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  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 research, to be published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, enhances the understanding of basic phenomena that occur in nano-sized systems close to absolute zero temperature. A phase transition is a general term for physical phenomena wherein a system transits from one state to another as a res ... read more |
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Nano 'sandwich' offers unique propertiesHouston 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 ... more 
Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shellLincoln 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 
Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applicationsTempe 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 
Liquid metal nano printing set to revolutionize electronicsMelbourne, 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 coatingsChicago 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 
Turning up the heat for perfect nano diamondsWashington 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 
Learning how to fine-tune nanofabricationKyoto, 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 
Supercomputing, experiment combine for first look at magnetism of real nanoparticleOak 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 
Scientists determine precise 3-D location 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticleBerkeley 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 
Three magnetic states for each holeDresden, 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 |
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NIST updates 'sweet' 1950s separation method to clean nanoparticles from organismsWashington 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 
Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sourcesSeattle 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 
Ultra-precise chip-scale sensor detects unprecedentedly small changes at the nanoscaleJerusalem (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 
New research helps to meet the challenges of nanotechnologySwansea, 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 |
  Stockholm, Sweden (UPI) Feb 22, 2017 
Sweden and Hungary have updated their Gripen fighter lease agreement to give Hungary more flight hours and updated aircraft.
The new comprehensive agreement allows Hungary 400 extra flight hours per year, increasing the limit from 1,600 hours to 2,000 hours.
Sweden will contribute support to cope with the extended flight time.
The Swedish Defense Matériel Agency, FMV, wil ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2017U.S. Air Force equips decoy flight vehicles with anti-jam capabilities  London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Charles Woodburn to take over as BAE Systems CEO  Washington (UPI) Feb 28, 2017U.S. Navy orders 12 new fighter aircraft from Boeing |
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 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, 2017China to launch first high-throughput communications satellite in April  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration |
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 Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
The encryption codes that safeguard internet data today won't be secure forever. Future quantum computers may have the processing power and algorithms to crack them. Nathan Hamlin, instructor and director of the WSU Math Learning Center, is helping to prepare for this eventuality. He is the author of a new paper in the Open Journal of Discrete Mathematics that explains how a code he wrote for a ... more Beersheba, Israel (UPI) Feb 22, 2017A computer's LED light can smuggle out data from the hard drive  New York (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Northrop Grumman, PGZ to deepen industrial cooperation  Washington (AFP) Feb 19, 2017Tech tools gain traction amid Trump war on leaks |
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 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, 2017India Takes Russian Help to Analyze Chemical Composition of Lunar Surface  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Complete Lunar-cy: The Earth Has Sprayed the Moon With Oxygen for Billennia  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 01, 2017Private Space Race Heats Up, Moon Landing Expected in Late 2017 |
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 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 research, to be published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, enhances the understanding of basic phenomena that occur in nano-sized systems close to absolute zero temperature.
A phase tr ... more Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties  Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell  Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications |
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 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, 2017Atlas Elektronik contracted for ARCIMS vehicles  Orlando, Fla. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017U.S. Marines place $150M order for Target Sight Systems  Dulles, Va. (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Orbital ATK reports new orders for Bushmaster guns |
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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 research, to be published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, enhances the understanding of basic phenomena that occur in nano-sized systems close to absolute zero temperature.
A phase tr ... moreHouston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications |
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 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, 2017Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for years  Lausanne, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 17, 2017Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robots  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Now you can 'build your own' bio-bot |
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 London (UPI) Feb 28, 2017  The U.K. Ministry of Defense and Leonardo will move forward with phase 2 of the Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System Demonstrator program.
The program, referred to as RWUAS CCD Phase 2, is a two-year agreement that aims to identify, develop and explore plans to integrate rotary-wing capabilities with military unmanned aircraft.
