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Researchers develop mathematical solver for analog computers

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

That's why researchers such as Zoltan Toroczkai, professor in the Department of Physics and concurrent professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engin...

Physicists edge closer to controlling chemical reactions

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

This refers to the probability that an electron will bypass the potential barrier and escape from its parent molecule. The new algorithm, presented in a paper i...

Astroscale enters technical cooperation with European Space Agency

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

There are more than 750 000 pieces of debris larger than 1 cm in size in Earth orbit today; any impact with a functioning satellite, like those used for vital t...

Deep-learning technique reveals 'invisible' objects in the dark

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

In a study published in Physical Review Letters, the researchers reconstructed transparent objects from images of those objects, taken in almost pitch-black con...

Nanoglue can make composites several times tougher during dynamic loading

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

A newly published article in Nature Communications reports the unexpected discovery of the effects of loading frequency on the fracture energy of a multilayer c...

Terahertz laser for sensing and imaging outperforms its predecessors

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

The optimized laser can be used to detect interstellar elements in an upcoming NASA mission that aims to learn more about our galaxy's origins. Here on Earth, t...

Green production of chemicals for industry

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

But they are expensive and, hence, have been economically unattractive so far. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed a new b...

Scientists discover a material breaking modern chemistry laws

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

However, scientists have proved, both experimentally and theoretically, using NUST MISIS' supercomputer, that it is possible to form such a connections if the m...

Custom-made artificial mother-of-pearl

Dec 13, 2018 (SPX)

The bricks are composed of tiny Calcium carbonate plates stacked on top of each other and interconnected with mineral bridges, and filled with a mortar composed...

Compelling evidence for small drops of perfect fluid

Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)

Scientists are studying this hot soup made up of quarks and gluons - the building blocks of protons and neutrons - to learn about the fundamental force that hol...

Gaming firm settles VR lawsuit with Facebook-owned Oculus

Dec 12, 2018 (AFP)

A US jury early last year ordered that Facebook and creators of Oculus Rift pay $500 million in a lawsuit that contended that Rift virtual reality gear was deve...

Multifunctional dream ceramic matrix composites are born

Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)

hey improved fracture toughness and electrical conductivity of AI2O3/Ti composites while simultaneously giving them photocatalytic ability through chemical and/...

Are amorphous solids elastic or plastic?

Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)

Unlike crystals, amorphous solids, such as glasses, granular matter, gels, foams, and emulsions, have disordered particle configurations. How do amorphous solid...

Supercomputers without waste heat

Dec 12, 2018 (SPX)

Researchers from the Department of Physics at the University of Konstanz have now demonstrated that the lossless electrical transfer of magnetically encoded inf...

DRS to provide power modules for the Air and Missile Defense Radar

Dec 10, 2018 (UPI)

The contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides for up to 12 ship sets for the Arleigh Burke-class under the Flight III destroyer construc...

New model for assessing the effect of ionizing radiation on microelectronic devices

Dec 07, 2018 (SPX)

The ionizing radiation in outer space adversely affects electronic devices, resulting in reduced service life and sudden failures or malfunctions. Mathematical ...

Multifunctional dream ceramic matrix composites are born!

Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)

hey improved fracture toughness and electrical conductivity of AI2O3/Ti composites while simultaneously giving them photocatalytic ability through chemical and/...

World's smallest wearable device warns of UV exposure, enables precision phototherapy

Dec 06, 2018 (SPX)

The device's underlying physics, and extensions of the platform to a broad array clinical applications are reported in this study to be published Dec. 5 in Scie...

SUTD researchers discover new black silver nanomaterial

Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)

The key to the material's remarkable performance is its nanostructure, which strongly interacts with visible and infrared light. This nanomaterial is easily coa...

First study of terahertz radiation in liquids

Dec 04, 2018 (SPX)

Terahertz electromagnetic radiation can easily pass through most materials except metals and water. Today, it is widely used in security systems used to detect ...