New Coating Is Virtual Black Hole for Reflections
sflorg.com — "Researchers have created an anti-reflective coating that allows light to travel through it, but lets almost none bounce off its surface. At least 10 times more effective than the coating on sunglasses, the material may be used to channel light into solar cells or allow more photons to surge through the surface of a light-emitting diode (LED)." (Submitted by inactive) More...
Landmark Completion of South Pole Telescope
sflorg.com — Just days before nations around the world were set to begin a coordinated global research campaign called the International Polar Year (IPY); scientists at the South Pole aimed a massive new telescope at Jupiter and successfully collected the instrument's first test observations. (Submitted by inactive) More...
Today’s Seawater Is Tomorrow’s Drinking Water
sflorg.com — Researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science today announced they have developed a new reverse osmosis membrane that promises to reduce the cost of seawater desalination and wastewater reclamation. (Submitted by inactive) More...
New Boeing CH-47F Takes Flight
sflorg.com — The Boeing Company's first production CH-47F Chinook helicopter successfully completes its first flight Oct. 23 from its Rotorcraft Systems facility in Ridley Park, Pa., where testers evaluated the aircraft's systems and structural performance. (Submitted by SFLORG) More...
Mini MIT satellites rocketing to space station
sflorg.com — A Russian rocket launched Monday, April 24, is carrying the first of three small, spherical satellites developed at MIT to the International Space Station -- a major step toward building space-based robotic telescopes and other systems. (Submitted by SFLORG) More...
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