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SKA super telescope to be built in Australia, South Africa (Update 2)

A long-running joust to host a radio telescope that would give mankind its farthest peek into the Universe ended on Friday with a Solomon-like judgement to split the site between Australia and South Africa.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Several antennas in one: A major innovation for mobile communications

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at EPFL have developed a single antenna that is capable of transmitting the same data as a two-antenna system. This achievement will be more than useful for future communication systems.

Technology / Engineering

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biologists turn back the clock to understand evolution of sex differences

Sex differences account for some of the most of the spectacular traits in nature: the wild colours of male guppies, the plumage of peacocks, tusks on walruses and antlers on moose. Sexual conflict – the ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Space probes will be more useful with new amplifiers

Researchers at Chalmers have developed a new generation of amplifiers, which the European Space Agency (ESA) will be using throughout the world to receive signals from its space probes and satellites. ESA ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Catching vine weevils with odors

Catching the vine weevil (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) is now possible with the identification of odours these weevils find attractive. Scientists of Plant Research International, part of Wageningen UR, discovered ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers develop first silicon wafer-scale 110 GHz phased array transmitter

(PhysOrg.com) -- TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, and The University of California, San Diego, provider of a leading program in microwave, millimeter-wave and mixed-signal RFICs, today announced ...

Technology / Semiconductors

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

No-photon laser: Physicists demonstrate 'superradiant' laser design

Physicists at JILA have demonstrated a novel "superradiant" laser design, which has the potential to be 100 to 1,000 times more stable than the best conventional visible lasers. This type of laser could boost ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

South Africa confident on super-telescope bid ahead of talks

South African science minister Naledi Pandor said Thursday she remains confident on her country's bid to host the world's most powerful radio telescope, ahead of a crucial meeting next week.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Debate still raging on site for super-telescope

An international consortium planning to build the world's most powerful radiotelescope is still debating whether South Africa or Australia should host the $2 billion project, an official said Friday.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Scientists learn how insects 'remodel' their bodies between life stages

It's one of life's special moments: a child finds a fat caterpillar, puts it in a jar with a twig and a few leaves, and awakens one day to find the caterpillar has disappeared and an elegant but apparently ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Metal nanoparticles shine with customizable color (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at Harvard have demonstrated a new kind of tunable color filter that uses optical nanoantennas to obtain precise control of color output.

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Smaller antennas for smaller wireless devices and still smaller micro-air vehicles

In most cases the size of the antenna within a wireless device is actually the limiting factor in the minimum achievable size of the device itself. As such, manufacturers must "build up" to the required antenna size. Dr. ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Apple settles iPhone 4 antenna lawsuit: report

Apple has reached a settlement over a class-action lawsuit filed over the antenna problem which dogged the 2010 launch of its iPhone 4, according to a statement published.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Startup sends live local TV to the iPhone

(AP) -- A startup backed by media billionaire Barry Diller has launched a service that sends live local TV feeds to iPhones and iPads. But the service may be short-lived, since TV stations are likely to challenge ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Spray-on antenna gets great reception at Google event

(PhysOrg.com) -- A spray-on antenna? The idea is not fantasy but real and tested technology that works. A Utah startup has introduced a spray-on signal booster in a can that promises an improved signal. The ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (17) | comments 18 | with audio podcast report