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Boeing Successfully Tests...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 04/04/07

The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has successfully tested the first Secure Border Initiative (SBI) integrated mobile sensor tower, a key element of the SBInet system's mobile component. The tests validated the tower's infrastructure to ensure it can be... See more more

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Technology News

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 02/13/07

BERKELEY – Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, have created a new high-performance mirror that could dramatically improve the design and efficiency of the next generation of devices relying upon laser optics, including... See more more

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Finding May Unshackle the...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/31/07

MADISON - In an advance that could lead to composite materials with virtually limitless performance capabilities, a University of Wisconsin-Madison scientist has dispelled a 50-year-old theoretical notion that composite materials must be made only of... See more more

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Origami Lens Slims High...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/30/07

“You mount the optic once and the diamond machining tool cuts all the optical surfaces without having to adjust the setup,” explained Tremblay. Not having to realign the optic during the machining of the reflective surfaces reduced an important... See more more

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Rapid Response to Avian...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/26/07

To optimize the research prototype, the research team is currently developing specific monoclonal antibodies to different subtypes of avian influenza viruses. Another UA researcher, Ryan Tian, assistant professor of chemistry, is developing a... See more more

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A Boost for Hydrogen Fuel...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/25/07

The green dots in this Low Energy Electron Diffraction pattern for a single crystal of Pt3Ni(111) reveal a tightly packed arrangement of surface atoms that wards off platinum-grabbing hydroxide ions and boosts catalytic performance Credit: Berkeley... See more more

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UCLA, Caltech Chemists...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/24/07

Two-state rotaxane molecules designed in the UCLA laboratory of J. Fraser Stoddart act as switches (right) to store information in an ultra-dense 160-kilobit memory made up of a 400 x 400 grid of nanowires (left). Stoddart has been called the... See more more

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Northrop Grumman Supplies...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/22/07

a recent agreement signed with Cable News Network LP, LLLP, (CNN), Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is providing an Integrated Collaboration Environment (ICE), including a TouchTable®, to CNN's "The Situation Room," a news and political... See more more

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Sandia computer...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/17/07

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A Sandia National Laboratories researcher has developed a simulation program designed to track the illicit trade in fissile and nonfissile radiological material well enough to predict who is building the next nuclear weapon and... See more more

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Nanotechnology shows...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/15/07

The next big idea in preventing wrinkles is very, very small. Nano small. A Michigan State University chemical engineer has discovered that nanoparticles can stop thin polymer films from buckling and wrinkling. It’s a new solution to a critical... See more more

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Cheaper LEDs from ZnO...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/03/07

Engineers at UC San Diego have synthesized a long-sought semiconducting material that may pave the way for an inexpensive new kind of light emitting diode (LED) that could compete with today’s widely used gallium nitride LEDs. To build an LED, you... See more more

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General Atomics...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 01/02/07

Global supercomputer leader Cray Inc. (NASDAQ: CRAY) today announced that General Atomics researchers using a Cray X1E(TM) supercomputer have made a significant breakthrough in their ability to predict what happens inside an experimental fusion... See more more

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Northrop Grumman to...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 12/11/06

APOPKA, Fla., Dec. 11, 2006 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $62 million from the U.S. Army to provide nearly 900 next-generation hand-held laser target locators to assist... See more more

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Sandia researchers...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 12/04/06

System combines basic off-the-shelf sensors with Sandia-developed sensor ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection... See more more

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Sandia research to focus...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/29/06

LIVERMORE, Calif. — Sandia National Laboratories researchers Todd Lane and Victoria VanderNoot have been awarded a research grant to develop a technology that can successfully detect deadly toxins from harmful algal blooms (HABs). The funding is... See more more

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A Quantum (Computer) Step

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/20/06

Nov. 19, 2006 -- A University of Utah physicist took a step toward developing a superfast computer based on the weird reality of quantum physics by showing it is feasible to read data stored in the form of the magnetic "spins" of phosphorus atoms.... See more more

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Northrop Grumman, Jet...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/14/06

REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Nov. 14, 2006 -- The Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) PlanetQuest program moved a step closer to searching for earth-like planets and measuring the distances to stars with the completion of key technology milestones by NASA's... See more more

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Today’s Seawater Is...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/06/06

Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis (RO) membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. Reverse... See more more

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"LouseBuster"...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/06/06

Biologists have invented a chemical-free, hairdryer-like device - the LouseBuster - and conducted a study showing it eradicates head lice infestations on children by exterminating the eggs, or "nits," and killing enough lice to prevent them from... See more more

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New Techniques Pave Way...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/06/06

The results, which appear in separate papers from the November issue of Nature Nanotechnology and the Oct. 16 issue of Applied Physics Letters (APL), could help overcome some of the key hurdles to using carbon nanotubes in computer chips, displays,... See more more

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Z machine melts diamond...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 11/02/06

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Sandia’s Z machine, by creating pressures more than 10 million times that of the atmosphere at sea level, has turned a diamond sheet into a pool of liquid. The object of the experiment was to better understand the characteristics... See more more

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Sandia computational...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/31/06

October 31, 2006 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Eight Sandia National Laboratories computational science projects have been awarded a total of $2.9 million annually over the next five years by the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) within... See more more

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Engineers probe spiders'...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/30/06

A team of MIT engineers has identified two key physical processes that lend spider silk its unrivaled strength and durability, bringing closer to reality the long-sought goal of spinning artificial spider silk. Manufactured spider silk could be used... See more more

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Northrop Grumman Posts...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/27/06

COIL Subsystem Ready for Installation on Flight Aircraft and Beacon Illuminator Laser Completes Successful Ground Tests REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 27, 2006 -- Laser systems built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) reached significant... See more more

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Northrop Grumman...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/25/06

A Compact, High-Power, Excellent Beam Quality Solid-State Laser for Multiple Military Missions REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Oct. 25, 2006 -- Compact laser weapons powerful enough to perform many basic military missions are getting closer to accompanying... See more more

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The perfect slow wave

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/23/06

Similar waves in nature include tidal bores like the Severn Bore, and the atmospheric waves that cause Morning Glory clouds in Queensland. Normal waves would break down, flatten out, topple over or crumble after a short distance. But solitons keep... See more more

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HYPER-CEST MRI Breaks New...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/19/06

BERKELEY, CA — Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and the University of California at Berkeley have developed a new technique for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) that allows... See more more

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Making more functional...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/17/06

Whether its contents are heavy-duty deli takeout for dinner or your child's new favorite toy, plastic packaging often withstands a good deal of abuse before it reaches the landfill. Although properties such as strength, toughness, rigidity and... See more more

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Northrop Grumman...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/12/06

MOST POWERFUL ILLUMINATOR LASER Technicians and engineers at Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach, Calif., prepare the Strategic Illuminator Laser for tests. Illuminator lasers are used in high energy laser systems to help deliver an... See more more

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Boeing Delivers Hardware...

See this at: sflorg.com| Added on 10/12/06

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 12, 2006 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] has announced the delivery of satellite hardware and the completion of new software tests for the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS). Boeing delivered the first gyroscope package, which helps... See more more

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Awesome page! It's like Popular Science / Popular Mechanics on steroids.

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