TECH SPACE - RUSSO DAILY

Japan finds major rare earth deposits: researcher

Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)

Japan has found a large deposit of rare earth minerals in its Pacific seabed, enough to supply its hi-tech industries for more than 200 years, a scientist said ...

Better surfaces could help dissipate heat

Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)

Heat transfer in everything from computer chips to powerplants could be improved through new analysis of surface textures. Cooling systems that use a liquid tha...

France pulls plug on Internet forerunner Minitel

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

Three decades after it launched, the Minitel -- a made in France forerunner to the Internet that at its height was installed in nine million homes -- will shut ...

Scientists twist light to send data

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

A multi-national team led by USC with researchers hailing from the U.S., China, Pakistan and Israel has developed a system of transmitting data using twisted be...

Mercury mineral evolution

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

Mineral evolution posits that Earth's near-surface mineral diversity gradually increased through an array of chemical and biological processes. A dozen differen...

Google Internet glasses on the way

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Google glasses that overlay the Internet on daily lives should hit the market within two years -- technology the tech giant hopes will someday make fumbling wit...

Google rolls in tablet market with Nexus 7

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Google on Wednesday opened fire on iPad and Kindle Fire with a Nexus tablet designed to showcase the latest Android software and be a window into its online sho...

Google ramps up competition in hot tablet market

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

The Google Nexus 7 heightens competition in the red-hot market for tablet computers, which is dominated by the Apple iPad but has a number of other players. An ...

NuSTAR Mission Status Report: Observatory Unfurls its Unique Mast

Jun 26, 2012 (JPL)

NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has successfully deployed its lengthy mast, giving it the ability to see the highest energy X-rays in o...

India readies upgrade of 'world's cheapest' tablet

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

India is set to release an upgrade of its ultra-low-cost computer tablet, the 40-dollar "Aakash-2", after the first edition was criticised for its quality and d...

Zynga building hub for mobile gadget game play

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

Social games star Zynga on Tuesday celebrated its fifth birthday a week early with a peek at a platform designed to let people play with each other no matter wh...

Toxic legacy in Malaysia rare-earths village

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

Thirty years have passed since Japan's Mitsubishi Chemicals opened a rare-earths refinery in the Malaysian village of Bukit Merah, but although the plant is gon...

Russia confirms creation of 117th element

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

Russian scientists say they've successfully repeated their synthesis of the 117th chemical element, paving the way for formal addition to the periodic table. Th...

Documents shows specs of Google tablet?

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

A 7-inch tablet by Google will run Android 4.1, cost $199 or $249 depending on the model, and go on sale in July, an Australian tech Web site is reporting. Gizm...

Google to talk tablets, TV, social and more

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

Google is expected to show off a new champion in the tablet computer wars this week as it courts developers whose fun, hip or functional programs are vital to I...

ISS to Build Up Meteorite Defenses

Jun 25, 2012 (RIA Novosti)

Russian cosmonauts will conduct a space walk in August during which they will install additional anti-meteorite panels on the International Space Station (ISS),...

UA scientists collaborate to gain understanding of self-cleaning gecko foot hair

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

Imagine the money you'd save if you bought a roll of duct tape and could use it over and over again without having to toss it in the garbage after one use. Wall...

Nano-infused paint can detect strain

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

A new type of paint made with carbon nanotubes at Rice University can help detect strain in buildings, bridges and airplanes. The Rice scientists call their mix...

Samsung eyes 10 mn mark for Galaxy S3 by end of July

Jun 25, 2012 (AFP)

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker, said Monday it expects to have sold 10 million of its newest Galaxy S3 model by the end...

NRL Scientists Propose Mitigation Concept of LEO Debris

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

Physicist and Engineers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Plasma Physics Division and Naval Center for Space Technology are researching a technique to 'swee...