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June 26, 2018
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Squeezing light at the nanoscale



Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules. The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra-confined light can be used to detect very small amounts of matter close to the polaritons. For example, ... read more

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A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 11, 2018
What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists call "free energy," essentially the energy that can be extracted from any system to perform useful work ... more
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AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticles
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 04, 2018
A new technique developed by MIT physicists could someday provide a way to custom-design multilayered nanoparticles with desired properties, potentially for use in displays, cloaking systems, or bio ... more
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Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently
Warwick UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2018
Waste heat can be converted to electricity more efficiently using one-dimensional nanoscale materials as thin as an atom - ushering a new way of generating sustainable energy - thanks to new researc ... more
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Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devices
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 04, 2018
Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand - and much faster than recently possible. In the journal Nature Communications, Carlos Castro and Ratn ... more


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Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry
Warsaw, Poland (SPX) May 29, 2018
Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry! Depending on the lighting, the surface of appropriately crafted nanoparticles can change its topography. Researchers from the Institute of ... more
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Researchers enhance boron nitride nanotubes for next-gen composites
Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2018
Boron nitride nanotubes are primed to become effective building blocks for next-generation composite and polymer materials based on a new discovery at Rice University - and a previous one. Sci ... more
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Understanding light-induced electrical current in atomically thin nanomaterials
Upton NY (SPX) May 29, 2018
Scientists at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory - have used an optoelectronic imagin ... more
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Making massive leaps in electronics at nano-scale
Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) May 31, 2018
Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand have found ways to control the spin transport in networks of the smallest electrical conductor known to man. By chemically attaching nano-par ... more
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Columbia researchers squeeze light into nanoscale devices and circuits
New York NY (SPX) May 29, 2018
As electronic devices and circuits shrink into the nanoscale, the ability to transfer data on a chip, at low power with little energy loss, is becoming a critical challenge. Over the past decade, sq ... more
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Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets
Ulsan, Korea (SPX) May 29, 2018
An international team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has discovered a novel method for the synthesis of ultrathin semiconductors. This is a unique growth mechanism, which yielded nanoscopic s ... more
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Valves for tiny particles
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) May 27, 2018
Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed tiny valves that enable individual nanoparticles in liquids to be separated and sorted. The valves can be used for a very broad range of tiny particles, in ... more
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NIST puts the optical microscope under the microscope to achieve atomic accuracy
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2018
Over the last two decades, scientists have discovered that the optical microscope can be used to detect, track and image objects much smaller than their traditional limit - about half the wavelength ... more
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Atomic-scale manufacturing now a reality
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) May 25, 2018
Scientists at the University of Alberta have applied a machine learning technique using artificial intelligence to perfect and automate atomic-scale manufacturing, something which has never been don ... more
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Porous materials make it possible to have nanotechnology under control
Andalusia, Spain (SPX) May 21, 2018
Half metal, half organic structure, like Robocop himself, is the material known as MOF, short for Metal Organic Framework. MOF has been developed by scientists and applied to a myriad of products fr ... more


