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New technology 3D-prints glass microstructures with rays of light

Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)

Working with scientists from the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Germany, the researchers expanded the capabilities of a 3D-printing process they develope...

Making 3D printing truly 3D

Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)

Working to change that is a group of former and current researchers from the Rowland Institute at Harvard. First, here's how 3D printing works: The printers lay...

Air lasing: A new tool for atmospheric detection

Apr 25, 2022 (SPX)

Particularly, the discovery and intensive investigation of air lasing induced by intense femtosecond laser pulses open an exciting perspective for atmospheric r...

Lasers trigger magnetism in atomically thin quantum materials

Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)

The experiment, led by scientists at the University of Washington and the University of Hong Kong, was published April 20 in Nature. By controlling and aligning...

AFRL is developing green power for satellites

Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)

This technology, called BEEPS for Bipropellant Enabled Electrical Power Supply, is being developed by a three-year Seedlings for Disruptive Capabilities Program...

Stanford engineers develop new kind of 3D printing

Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)

Dan Congreve, an assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford and former Rowland Fellow at the Rowland Institute at Harvard University, and his col...

Today's space domain awareness just got better as new AFRL Space Lab opens

Apr 22, 2022 (SPX)

Though small in square footage compared to many AFRL labs, in acreage it is one of the largest. The Skywave Lab is situated on 72 acres, which provides the outd...

Kamala Harris announces U.S. ban on anti-satellite missile tests

Apr 19, 2022 (UPI)

"Simply put, these tests are dangerous and we will not conduct them," she said. Harris announced the ban Monday night before soldiers at the Vandenberg Space Fo...

Scientists have improved the composition of radiation protection glasses

Apr 19, 2022 (SPX)

Borate glasses are used in scintillation detectors of ionizing radiation (devices in nuclear physics for registration of gamma radiation and study of radiation ...

ReOrbit and TransAstra sign spacecraft development and logistics contracts

Apr 15, 2022 (SPX)

Under these contracts, TransAstra will provide mission definition and engineering analysis for TransAstra's Worker Bee orbital transfer vehicles to deliver ReOr...

Smallest earthquakes ever detected in micron-scale metals

Apr 15, 2022 (SPX)

To study this phenomenon in more detail, research groups of the Eotvos Lorand University of Budapest, Charles University of Prague and Ecole des Mines de Saint-...

USAFSAM course concludes with successful radiation assessment field exercise

Apr 15, 2022 (AFRL)

This AFRAT basic course builds a foundation of radiation competency, which prepares Airmen to provide a rapid global response in support of nuclear or radiologi...

Kleos' first two Patrol satellites deployed from D-Orbit Transfer vehicle

Apr 14, 2022 (SPX)

D-Orbit's orbital transfer vehicle is a, self-propelled satellite deployer. Carrying Kleos' four Patrol Mission satellites, it wassuccessfully launched into a 5...

Embracing ancient materials and 21st-century challenges

Apr 14, 2022 (SPX)

Now an MIT senior studying materials science and engineering, Mittman seeks modern applications for sustainable materials in ways that benefit the community aro...

NASA's New Material Built to Withstand Extreme Conditions

Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)

NASA Alloy GRX-810, an oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) alloy, can endure temperatures over 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit, is more malleable, and can survive more...

China approves first new gaming titles in nine months

Apr 11, 2022 (AFP)

Beijing moved against its vibrant gaming sector last year as part of a sprawling crackdown on tech giants, capping the amount of time children could spend playi...

3D-printed bone

Apr 09, 2022 (ESA)

3D bioprinting may soon be practical on Earth, and could help meet the challenging conditions of spaceflight. Astronauts in zero or low gravity lose bone densit...

Smarter 3D printing makes better parts faster

Apr 09, 2022 (SPX)

It's also likely to speed the manufacturing process in two ways: by reducing the need for printers to slow down to help with cooling and by significantly reduci...

L3Harris awarded $117M space object-tracking modernization contract

Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)

L3Harris won the initial MOSSAIC contract in February 2020 to maintain and upgrade radar and optical sensors and command and control systems that provide timely...

Swiftly gaining holistic views of space systems with AI

Apr 08, 2022 (SPX)

For years, Lockheed Martin has incorporated NEC Corporation's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) into its space programs to aid in this process. That w...