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  Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 DNA, present in almost every cell, is increasingly being used as a building material to construct tiny, but sophisticated structures such as autonomous 'DNA walkers' that can move along a microparticle surface, fluorescent labels for diagnostic applications, 'DNA boxes' that serve as smart drug-delivery vehicles programmed to open up at disease sites to release their therapeutic content, or programmable factories for nanoparticles of defined sizes and shapes for new optical and electronic applications. ... read more |
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Discovery sets new world standard in nano generatorsEdmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 A team of University of Alberta engineers developed a new way to produce electrical power that can charge handheld devices or sensors that monitor anything from pipelines to medical implants. ... more 
New nanowires are just a few atoms thickBoston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017 "Two-dimensional materials" - materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick - are promising for both high-performance electronics and flexible, transparent electronics that could be ... more 
Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube filmsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 An international team of researchers from MIPT; Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS; Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS; Skoltech; and Aalto University (Finland) has examined the optical and diele ... more 
Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnectsWashington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 Crosstalk and noise can become a major source of reliability problems of CNT based VLSI interconnects in the near future. Downscaling of component size in integrated circuits (ICs) to nanometer scal ... more |
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Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that mattersKarlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017 Exhaust gas cleaning of passenger cars, power generation from sunlight, or water splitting: In the future, these and other applications may profit from new findings relating to ceria. At Karlsruhe I ... more 
Manganese dioxide shows potential in micromotorsJoensuu, Finland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017 Manganese dioxide could make the preparation of micromotors increasingly cost-effective, opening up new avenues for their use, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. ... more 
Promising sensors for submarines, mines and spacecraftMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 Researchers from the Physics Department of Moscow State University and their colleagues have discovered a mechanism that allows gas sensors, based on nanocrystalline metal oxides, to work at room te ... more 
Practical superconducting nanowire single photon detector highly efficientBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) offer significant improvement on detection efficiency (DE) compared to their semiconducting counterparts, having enabled many breakthrough a ... more 
Better, bolder printing with silicon nanostructuresWashington DC (SPX) Nov 14, 2017 From textbooks to artwork to newspapers, printed items are a part of our everyday life. But the ink used in today's printers are limited in colors and resolution. Now in a new study in ACS' journal ... more 
Subset of carbon nanotubes poses cancer risk similar to asbestos in miceWashington DC (SPX) Nov 09, 2017 Nanotechnology, the science of developing materials containing very small fibers, is having a growing influence on daily life. Now researchers have shown for the first time in mice that long and thi ... more |
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New, simplified technique makes light metallic nanofoamDavis CA (SPX) Nov 06, 2017 A simple method for manufacturing extremely low-density palladium nanofoams could help advance hydrogen storage technologies, reports a new study from the University of California, Davis. A na ... more 
Metal-silicone microstructures could enable new flexible optical and electrical devicesWashington DC (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 For the first time, researchers have used a single-step, laser-based method to produce small, precise hybrid microstructures of silver and flexible silicone. This innovative laser processing technol ... more 
Researchers show how nanoscale patterning can decrease metal fatigueProvidence RI (SPX) Nov 02, 2017 A new study in the journal Nature shows how metals can be patterned at the nanoscale to be more resistant to fatigue, the slow accumulation of internal damage from repetitive strain. The resea ... more 
Gold nanoantennas help in creation of more powerful nanoelectronicsTomsk, Russia (SPX) Nov 03, 2017 Scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University and their colleagues from Germany have conducted an experiment which demonstrated the behavior of areas of two-dimensional materials which are applied in ... more |
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  Rome (SPX) Dec 17, 2017 
Thales Alenia Space has signed three contracts in the frame of Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) activities with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital-ATK, to develop capabilities that can meet NASA human space exploration objectives while also supporting industry commercialization plans.
Based on a public-private partnership model, the next step for human spa ... more Miami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts  Dallas TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio  Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2017Robot Moon Base: Beijing's New Lunar Landing Program |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Moffett Field, CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
The DARPA Bay Area Software Defined Radio (SDR) Hackfest came to a close on Friday, November 17 at the NASA Ames Conference Center in Moffett Field, CA. During the weeklong event, over 150 members of the SDR community came together to discuss, innovate, and ideate around the future of software radio technology and its potential to address challenging communications issues that are emerging due t ... more Washington (AFP) Dec 14, 2017US to send cyber soldiers to the battlefield; 3 plead guilty in botnet attack Addis Ababa (AFP) Dec 12, 2017Facing dissent from abroad, Ethiopia turns to spyware  Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2017Lockheed Martin tapped to provide cyber security support |
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Rome (SPX) Dec 17, 2017
Thales Alenia Space has signed three contracts in the frame of Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partnerships (NextSTEP-2) activities with Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Orbital-ATK, to develop capabilities that can meet NASA human space exploration objectives while also supporting industry commercialization plans.
Based on a public-private partnership model, the next step for human spa ... moreMiami (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Will Trump send Americans to the Moon? Money talks: experts Dallas TX (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Researchers analyze thousands of hours of Apollo mission audio Beijing (XNA) Dec 12, 2017Robot Moon Base: Beijing's New Lunar Landing Program |
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 Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
A team of University of Alberta engineers developed a new way to produce electrical power that can charge handheld devices or sensors that monitor anything from pipelines to medical implants.
The discovery sets a new world standard in devices called triboelectric nanogenerators by producing a high-density DC current - a vast improvement over low-quality AC currents produced by other resear ... more Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017New nanowires are just a few atoms thick Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
Each year, ozone-depleting compounds in the upper atmosphere destroy the protective ozone layer, and in particular above Antarctica. The ozone layer acts as Earth's sunscreen by absorbing harmful ultraviolet radiation from incoming sunlight that can cause skin cancer and damage plants, among other harmful effects to life on Earth.
