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February 28, 2017
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Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties



Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
Rice University researchers have modeled a nanoscale sandwich, the first in what they hope will become a molecular deli for materials scientists. Their recipe puts two slices of atom-thick graphene around nanoclusters of magnesium oxide that give the super-strong, conductive material expanded optoelectronic properties. Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his colleagues built computer simulations of the compound and found it would offer features suitable for sensitive molecular sensing, ... read more

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Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior
Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
A research group from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with French colleagues at CNRS Grenoble, has developed a unique experiment to detect quantum events in ultra-thin films. This novel resear ... more
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Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell
Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Beetles wear a body armor that should weigh them down - think medieval knights and turtles. In fact, those hard shells protecting delicate wings are surprisingly light, allowing even flight. B ... more
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Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
DNA, the stuff of life, may very well also pack quite the jolt for engineers trying to advance the development of tiny, low-cost electronic devices. Much like flipping your light switch at hom ... more
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Liquid metal nano printing set to revolutionize electronics
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2017
A new technique using liquid metals to create integrated circuits that are just atoms thick could lead to the next big advance for electronics. The process opens the way for the production of large ... more
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Nano-level lubricant tuning improves material for electronic devices and surface coatings
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which is ubiquitously used as a solid lubricant, has recently been shown to have a two-dimensional (2D) form that is similar to graphene. But, when thinned down to less ... more
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Turning up the heat for perfect nano diamonds
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 15, 2017
Quantum mechanics, the physics that governs nature at the atomic and subatomic scale, contains a host of new physical phenomena to explore quantum states at the nanoscale. Though tricky, there are w ... more
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Learning how to fine-tune nanofabrication
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Feb 15, 2017
Daniel Packwood, Junior Associate Professor at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), is improving methods for constructing tiny "nanomaterials" using a "bottom- ... more
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Supercomputing, experiment combine for first look at magnetism of real nanoparticle
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Feb 07, 2017
Barely wider than a strand of human DNA, magnetic nanoparticles - such as those made from iron and platinum atoms - are promising materials for next-generation recording and storage devices like har ... more
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Scientists determine precise 3-D location 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2017
Scientists used one of the world's most powerful electron microscopes to map the precise location and chemical type of 23,000 atoms in an extremely small particle made of iron and platinum. Th ... more
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Three magnetic states for each hole
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Feb 03, 2017
Nanometer-scale magnetic perforated grids could create new possibilities for Computing. Together with international colleagues, scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have s ... more


1,000 times more efficient nano-LED opens door to faster microchips

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NIST updates 'sweet' 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organisms
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 27, 2017
Sometimes old-school methods provide the best ways of studying cutting-edge tech and its effects on the modern world. Giving a 65-year-old laboratory technique a new role, researchers at the Nationa ... more
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Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sources
Seattle WA (SPX) Jan 25, 2017
When an individual uses Facebook or searches Google, the information processing happens in a large data center. Short distance optical interconnects can improve the performance of these data centers ... more
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Ultra-precise chip-scale sensor detects unprecedentedly small changes at the nanoscale
Jerusalem (SPX) Jan 20, 2017
Chip scale high precision measurements of physical quantities such as temperature, pressure and refractive index have become common with nanophotonics and nanoplasmonics resonance cavities. As ... more
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New research helps to meet the challenges of nanotechnology
Swansea, UK (SPX) Jan 20, 2017
Research by scientists at Swansea University is helping to meet the challenge of incorporating nanoscale structures into future semiconductor devices that will create new technologies and impact on ... more

