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February 01, 2018
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Piecework at the nano assembly line



Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a novel electric propulsion technology for nanorobots. It allows molecular machines to move a hundred thousand times faster than with the biochemical processes used to date. This makes nanobots fast enough to do assembly line work in molecular factories. The new research results appeared as the cover story in the renowned scientific journal Science. Up and down, up and down. The points of light alternate back and forth in lockst ... read more

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Let the good tubes roll
Richland WA (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Materials scientists, led by a team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, designed a tiny tube that rolls up and zips closed. These hollow nanotubes are thousand ... more
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Optical nanoscope allows imaging of quantum dots
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a s ... more
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Touchy nanotubes work better when clean
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Carbon nanotubes bound for electronics need to be as clean as possible to maximize their utility in next-generation nanoscale devices, and scientists at Rice and Swansea universities have found a wa ... more
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On the rebound as nanoparticles self-heal
Lemont IL (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Our bodies have a remarkable ability to heal from broken ankles or dislocated wrists. Now, a new study has shown that some nanoparticles can also "self-heal" after experiencing intense strain, once ... more


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Ultra-thin optical fibers offer new way to 3-D print microstructures
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
For the first time, researchers have shown that an optical fiber as thin as a human hair can be used to create microscopic structures with laser-based 3D printing. The innovative approach might one ... more
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Building molecular wires, one atom at a time
Onna, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
Electronic devices are getting smaller and smaller. Early computers filled entire rooms. Today you can hold one in the palm of your hand. Now the field of molecular electronics is taking miniaturiza ... more
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Nanowrinkles could save billions in shipping and aquaculture
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 19, 2018
A team of chemistry researchers from the University of Sydney Nano Institute has developed nanostructured surface coatings that have anti-fouling properties without using any toxic components. ... more
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Nanotube fibers in a jiffy
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
The terms "handmade" and "high tech" are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly produce fibers from carbon nanotubes. The method develope ... more
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Silver nanoparticles take spectroscopy to new dimension
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 03, 2018
As medicine and pharmacology investigate nanoscale processes, it has become increasingly important to identify and characterize different molecules. Raman spectroscopy, a technique that leverages th ... more
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Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods
Raleigh NC (SPX) Dec 27, 2017
Researchers from North Carolina State University and MIT have found a simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide (magnetite) nanoparticles onto silica-coated gold nanorods, creating multifunctional ... more
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A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech
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 microparti ... more


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New nanowires are just a few atoms thick
Boston 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
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Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films
Moscow, 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
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Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects
Washington 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 matters
Karlsruher, 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
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Manganese dioxide shows potential in micromotors
Joensuu, 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
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Promising sensors for submarines, mines and spacecraft
Moscow, 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
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Practical superconducting nanowire single photon detector highly efficient
Beijing, 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
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Better, bolder printing with silicon nanostructures
Washington 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
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Subset of carbon nanotubes poses cancer risk similar to asbestos in mice
Washington 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 nanofoam
Davis 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
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Metal-silicone microstructures could enable new flexible optical and electrical devices
Washington 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
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Researchers show how nanoscale patterning can decrease metal fatigue
Providence 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
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Gold nanoantennas help in creation of more powerful nanoelectronics
Tomsk, 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





Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual 'moon base'
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2018
Chinese students spent 200 continuous days in a "lunar lab" in Beijing, state media said Friday, as the country prepares for its long-term goal of putting people on the moon. Four students crammed into a 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin called "Yuegong-1" - Lunar Palace - on the campus of Beihang University, testing the limits of humans' ability to live in a self-contained space, ... more
+ Russia at work on new station, lunar trips: says top rocket scientist
+ Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
+ Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
+ Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
+ Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time
+ China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018
+ China solicits messages to be sent to moon
China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplished
Beijing (XNA) Jan 29, 2018
China has accomplished its first successful Lunar Laser Ranging (LLR), with a 1.2-meter telescope laser ranging system. Based on the signals of laser pulses reflected by the lunar retro-reflector planted by the U.S. manned mission Apollo 15, the applied astronomy group from the Yunnan Observatories measured the distance between the Apollo 15 retro-reflector and the Yunnan Observatories gro ... more
+ China's first X-ray space telescope put into service after in-orbit tests
+ Backgrounder: China's six manned space missions
+ Yang Liwei looks back at China's first manned space mission
+ Space agency to pick those with the right stuff
+ China to select astronauts for its space station
+ No space for China's stay-at-home taikonauts
+ China Focus: The making of heroes - the women and men of China's space program


