Search results for 4-D printing

Engineering Apr 28, 2013

3D printing 'could herald new industrial revolution'

As potentially game-changing as the steam engine or telegraph were in their day, 3D printing could herald a new industrial revolution, experts say.

Space Exploration Apr 23, 2013

Hot fire tests steer space launch system engines

(Phys.org) —Engineers developing NASA's next-generation rocket closed one chapter of testing with the completion of a J-2X engine test series on the A-2 test stand at the agency's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi and ...

Archaeology Mar 21, 2013

Fossil bird study on extinction patterns could help today's conservation efforts

(Phys.org) —A new University of Florida study of nearly 5,000 Haiti bird fossils shows contrary to a commonly held theory, human arrival 6,000 years ago didn't cause the island's birds to die simultaneously.

General Physics Mar 8, 2013

Ex nihilo: Dynamical Casimir effect in metamaterial converts vacuum fluctuations into real photons

(Phys.org) —In the strange world of quantum mechanics, the vacuum state (sometimes referred to as the quantum vacuum, simply as the vacuum) is a quantum system's lowest possible energy state. While not containing physical ...

Cell & Microbiology Mar 5, 2013

Study finds evidence of bacteria spread throughout the global ocean

(Phys.org) —A joint team of American and British researchers has found evidence that suggests that all bacteria in the ocean migrate to all parts of the ocean. In their paper published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Ecology Feb 27, 2013

Burmese pythons prove elusive prey in Florida challenge

Strapped to Billy Bullard's hip was a machete he'd bought at a yard sale. In his fist were 4-foot-long metal snake tongs. Attached to the tongs was a high-resolution waterproof camera he called a "snake-cam."

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 9, 2013

Panasonic develops new tablet with 20-inch 4k IPS Alpha LCD panel

Panasonic announced the development of a new tablet computer that features a 20-inch IPS Alpha LCD panel with more than four times the resolution of Full High Definition, as well as a high precision digital pen. With the ...

Engineering Dec 21, 2012

Click, print, shoot: Downloadable guns possible (Update)

Downloading a gun's design plans to your computer, building it on a three-dimensional printer and firing it minutes later. No background checks, no questions asked.

Social Sciences Dec 17, 2012

In-depth survey compares nonvoters to voters

What do nonvoters look like, can they be categorized and why don't they vote? To answer these and other questions, a Northwestern University journalism professor and Ipsos Public Affairs conducted an in-depth post-Election ...

Engineering Nov 21, 2012

Low-cost MEMS fabrication technology using a replica molding technique

Researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), have developed a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) device fabrication technology that uses only printing and injection molding. ...

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