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February 28, 2018
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UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time



Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithography. Details of the group's solution appeared in the January issue of the journal Review of Scientific Instruments, which is published by the American Institute of Physics. ... read more

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Researchers invent light-emitting nanoantennas
Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Feb 27, 2018
Nanoscale light sources and nanoantennas already found a wide range of applications in several areas, such as ultra compact pixels, optical detection or telecommunications. However, the fabrication ... more
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Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications
Onna, Japan (SPX) Feb 26, 2018
A small rectangle of pink glass, about the size of a postage stamp, sits on Professor Amy Shen's desk. Despite its outwardly modest appearance, this little glass slide has the potential to revolutio ... more
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USTC realizes strong indirect coupling in distant nanomechanical resonators
Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 20, 2018
New progress in graphene-based nanomechanical resonator systems has been achieved in Key Laboratory of Quantum Information and Synergetic Innovation Center of Quantum Information and Quantum Physics ... more
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Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of thin film devices
New Brunswick, NJ (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
Engineers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick and Oregon State University are developing a new method of processing nanomaterials that could lead to faster and cheaper manufacturing of flexible thin ... more


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Ultra-efficient removal of carbon monoxide using gold nanoparticles on a molecular support
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a way to mount gold nanoparticles on a molecular support known as a polyoxometalate (POM). They successfully applied this to realize nea ... more
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Fast-spinning spheres show nanoscale systems' secrets
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
Spin a merry-go-round fast enough and the riders fly off in all directions. But the spinning particles in a Rice University lab do just the opposite. Experiments in the Rice lab of chemical engineer ... more
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Scientists observe nanowires as they grow
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Feb 15, 2018
At DESY's X-ray source PETRA III, scientists have followed the growth of tiny wires of gallium arsenide live. Their observations reveal exact details of the growth process responsible for the evolvi ... 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. ... more
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On the rebound as nanoparticles self-heal
Lemont 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
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Let the good tubes roll
Richland 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
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Touchy nanotubes work better when clean
Houston 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
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Piecework at the nano assembly line
Munich, 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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Optical nanoscope allows imaging of quantum dots
Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 03, 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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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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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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Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators
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. ... more
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On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2018
A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. The water appears to be present day and night, though it's not necessarily easily accessible. The findings could help researchers understand the origin of the Moon's water and how easy it would be to use ... more
+ SwRI scientist helps characterize water on lunar surface
+ How does water change the moon's origin story?
+ The moon formed inside a vaporized Earth synestia
+ Laser-ranged satellite measurement now accurately reflects Earth's tidal perturbations
+ NASA's Lunar Outpost will Extend Human Presence in Deep Space
+ NASA's OSIRIS-REx Captures New Earth-Moon Image
+ New study sheds light on moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth
China speeds up research, commercialization of space shuttles
Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2018
China will accelerate research and commercial use of rocket upper stages, a carrier rocket official said on Friday. "The Yuanzheng rocket upper stage family will have a new member, Yuanzheng-1S, this year, serving launches for low and medium Earth orbit satellites," said Wang Mingzhe, an upper stage architect of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT). Upper stages are ... more
+ Long March rockets on ambitious mission in 2018
+ Chinese taikonauts maintain indomitable spirit in space exploration: senior officer
+ China launches first shared education satellite
+ China's first X-ray space telescope put into service after in-orbit tests
+ China's first successful lunar laser ranging accomplished
+ Yang Liwei looks back at China's first manned space mission
+ Space agency to pick those with the right stuff