"Supported by our rising defense budget and 178 billion pounds ... more Yinchuan, China (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Chinese drone Wing-Loong II conducts maiden flight  Geelong, Australia (UPI) Feb 27, 2017GA-ASI forms team to supply Reaper drones to Australia  Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2017U.S. Air Force to retire MQ-1 Predator drone in 2018 |
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 Manchester, England (UPI) Mar 1, 2017
Scientists have used DNA molecules to create a new, super-fast computer that is capable of "growing as it computes."
The research, detailed in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, is the first to prove the feasibility of a nondeterministic universal Turing machine, or NUTM. Until now, such a computing entity existed only in theory.
"Imagine a computer is searching a maze a ... more Beijing (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Chinese tech giant eyes global market with custom chip  Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Artificial synapse for neural networks  Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Combining the ultra-fast with the ultra-small |
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 Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 
Scientists at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, or DESY, the German research center, have created laser beams with record strength and precision using X-ray glasses.
The lens can successfully concentrate 75 percent of a laser beam onto a spot just 250 nanometers wide - precision approaching upon the theoretical limit.
"Only a few materials are available for making suitable X ... more Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017When Rocket Science Meets X-ray Science  Denver CO (SPX) Feb 28, 2017York Space partners with Metropolitan State for Denver satellite facility  Zurich, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Scientists forgo kiln, bake ceramics with pressure |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017 
A nerve centre for migrant workers who stream in from around the country in search of a better life, Black Bridge Village is a place of industry and desperation.
Posters on the wall offer easy money for blood donations: 400 ml - almost one US pint - earns between 400 and 500 yuan, enough to pay the rent for a small room.
Ramshackle structures of brick, corrugated iron and wood have mu ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 27, 2017Activists gatecrash meeting of Hong Kong leadership hopeful  Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 28, 2017China's favourite wins strong backing in Hong Kong leadership race  Hong Kong (AFP) March 1, 2017Hong Kong rebel lawmakers fight parliament ban |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
How do molecules rotate in a solvent? Answering this question is a complicated task since the molecular rotation is perturbed by a very large number of surrounding atoms. For a long time, large-scale computer simulations have been the main approach to model molecule-solvent interactions. However, they are extremely time consuming and sometimes completely infeasible.
Now, Mikhail Lemeshko f ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring the mysteries of supercooled water  Sheffield UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Stars Regularly Ripped Apart by Black Holes  Hannover, Germany (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Exploring Colliding Black Holes and Neutron Stars |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
Mammalian cells are optimally adapted to gravity. But what happens in the microgravity environment of space if the earth's pull disappears? Previously, many experiments exhibited cell changes - after hours or even days in zero gravity. Astronauts, however, returned to Earth without any severe health problems after long missions in space, which begs the question as to how capable cells are of ada ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources  Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects  Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2017Increasing the sensitivity of next-generation gravitational wave detectors |
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 Toronto, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2017 
SOVENTIX Canada Inc. has commenced the development of several solar projects with a capacity of up to 140 megawatts (MWp) in Alberta, Canada. The six projects with a potential nameplate capacity from 15 to 45 MWp are located near Calgary and Edmonton. Building on Soventix Canada's success in the Ontario, the current projects will further drive the expansion of SOVENTIX in the Canadian solar mark ... more Edmonton, Alberta (UPI) Feb 28, 2017Alberta puts more weight behind solar power  London, UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Lightsource Renewable Energy acquires residential portfolio  Zug, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 24, 2017meeco installed biggest solar energy plant in Zimbabwe |
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 London, UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2017  GomSpace ApS a subsidiary of GS Sweden AB has been selected by and has entered into a procurement contract with the UK company Sky and Space Global (UK) Ltd. to develop and deliver a constellation of satellites within a 4 year period.
The first delivery of satellites will be in 2018. The revenue will be distributed over the term of the agreement. The total value of this order is depending ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 28, 2017OneWeb, Intelsat merge to advance satellite internet  Singapore (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Kacific places order with Boeing for a high throughput satellite  Paris (ESA) Feb 22, 2017ESA affirms Open Access policy for images, videos and data |
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