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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  | 
 
A new way to measure energy in microscopic machinesWashington 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  
AI-based method could speed development of specialized nanoparticlesBoston 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  
Atomically thin nanowires convert heat to electricity more efficientlyWarwick 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  
Researchers use magnets to move tiny DNA-based nano-devicesColumbus 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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Novel method to fabricate nanoribbons from speeding nano dropletsUlsan, 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  
Valves for tiny particlesZurich, 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  
NIST puts the optical microscope under the microscope to achieve atomic accuracyWashington 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  
Atomic-scale manufacturing now a realityEdmonton, 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  
Porous materials make it possible to have nanotechnology under controlAndalusia, 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  | 
![]() A new Bose-Einstein condensate created at Aalto University  
Course set to overcome mismatch between lab-designed nanomaterials and nature's complexityWashington 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 nanomaterialsTokyo, 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  
This 2-D nanosheet expands like a Grow MonsterBuffalo 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  
A treasure trove for nanotechnology expertsLausanne, 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  
UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materialsLos 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  
Nanostructures made of previously impossible materialVienna, 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 | 
China Rising as Major Space Power Beijing (XNA) Jul 02, 2018  
China is fast becoming a major space power as both its technology and launching frequency of satellites are improving at a rapid rate. 
China became the world's fifth country to send a satellite into space in 1970. So far, a total of 400 satellites have been launched and over 200 are currently in service. 
A large family of satellites has been formed in China, covering the fields of co ... more | 
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Russia expert to lead Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency Ottawa (AFP) June 27, 2018  
 A Russia expert was appointed Wednesday to lead Canada's electronic eavesdropping agency, amid ongoing concerns of Russian hacking and meddling in Western elections. 
Shelly Bruce moves up from number two at the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) to replace her former boss, outgoing CSE head Greta Bossenmaier.  
Bruce studied Russia and Slavic languages at university before joinin ... more | 
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 | 
 
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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 | 
ECOSTRESS Launches to Space Station on SpaceX Mission Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 02, 2018  
An Earth science instrument built by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, and experiments investigating cellular biology and artificial intelligence, are among the research heading to the International Space Station following Friday's launch of a NASA-contracted SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 5:42 a.m. EDT. 
Dragon lifted off on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex  ... more | 
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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 | 
'Flying brain' designed to follow German astronaut launches Friday Tampa (AFP) June 28, 2018   A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission.  
The basketball-sized device called CIMON - shortened from Crew Interactive MObile CompanioN - was described as a "flying brain" by Manfred Jaumann, head of microgravity payloads at ... more | 
 
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Australia buys high-tech drones to monitor South China Sea, Pacific Sydney (AFP) June 26, 2018  
 Australia will invest Aus$7 billion (US$5.2 billion) to develop and buy high-tech US drones for joint military operations and to monitor waters including the South China Sea, it said Tuesday. 
Canberra has been embarking on its largest peacetime naval investment through a massive shipbuilding strategy that includes new submarines, offshore patrol vessels and frigates to shore up its defence c ... more | 
Silicon provides means to control quantum bits for faster algorithms West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 26, 2018  | 
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Electronic skin stretched to new limits Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 22, 2018  
An electrically conductive hydrogel that takes stretchability, self-healing and strain sensitivity to new limits has been developed at KAUST. "Our material outperforms all previously reported hydrogels and introduces new functionalities," says Husam Alshareef, professor of materials science and engineering. 
Smart materials that flex, sense and stretch like skin have many applications in wh ... more | 
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 | 
 
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Kiel physicists achieve hitherto most accurate description of highly excited electrons Kiel, Germany (SPX) Jun 22, 2018  
It is the "drosophila" of modern physics: the uniform electron gas. Just as the fruit fly is used to describe the principles of genetics this model of a gas can be used to investigate important characteristics of electrons. 
This model also known as jellium describes the properties of electrons in metals, in molecules and in clusters of atoms. Further, electrons determine the behavior of st ... more | 
VLT makes most precise test of Einstein's general relativity outside Milky Way Munich, Germany (SPX) Jun 25, 2018  
Using the MUSE instrument on ESO's VLT , a team led by Thomas Collett from the University of Portsmouth in the UK first calculated the mass of ESO 325-G004 by measuring the movement of stars within this nearby elliptical galaxy . 
Collett explains "We used data from the Very Large Telescope in Chile to measure how fast the stars were moving in ESO 325-G004 - this allowed us to infer how muc ... more | 
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Jumby Bay island to benefit from additional clean energy supply Dresden, Germany (SPX) Jun 28, 2018  | 
GomSpace and Aerial Maritime Ltd enter MOU for delivery and operation of a global constellation Aalborg, Denmark  
GomSpace A/S - a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB (the "Company") and Aerial and Maritime Ltd. ("A and M") have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") following A and M's decision to appoint GomSpace as the supplier of a global constellation of nanosatellites and ground segment systems. 
Fully operational by the end of 2021 A and M is able to provide global Air Traffic Surveillance inc ... more | 
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