now being assessed within the scope of the cooperation with the BfS," explains BfR President Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel. "In this way,...
Physics may bring faster solutions for tough computational problems
May 15, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers from the University of Central Florida and Boston University have developed a novel approach to solve such difficult computational problems more qui...
Northrop Grumman delivers new battlefield radar
May 12, 2017 (UPI)
G/ATOR has passed the final tests needed for acceptance, production, and delivery. The first contract had been awarded in October 2014, and an additional five s...
Microsoft aims at 'mixed reality' with new devices
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
An update coming to Windows 10 operating system later this year will "see the magic of mixed reality brought to consumers around the world," Microsoft executive...
Fabrication technology in the fourth dimension
May 11, 2017 (SPX)
Professor Shea and her group have now taken this approach one step further by developing a construction principle that allows them to control the deformation. "...
First result from Jefferson Lab's upgraded CEBAF opens door to exploring universal glue
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
The 12 GeV CEBAF Upgrade is a $338 million, multi-year project to triple CEBAF's original operational energy for investigating the quark structure of the atom's...
Scientists create hologram that changes images as it is stretched
May 10, 2017 (UPI)
A team of material scientists led by Ritesh Agarwal created the metasurfaces by embedding gold nanorods in polydimethylsiloxane, a stretchable film. The researc...
High temperature step-by-step process makes graphene from ethene
May 10, 2017 (SPX)
By heating the ethene in stages to a temperature of slightly more than 700 degrees Celsius - hotter than had been attempted before - the researchers produced pu...
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