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Course set to overcome mismatch between lab-designed nanomaterials and nature's complexity
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 22, 2018
Cells and the machinery they encase are soft matter - shape-shifting multicomponent systems with an overwhelming richness of forms. But, these squishy packages are hard targets for potential therape ... more
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Robot developed for automated assembly of designer nanomaterials
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 19, 2018
A current area of intense interest in nanotechnology is van der Waals heterostructures, which are assemblies of atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) crystalline materials that display attractive con ... more
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This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow Monster
Buffalo NY (SPX) Apr 19, 2018
Grow Monsters. Expandable water toys. Whatever you call them, they're plastic-like figurines that swell when placed in water. New materials science research borrows from this concept; only ins ... more
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A treasure trove for nanotechnology experts
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-e ... more
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UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2018
A research team led by UCLA scientists and engineers has developed a method to make new kinds of artificial "superlattices" - materials comprised of alternating layers of ultra-thin "two-dimensional ... more
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Nanostructures made of previously impossible material
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 14, 2018
When you bake a cake, you can combine the ingredients in almost any proportions, and they will still always be able to mix together. This is a little more complicated in materials chemistry. O ... more
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Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar exploration
Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018
If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the universe that we have not even thought to ask yet. It was for this reason that I found myself talking to Zheng Yongchun at Beijing Planetarium. Zheng is an animated interviewee, but that's not ... more
+ Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
+ NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gateway
+ Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
+ Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
+ Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
+ Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
+ SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
China confirms reception of data from Gaofen-6 satellite
Beijing (XNA) Jun 07, 2018
The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) confirmed that one of its institutes Monday successfully tracked and received imaging data from the newly-launched Earth observation satellite Gaofen-6. The Aerospace Information Research Institute said the Miyun station of China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station received the first batch of observation data from the Gaofen-6 satellite. There was ... more
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+ Beijing welcomes use of Chinese space station by all UN Nations
+ China upgrades spacecraft reentry and descent technology
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+ China's Queqiao satellite carries "large umbrella" into deep space
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Chinese island eyes oasis from web censorship for foreigners
Beijing (AFP) June 22, 2018
China's Hainan island has proposed allowing foreign visitors access to censored websites such as YouTube and Facebook, a double standard that has raised cries of indignation from the country's internet users. The province, known as China's Hawaii thanks to its resorts and tropical beaches, is set to become the country's largest free trade zone and hopes to attract increased investment in hi- ... more
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+ US Senate votes to reimpose ban on China's ZTE, shares plunge
+ Apple steps up encrytion to thwart police cracking of iPhones
+ Kaspersky freezes ties with Europol over calls for EU ban
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+ BAE to develop conflict modeling software for DARPA
+ 'Norman,' when artificial intelligence goes psycho
Queqiao satellite the bridge to China's lunar exploration
Beijing (XNA) Jun 25, 2018
If all goes to plan, China will soon make history as the first country to put a lander and a rover on the far side of the moon. Information gleaned from such a mission may answer questions about the universe that we have not even thought to ask yet. It was for this reason that I found myself talking to Zheng Yongchun at Beijing Planetarium. Zheng is an animated interviewee, but that's not ... more
+ Chinese satellite could link world to Moon's far side: space expert
+ NASA will seek partnership with US Industry to develop lunar gateway
+ Micro satellite developed by Chinese university starts to work around Moon
+ Long suspected theory about the moon holds water
+ Relay satellite for Chang'e-4 lunar probe enters planned orbit
+ Thank the moon for Earth's lengthening day
+ SpaceX delays plans to send tourists around Moon: report
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Squeezing light at the nanoscale
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules. The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more
+ A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
+ AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticles
+ Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devices
+ Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently
+ Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry
+ Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets
+ Columbia researchers squeeze light into nanoscale devices and circuits
Sentinel-3 flies tandem
Paris (ESA) Jun 20, 2018
The key to monitoring Earth's changing environment and to guaranteeing a consistent stream of satellite data to improve our daily lives is to take the same measurements over the course of decades. But how do you know that measurements from successive satellites, even though identical in build, are like for like? The answer, for the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission, is to engage in some nifty ... more
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+ New method makes weather forecasts right as rain
+ UCI scientists find new teleconnection for early and accurate precipitation prediction
+ New NASA instrument on ISS to track plant water use on Earth
+ Thailand to buy Airbus satellite as junta chief visits France
+ MOF material offers selective, reversible and repeatable capture of toxic atmospheric gas
+ Ammonia distribution in Earth's upper atmosphere explained


Squeezing light at the nanoscale
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new technique to squeeze infrared light into ultra-confined spaces, generating an intense, nanoscale antenna that could be used to detect single biomolecules. The researchers harnessed the power of polaritons, particles that blur the distinction between light and matter. This ultra ... more
+ A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
+ AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticles
+ Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devices
+ Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficiently
+ Change the face of nanoparticles and you'll rule chemistry
+ Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano droplets
+ Columbia researchers squeeze light into nanoscale devices and circuits
Robotic Refueling Mission 3 completes crucial series of tests
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2018
Space exploration has captured our attention for over half of a century. NASA plans to propel human spaceflight beyond low-Earth orbit and continue the legacy of the Apollo missions. With a renewed focus on exploration, NASA is developing new space technologies and capabilities that pave the way for missions back to the Moon and beyond. The agency will advance long duration mission-critica ... more
+ Rutgers researchers develop automated robotic device for faster blood testing
+ Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the table
+ SNU researchers developed electronic skins that wirelessly activate fully soft robots
+ Robots learn by checking in on team members
+ Future robots need no motors
+ A fast, low-voltage actuator for soft and wearable robotics
+ 'iPal' robot companion for China's lonely children
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Chip upgrade helps miniature drones navigate
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Researchers at MIT, who last year designed a tiny computer chip tailored to help honeybee-sized drones navigate, have now shrunk their chip design even further, in both size and power consumption. The team, co-led by Vivienne Sze, associate professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), and Sertac Karaman, the Class of 1948 Career Development Associate ... more
+ Israel fires at drone from Syria, forces retreat
+ Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific
+ Pentagon contracts for 'surge support' for MQ-9 Reaper drones
+ NASA flies large unmanned aircraft in public airspace without chase plane for first time
+ General Atomics to upgrade radar on Reaper drones
+ Germany agrees to lease Israeli-made drones: manufacturer
+ Headwall integrates Hyperspectral and LiDAR aboard UAV platforms
The right squeeze for quantum computing
Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jun 25, 2018
A new theoretical model involving squeezing light to just the right amount to accurately transmit information using subatomic particles is bringing us closer to a new era of computing. Scientists at Hokkaido University and Kyoto University have developed a theoretical approach to quantum computing that is 10 billion times more tolerant to errors than current theoretical models. Their metho ... more
+ Less is more when it comes to predicting molecules' conductivity
+ Molecular switch will facilitate the development of pioneering electro-optical devices
+ Rare element to provide better material for high-speed electronics
+ Carbon nanotube optics provide optical-based quantum cryptography and quantum computing
+ Spintronics: Controlling magnetic spin with electric fields
+ Designer materials with completely random structures might enable quantum computing
+ Building nanomaterials for next-generation computing