Top US court grapples with email warrant reaching across borders
Washington (AFP) Feb 27, 2018
US Supreme Court justices grappled Tuesday with the implications of a criminal warrant case involving Microsoft emails in a test for whether American justice can reach across international borders for digital evidence. Oral arguments were held at the top US court over a 2013 warrant ordering Microsoft to turn over the contents of an email account used by a suspected drug trafficker whose dat ... more
+ Huawei chief defends group against espionage concerns
+ Microsoft data warrant case in top US court has global implications
+ Russia hacked Olympics computers, turned blame on N Korea: report
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On second thought, the Moon's water may be widespread and immobile
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2018
A new analysis of data from two lunar missions finds evidence that the Moon's water is widely distributed across the surface and is not confined to a particular region or type of terrain. The water appears to be present day and night, though it's not necessarily easily accessible. The findings could help researchers understand the origin of the Moon's water and how easy it would be to use ... more
+ SwRI scientist helps characterize water on lunar surface
+ How does water change the moon's origin story?
+ The moon formed inside a vaporized Earth synestia
+ Laser-ranged satellite measurement now accurately reflects Earth's tidal perturbations
+ NASA's Lunar Outpost will Extend Human Presence in Deep Space
+ NASA's OSIRIS-REx Captures New Earth-Moon Image
+ New study sheds light on moon's slow retreat from frozen Earth
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UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithography. Details of the group's solution appeared in the January is ... more
+ Researchers invent light-emitting nanoantennas
+ Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications
+ USTC realizes strong indirect coupling in distant nanomechanical resonators
+ Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of thin film devices
+ Ultra-efficient removal of carbon monoxide using gold nanoparticles on a molecular support
+ Fast-spinning spheres show nanoscale systems' secrets
+ Scientists observe nanowires as they grow
NASA space laser completes 2,000-mile road trip
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
Once in orbit after it launches this fall, NASA's ICESat-2 satellite will travel at speeds faster than 15,000 miles per hour. Last week, the satellite's instrument began its journey toward space riding a truck from Maryland to Arizona, never exceeding 65 mph. ICESat-2, or the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, is slated to launch in September to measure the height of Earth's surfac ... more
+ US blasts off another satellite to boost weather forecasts
+ Tracking the global footprint of industrial fishing
+ How does GEOS-5-based planetary boundary layer height and humidity vary across China?
+ New partnership aids sustainable growth with earth observations
+ CloudSat Exits the 'A-Train'
+ Swarm trio becomes a quartet
+ Tracking a typhoon's seismic footprint


UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
A University of Texas at Dallas graduate student, his advisor and industry collaborators believe they have addressed a long-standing problem troubling scientists and engineers for more than 35 years: How to prevent the tip of a scanning tunneling microscope from crashing into the surface of a material during imaging or lithography. Details of the group's solution appeared in the January is ... more
+ Researchers invent light-emitting nanoantennas
+ Nanomushroom sensors: One material, many applications
+ USTC realizes strong indirect coupling in distant nanomechanical resonators
+ Scalable and cost-effective manufacturing of thin film devices
+ Ultra-efficient removal of carbon monoxide using gold nanoparticles on a molecular support
+ Fast-spinning spheres show nanoscale systems' secrets
+ Scientists observe nanowires as they grow
Robotic crystals that walk n' roll
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 28, 2018
Scientists at Waseda University may have come a step closer to innovating soft robots to care for people. Its material, however, is something you may have never expected. They have developed robotic crystals that walk slowly like an inchworm and roll 20,000 times faster than its walking speed. These autonomously moving, organic crystals have great potential as material for soft robots in t ... more
+ Brothers look to harness artificial intelligence for greater good
+ Google Assistant adds more languages in global push
+ New stretchable electronic skin sensitive enough to feel ladybug footsteps
+ Artificial intelligence poses questions for nature of war: Mattis
+ Researchers help robots think and plan in the abstract
+ Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?
+ All-terrain microbot moves by tumbling over complex topography
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Russian military developing long-range supersonic missile-lobbing drone
Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 28, 2018
Designed to infiltrate far into an enemy's territory, the new system will carry both guided and unguided munitions. Russia is working on a long-range unmanned strike system, Zvezda, the official television channel of the Russian Ministry of Defense, has learned. Speaking to the television channel, Alexander Nemov, deputy chief of the research department at the 30th Central Scientific ... more
+ TEOCO launches UAV Service Enablement Platform for Drones
+ Lockheed Martin Launches software to simultaneously control multiple UAV types anywhere on Earth
+ Orbital ATK contracted for testing of drone missile targets
+ General Atomics enlists Boeing for its MQ-25 Stingray proposal
+ Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty
+ Alleged Iranian UAV captured by Israel is 'copy' of US' Sentinel UAV
+ Drones showcase wildlife-counting skills in the EpicDuckChallenge
Antiferromagnets prove their potential for spin-based information technology
Mainz, Germany (SPX) Feb 27, 2018
Within the emerging field of spin-based electronics, or spintronics, information is typically defined by the orientation of the magnetization of ferromagnets. Researchers have recently been also interested in the utilization of antiferromagnets, which are materials without macroscopic magnetization but with a staggered orientation of their microscopic magnetic moments. Here the information is en ... more
+ New technology standard could shape the future of electronics design
+ Shape-shifting organic crystals use memory to improve plastic electronics
+ Qualcomm open to further takeover talks if Broadcom boosts price
+ Unconventional superconductor may be used to create quantum computers of the future
+ Forging a quantum leap in quantum communication
+ UA researchers observe electrons zipping around in crystals
+ New UC Riverside research advances spintronics technology