Data doom: 5 steps from Davos to digital dystopia
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 26, 2018
Intelligent robots and all-knowing online networks threaten to drag humanity into a "totalitarian" nightmare of mind control, mass unemployment and children hooked on smartphones, experts warned at this week's Davos summit. Online retailers and social networks collect so much data about us that they can watch us, control us and will transform us entirely, said Yuval Noah Harari, the Israeli ... more
+ China tightens screws on social media
+ Decisive Analytics awarded $59M contract for missile defense cybersecurity
+ China calls AU spying report 'preposterous'
+ 97 Taiwanese arrested in eastern Europe for telecom fraud
+ Russia infrastructure spying could cause 'total chaos': UK defence minister
+ Canadian professor suspected of spying for China
+ Lockheed contracted for national cyber range management
Chinese volunteers spend 200 days on virtual 'moon base'
Beijing (AFP) Jan 26, 2018
Chinese students spent 200 continuous days in a "lunar lab" in Beijing, state media said Friday, as the country prepares for its long-term goal of putting people on the moon. Four students crammed into a 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin called "Yuegong-1" - Lunar Palace - on the campus of Beihang University, testing the limits of humans' ability to live in a self-contained space, ... more
+ Russia at work on new station, lunar trips: says top rocket scientist
+ Russian company declassifies 1973 report on Lunokhod-2 lunar rover
+ Possible Lava Tube Skylights Discovered Near the North Pole of the Moon
+ Funding runs dry for Indian Google X Prize lunar team
+ Astronauts: Trump's proposed Lunar mission will take time
+ China Prepares for Breakthrough Chang'e 4 Moon Landing in 2018
+ China solicits messages to be sent to moon
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Optical nanoscope allows imaging of quantum dots
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a semiconductor chip. Together with colleagues from the University of Bochum, scientists from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute reported the findings in ... more
+ Let the good tubes roll
+ Piecework at the nano assembly line
+ Touchy nanotubes work better when clean
+ On the rebound as nanoparticles self-heal
+ Ultra-thin optical fibers offer new way to 3-D print microstructures
+ Nanowrinkles could save billions in shipping and aquaculture
+ Building molecular wires, one atom at a time
Tiny particles have outsized impact on storm clouds and precipitation
College Park MD (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Tiny airborne particles can have a stronger influence on powerful storms than scientists previously predicted, according to a new study co-authored by University of Maryland researchers. The findings, published in the January 26, 2018 issue of the journal Science, describe the effects of aerosols, which can come from urban and industrial air pollution, wildfires and other sources. While sc ... more
+ UK regional weather forecasts could be improved using jet stream data
+ NASA's small spacecraft produces first 883-gigahertz global ice-cloud map
+ Smog-forming soils
+ China launches remote sensing satellites
+ Researchers find pathway to give advanced notice for hailstorms
+ NASA's GOLD powers on for the first time
+ NASA GOLD Mission to image Earth's interface to space