Clearing out space junk, one step at a time
Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018
Since the start of the space age, mankind has left its mark on the orbital pathways overhead...and not always for the better. Today, some 7,000 tonnes of artificial debris - a mass equivalent to the Eiffel Tower - orbit the planet. This detritus, ranging from remnants of defunct or broken-up spacecraft to discarded rocket stages, whizzes by at a dizzying 8 km per second - a speed at which ... more
+ Experiments of the Russian scientists in space lead to a new way of 3D-bioprinting
+ Futuristic data storage
+ Rutgers physicists create new class of 2D artificial materials
+ Game-changing finding pushes 3D-printing to the molecular limit
+ From face recognition to phase recognition
+ Electronic skin stretched to new limits
+ Scientists use a photonic quantum simulator to make virtual movies of molecules vibrating
Chinese police break up protest of military veterans
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2018
Police have dispersed military veterans who had demonstrated in an eastern Chinese city to protest the alleged beating of elderly ex-soldiers demanding better pensions, witnesses told AFP on Monday. The demonstrations highlighted the years-long struggle among former soldiers of the world's biggest standing army to get better benefits, posing a headache for the country's Communist leadership. ... more
+ Dominican Republic names ambassador to China
+ US plans beefed up scrutiny of Chinese investments: Bloomberg
+ China pledges $100 million in military aid to Cambodia
+ Chinese parents-to-be seek more fertile ground abroad
+ Nepal PM to seek investment on first official China trip
+ Malaysia power shift hits China infrastructure drive
+ Ex-head of China insurance regulator pleads guilty to bribes
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Einstein proved right in another galaxy
Portsmouth UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2018
An international team of astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system. By combining data taken with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope, their results show that gravity in this galaxy behaves as predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, confirming the theory's validity on galact ... more
+ Researchers Find Last of the Universe's Missing Ordinary Matter
+ Kiel physicists achieve hitherto most accurate description of highly excited electrons
+ With supercomputing power, scientists solve a next-generation physics problem
+ Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
+ Study develops a model enhancing particle beam efficiency
+ Study offers best evidence yet of an intermediate-mass black hole
+ Astronomers see distant eruption as black hole destroys star
Precise gravitation lens test confirms general relativity
Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2018
The theory of general relativity states that objects and their gravitational pull distort the spacetime around them. The phenomenon explains the gravitational lens effect, the bending of light in a lens-like shape around large galaxies and cosmic structures. Recently, astronomers successfully measured the gravitation lensing effect around the elliptical galaxy ESO 325-G004, located 450 ... more
+ VLT makes most precise test of Einstein's general relativity outside Milky Way
+ Scotland's space expertise key to gravitational waves study
+ Gravitational wave event likely signaled creation of a black hole
+ GRACE-FO Spacecraft Ready to Launch
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+ Searching for Continuous Gravitational Waves
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New material for splitting water
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 20, 2018
Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called photocatalysis - in which solar energy is used to make fuels. In photocatalytic water splitting, sunlight separates water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen and oxygen can then be recombined in a fuel cell to release energy. Now, a new class of material ... more
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+ KYOCERA to participate in Japan's virtual power plant project to improve energy management
+ Solar FlexRack completes shipments to 71 MW solar project in North Carolina
+ German utility makes solar debut in Texas
+ Solar cells combining silicon with perovskite push achieve record efficiency over 25 percent
+ EU sets higher target for renewable energy by 2030
+ SoftBank plans $60-100 bn investment in solar in India: report
Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead
London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2018
"British security firms could be BANNED from helping EU with Galileo satellite project," the Mail Forget Galileo - UK space sector should look to young stars instead screamed. "Brexit to 'force work on Galileo sat-nav system out of UK'," said the BBC. Then Airbus offered to build a new UK system - "BREXIT REVENGE," said the Express. Scepticism followed - "Brexit Britain's space ambit ... more
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+ SSL ships first of 3 ComSats slated for launch this summer
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+ US FCC expands market access for SES O3b MEO constellation
+ Liftoff as Alexander Gerst returns to space
+ Lockheed Martin Announces $100 Million Venture Fund Increase
+ Iridium Continues to Attract World Class Maritime Service Providers for Iridium CertusS
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