Tech : Science World Report

Mar 20, 2012 01:14 PM EDT

NRL Tests Robotic Fueling of Unmanned Surface Vessels

Engineers from the NRL Spacecraft Engineering Department (SED) successfully demonstrate the robotic fluids transfer from a stationary platform to an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) in wave heights greater than three feet. The Rapid Autonomous Fuel Transfer (RAFT) project exhibits the ability to track...

Mar 20, 2012 12:57 PM EDT

A Camera that Peers Around Corners

In December, MIT Media Lab researchers caused a stir by releasing a slow-motion video of a burst of light traveling the length of a plastic bottle. But the experimental setup that enabled that video was designed for a much different application: a camera that can see around corners.

Mar 19, 2012 04:43 PM EDT

A Biplane to Break the Sound Barrier

For 27 years, the Concorde provided its passengers with a rare luxury: time saved. For a pricey fare, the sleek supersonic jet ferried its ticketholders from New York to Paris in a mere three-and-a-half hours - just enough time for a nap and an aperitif. Over the years, expensive tickets, high fuel ...

Mar 19, 2012 10:17 AM EDT

Scientists Develop a Software Tool for Estimating Heart Disease Risk

University of Granada researchers have developed a software tool that makes an accurate estimation of the risk that a person has to suffer a heart disease. In addition, this software tool allows the performance of massive risk estimations, i.e. it helps estimating the risk that a specific population...

Mar 19, 2012 07:49 AM EDT

Exotic Materials will Change Optics, Duke Researchers Say

Duke University engineers believe that continued advances in creating ever-more exotic and sophisticated man-made materials will greatly improve their ability to control light at will.

Mar 18, 2012 03:21 PM EDT

NASA Sub-Scale Solid-Rocket Motor Tests Material for Space Launch System

A sub-scale solid rocket motor designed to mimic NASA's Space Launch System, or SLS, booster design successfully was tested today by engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The 20-second firing tested new insulation materials on the 24-inch-diameter, 109-inch-long motor....

Mar 16, 2012 02:32 PM EDT

Researchers Print Live Cells with a Standard Inkjet Printer

Researchers from Clemson University have found a way to create temporary holes in the membranes of live cells using a standard inkjet printer. The method will be published in JoVE, the Journal of Visualized Experiments, on March 16.

Mar 16, 2012 11:55 AM EDT

Space Foil Helping to Build Safer Cars

A special foil sensor developed to measure the pressure on a spaceplane's wings during reentry into Earth's atmosphere is now helping to build safer cars.

Mar 16, 2012 09:10 AM EDT

Belfast Summit Important in Preventing Cyber World War

One of the world's leading Internet security experts, Eugene Kaspersky, has described the World Cyber Security Technology Research Summit at Queen's University Belfast as key in preventing a Cyber World War.

Mar 15, 2012 01:59 PM EDT

Leicester Partnering World Sidecar Champions

The Department of Engineering at the University of Leicester is collaborating with Ben and Tom Birchall, former World Sidecar Champions, to improve the performance of their F2 sidecar at this year's Isle of Man Tourist Trophy races.

Mar 15, 2012 10:44 AM EDT

Australian Firm to Help Explore Final Frontier

West Australian Science and Innovation Minister John Day today announced Fremantle-based company, Poseidon Scientific Instruments had been awarded a $1.3million contract to help deliver a key radio astronomy project which will gain international recognition.

Mar 14, 2012 03:56 PM EDT

Researchers Send 'Wireless' Message Using Elusive Particles

A group of scientists led by researchers from the University of Rochester and North Carolina State University have for the first time sent a message using a beam of neutrinos - nearly massless particles that travel at almost the speed of light. The message was sent through 240 meters of stone and sa...