Optical nanoscope allows imaging of quantum dots
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 29, 2018
Physicists have developed a technique based on optical microscopy that can be used to create images of atoms on the nanoscale. In particular, the new method allows the imaging of quantum dots in a semiconductor chip. Together with colleagues from the University of Bochum, scientists from the University of Basel's Department of Physics and the Swiss Nanoscience Institute reported the findings in ... more
+ Let the good tubes roll
+ Piecework at the nano assembly line
+ Touchy nanotubes work better when clean
+ On the rebound as nanoparticles self-heal
+ Ultra-thin optical fibers offer new way to 3-D print microstructures
+ Nanowrinkles could save billions in shipping and aquaculture
+ Building molecular wires, one atom at a time
Let's make a deal: Could AI compromise better than humans?
Provo, UT (SPX) Jan 23, 2018
Computers can play a pretty mean round of chess and keep up with the best of their human counterparts in other zero-sum games. But teaching them to cooperate and compromise instead of compete? With help from a new algorithm created by BYU computer science professors Jacob Crandall and Michael Goodrich, along with colleagues at MIT and other international universities, machine compromise an ... more
+ NIST's superconducting synapse may be missing piece for 'artificial brains'
+ Artificial intelligence sparks hope -- and fear, US poll shows
+ Dutch robots help make cheese, 'smell' the roses
+ 'Job-killing' robots, AI under scrutiny in Davos
+ AI, virtual reality make inroads in tourism sector
+ Feedback enhances brainwave control of a novel hand-exoskeleton
+ A miniaturized origami-inspired robot combines micrometer precision with high speed
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Drones learn to navigate autonomously by imitating cars and bicycles
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Jan 24, 2018
All today's commercial drones use GPS, which works fine above building roofs and in high alti-tudes. But what, when the drones have to navigate autonomously at low altitude among tall buildings or in the dense, unstructured city streets with cars, cyclists or pedestrians suddenly crossing their way? Until now, commercial drones are not able to quickly react to such unforeseen events. Resea ... more
+ L-3 awarded $8.2M for retrofits to Predator simulators
+ General Atomics awarded $49M for Reaper drone software development
+ Northrop Grumman tapped to service Army's Hunter drones
+ Australia lifesaving drone makes first rescue
+ Boeing unveils UAV prototype for cargo, logistics use
+ Russia's army warns of 'terrorist' drones after attacks
+ Air Force to upgrade Reaper drone fleet as the Predator begins retirement
Cheap metallic nanostructures enable efficient quantum dot LEDs
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 26, 2018
KAIST researchers have discovered a technology that enhances the efficiency of Quantum Dot LEDs. Professor Yong-Hoon Cho from the Department of Physics and his team succeeded in improving the efficiency of Quantum Dot (QD) Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) by designing metallic nanostructure substrates. QD LEDs possess very small semiconductor light sources and are considered to be the ne ... more
+ Fundamental limitation in the key material for solid-state lighting
+ TU Wien develops new semiconductor processing technology
+ NMRCloudQ: A quantum cloud experience on a nuclear magnetic resonance quantum computer
+ Intel gets lift from earnings, investors look past chip flaw
+ Thanks for the memory: NIST takes a deep look at memristors
+ Understanding heat behavior in electronic devices boosts performance
+ Artificial agent designs quantum experiments


