The faint background glow that exists throughout the Universe, called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), is made of photons that have been scattering since the universe was just 400,000 years old. Now in a new paper, physicist Liang Dai ...
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(Phys.org) —An attempt to uncover the 'holy grail' of a lossless energy source has inadvertently led to a study which could result in the next generation of high-speed, mass storage hard drives. Chemists at the University of ...
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China Shipbuilding Industry Corp has signed a contract to build a 10,000-metric ton marine surveillance ship, which will surpass Japan's 7,175-ton patrol boat to become the world's largest one of its kind. A research institute affiliated ...
Living cells are ready for their close-ups, thanks to a new imaging technique that needs no dyes or other chemicals, yet renders high-resolution, three-dimensional, quantitative imagery of cells and their internal structures – all ...
New Shuffle range blends card games, popular Hasbro titles and digital technology Cartamundi is bringing its 'strongest line-up ever' to Toy Fair this year, with a line led by the new Shuffle range. Shuffle is a brand new product ...
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New product is 'the easiest to fly RC Helicopter in the world'. Wow! Stuff is to reveal the 'worlds first Artificial Intelligent RC helicopter' at London's Toy Fair. Called the a.i.Copter, the latest RC to join the new TX Juice range is ...
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Fuel economy must improve 57 percent in order for light-duty vehicles to match the current energy efficiency of commercial airline flights, says a University of Michigan researcher. Michael Sivak, a research professor at the U-M ...
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While many of the digital glitterati thronging this week's Consumer Electronics Show were wearing Google's new Internet glasses, rival online eyewear products abounded among the trade stands. US-based Vuzix showed off what it billed as ...
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The complete temperature control in bending is the very crucial factor in obtaining the warm malleability. The advanced heating of all equipments and dies at temperatures of 500oF or 260oC is preferred to prevent the cooling of Incoloy 800H ...
The record cold across the Midwest contributed to the cancellation of thousands of flights and stopped some trains in Chicago, Bloomberg News reported. More than 4,000 U.S. flights were canceled Monday, and Amtrak stopped service in and ...
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Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) have discovered a unique stellar system of two white dwarf stars and a superdense neutron star, all packed within a space smaller than Earth's orbit around the ...
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I f you take the main road east out of Moriarty,N.M.,turn south at a sign advertising glider rides,and then swing east again past the sailplanes ornamenting a two-runway airport,you will see hangar No.76,the headquarters of Titan ...
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The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights. Civil aviation director general William Hotchkiss said the order ...
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France is going to test an artificial heart on patients. The heart will contain a Norwegian pressure sensor. The French company Carmat will now proceed with full-scale testing on patients. It could save the lives of people who have been ...
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Unsaturated polyester resin is primarily an artificial material that is manufactured by a reaction between organic acids and alcohol. It has various properties which makes it a very useful material in several industries. It can take ...