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NASA-funded balloon recovered a year after flight over Antarctica
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017
For 12 days in January 2016, a football-field-sized balloon with a telescope hanging beneath it floated 24 miles above the Antarctic continent, riding the spiraling polar vortex. On Jan. 31, 2016, scientists sent the pre-planned command to cut the balloon - and the telescope parachuted to the ground in the Queen Maud region of Antarctica. The telescope sat on the ice for an entire year. ... more
Madrid (AFP) Feb 24, 2017
Madrid invites Airbus CEO to debrief on military plane woes
Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 27, 2017
NASA wind tunnel tests Lockheed Martin X-Plane concept
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017
Russia's future stealth bomber would replace Tu-22, Tu-95 and Tu-160 planes
China to Conduct Test Flight of CZ-8 Carrier Rocket by 2018
Beijing (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2017
China is planning to develop the next-generation CZ-8 (Long March 8) medium-lift carrier rocket and will conduct the first test flight by the end of 2018, Li Tongyu, the head of carrier rocket development at the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology said Monday. The core-stage of CZ-8 will be based on CZ-7 and CZ-3A (Long March 3A) carrier rockets, the CZ-8 is expected to have two sol ... more
Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017
China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017
Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April
Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017
China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration


A computer's LED light can smuggle out data from the hard drive
Beersheba, Israel (UPI) Feb 22, 2017
As experiments showed, a computer's LED light could be used to smuggle out data from the hard drive to a remote receiver with cameras or light sensors, like a drone. Just because a computer isn't connected to a wireless network, doesn't mean it's immune to invasion. As researchers at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev proved, if a computer can be directly infected with malware via U ... more
New York (UPI) Feb 21, 2017
Northrop Grumman, PGZ to deepen industrial cooperation
Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2017
Tech tools gain traction amid Trump war on leaks
Fairfax, Va. (UPI) Feb 16, 2017
General Dynamics gets $170 million cybersecurity order
An Epic Lunar Experience Lands at Space Center Houston
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
Space Center Houston is the first of four stops of a new exhibit featuring the Apollo 11 command module, which will leave the Smithsonian on a national tour for the first time since 1971. It will be the only location where guests can see the space capsules for both the first and last lunar landings. The awe-inspiring "Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission" exhibit, on display Oct. 14-Mar ... more
New Delhi (Sputnik) Feb 17, 2017
India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017
Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017
Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017
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Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
Rice University researchers have modeled a nanoscale sandwich, the first in what they hope will become a molecular deli for materials scientists. Their recipe puts two slices of atom-thick graphene around nanoclusters of magnesium oxide that give the super-strong, conductive material expanded optoelectronic properties. Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his colleagues built co ... more
Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior
Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications
Russia to start testing TIGR unmanned armored car in 2017
Abu Dhabi (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017
Russia will start testing a new unmanned version of its Tigr armored car, equipped with a 30-millimeter automatic gun, this year, CEO of the vehicle's developer Military Industrial Company LCC (VPK) Alexander Krasovitsky told Sputnik. The vehicle was first introduced at the Army-2016 military fair in Russia's Kubinka near Moscow in September last year. "At the expo in Kubinka, we realized ... more
London (UPI) Feb 22, 2017
Atlas Elektronik contracted for ARCIMS vehicles
Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017
U.S. Marines place $150M order for Target Sight Systems
Dulles, Va. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017
Orbital ATK reports new orders for Bushmaster guns


Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
Rice University researchers have modeled a nanoscale sandwich, the first in what they hope will become a molecular deli for materials scientists. Their recipe puts two slices of atom-thick graphene around nanoclusters of magnesium oxide that give the super-strong, conductive material expanded optoelectronic properties. Rice materials scientist Rouzbeh Shahsavari and his colleagues built co ... more
Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Scientists create a nano-trampoline to probe quantum behavior
Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell
Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroaches
Raleigh, NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches - or biobots - move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer to their goal of using biobots to explore collapsed buildings and other spaces in order to identify survivors. NC State researchers have developed cockroach biobots that can be remotely controlled and ... more
Oxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017
Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years
Lausanne, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 17, 2017
Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robots
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2017
Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot
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U.S. Navy's wingman drone technology used in combat trials
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017
U.S. Navy research teams recently completed combat trials with the branch's Tactical Battle Manager system using unmanned aerial vehicles. The Tactical Battle Manager system, or TBM, is a software platform designed to coordinate combat missions using "wingman" UAVs to assist manned and unmanned teams in combat. Researchers tested the system in a simulated beyond-visual-range combat scen ... more
Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2017
U.S. Air Force to retire MQ-1 Predator drone in 2018
Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 23, 2017
Israeli warplanes shoot down Hamas drone: army
Cincinnati OH (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
UC researchers teach drones to land themselves on moving targets
Artificial synapse for neural networks
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human brain. Now, researchers at Stanford University and Sandia National Laboratories have made an advance that could help computers mimic one piece of the brain's efficient design - an artificial version of the space over which neurons communicate, called a syn ... more
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Combining the ultra-fast with the ultra-small
Nashville TN (SPX) Feb 21, 2017
Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017
A new spin on electronics


