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Nanostructures taste the rainbow![]() Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017 Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution. Light detectors that distinguish between different colors of light or heat are used in a variety of applicatio ... read more |
Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticlesPittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 A team of chemists led by Carnegie Mellon University's Rongchao Jin has for the first time conducted site-specific surgery on a nanoparticle. The procedure, which allows for the precise tailoring of ... more
Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensorsLund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017 Researchers have now managed to pinpoint what happens when light is absorbed by extremely small nanoclusters of silver atoms. The results may have useful application in the development of biosensors ... more
Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technologyChicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017 Developing a superconducting computer that would perform computations at high speed without heat dissipation has been the goal of several research and development initiatives since the 1950s. Such a ... more
Nanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial 'machines'Liverpool UK (SPX) Jun 15, 2017 New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Nanoscale, has probed the structure and material properties of protein machines in bacteria, which have the capacity to conver ... more |
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UNIST researchers engineer transformer-like carbon nanostructureUlsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a new type of carbon nanomaterials, capable of changing shapes and colors depending on the type of solvents used. Such materials have attracted m ... more
Sensing the nanoscale with visible light, and the fundamentals of disordered wavesNew York NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 We cannot see atoms with the naked eye because they are so small relative to the wavelength of light. This is an instance of a general rule in optics - light is insensitive to features which are muc ... more Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 Russian physicists from ITMO University have found out that spherical silicon nanoparticles can be effectively heated up, and simultaneously emit light depending on their temperature. According to t ... more
Ultrafast nanophotonics: Turmoil in sluggish electrons' existenceMunich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017 An international team of physicists has monitored the scattering behavior of electrons in a non-conducting material in real-time. Their insights could be beneficial for radiotherapy. We can refer to ... more
Stanford scientists use nanotechnology to boost the performance of key industrial catalystStanford CA (SPX) May 24, 2017 A tiny amount of squeezing or stretching can produce a big boost in catalytic performance, according to a new study led by scientists at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. ... more
Researchers create first significant examples of optical crystallography for nanomaterialsChicago IL (SPX) May 24, 2017 Nanocrystals have diverse applications spanning biomedical imaging, light-emitting devices, and consumer electronics. Their unique optical properties result from the type of crystal from which they ... more |
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Molecular Lego for nanoelectronicsNuremberg, Germany (SPX) May 23, 2017 The ability to assemble electronic building blocks consisting of individual molecules is an important objective in nanotechnology. An interdisciplinary research group at Friedrich-Alexander Universi ... more
Nanotechnology Flight Test: Material Impact on the FutureCleveland OH (SPX) May 18, 2017 Mastering the intricacies of controlling matter at the nanoscale level is part of a revolutionary quest to apply nanotechnology to benefit industrial processes. A key element of that technology is t ... more
Scientists print nanoscale imaging probe onto tip of optical fiberBerkeley CA (SPX) May 16, 2017 Combining speed with incredible precision, a team of researchers has developed a way to print a nanoscale imaging probe onto the tip of a glass fiber as thin as a human hair, accelerating the produc ... more
X-ray microscope optics resolve 50-nm features while eliminating chromatic aberrationsOsaka, Japan (SPX) May 04, 2017 X-ray microscopes are commonly used in combination with full-field imaging techniques in spectromicroscopy applications, where they allow the chemical structures of materials to be analyzed and visu ... more |
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Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017
During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.
Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat ... more Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon |
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Singapore (SPX) Jul 13, 2017
Here's the scenario: you have sensitive data and a problem that only a quantum computer can solve. You have no quantum devices yourself. You could buy time on a quantum computer, but you don't want to give away your secrets. What can you do?
Writing in Physical Review X on 11 July, researchers in Singapore and Australia propose a way you could use a quantum computer securely, even over the ... more Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Utilities including nuclear firms hacked: NYT Washington (UPI) Jul 6, 2017Booz Allen Hamilton wins cyber-security contact Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2017Hackers could tap EEGs, observe brainwaves to steal passwords |
Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017
During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration.
Four 'aquanauts', including ESA astronaut Pedro Duque and NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, took part in NASA's 22nd Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO-22) mission, spending 10 days in the Aquarius habitat ... more Tokyo (Sputnik) Jun 29, 2017Japanese Space Agency Proposes Plan to Send Astronauts to Moon Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2017Japan reveals plans to put a man on moon by 2030 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 16, 2017Russian aerospace firm to cooperate with China on Lunar exploration missions |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution.
... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology |
Newcastle UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017
Researchers are using satellite data to accurately map the movement of the earth before a landslide in a bid to develop a life-saving early warning system.
The team from Newcastle University (UK), Chengdu University of Technology, Tongji University, China Academy of Space Technology and Wuhan University (China) have been tracking the devastating events of last week when a massive landslide ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Study finds Earth's magnetic field 'simpler than we thought' Paris (ESA) Jul 07, 2017See our seasons change from space Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
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Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017
Engineers at Caltech have for the first time developed a light detector that combines two disparate technologies - nanophotonics, which manipulates light at the nanoscale, and thermoelectrics, which translates temperature differences directly into electron voltage - to distinguish different wavelengths (colors) of light, including both visible and infrared wavelengths, at high resolution.
... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles Lund, Sweden (SPX) Jun 20, 2017Silver atom nanoclusters could become efficient biosensors Chicago IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Superconducting nanowire memory cell, miniaturized technology |
McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017
Intelligent technologies like advanced analytics and biometrics/identity analytics can help government agencies fulfill their missions to improve the delivery of public services and meet the rising expectations of citizens, a recent survey found. However, successful adoption of intelligent technologies first requires overcoming challenges-challenges that can be solved, survey respondents say, by ... more Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Human pose estimation for care robots using deep learning Multan, Pakistan (AFP) July 6, 2017Pizza bytes! Pakistan enchanted by first robot waitresses Paris (AFP) July 11, 2017Three European firms join in robot ship project |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017
A functional drone, together with a simulated IED device, has been developed by Explotrain LLC, a Florida-based small business for the training of troops.
ExploDrone features a reusable drone carrying lightweight pneumatic-based Explosive Blast Simulators used in the Kamikaze-like crash of the drone into a target area.
The system also uses smaller drones that carry simulations of ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017New Reaper drone variant performs first combat mission Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system |
Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 07, 2017
An international research team that includes University of Central Florida Professor Enrique del Barco, Damien Thompson of the University of Limerick and Christian A. Nijhuis of the National University of Singapore has cracked an important limitation that for nearly 20 years has prevented the practical use of molecular diodes.
Electrical circuits are the basic building blocks of modern ele ... more Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017High-precision control of printed electronics Boston MA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Three-dimensional chip combines computing and data storage Seoul (AFP) July 4, 2017Samsung to invest $18 billion in memory chip business |
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Morgantown WV (SPX) Jul 12, 2017
The technology developed by researchers at West Virginia University that helped them win the NASA Sample Return Robot Challenge may be headed to Mars. Majid Jaridi, professor of industrial and management systems engineering, and Yu Gu, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, have received a three-year, $750,000 grant from NASA to develop ways to increase the onboard autonomy ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Giant enhancement of electromagnetic waves revealed within small dielectric particles Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jul 07, 2017ANU invention may help to protect astronauts from radiation in space Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 10, 20176 teams share honors and money in NASA's 2nd 3-D Print a Habitat challenge |
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2017 China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo is in a critical condition, his hospital said Monday, raising fears about his life after Western doctors said there was time to take him abroad.
The First Hospital of China Medical University in the northeastern city of Shenyang said Liu's tumour has grown, his liver is bleeding and he has kidney problems.
The hospital said in a statement ... more Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2017Chinese court jails author of Tiananmen report: lawyer Sertar, China (AFP) July 6, 2017With demolitions, China squeezes Buddhist academy Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2017Chinese Nobel laureate too sick to travel abroad: hospital |
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Lancaster UK (SPX) Jul 10, 2017
Counterfeit products are a huge problem - from medicines to car parts, fake technology costs lives.
Every year, imports of counterfeited and pirated goods around the world cost nearly US $0.5 trillion in lost revenue.
Counterfeit medicines alone cost the industry over US $200 billion every year. They are also dangerous to our health - around a third contain no active ingredients, res ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017China teleports quantum information to space, a first Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Neutrons detect elusive Higgs amplitude mode in quantum material Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Scientists get first direct look at how electrons 'dance' with vibrating atoms |
Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017
A state-of-the-art telescope for detecting optical signatures of gravitational waves - built and operated by an international research collaboration, led by the University of Warwick - has been officially launched.
The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO) was inaugurated at Warwick's astronomical observing facility in the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory of the Instituto ... more Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation Hannover, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2017LISA Gravitational-Wave Observatory Selected as ESA L3 Mission Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Hints of Extra Dimensions in Gravitational Waves |
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Atlanta GA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017
A new low-temperature solution printing technique allows fabrication of high-efficiency perovskite solar cells with large crystals intended to minimize current-robbing grain boundaries. The meniscus-assisted solution printing (MASP) technique boosts power conversion efficiencies to nearly 20 percent by controlling crystal size and orientation.
The process, which uses parallel plates to cre ... more New Bedford MA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017There Will Always be Sun on this Horizon San Francisco, CA (SPX) Jul 12, 2017SolarEdge Launching First PV Inverter-Integrated Electric Vehicle Charger Bristol, UK (SPX) Jul 12, 2017Investors Generate 174,000,000 kWh of Renewable Electricity |
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017
According to Euroconsult's latest report, High Throughput Satellites: Vertical Market Analysis and Forecasts, the total committed investment from the 30 satellite operators in HTS systems has reached nearly $19 billion.
Compared to the 36 launches of GEO-HTS systems over the past decade, another ~100 GEO-HTS systems are expected to launch from 2017 to 2025, at an average of 11 launches per ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Jun 21, 2017SES Transfers Capacity from AMC-9 Satellite Following Significant Anomaly McLean, VA (SPX) Jun 28, 2017Second launch doubles number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 20 Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 28, 2017OneWeb inaugurates production line Assembly, Integration, and Test of OneWeb satellites |
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