TECH SPACE - BIO FUEL DAILY

Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)

Google co-founder Larry Page stuck to his guns in a San Francisco court on Wednesday, testifying that the Internet giant did nothing wrong when it built the And...

Shooting at ceramics

Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)

Producing thin ceramic components has until now been a laborious and expensive process, as parts often get distorted during manufacture and have to be discarded...

X-rays create a window on glass formation

Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have for the first time visualised the transformation of powder mixtures into molten glass. A better understanding of this process will make it possi...

Smartphones wallets going mainstream: survey

Apr 17, 2012 (AFP)

Using smartphones or tablets as digital "wallets" will be common within a decade, largely replacing cash and credit cards, according to a Pew Research survey re...

Raytheon Delivers US Navy's First Dual-Frequency Sonar

Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)

Raytheon has completed delivery of the electronics for the AN/SQQ-90 tactical sonar suite, the complex sonar for the first ship of the U.S. Navy's DDG 1000-clas...

New Technique Helps Ensure Reliability of Microelectronic Devices, PV Cells and MEMS Applications

Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)

Taking advantage of the force generated by magnetic repulsion, researchers have developed a new technique for measuring the adhesion strength between thin films...

Topological Transitions In Metamaterials

Apr 17, 2012 (SPX)

The ability to control the flow of electrons using engineered materials is fundamental to the information technology revolution, yet many properties of matter a...

Controlling the cut - Nottingham engineers top the leader board

Apr 16, 2012 (SPX)

A high-tech, precision, water jet milling control system which could transform the manufacture of complex aerospace, optical and biomedical structures and devic...

Twitter alive with talk of dead rapper hologram

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

The Twittersphere was alive Monday with discussion about an eye-popping performance by rapper Tupac Shakur at a US music festival -- 16 years after he died. The...

More 'mini-iPad' rumors surface

Apr 16, 2012 (UPI)

A Chinese Web site says a "mini iPad" will be released this year to go up against Windows 8-based tablets. Chinese Web portal NetEase says the smaller Apple dev...

Moody's downgrades Nokia's rating, keeps negative outlook

Apr 16, 2012 (AFP)

The international ratings agency Moody's downgraded on Monday its ratings for the Finnish telephone maker Nokia owing to poor prospects for future sales. Moody'...

SciTechTalk: Rude awakening for Mac owners

Apr 14, 2012 (UPI)

The news this past week that some 600,000 Apple Mac computers had been infected with malware and hijacked into botnets signaled an "end of the innocence" for Ma...

Processes at the Surface of Catalysts

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

In chemical industry, heterogeneous catalysis is of crucial iportance to the manufacture of basic or fine chemicals, in catalytic converters of exhaust gas, or ...

Smartphones bridge US digital divide

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

Smartphones are bridging a US digital divide as minorities tap into the Internet using mobile devices, according to a Pew study released on Friday. "Groups that...

Shifting sands

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Sand in an hourglass might seem simple and straightforward, but such granular materials are actually tricky to model. From far away, flowing sand resembles a li...

How to plaster the world, cheaply!

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Scientists have discovered the initial stages by which gypsum crystals form. Gypsum is a naturally occurring mineral which is often used in industrial processes...

Copper chains: Study reveals Earth's deep-seated hold on copper

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Earth is clingy when it comes to copper. A new Rice University study this week in the journal Science finds that nature conspires at scales both large and small...

History of Abandoned Urban Sites Found Stored in Soil

Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)

Old houses and vacant lots may not look like much to the naked eye, but to some, the site is better than gold. Excavations over the years can create a challenge...

Malaysia court rebuffs challenge to rare earths plant

Apr 13, 2012 (AFP)

A Malaysian court has dismissed a bid to stop a rare earths plant run by Australian miner Lynas from going online over fears it will harm the environment by pro...

An efficient method for solving sound propagation in range-dependent ocean waveguides found

Apr 12, 2012 (SPX)

The coupled normal mode method is a powerful approach for solving range-dependent propagation problems in underwater acoustics. An important area of study is to...