TECH SPACE - ROBO DAILY

Understanding friction, the unavoidable enemy

Jul 26, 2022 (SPX)

New research led by the University of Pittsburgh unveils the atomic-scale friction of a single tungsten asperity, or rough edge, in real time, showing atomic mo...

Chemists unlock secrets of molten salts

Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)

UC College of Arts and Sciences research associate and computational chemist Yu Shi and his collaborators developed a new simulation method to calculate free en...

Making Muons for Scientific Discovery, National Security

Jul 25, 2022 (SPX)

DARPA's Muons for Science and Security program (MuS2 - pronounced Mew-S-2) aims to create a compact source of deeply penetrating subatomic particles known as mu...

France plans fashion revolution with climate-impact labels

Jul 21, 2022 (AFP)

Well, it depends. Recycling has obvious benefits, but the process shortens cotton fibres and so usually has to be mixed with some oil-based material to keep it ...

Laser Terminal Bound for ISS arrives at Goddard for testing

Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)

In May, ILLUMA-T (formally the "Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low-Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal") arrived at NASA's Goddar...

NASA seeks public's designs to throw shade in space

Jul 20, 2022 (SPX)

These devices block glare from stars when observing planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, from the ground. The Hybrid Observatory for Earth-lik...

World's first bioplastic vinyl record launched in the UK

Jul 20, 2022 (AFP)

Bioplastics are derived from sources such as sugars and starches -- rather than oil or gas -- and do not create any toxic waste in their production. The new bio...

Advances in the design and manufacturing of novel freeform optics

Jul 15, 2022 (SPX)

In a new paper published in the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, a team of researchers, led by Dr Zhen Tong from the Centre for Precision Technol...

A programming language for hardware accelerators

Jul 15, 2022 (SPX)

When programming an accelerator - a process where applications offload certain tasks to system hardware especially to accelerate that task - you have to build a...

Swarm dodges collision during climb to escape Sun's wrath

Jul 15, 2022 (ESA)

Now a crucial step in the spacecraft's ongoing journey to safer skies has to be quickly rescheduled, as violent solar activity related to the ramping up of the ...

SIRI-2 to qualify technologies for radiation detection in space

Jul 14, 2022 (SPX)

The first SIRI mission was launched Dec. 3, 2018 onboard STP Sat-5 with a one-year mission to investigate the detector's response to on-orbit background radiati...

Researchers use quantum-inspired approach to increase lidar resolution

Jul 14, 2022 (SPX)

"Although lidar can be used to image the overall shape of a person, it typically doesn't capture finer details such as facial features," said research team lead...

Space rocket junk could have deadly consequences unless governments act

Jul 13, 2022 (SPX)

Researchers say governments need to take collective action and mandate that rocket stages are guided safely back to Earth after their use, which could increase ...

MDA awarded contract by York Space Systems

Jul 13, 2022 (SPX)

"We're excited to establish this new relationship for satellite systems with York Space Systems to support important space security and communications constella...

MIT engineers design surfaces that make water boil more efficiently

Jul 12, 2022 (SPX)

Improving the efficiency of systems that heat and evaporate water could significantly reduce their energy use. Now, researchers at MIT have found a way to do ju...

Discs for fault detection

Jul 10, 2022 (ESA)

These are microsections taken from printed circuit boards (PCBs) and other parts, being considered for use by coming ESA projects. Such elements are key buildin...

Using lasers and 'tow-trucks', Japanese firms target space debris

Jul 08, 2022 (AFP)

Junk like used satellites, parts of rockets and wreckage from collisions has been piling up since the space age began, with the problem accelerating in recent d...

Chinese ice cream brand under fire for products that don't melt

Jul 07, 2022 (AFP)

Videos showing Chicecream's ice creams staying solid when lighters were held to them went viral, revealing they did not fully melt when left in a 31 degree Cels...

WVU researchers won't hit snooze on mattress recycling needs

Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)

A team of West Virginia University researchers, led by Sunidhi Mehta, assistant professor of fashion merchandising in the Davis College of Agriculture, Natural ...

Smart textiles sense how their users are moving

Jul 07, 2022 (SPX)

By incorporating a special type of plastic yarn and using heat to slightly melt it - a process called thermoforming - the researchers were able to greatly impro...