When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
It takes rocket science to launch and fly spacecraft to faraway planets and moons, but a deep understanding of how materials perform under extreme conditions is also needed to enter and land on planets with atmospheres. X-ray science is playing a key role, too, in ensuring future spacecraft survive in extreme environments as they descend through otherworldly atmospheres and touch down safely on ... more
Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017
NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions
Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017
Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems
Convicted ex-Hong Kong leader jailed 20 months for misconduct
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017
Former Hong Kong leader Donald Tsang was sentenced to 20 months in prison on Wednesday after a high-profile corruption trial found him guilty of misconduct during his time at the helm of the city. Tsang, 72, who held the leadership post of chief executive for seven years from 2005, is the most senior city official ever to be convicted in a criminal trial and the highest ranking one to be pu ... more
Beijing (AFP) Feb 23, 2017
China muzzles feminist group over anti-Trump posts
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 22, 2017
China selfie-app leader seeks to 'beautify the world'
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 22, 2017
Over 30,000 gather to support jailed Hong Kong cops: reports
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Stars Regularly Ripped Apart by Black Holes
Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017
Astronomers based at the University of Sheffield have found evidence that stars are ripped apart by supermassive black holes 100 times more often than previously thought. Until now, such stellar cannibalism - known as tidal disruption events, or TDEs - had only been found in surveys which observed many thousands of galaxies, leading astronomers to believe they were exceptionally rare: only ... more
Cracow, Poland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
First trace of differences between matter and 'ordinary' antimatter
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Changes of supermassive black hole in the center of NGC 2617 galaxy
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017
Why it will take supercomputers, AI to solve time travel conundrum
'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Our Galaxy's gravitational field limits the accuracy of astrometric observations of distant objects. This is most clearly appeared for objects that are visually located behind the central regions of the Galaxy and the Galactic plane, where the deviation can be up to several dozen microarcseconds. And, more importantly, the effect of this gravitational "noise" cannot be removed. This means ... more
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017
New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017
Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2017
New laser technology from Hannover enables more sensitive gravitational-wave detectors


Prime Road and First Solar complete 18MW of Thai solar farms
Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
Prime Road Group and First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) welcome the completion of four solar farms totaling 18 megawatts (MWDC) of capacity in Thailand. Located across the Ayutthaya and Pathum Thani Provinces, the Prime Road Group Co-Op Project (Project) utilizes more than 158,500 First Solar thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules to produce approximately 29,600 megawatt-hours (MWh) of clean electric ... more
Washington (UPI) Feb 22, 2017
U.S. renewables a job engine, trade groups say
Zug, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017
meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe
London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017
Lightsource Renewable Energy acquires residential portfolio
Kacific places order with Boeing for a high throughput satellite
Singapore (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
Kacific Broadband Satellites Pte Ltd (Kacific) has ordered its Kacific-1 satellite from The Boeing Company (Boeing) based on the 702 satellite platform. This condominium satellite will be shared with JCSAT-18, ordered by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. Kacific closed a US$147 million financing round in late 2016 with a mix of equity, debt and customer prepayments which covers the purchase of ... more
Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017
OneWeb, Intelsat merge to advance satellite internet
Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2017
ESA affirms Open Access policy for images, videos and data
McLean, VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017
Iridium Announces Target Date for Second Launch of Iridium NEXT


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