Japan, SKorea ban Canadian wheat imports over bioengineered plants

The world's sixth largest wheat producer sought to reassure trading partners on Monday that genetically modified…

Supreme Court to take up iPhone app lawsuit

The Supreme Court will consider whether the purchasers of iPhone apps can sue Apple over allegations…

Development and Initial Testing of the Tiltrotor Test Rig

Abstract: The NASA Tiltrotor Test Rig (TTR) is a new, large-scale proprotor test system, developed jointly…

Lifting of Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving poses policy challenges

This month Saudi Arabia will put an end to its ban on women driving, opening the…

New approach in VR redirected walking presented

In the burgeoning world of virtual reality (VR) technology, it remains a challenge to provide users…

Observations identify three different activity periods in the quasar 3C 279

An international team of astronomers has conducted multi-wavelength photometric and spectropolarimetric observations of the quasar 3C…

Examination of Wave Speed in Rotating Detonation Engines Using Simplified Computational Fluid Dynamics

Abstract: A simplified, two-dimensional, computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation, with a reactive Euler solver is used…

Using gold nanoparticles to trigger sequential unfolding of 3-D structures

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that takes advantage of gold…

Diamond watch components

SNSF-funded researchers have developed a new technique for carving materials to create micromechanical systems. In particular,…

MXene’s tour de force

Is there anything MXene materials can't do?