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Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled![]() Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017 Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Researchers have now developed an easy way to manipulate the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures that strongly depend on their spatial arrangement. The plasmonic nanoparticles can form clusters, plasmonic metamolecules, and then interact with each other. Changing the geometry of the nanoparticles can be used to control the properties of the metamolecules. "The challenge is to make the stru ... read more |
Nanoparticles remain unpredictableZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 The nanotech industry is booming. Every year, several thousands of tonnes of man-made nanoparticles are produced worldwide; sooner or later, a certain part of them will end up in bodies of water or ... more
Nanotubes that build themselvesLund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in producing nanotubes from a single building block using so-called molecular self-recognition. The tube can also change shape depending on ... more
Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easyAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 Using pressure instead of chemicals, a Sandia National Laboratories team has fabricated nanoparticles into nanowire-array structures similar to those that underlie the surfaces of touch-screens for ... more
Scientists created nanopowders for the synthesis of new aluminum alloysKrasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Apr 10, 2017 The project received support from the Regional Science Foundation and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research in the competition for oriented interdisciplinary research in 2016. The results of the ... more |
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Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire templateLemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017 For the chips in our computers and smartphones to get faster and faster, their components - the circuits and wires through which signals flow - have to get smaller and smaller. The miniaturization o ... more
UNM physicist discovers strange forces acting on nanoparticlesAlbuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 A new scientific paper published, in part, by a University of New Mexico physicist is shedding light on a strange force impacting particles at the smallest level of the material world. The dis ... more
Scientists identify unusual force acting on nanoparticlesWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 Different sets of rules govern matter at different scales. As nanotechnologies becomes smaller, scientists are paying closer attention to the physical laws of infinitesimal scales. ... more
How nanoparticles affect flow through porous stuff in surprising waysWashington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Those who have mixed oil and vinegar may have unknowingly observed a strange fluid phenomenon called fingering instability. A type of this phenomenon, called viscous fingering (VF), occurs in porous ... more
Platelets instead of quantum dotsZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Scientists have been researching luminous coloured quantum dots (QDs) since the 1980s. These nanocrystals are now part of our everyday lives: the electronics industry uses them in LCD televisions to ... more
Carbon nanotubes self-assemble into tiny transistorsGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Carbon nanotubes can be used to make very small electronic devices, but they are difficult to handle. University of Groningen scientists, together with colleagues from the University of Wuppertal an ... more |
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Photonic crystal and nanowire combo advances 'photonic integration'Washington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Contrary to the tremendous success story of electronic integration, photonic integration is still in its infancy. One the most serious obstacles it faces is the need to use a variety of materials to ... more
New Nano Devices Could Withstand Extreme Environments in SpaceStanford CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Behind its thick swirling clouds, Venus is hiding a hot surface pelted with sulfuric acid rains. At 480C, the planet's atmosphere would fry any of today's electronics, posing a challenge to scientis ... more
3-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workersHanover NH (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 Using advanced 3-D printing, Dartmouth College researchers have unlocked the key to transforming microscopic nanorings into smart materials that perform work at human-scale. Nanomachines can a ... more
Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachinesParis, France (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 Rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the smallest of scales. Yet at such small dimensions, molecular motors can complete this work in only one di ... more |

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McLean VA (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Aireon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a successful flight test of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology, collecting ADS-B data to be used as part of a larger validation effort exploring the new system's capability from low-earth orbit.
The flight took place on Thursday, March 30, 2017, utilizing the FAA's specially equipped " ... more Cleveland OH (SPX) Apr 28, 2017The QueSST for Quiet Brasilia (AFP) April 25, 2017China's HNA buys stake in Rio airport: Brazil official Washington (AFP) April 24, 2017'Personal flying machine' maker plans deliveries this year |
Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017
China plans to conduct several manned space flights from 2019 to 2022, during which a 60-tonne space station will be assembled and built, said Wang Zhaoyao, director of China's manned space program office, Friday.
"Tianzhou-1, China's first cargo spacecraft, was the last flight mission of the country's manned space program before the construction of a permanent space station," Wang said at ... more Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling Xi'an (XNA) Apr 26, 2017China courts international coalition set up to promote space cooperation Beijing (XNA) Apr 26, 2017Commentary: Innovation drives China's space exploration |
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Washington (AFP) April 30, 2017
An American woman held for more than two years by China has been deported to the United States after being convicted of espionage, the US State Department confirmed on Sunday.
Sandy Phan-Gillis was detained in March 2015 at the Macau border after visiting mainland China with a trade delegation from the Texas oil capital Houston.
She was accused of espionage, stealing state secrets and al ... more Washington (AFP) April 28, 2017US NSA spy agency halts controversial email sweep San Francisco (AFP) April 29, 2017China deports US woman convicted of 'spying' Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2017U.S. Air Force seeks hackers to test the security of its web portals |
Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 27, 2017
Russian aerospace company RSC Energia and its US partners have worked out several options of sending tourists into the Moon's orbit and to the International Space Station (ISS), Energia's General Director Vladimir Solntsev told Sputnik.
In August, Solntsev said Energia was preparing a Moon expedition on board an upgraded Soyuz spacecraft, with eight space tourists interested in a trip. Ren ... more Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Swedish Institute of Space Physics goes back to the Moon New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017India dreams of harvesting lunar dust to power fusion rectors Houston TX (SPX) Apr 13, 2017NASA Scientists Find Dynamo at Lunar Core May Have Formed Magnetic Field |
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Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Researchers have now developed an easy way to manipulate the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures that strongly depend on their spatial arrangement.