Latest updates from NASA on IMAGE Recovery
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 01, 2018 On Feb. 22, 2018, the signal from IMAGE began to break up and has been silent since Feb. 24. The team continues to assess what may be the issue, but it is known that this episode does not mimic the sudden silence that occurred in 2005 when contact was originally lost with the spacecraft. The team continues to make preparations to attempt to bring the attitude dete ... more
+ Radioactive cylinder found on Lebanon coast: authority
+ Researchers demonstrate promising method for improving quantum information processing
+ Silk fibers could be high-tech 'natural metamaterials'
+ Squid skin could be the solution to camouflage material
+ Atomic structure of ultrasound material not what anyone expected
+ Sixty years of technology in space - what's changed?
+ Splashdown: Supersonic cold metal bonding in 3-D
China's Xi takes another stride in Mao's footsteps
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 26, 2018
Xi Jinping's tightening grip on China had already earned the leader comparisons to Mao Zedong, but they came into even sharper focus after the party paved the way for him to assume the presidency indefinitely. State media said on Sunday that the ruling Communist Party had proposed abolishing rules limiting leaders to two five-year terms, a guideline imposed in Mao's wake to avoid a repeat of ... more
+ China investigates former top politician
+ In China's eSport schools students learn it pays to play
+ China takes over Anbang, prosecutes ex-boss for 'economic crimes'
+ China rules out arson in Tibetan temple fire
+ Anbang mess tightens state grip on China Inc: analysts
+ Hong Kong activist on trial over riots
+ China angered by theft of Terracotta Warrior's thumb
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Unlocking the secrets of the universe
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
Long ago, about 400,000 years after the beginning of the universe (the Big Bang), the universe was dark. There were no stars or galaxies, and the universe was filled primarily with neutral hydrogen gas. Then, for the next 50-100 million years, gravity slowly pulled the densest regions of gas together until ultimately the gas collapsed in some places to form the first stars. What were ... more
+ Astronomers detect earliest evidence yet of hydrogen in the universe
+ A quadrillionth of a second in slow motion
+ Scientists discover atoms inside the orbiting electrons of a 'giant atom'
+ Magnetic field traces gas and dust swirling around supermassive black hole
+ Some black holes erase your past
+ "Ultramassive" Black Holes Discovered in Far-Off Galaxies
+ No Relation Between a Supermassive Black Hole and Its Host Galaxy
New method enables high-resolution measurements of magnetism
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Feb 13, 2018
In a new article, published in Nature Materials, researchers from Beijing, Uppsala and Julich have made significant progress allowing very high resolution magnetic measurements. With their method it is possible to measure magnetism of individual atomic planes. Magnetic nanostructures are used in a wide range of applications. Most notably, to store bits of data in hard drives. These structu ... more
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+ Bursting with Excitement - A Look at Bubbles and Fluids in Space
+ NASA Technology to Help Locate Electromagnetic Counterparts of Gravitational Waves
+ Transportable optical clock used to measure gravitation for the first time
+ Acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans
+ Cutting-Edge Technology Enhances Virgo Gravitational-Wave Detector
+ Deep Learning Pioneered for Real-Time Gravitational Wave Discovery


Avaada Power commits bllion to Uttar Pradesh solar projects
Lucknow, India (SPX) Feb 28, 2018
Avaada Power Pvt. Ltd, India's leading clean energy company, has signed an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Uttar Pradesh to invest USD 1.55 billion in the state for developing 1,600 MW Solar Projects. The projects will be developed across Mirzapur, Badun, Gorakhpur and Bundelkhand districts. With this investment, nearly 3,700 employment opportunities will be create ... more
+ Why polymer solar cells deserve their place in the sun
+ New clean energy targets put South Australia on the world map
+ A new approach towards highly efficient and air-stable perovskite solar cells
+ Wind, solar could meet 80 percent of US demand: study
+ EU nations should seize chance to boost renewable energy: study
+ United Sun Systems and DoE launch new super cheap solar battery system
+ Leclanche selects NEXTracker's NX Drive Energy storage system for various applications
Iridium Certus readies for takeoff with aviation service providers
McLean VA (SPX) Mar 01, 2018
Iridium Communications Inc. reports that Honeywell Aerospace, SKYTRAC, Avitek and Navicom Aviation are the first Iridium Certus service providers to be selected for the aviation industry. As Iridium Certus service providers, each company will be able to offer the new, best-in-class broadband satellite connectivity to its customers. Ideal for commercial airliner flight deck communications, ... more
+ Lockheed Martin Completes Foundation for Satellite Factory of the Future
+ Lockheed Martin Completes Assembly on Arabsat's Newest Communications Satellite
+ Goonhilly goes deep space
+ Iridium Certus broadband readies for DOD wsers with COMSAT
+ Airbus and human spaceflight: from Spacelab to Orion
+ Iridium Announces First Land-Mobile Service Providers for Iridium Certus
+ 2018 in Space - Progress and Promise
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