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  Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned. "I am not only a soil chemist, but an environmental chemist," he notes. "As agricultural scientists, we are very familiar with phosphorous but I had never he ... read more |
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Carbon nanotubes worth their saltLivermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 Lawrence Livermore scientists, in collaboration with researchers at Northeastern University, have developed carbon nanotube pores that can exclude salt from seawater. The team also found that water ... more 
A more complete picture of the nano worldBethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 They may be tiny and invisible, says Xiaoji Xu, but the aerosol particles suspended in gases play a role in cloud formation and environmental pollution and can be detrimental to human health. ... more 
What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' revealsWashington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017 The world's shortest race by distance - a fraction of the width of a human hair - was run on gold and silver tracks, and took a whopping 30 hours. Given that the vehicles were invisible to the naked ... more 
Nanotechnology gives green energy a green colorWashington DC (SPX) Aug 21, 2017 Solar panels have tremendous potential to provide affordable renewable energy, but many people see traditional black and blue panels as an eyesore. Architects, homeowners and city planners may be mo ... more |
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How to move objects at the nanoscaleTrieste, Italy (SPX) Aug 17, 2017 To move a nanoparticle on the surface of a graphene sheet, you won't need a "nano-arm": by applying a temperature difference at the ends of the membrane, the nanocluster laying on it will drift from ... more 
New method promises easier nanoscale manufacturingChicago IL (SPX) Jul 31, 2017 Scientists at the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a new way to precisely pattern nanomaterials that could open a new path to the next generation of everyday ele ... more 
Nanoparticles could spur better LEDs, invisibility cloaksAnn Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even pave the way for invisibility cloaking devices, a team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a new ... more 
How do you build a metal nanoparticle?Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 Although scientists have for decades been able to synthesize nanoparticles in the lab, the process is mostly trial and error, and how the formation actually takes place is obscure. However, a study ... more 
New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumptionBarcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 In order to store information in the conventional magnetic memories of electronic devices, the materials' small magnetic domains work by pointing up or down according to the magnetic fields. To gene ... more 
Nanostructures taste the rainbowPasadena 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 ... more |
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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 
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 |
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  Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017 
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity.
The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project  New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Aug 31, 2017 
China and Russia plan to sign an agreement in October on joint space exploration from 2018 and 2022, which would benefit both nations particularly in manned and future missions to the moon, CGTN reported on Monday.
The bilateral agreement will cover five areas including lunar to deep space exploration, special materials development, collaborations in the area of satellite systems, Earth re ... more Beijing (XNA) Aug 31, 2017Kuaizhou-11 to send six satellites into space  Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 29, 2017Russia, China May Sign 5-Year Agreement on Joint Space Exploration  Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017ESA and Chinese astronauts train together |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 5, 2017 
An automated signals intelligence center by Israel Aerospace Industries has achieved phase I operational capability with an undisclosed customer, IAI reports.
The center, developed by subsidiary Elta Systems, integrates and fuses all the country's SIGINT sensors at a strategic level by utilizing big data and high-throughput processing.
IAI said it is the first time such a SIGNIT ... more Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2017Massive bureau hack raises troubling questions  Tallinn (AFP) Sept 7, 2017EU defence ministers put to test in mock cyberattack Paris (AFP) July 17, 2017Major cyber-attack as costly as Hurricane Sandy: Lloyd's |
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Paris (ESA) Aug 22, 2017
The European Space Agency (ESA) invites members of the science community in Europe to propose ideas for research that could be performed on the Deep Space Gateway, a crewed spaceship in lunar vicinity.
The Deep Space Gateway is a strategic platform that is being prepared by the International Space Station partner agencies to be humanity's next step beyond Low-Earth Orbit and out into the S ... moreSan Diego CA (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Analysis of a 'rusty' lunar rock suggests the moon's interior is dry Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 21, 2017Roscosmos Approves Luna-25 Space Station Model in Moon Exploration Project New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Moon's magnetic field lasted far longer than once believed |
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When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned.
"I am not only a soil chemist, but an environme ... moreBethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt |
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 Palo Alto CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
In a first for the industry, six satellites, built in California, to be launched in California, for a California company have arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they are scheduled to be launched on a Minotaur rocket in October.
Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, built the six high-resolution small satellites for Plane ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Pinpointing the sources of trans-Pacific dust  Essex, UK (SPX) Sep 01, 2017Teledyne e2v sensors will play a vital role in ESA's FLEX satellite mission to study plant health and stress from space |
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Amherst MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017
When environmental and soil chemist Baoshan Xing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst began reading in 2014 that a new, two-dimensional material known as layered black phosphorous (BP) was gaining the attention of biomedical researchers for use in drug delivery systems and tumor photothermal therapy, he was both intrigued and concerned.
"I am not only a soil chemist, but an environme ... moreBethlehem PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017A more complete picture of the nano world Washington DC (SPX) Aug 28, 2017What the world's tiniest 'monster truck' reveals Livermore CA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Carbon nanotubes worth their salt |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 
In the suburbs of China's capital, a 32-year-old engineer creates the kind of larger-than-life, shapeshifting robots that most have only seen in "Transformers" movies.
