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| January 21, 2014 |
 Boeing Transmits Protected Government Signal Through Military Satellite El Segundo CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Boeing has applied new anti-jamming technology to an existing military satellite for the first time, expanding the military's potential to access secure communications more affordably. In the test conducted Dec. 15, Boeing successfully sent a government-developed, protected signal through the sixth Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-6) satellite. Engineers confirmed that the signal met all target ... more |  |
 The symphony of life, revealed Buffalo NY (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - The strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in different patterns, scientists have long suspected. Now, a new study provides what researchers say is the first conclusive evidence that this is true. Using a technique they developed based on terahertz near-field microscopy, scientists from the University at Buffalo and Hauptman-Woodward Medical Re ... more |  |
 Silver Nanowire Sensors Hold Promise for Prosthetics, Robotics Raleigh NC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - North Carolina State University researchers have used silver nanowires to develop wearable, multifunctional sensors that could be used in biomedical, military or athletic applications, including new prosthetics, robotic systems and flexible touch panels. The sensors can measure strain, pressure, human touch and bioelectronic signals such as electrocardiograms. "The technology is based on e ... more |  |
 Someday A Drone Might Save Your Life Cincinnati OH (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - In the not too distant future, you may hear the hum of a drone's rotors as it descends upon you and be filled with a sense of relief, not panic. After all, it's coming to save you, not harm you. Research at the University of Cincinnati could soon enable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) - similar to U.S. military drones patrolling the skies of Afghanistan - to track down missing persons on se ... more |  |
Ladies And Gentlemen, Boot Your Robots! Pasadena CA (JPL) Jan 21, 2014 - Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., was the place to be late last month for an unusual two-day competition: the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials. But if you went expecting high-octane cars zooming around the track at blazing speed, you might have been disappointed. The 16 robots participating in the challenge moved more like the tortoise than the hare, as they performed such tasks as opening ... more |  |
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 Soil production breaks geologic speed record Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Geologic time is shorthand for slow-paced. But new measurements from steep mountaintops in New Zealand show that rock can transform into soil more than twice as fast as previously believed possible. The findings were published Jan. 16 in the early online edition of Science. "Some previous work had argued that there were limits to soil production," said first author Isaac Larsen, who ... more |  |
 Trees grow faster and store more carbon as they age Panama City, Panama (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Trees put on weight faster and faster as they grow older, according to a new study in the journal Nature. The finding that most trees' growth accelerates as they age suggests that large, old trees may play an unexpectedly dynamic role in removing carbon from the atmosphere. Richard Condit, staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, devised the analysis to interpret mea ... more |  |
 Arctic cyclones more common than previously thought Columbus OH (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - From 2000 to 2010, about 1,900 cyclones churned across the top of the world each year, leaving warm water and air in their wakes - and melting sea ice in the Arctic Ocean. That's about 40 percent more of these Arctic storms than previously thought, according to a new study of vast troves of weather data that previously were synthesized at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). A 40 per ... more |  |
BYU's smart object recognition algorithm doesn't need humans Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - If we've learned anything from post-apocalyptic movies it's that computers eventually become self-aware and try to eliminate humans. BYU engineer Dah-Jye Lee isn't interested in that development, but he has managed to eliminate the need for humans in the field of object recognition. Lee has created an algorithm that can accurately identify objects in images or video sequences without human calib ... more |  |
From Crime Fighting to Methane Lakes: Designing Robots for Earth and Space Cleveland OH (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - In a remote corner of the Cleveland Police Museum, a famous robot languished gathering dust. In its glory days, this robot was part of the fight in the 1970s against Mafia domination in Cleveland. As the bombing capital of the country at the time, the robot known as Leroy was a crime-fighting superstar, taking dozens of unexploded bombs away from neighborhood targets and depositing them in ... more |  |
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 'Sleeping beauty' comet probe awakens from slumber Paris (AFP) Jan 20, 2014 - The European probe Rosetta woke up Monday after a 31-month hibernation in a nearly decade-old quest to explore a comet, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced. "Hello, world!" ESA said on Twitter, mimicking the signal sent back from deep space by the billion-dollar unmanned craft. The agency described Rosetta as a "sleeping beauty" that had emerged from a long sleep. "It was a fai ... more |  |
 Hugging hemes help electrons hop Richland WA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Researchers simulating how certain bacteria run electrical current through tiny molecular wires have discovered a secret Nature uses for electron travel. The results are key to understanding how the bacteria do chemistry in the ground, and will help researchers use them in microbial fuel cells, batteries, or for turning waste into electricity. Within the bacteria's protein-based wire, mole ... more |  |
 Lockheed Martin Tests LRASM MK 41 Vertical Launch System Interface Orlando, FL (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated and validated that its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) can be launched from any MK 41 Vertical Launch System (VLS) by only modifying the software to existing shipboard equipment. During the company-funded test, LRASM and Tactical Tomahawk Weapons Control System (TTWCS), MK 41 VLS and Mk-114 booster hardware with modified software executed simulate ... more |  |
 Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating Washington DC (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nanotube-based coating that greatly reduces the flammability of foam commonly used in upholstered furniture and other soft furnishings. The flammability of the nanotube-coated polyurethane foam was ... more |  |
 New patent mapping system helps find innovation pathways Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - What's likely to be the "next big thing?" What might be the most fertile areas for innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research funds? What technology areas are a company's competitors pursuing? To help answer those questions, researchers, policy-makers and R and D directors study patent maps, which provide a visual representation of where universities, co ... more |  |
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 What makes superalloys super - hierarchical microstructure of a superalloy Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Researchers have observed for the first time in detail how a hierarchical microstructure develops during heat treatment of a superalloy Materials in high-performance turbines have to withstand not only powerful mechanical forces, they also have to maintain their chemical and mechanical properties almost up to their melting points. For this reason, turbine manufacturers have employed specia ... more |  |
CCNY Team Models Sudden Thickening of Complex Fluids New York NY (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - A new model by a team of researchers with The City College of New York's Benjamin Levich Institute may shed new understanding on the phenomenon known as discontinuous shear thickening (DST), in which the resistance to stirring takes a sudden jump. Easily observed in a 'kitchen experiment' by mixing together equal amounts of cornstarch and water, DST occurs because concentrated suspensions of har ... more |  |
 Gold nanoparticles help to develop a new method for tracking viruses Jyvaskyla, Finland (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - Researchers at the Nanoscience Center (NSC) of University of Jyvaskyla in Finland have developed a novel method to study enterovirus structures and their functions. The method will help to obtain new information on trafficking of viruses in cells and tissues as well as on the mechanisms of virus opening inside cells. This new information is important for example for developing new antiviral drug ... more |  |
 Discovery of quantum vibrations in 'microtubules' corroborates theory of consciousness Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 21, 2014 - A review and update of a controversial 20-year-old theory of consciousness published in Physics of Life Reviews claims that consciousness derives from deeper level, finer scale activities inside brain neurons. The recent discovery of quantum vibrations in "microtubules" inside brain neurons corroborates this theory, according to review authors Stuart Hameroff and Sir Roger Penrose. They su ... more |  |
 Iran nuclear deal comes into force as US sanctions loom Vienna (AFP) Jan 21, 2014 - Iran is due Monday to unplug key nuclear equipment for six months in return for a slight easing of crippling Western sanctions, as an interim deal between Tehran and world powers takes effect. This starts the clock on negotiating a trickier long-term accord aimed at ending the Iran nuclear standoff and averting war once and for all, a process threatened however by possible new US sanctions. ... more |  |
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