The plasmonic nanoparticles can form clusters, plasmonic metamolecules, and then interact with each other. Changing the geometry of the nano ... more Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanoparticles remain unpredictable Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy |
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2017 Raytheon is modernizing the U.S. Air Force's Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System, or AOC WS, over the next six years.
The contract, issued by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command, will update the existing AOC WS baseline software, as well as developing and deploying new software upgrades to enhance air and space command and control operations at a cost of up to $375 million. ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 25, 2017France orders new armored vehicles from Nexter, Renault, Thales Washington (UPI) Apr 21, 2017Canadian army to modernize training simulation system Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2017Field trials underway for Russia's next-generation battle tank |
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Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Plasmonic nanoparticles exhibit properties based on their geometries and relative positions. Researchers have now developed an easy way to manipulate the optical properties of plasmonic nanostructures that strongly depend on their spatial arrangement.
The plasmonic nanoparticles can form clusters, plasmonic metamolecules, and then interact with each other. Changing the geometry of the nano ... more Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanoparticles remain unpredictable Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy |
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Geckos are well known for effortlessly scrambling up walls and upside down across ceilings. Even in slippery rain forests, the lizards maintain their grip. Now scientists have created a double-sided adhesive that copies this reversible ability to stick and unstick to surfaces even in wet conditions.
They say their development, reported in ACS' Journal of Physical Chemistry C, could be usef ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017The rise of automated art Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systems El Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASA |
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Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2017
The Fokker business unit of GKN Aerospace has opened a production line in the Netherland's for the manufacture of landing gear systems for Predator B drones.
The factory is located in Helmond, the Netherlands, and is highly automated, GKN said.
"We are proud to manufacture the landing gear of the innovative Predator B system for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems," Michiel van ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2017Lockheed flies long-range endurance test flights of Fury unmanned aircraft Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2017Service Academies Swarm Challenge Live-Fly Competition Begins Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017MQ-8C Fire Scout takes first flight from littoral combat ship |
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2017
Characters in some of the more futuristic science fiction films, like "Minority Report" and "Iron Man," control computer displays with slick and deliberate hand motions. In "Minority Report," the protagonist, played by Tom Cruise, uses gloves that glow at the fingertips and give him the power of virtual manipulation. The light seems to allow him to control the screen as if it were a touchscreen, ... more Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Wonder material? Novel nanotube structure strengthens thin films for flexible electronics Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Molecular libraries for organic light-emitting diodes Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017New quantum liquid crystals may play role in future of computers |
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Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Researchers at the University of Melbourne are the first in the world to image how electrons move in two-dimensional graphene, a boost to the development of next-generation electronics.
Capable of imaging the behaviour of moving electrons in structures only one atom in thickness, the new technique overcomes significant limitations with existing methods for understanding electric currents i ... more Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2017System can 3-D print an entire building Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Berkeley Lab scientists discover new atomically layered, thin magnet Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Augmented reality increases maintenance reliability at a space station |
Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2017
China sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to a three-year suspended sentence Friday following a secret trial, raising concerns the country is moving to further reduce transparency in high-profile, politically sensitive cases.
Li Heping, best known for defending blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, was found guilty of "subverting state power," the Tianjin Second Intermediate Court said in a po ... more Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2017Chinese court sentences rights lawyer in secret trial Hong Kong (AFP) April 26, 2017Pro-independence activists arrested in Hong Kong Changsha, China (AFP) April 25, 2017Trial of China human rights lawyer delayed: supporters |
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Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 27, 2017
Imaginary numbers are a solution to a very real problem in a study published this week in Scientific Reports. Two physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory offered a way to mathematically describe a particular physics phenomenon called a phase transition in a system out of equilibrium. Such phenomena are central in physics, and understanding how they occur has bee ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Ripples in the cosmic web Paris (ESA) Apr 27, 2017Detector delivery marks another Euclid milestone Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 28, 2017Mathematical model of a TARDIS takes the 'fiction' out of science fiction |
Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 21, 2017
An international team of astronomers has, for the first time, seen a cosmic magnification of the light from a class of supernova called Type Ia. Type Ia supernovas - often referred to as "standard candles" because of their well-known intrinsic brightness - are frequently used by astronomers to accurately measure the expansion rate of our universe, as well as the amount of dark energy, which is t ... more Orlando FL (SPX) Apr 07, 2017ZERO-G Research aims to advance deep-space mission technology Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2017Cells adapt ultra-rapidly to zero gravity Moscow, Russia (SPX) Feb 22, 2017'Gravitational noise' interferes with determining distant sources |
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New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed an Android app that will show the solar potential of a given location in any part of the country. The app was developed to support the clean energy target of generating 175,000 MW power through non-fossil fuel energy.
The computation of solar energy potential is essential for selecting locations for solar photovoltaic (PV) thermal ... more London, UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2017Ancala and Anesco deploy large scale battery at UK solar farm Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Light can improve perovskite solar cell performance Golden CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017Experts outline pathway for generating up to 10 terawatts of power from sunlight by 2030 |
Carlsbad CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2017
ViaSat Inc. has confirmed the scheduled launch date for the ViaSat-2 satellite is June 1, 2017.
The ViaSat-2 satellite will launch aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The satellite will be sent into geostationary transfer orbit by the launch vehicle and will provide broadband services from an orb ... more Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Arianespace, Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT sign a new Launch Services Agreement, for Horizons 3e ESA boosting its Argentine link with deep space McLean VA (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Airbus and Intelsat team up for more capacity |
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