World's best thermometer made from light
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 -
University of Adelaide physics researchers have produced the world's most sensitive thermometer - three times more precise than the best thermometers in existence.
Published in the journal Physical Review Letters, the researchers from the University's Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS) report they have been able to measure temperature with a precision of 30 billionths of a ...
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Researchers predict electrical response of metals to extreme pressure
Troy NY (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 -
Research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences makes it possible to predict how subjecting metals to severe pressure can lower their electrical resistance, a finding that could have applications in computer chips and other materials that could benefit from specific electrical resistance.
The semiconductor industry has long manipulated materials like silicon throu ...
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Raytheon awarded contratc for USAF FAB-T satellite terminal program
Marlborough MA (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 -
Raytheon has been awarded a $298,000,044 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification for the Family of Advanced Beyond Line of Sight Terminals (FAB-T) Command Post Terminals (CPT) Production program.
As a result of this down-select decision, low rate initial production, full rate production and interim contractor support contract options may be exercised to deliver FAB-T CPT-Only ...
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Mutualink's Fusion Kit Enables On-the-Go Interoperability
Wallingford CT (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 -
Mutualink has announced the availability of a new mobile operations fusion kit (OFK) for use by military personnel, coalition partners and first responders in the field. The kit, known as OFK 2.0, enables users to connect anywhere and anytime with the most flexible, agile, and secure communications and interoperability "go kit" available on the market today. It enables secure voice, full-motion ...
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Global warming: Breakthrough material absorbs CO2 from gas
Paris (AFP) June 03, 2014 -
Chemists said on Tuesday they had invented a material that easily removes carbon dioxide (CO2) from natural gas, making the abundant fuel more climate-friendly.
The porous substance can cheaply separate CO2 at wellheads and safely store it for industrial use or for re-injection into the gas field, they said.
Current processes for removing CO2 involve chemical scrubbing, a costly procedur ...
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Russia signs deal on aerospace cooperation with Kazakhstan
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Jun 05, 2014 -
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the ratification of a Russia-Kazakhstan agreement on cooperation in the peaceful exploration and uses of outer space.
The accord was signed in Kazakhstan's capital, Astana, in May 2008, aiming to establish organizational and legal procedures for working together.
Russia's lower house adopted the agreement on May 23. Upper house par ...
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Lasers create table-top supernova
Oxford, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2014 -
Laser beams 60,000 billion times more powerful than a laser pointer have been used to recreate scaled supernova explosions in the laboratory as a way of investigating one of the most energetic events in the Universe.
Supernova explosions, triggered when the fuel within a star reignites or its core collapses, launch a detonation shock wave that sweeps through a few light years of space from ...
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