Updates on recovery attempts for NASA IMAGE mission
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jan 30, 2018
After an amateur astronomer recorded observations of a satellite in high Earth orbit on Jan. 20, 2018, his initial research suggested it was the Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (IMAGE) - a NASA mission launched into orbit around Earth on March 25, 2000. Seeking to ascertain whether the signal indeed came from IMAGE, NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Mary ... more
+ Better than a hologram: Research produces 3-D images floating in 'thin air'
+ Scientists achieve high power with new smaller laser
+ Contact with lost NASA satellite IMAGE confirmed
+ UK to launch new radar against 'severe' Russian threat
+ Putting everyday computer parts to space radiation test
+ Quantum cocktail provides insights on memory control
+ New method for synthesizing novel magnetic material
Hong Kong democracy candidate cleared to run in fraught vote
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 29, 2018
A Hong Kong pro-democracy candidate has been given last-minute clearance to stand for election after public anger at government meddling in vote nominations, as Beijing increases pressure on the city's activists. The decision to approve the nomination of Edward Yiu on Monday, hours before the deadline, came two days after fellow pro-democracy candidate Agnes Chow, 21, was barred from standi ... more
+ China rights lawyer charged with 'inciting subversion'
+ Ex-governor urges British PM to speak out on Hong Kong in China visit
+ EU envoy urges China to release Swedish book publisher
+ Leading Hong Kong democracy activist banned from vote
+ China's #MeToo movement emerges, testing censors' limits
+ Chinese officials staging 'takeover' of Tibetan Buddhist academy: HRW
+ Anger over second 'snatching' of bookseller in China
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Black hole jets account for three highest-energy particles in the universe
Washington (UPI) Jan 22, 2018
Scientists have traced the three highest-energy particles in the universe to a single cosmic origin. The latest research - published this week in the journal Nature Physics - suggests neutrinos, cosmic rays and gamma rays all results from the powerful jets of supermassive black holes. Astronomers at Penn State University found all three particle types supply the universe with similar ... more
+ First evidence of winds outside black holes throughout their mealtimes
+ Relativity matters: Two opposing views of the magnetic force reconciled
+ Unexpected matter found in hostile black hole winds
+ Scientists find two ways to create 4D quantum Hall effect
+ A new architecture for miniaturization of atomic clocks
+ DARPA Program Aims to Extend Lifetime of Quantum Systems
+ Odd behavior of star reveals lonely black hole hiding in giant star cluster
Cutting-Edge Technology Enhances Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detector
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Feb 01, 2018
A team of researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute, AEI) in Hannover and from the Institute for Gravitational Physics at Leibniz Universitat Hannover has developed an advanced squeezed-light source for the gravitational-wave detector Virgo near Pisa. Now, the Hannover scientists have delivered the setup, installed it, and handed it over ... more
+ Scientists unveil world's most powerful tractor beam
+ Acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
+ Students design and build augmented-reality 'sandbox' to show how gravity works
+ Next-Generation GRACE Satellites Arrive at Launch Site
+ A New Window on the Universe
+ Sierras lost water weight, grew taller during drought
+ Researchers measure magnetic moment with greatest possible precision


Trump approves steep tariffs on solar panels, washing machines
Washington (AFP) Jan 22, 2018
President Donald Trump has approved steep tariffs on imports of solar panels and washing machines to protect US producers, US trade officials announced Monday. The move was quickly decried by the solar industry, which said the tariffs would create a "crisis" and cost thousands of US jobs and billions in investment without helping domestic suppliers meet rising demand. US Trade Representa ... more
+ Trump missed target with solar tariffs, critics say
+ New discovery could improve organic solar cell performance
+ Perovskite solar cells: Mesoporous interface mitigates the impact of defects
+ Less than half of EU members meet 2020 renewable targets
+ Solar PV cost reductions will offset impact of new tariffs on panel prices
+ Progress on energy storage can expedite New York's shift to clean energy
+ U.S. solar power backers look at cost-cutting steps
Europe's space agency braces for Brexit fallout
Paris (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
The European Space Agency (ESA) is drawing up contingency plans for projects, commercial deals, and staffing that may be adversely affected by Brexit, senior officials said Wednesday. Programmes throw in flux by Britain's pending departure from the European Union (EU) include the Copernicus satellite constellation to monitor environmental damage, and the Galileo satellite navigation system. ... more
+ Xenesis and ATLAS partner to develop global optical network
+ GomSpace signs deal for low-inclination launch on Virgin's LauncherOne
+ SES-15 Enters Commercial Service to Serve the Americas
+ Aerospace Workforce Training - National Mandate for 2018
+ Intelsat signs contract with Arianespace for two launches
+ Nationwide search begins for young space entrepreneurs
+ Russia restores contact with Angolan satellite
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