Sun Shiqian's roomy warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing houses a hulking menagerie, from a sleepy cow to a fiery metal dragon that stands 4.9 metres (16 feet) tall at the flip of a switch.
A graduate of China's prestigio ... more Berlin (AFP) Sept 4, 2017Voice assistants promise a light-fingered future  Boston MA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017New robot rolls with the rules of pedestrian conduct  (UPI) Aug 29, 2017Roboteam receives orders for tactical robots |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017 
The fifth launch of the X-37B robot spaceplane almost makes this vehicle look routine. This time, liftoff has come with a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX instead of an Atlas V, a change from old-school launchers to NewSpace.
By itself, this was controversial, but the spacecraft is in orbit as requested. Security for this launch seems to have been just as tight as for previous launches, with no ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2017AUD counter-drone system upgraded by Blighter  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Introduces Fixed Wing UAV with 5-Hour Flight Time, 150 Kilometer Operational Range  Riga, Latvia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Atlas Dynamics Unveils NEST Smart Protective Charging Station for Enhanced Performance of Atlas Pro Platform |
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 Golden CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2017 
A discovery by two scientists at the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) could aid the development of next-generation semiconductor devices.
The researchers, Kwangwook Park and Kirstin Alberi, experimented with integrating two dissimilar semiconductors into a heterostructure by using light to modify the interface between them. Typically, the semiconductor materi ... more Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Nagoya-led team flips the switch on ferroelectrics  Arusha, Tanzania (AFP) Aug 28, 2017In new leap for AI: computer chips that can smell  University Park PA (SPX) Aug 28, 2017Conformal metasurface coating eliminates crosstalk and shrinks waveguides |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017 
Researchers from the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have for the first time shown that neural networks - a form of artificial intelligence - can accurately analyze the complex distortions in spacetime known as gravitational lenses 10 million times faster than traditional methods.
"Analyses that typically take weeks to months to complete, ... more Washington (UPI) Sep 1, 2017Europe's biggest X-ray laser begins operations  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Van Allen probes survive extreme radiation five years on  Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2017New microscopy method for quick and reliable 3-D imaging of curvilinear nanostructures |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 
Hong Kong students have accused their universities of suppressing freedom of speech after banners and signs calling for the city's independence from China were taken down from campuses.
The move has fuelled fears that freedoms are being squeezed in the semi-autonomous city and that Beijing is tightening its grip in a range of areas, from politics to media and education.
Since the failure ... more Shanghai (AFP) Sept 6, 2017'Oldest jazz band' a constant in fast-modernising Shanghai  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo's ashes buried at sea  Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 5, 2017Hanergy tycoon gets 8-year ban in Hong Kong |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2017 
UCLA physicists have proposed new theories for how the universe's first black holes might have formed and the role they might play in the production of heavy elements such as gold, platinum and uranium.
A long-standing question in astrophysics is whether the universe's very first black holes came into existence less than a second after the Big Bang or whether they formed only millions of y ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Aussie quantum tech has its sights set on human biochemistry  Iowa City IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2017Researchers propose how the universe became filled with light  Toronto, Canada (SPX) Aug 29, 2017Record-breaking galaxy 5 billion light-years away shows we live in a magnetic universe |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 28, 2017 
ESA this week helped to provide children with disabilities the opportunity to experience weightlessness and lunar gravity on aircraft flights.
Eight children from five ESA member states - UK, France, Germany, Belgium, and Italy -boarded the converted Airbus A310 in Bordeaux, France on 24 August as part of the Kid's Weightless Dreams campaign organised by Novespace and Reves de Gosse.
... more Bozeman MT (SPX) Jul 26, 2017MSU gravitational physicist receives NASA award to explore extreme gravity and the universe  Hull UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First look at gravitational dance that drives stellar formation  Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Telescope for detecting optical signals from gravitational waves launched |
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 Cambridge, UK (SPX) Sep 07, 2017 
Researchers have shown that defects in the molecular structure of perovskites - a material which could revolutionise the solar cell industry - can be "healed" by exposing it to light and just the right amount of humidity. The international team of researchers demonstrated in 2016 that defects in the crystalline structure of perovskites could be healed by exposing them to light, but the effects w ... more San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2017Engineers develop tools to share power from renewable energy sources during outages  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 28, 2017New records for the solar cell of tomorrow  Golden CO (SPX) Aug 30, 2017NREL, Swiss scientists power past solar efficiency records |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
ASTROSCALE completed a Series C round and raised $53 million in total to date. Private companies, ANA Holdings Inc. (ANA - parent company of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Co., Ltd.) and OSG Corporation, join recurring venture capital investors (Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, JAFCO Co., Ltd., and Mitsubishi UFJ Capital) alongside new financier aSTART Co., Ltd.
The successful completion of Se ... more Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017LISA Pathfinder: bake, rattle and roll  London, UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2017Bids for government funding prove strong interest in LaunchUK  San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 14, 2017Blue Sky Network Reaffirms Commitment to Brazilian Market |
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