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More-sensitive DNA nanowires promise better measurements of biological processes![]() Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018 Scientists have developed a new, gold-tipped nanowire that is 100 times more sensitive than previous versions of the technology. The nanowires could be used to more precisely measure multiple biological processes at the same time. All previous iterations of the unique sensor have been two-dimensional, but scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University developed a way to build DNA nanowires in 3D. "Our geometry makes it much easier to measure several biomolecules ... read more  | 
 
On the rebound as nanoparticles self-healLemont IL (SPX) Feb 02, 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  
Let the good tubes rollRichland WA (SPX) Feb 01, 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  
Touchy nanotubes work better when cleanHouston TX (SPX) Feb 01, 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  
Piecework at the nano assembly lineMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 05, 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 ... more  | 
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Silver nanoparticles take spectroscopy to new dimensionWashington 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  
Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorodsRaleigh 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  
A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotechBoston 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  
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 films 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 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 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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New study sheds light on moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 09, 2018  
A study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers provides new insight into the Moon's excessive equatorial bulge, a feature that solidified in place over four billion years ago as the Moon gradually distanced itself from the Earth. 
The research sets parameters on how quickly the Moon could have receded from the Earth and suggests that the nascent planet's hydrosphere was either no ... more | 
Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer Beijing (XNA) Feb 09, 2018  
Chinese taikonauts have "maintained an indomitable spirit while carrying out space exploration," said Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, Wednesday. 
Zhang made the remarks at a seminar while listening to reports delivered by Chinese taikonauts Jing Haipeng, Liu Yang and Deng Qingming about their work over the years. 
The Taikonaut Corps of the People's Libe ... more | 
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Thousands of websites infected by 'crypto mining' malware Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2018  
 Thousands of websites around the world, including many operated by governments, have been infected by hackers using the sites' computing power to "mine" cryptocurrencies, security researchers said. 
The attack is the first major incident made public in which a new breed of hackers took over a large numbers of websites to effectively create currencies like bitcoin which are generated by using  ... more | 
New study sheds light on moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth Boulder CO (SPX) Feb 09, 2018  
A study led by University of Colorado Boulder researchers provides new insight into the Moon's excessive equatorial bulge, a feature that solidified in place over four billion years ago as the Moon gradually distanced itself from the Earth. 
The research sets parameters on how quickly the Moon could have receded from the Earth and suggests that the nascent planet's hydrosphere was either no ... more | 
 
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More-sensitive DNA nanowires promise better measurements of biological processes Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018   Scientists have developed a new, gold-tipped nanowire that is 100 times more sensitive than previous versions of the technology. The nanowires could be used to more precisely measure multiple biological processes at the same time. 
 All previous iterations of the unique sensor have been two-dimensional, but scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University developed ... more | 
SSTL and 21AT announce new Earth Observation data contract Guildford UK (SPX) Feb 07, 2018  
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) signed a 25M pounds contract in Beijing yesterday with Twenty First Century Aerospace Technology Co., Ltd (21AT) to provide data from a new Earth Observation satellite (SSTL-S1) due for launch on PSLV in the middle of this year. 
The contract was signed by Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman of SSTL, and Mme Wu Shuang, President and Chairman of 21A ... more | 
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More-sensitive DNA nanowires promise better measurements of biological processes Washington (UPI) Feb 12, 2018   Scientists have developed a new, gold-tipped nanowire that is 100 times more sensitive than previous versions of the technology. The nanowires could be used to more precisely measure multiple biological processes at the same time. 
 All previous iterations of the unique sensor have been two-dimensional, but scientists at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Stockholm University developed ... more | 
Integration of AI and robotics with materials sciences will lead to new clean energy technology Toronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  
Materials are the foundation of essentially all clean energy technologies including advanced batteries, solar cells, low-energy semiconductors, catalysts for capturing and storing CO2, and more. But discovering new materials is currently a time consuming and expensive process: to determine whether they will be useful, newly discovered molecules are run through simulation, synthesis, and testing  ... more | 
 
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Improving drone performance in headwinds Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 12, 2018  
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? The prevalence of multi-rotor drones has increased dramatically in recent years, but in headwinds they pitch upwards unpredictably. Engineers from Tohoku University, Japan, have shown that angling the rotor blades of a quad-rotor unmanned aerial vehicles by just 20 degrees can reduce pitching by a quarter. Their work is published in the International Journal of Micro ... more | 
Understanding heat behavior in electronic devices boosts performance Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Feb 05, 2018  
In a paper published last week in the journal Nature Communications, researchers from the Department of Physics and the Department of Electronics Engineering at the UAB, and from the Birck Nanotechnology Center at Purdue University (USA), studied the heating of small current lines placed on top of a silicon substrate, simulating the behavior of current transistors. 
This work shows how thes ... more | 
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Singapore takes next step towards implementing world's first space-based VHF communications Singapore (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  
GomSpace together with The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Technologies Electronics Limited (ST Electronics) signed a research collaboration agreement on the sidelines of the Singapore Airshow this week, to conduct a design study on the implementation of space-based Very High Frequency (VHF) communications for air traffic management (ATM) in the Singapore Flight Inform ... more | 
Publisher detained in China 'confesses', blames Sweden Shanghai (AFP) Feb 10, 2018  
 Detained book publisher Gui Minhai has surfaced nearly three weeks after disappearing into police custody in China, confessing wrongdoing and accusing his adopted country Sweden of manipulating him like a "chess piece". 
It was unclear whether the Chinese-born Gui's statement was made under duress, but video of his confession shows him flanked by two police officers and a close friend said th ... more | 
 
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Large Hadron Collider experiment shows potential evidence of quasiparticle sought for decades Lawrence KS (SPX) Feb 09, 2018  In a 17-mile circular tunnel underneath the border between France and Switzerland, an international collaboration of scientists runs experiments using the world's most advanced scientific instrument, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). By smashing together protons that travel close to light speed, particle physicists analyze these collisions and learn more about the fundamental makeup of all matter ... more | 
Bursting with Excitement - A Look at Bubbles and Fluids in Space Houston TX (SPX) Feb 13, 2018  Watching a bubble float effortlessly through the International Space Station may be mesmerizing and beautiful to witness, but that same bubble is also teaching researchers about how fluids behave differently in microgravity than they do on Earth. The near-weightless conditions aboard the station allow researchers to observe and control a wide variety of fluids in ways that are not possible on Ea ... more | 
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NREL scientists demonstrate remarkable stability in perovskite solar cells Golden CO (SPX) Feb 08, 2018  Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created an environmentally stable, high-efficiency perovskite solar cell, bringing the emerging technology a step closer to commercial deployment. 
Over the past decade, perovskites have rapidly evolved into a promising technology, now with the ability to convert about 23 percent of sunlight into elec ... more | 
Iridium Announces First Land-Mobile Service Providers for Iridium Certus McLean VA (SPX) Feb 09, 2018  
Iridium Communications Inc. announced Wednesday the first Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications, planned for commercial availability in mid-2018. This initial group of six world-class land-mobile service providers play a pivotal role in bringing Iridium Certus to market. 
Enabled by the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation, Iridium Certus will deliver reliable, globa ... more | 
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