New scanning technique allows researchers to read words on mummy waste wrap

A team of researchers with University College London has found a noninvasive way to read writing…

Flight testing validates waveform capability

The Air Force is moving forward to demonstrate the capabilities of the protected tactical waveform through…

Cloud Surprises in Moving NASA EOSDIS Applications into Amazon Web Services

Abstract: NASA ESDIS has been moving a variety of data ingest, distribution, and science data processing…

Sensor the size of a nitrogen atom investigates hard drives

To connect components with each other, gluing is preferred today instead of welding, riveting or using…

Paints and varnishes based on potato starch

If a surface has to be protected against corrosion, in 80 percent of all cases this…

Image: Under the midnight sun

In September 2017, a new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where…

NASA’s flying observatory SOFIA to explore magnetic universe and beyond

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, is preparing for its 2018 observing campaign, which will…

Unraveling the mechanisms that control cell growth and size

All living cells, from simple yeasts to human brain cells, regulate their rate of growth and…

Fire reductions ‘make methane numbers add up’

Fewer fires globally may help explain the recent change in atmospheric methane, a study says.

Digitization in motor vehicle manufacturing

Pressure to optimize is intense on the floors of motor vehicle manufacturers' factories: Variance is steadily…