TECH SPACE - NANO DAILY

New Space Station experiments study flames in space

Feb 17, 2022 (SPX)

But fire behaves differently in space. Changes in gravity and air flow can alter the way it spreads and make it harder to extinguish. So, how do engineers desig...

Facebook co-workers now 'Metamates' as image evolves

Feb 16, 2022 (AFP)

Zuckerberg shared his note to employees on his Facebook page, the revamped credo coming on the heels of the internet giant being renamed Meta in October. "As we...

New laser station lights the way to debris reduction

Feb 16, 2022 (ESA)

Imagine lasers pointing from Earth into the skies, seeking out satellites and bits of space trash and measuring their positions and trajectories to prevent cata...

Digi-Key to distribute EPC Space Rad Hard devices worldwide for space applications

Feb 16, 2022 (SPX)

Spanning a range of 40 V to 300 V, EPC Space offers a family of rad hard enhancement mode power transistors. These power transistors demonstrate significant per...

Young labels make sustainable fashion headway at NY Fashion Week

Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)

The 26-year-old from Minnesota is not the first to bet on this trend, at a moment when the fashion industry has faced criticism for its environmental impact. An...

A new way to shape a material's atomic structure with ultrafast laser light

Feb 15, 2022 (SPX)

Now researchers have discovered how to change the atomic structure of a highly efficient thermoelectric material, tin selenide, with intense pulses of laser lig...

Tencent-backed tech giant's hit game 'banned in India'

Feb 15, 2022 (AFP)

It was the latest volley between New Delhi and Beijing, with tensions between the two running high after a deadly 2020 clash in a disputed Himalayan border area...

Rocket set to hit Moon was built by China, not SpaceX, say astronomers

Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)

A rocket will indeed strike the lunar surface on March 4, but contrary to what had been announced, it was built not by Elon Musk's company, but by Beijing, expe...

Brazil launches plan to expand mining in Amazon

Feb 14, 2022 (AFP)

Bolsonaro signed a decree creating a program to support the development of artisanal mining, a controversial activity known as "garimpo" that occupies something...

Sidus Space books slew of news orders for hardware and services

Feb 11, 2022 (SPX)

"We are off to an excellent start for 2022. As a true space-as-a-service company, our space hardware manufacturing capability is an integral part of our full-st...

New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum

Feb 11, 2022 (SPX)

Now, an MIT team has engineered a composite made mostly from cellulose nanocrystals mixed with a bit of synthetic polymer. The organic crystals take up about 60...

Coca-Cola says 25% of packaging will be reusable by 2030

Feb 11, 2022 (AFP)

The soda giant announced the pledge Thursday, saying it would be implemented globally through the glass and plastic bottles it sells to consumers and through th...

China hits back at US after satellite near-misses

Feb 11, 2022 (XNA)

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a daily news briefing on Thursday, saying such rhetoric by the US did not show a responsible attitude...

Rare earth elements await in waste

Feb 10, 2022 (SPX)

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour reports it has successfully extracted valuable rare earth elements (REE) from waste at yields high enough to resolve issues f...

Indian Space Agency decommissions communication satellite

Feb 09, 2022 (Sputnik)

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully decommissioned a 14-year-old communication satellite, INSAT-4B, which provided services in the Ku...

A new programming language for high-performance computers

Feb 09, 2022 (SPX)

However, a team of researchers, based mainly at MIT, is calling that notion into question, claiming that one can, in fact, have it all. With the new programming...

Beyond sci-fi: manipulating liquid metals without contact

Feb 09, 2022 (SPX)

The liquid metal used is galinstan, an alloy of gallium, indium and tin, which favours the formation of droplets due to its high surface tension. Under the appl...

Scientists discover a mysterious transition in an electronic crystal

Feb 09, 2022 (SPX)

In a new paper in Physical Review Letters, a global research team led by MIT physics professor Nuh Gedik discovered an unusual hysteretic transition in a layere...

Self-healing ice

Feb 08, 2022 (SPX)

More than 160 years ago, a similar effect to what happens on a speed skating rink attracted the attention of physicist Michael Faraday. He performed an experime...

Taiwan eases nuclear-accident food import ban from Japan

Feb 08, 2022 (AFP)

Taiwan imposed a blanket ban on food imports from five regions in and around Fukushima in 2011, after radioactive particles were detected on some products follo...