While these different compounds each release either reactiv ... more Los Angeles AFB CA (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Air Force Secretary unveils final DMSP satellite at SMC  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Arctic and mid-latitudes in complex weather interplay  Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Space Mystery Solved by Student Satellite |
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Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Dec 18, 2017
A team of University of Alberta engineers developed a new way to produce electrical power that can charge handheld devices or sensors that monitor anything from pipelines to medical implants.
The discovery sets a new world standard in devices called triboelectric nanogenerators by producing a high-density DC current - a vast improvement over low-quality AC currents produced by other resear ... moreBoston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2017A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech Boston MA (SPX) Dec 07, 2017New nanowires are just a few atoms thick Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 15, 2017 
Lockheed Martin and NEC Corp have announced that Lockheed Martin will use NEC's System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) in the space domain. SIAT's advanced analytics engine uses data collected from sensors to learn the behavior of systems, including computer systems, power plants, factories and buildings, enabling the system itself to automatically detect inconsistencies and prescribe resol ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Engineers program tiny robots to move, think like insects  Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2017Not Your Grandpa's Robot: Russian Robot 'FEDOR' May Become Self-Learning  El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2017Aerospace's SeedTECH AI advances to second round of $5M IBM Watson XPRIZE |
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 Washington (UPI) Dec 19, 2017 
Insitu Inc. has been awarded a modified contract by the U.S. Navy for services to support the ScanEagle Unmanned Aviation System, an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance platform.
The deal, announced Monday by the Department of Defense, is worth more than $22.7 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract, meaning that if the ... more Washington (UPI) Dec 20, 2017Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy  The Hague (AFP) Dec 13, 2017Dutch police ground drone-fighting eagles  Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2017Jet-powered drone tested by BAE Systems |
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 Durham NC (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
Engineers have shown that a widely used method of detecting single photons can also count the presence of at least four photons at a time. The researchers say this discovery will unlock new capabilities in physics labs working in quantum information science around the world, while providing easier paths to developing quantum-based technologies.
The study was a collaboration between Duke Un ... more Kiel, Germany (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Towards data storage at the single molecule level  Paris (AFP) Dec 17, 2017French aerospace giant Thales acquires SIM maker Gemalto  Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Dec 18, 2017Revolutionizing electronics using Kirigami |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Dec 18, 2017 
Even as autonomous robots get better at doing things on their own, there will still be plenty of circumstances where humans might need to step in and take control. New software developed by Brown University computer scientists enables users to control robots remotely using virtual reality, which helps users to become immersed in a robot's surroundings despite being miles away physically.
T ... more Durham NC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Seeing through walls of unknown materials  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017Boeing tapped to sustain Space-Based Space Surveillance system  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 19, 2017NASA laser communication payload undergoing integration and testing |
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 Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2017  Thousands of spectators filled a stadium in China to watch 10 suspects be sentenced to death for crimes ranging from drug-dealing to homicide before they were taken away to be executed at the weekend.
An online video of the rare public trial, held in southern Guangdong province on Saturday, showed the handcuffed suspects paraded around a track by uniformed police officers as onlookers watche ... more Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Three men jailed over Hong Kong explosives plot  Beijing (AFP) Dec 15, 2017Bustling Beijing migrant area turns into ghost town  Beijing (AFP) Dec 14, 2017Chinese dissident's widow sends desperate letter |
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 Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2017 
Seeing is believing, or so the saying goes. And in some cases, a world of make-believe can help you realize what you're actually seeing, too.
Scientists are creating simulated universes, for example - complete with dark matter mock-ups, computer-generated galaxies, quasi quasars, and pseudo supernovae - to better understand real-world observations.
Their aim is to envision how new Ea ... more Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Herschel Data Links Mysterious Quasar Winds to Furious Starbursts  Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017Most Distant Supermassive Black Hole Found  Vienna, Austria (SPX) Dec 14, 2017New manifestation of magnetic monopoles discovered |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 18, 2017 
Loss of water from the rocks of California's Sierra Nevada caused the mountain range to rise nearly an inch (24 millimeters) in height during the drought years from October 2011 to October 2015, a new NASA study finds.
In the two following years of more abundant snow and rainfall, the mountains have regained about half as much water in the rock as they had lost in the preceding drought and ... more Mainz, Germany (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Physicists make most precise measurement ever of a proton's magnetic moment  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 15, 2017Listening for gravitational waves using pulsars |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
Using nanoscale grass-like structures, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania have created glass that lets through a large amount of light while appearing hazy. This is the first time that glass has been made with such high levels of haze and light transmittance at the same time, a combination of properties that could help boost the performance of solar cells and LEDs.
T ... more Uncha Amirpur, India (AFP) Dec 10, 2017India faces painful move to cleaner energy  Washington (UPI) Dec 14, 2017U.S. solar power group says it sees headwinds ahead  London, UK (SPX) Dec 19, 2017Global solar photovoltaic installations to exceed 100 Gigawatts in 2018 |
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 Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Dec 14, 2017 
ESA's Science Programme Committee (SPC) has approved indicative extensions, up to 2019-2020, for the operation of eight scientific missions.
During its meeting at ESA Headquarters in Paris, on 21-22 November, the SPC approved indicative extensions for the continued operation of five ESA-led missions: Gaia, INTEGRAL, Mars Express, SOHO, and XMM-Newton. This followed a comprehensive review o ... more London, UK (SPX) Dec 08, 2017New business incubators will help space industry grow  Bangkok, Thailand (SPX) Dec 08, 2017mu Space becomes first Thai startup to acquire satellite license  El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2017Regulation and compliance for nontraditional space missions |
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