TOKYO, Feb 6 – Japanese and German researchers have independently synthesized a new class of silicon-based compounds that could expand the element’s role beyond semiconductors and industrial materials. A team led by Professor Takeaki Iwamoto…
Boiling down viscous flow
A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids. CAMBRIDGE, Mass-- Drizzling honey on toast can produce mesmerizing, meandering patterns, as the syrupy fluid ripples and coils in a sticky, golden thread. Dribbling…
€15 million boost for European astronomy
Dwingeloo-- Astronomers and astroparticle physicists today are celebrating a €15 million EU funding boost European telescopes with the launch of the ASTERICS project, which will help solve the Big Data challenges of European astronomy and…
CeBIT Australia – the launch pad of the…
Product, software and technology launches abound at CeBIT Entrepreneurs, inventors, business leaders and academics have used CeBIT Australia – the most significant business technology exhibition and conference in our region as a platform to launch…
Robots compete in “Hack to the Future”
Final competition in MIT’s course 2.007 pays tribute to classic time-travel movie. [caption id="attachment_4134" align="aligncenter" width="639"] "Hack to the Future," the final competition of MIT's course 2.007, was inspired by the movie "Back to the…