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  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey. In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control the fabrication of carbon nanotube thin films so that they display a variety of different colours - for instanc ... read more |
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Nanotubes change the shape of waterHouston TX (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the nanotube is just the right width, the water molecules will align into a square rod. Rice materials ... more 
Fast visible-UV light nanobelt photodetectorBejing, China (SPX) Aug 27, 2018 Compared with traditional thin-film photodetectors, one-dimensional nanostructures have larger surface-to-volume ratio, smaller size and higher carrier mobility, and thus tend to exhibit higher sens ... more 
Big-picture thinking can advance nanoparticle manufacturingWashington DC (SPX) Aug 23, 2018 Nanoparticle manufacturing, the production of material units less than 100 nanometers in size (100,000 times smaller than a marble), is proving the adage that "good things come in small packages." ... more 
Hybrid nanomaterials bristle with potentialThuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Aug 14, 2018 By combining multiple nanomaterials into a single structure, scientists can create hybrid materials that incorporate the best properties of each component and outperform any single substance. A cont ... more |
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Squeezing light at the nanoscaleBoston 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 intens ... 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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Researchers enhance boron nitride nanotubes for next-gen compositesHouston 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 nanomaterialsUpton 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 
Making massive leaps in electronics at nano-scaleJohannesburg, 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 
Columbia researchers squeeze light into nanoscale devices and circuitsNew 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 
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 |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 24, 2018 
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions (PSRs) on the Moon.
"We found that the distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury a ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Engineers have successfully tested the propulsion system of China's planned space station lab capsules, a key step in its space station program.
Weighing 66 tonnes, the space station will comprise a core module and two lab capsules. The propulsion system will determine whether lab capsules can move in space.
Engineers designed 36 engines for the propulsion system with four to adjust ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Aug 30, 2018  A senior Republican senator on Thursday urged US regulators to reopen an antitrust investigation into Google, citing "important developments" since the review was closed in 2013.
Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah called on the Federal Trade Commission "to reconsider the competitive effects of Google's conduct in search and digital advertising."
Lawmakers have no official role in determining ho ... more |
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Manoa HI (SPX) Aug 24, 2018
A team of scientists led by researchers from the University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) found the first direct evidence of surface-exposed water ice in permanently shaded regions (PSRs) on the Moon.
"We found that the distribution of ice on the lunar surface is very patchy, which is very different from other planetary bodies such as Mercury a ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey.
In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control t ... more |
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 Buffalo NY (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
As the Sept. 15 launch date for NASA's new ice-monitoring satellite approaches, University at Buffalo scientists are among many worldwide who are counting down the days.
They're excited, but nervous, too. That's what happens when your future research is reliant on equipment that's going to be hurled, atop a flaming rocket, into the harsh environs of outer space. Or when - as in the case of ... more |
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Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Aug 31, 2018
Single-walled carbon nanotubes, or sheets of one atom-thick layers of graphene rolled up into different sizes and shapes, have found many uses in electronics and new touch screen devices. By nature, carbon nanotubes are typically black or a dark grey.
In their new study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), Aalto University researchers present a way to control t ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Aug 29, 2018  The Chinese kindergarten children giggled as they worked to solve puzzles assigned by their new teaching assistant: a roundish, short educator with a screen for a face.
Just under 60 centimetres (two feet) high, the autonomous robot named Keeko has been a hit in several kindergartens, telling stories and challenging children with logic problems.
Round and white with a tubby body, the arm ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Aug 31, 2018 
Boeing has received a ceiling price $805 million contract to provide the design, development, construction, testing and support of four MQ-25A Stingray unmanned tanker drones.
Work on the contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., Indianapolis, Ind., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Quebec, Canada, Palm Bay, Fla., as well as other locations inside ... more |
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 Ames IA (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
A collaboration between scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory and the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main has computationally predicted a number of unique properties in a group of iron-based superconductors, including room-temperature super-elasticity.
Ames Laboratory produced samples of one of these iron arsenide materials with ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Aug 30, 2018 
Researchers have developed a compact imaging system that can measure the shape and light-reflection properties of objects with high speed and accuracy. This 5D hyperspectral imaging system - so-called because it captures multiple wavelengths of light plus spatial coordinates as a function of time - could benefit a variety of applications including optical-based sorting of products and identifyin ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2018 Police in central China said Sunday they arrested nearly 50 people after a violent protest sparked by dissatisfaction with the local school system.
More than 600 protesters gathered outside a police station in Leiyang city in Hunan province around midnight Saturday after security personnel stopped a protest earlier in the day, police said in a statement on their website.
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 Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 31, 2018 
In a finding that caps years of exploration into the tiny particle known as the Higgs boson, researchers have traced the fifth and most prominent way that the particle decays into other particles. The discovery gives researchers a new pathway by which to study the physical laws that govern the universe.
Physicists at Princeton University led one of the two main teams that announced the det ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Aug 09, 2018 
An everyday occurrence spotted when we turn on the tap to brush our teeth has baffled engineers for centuries - why does the water splay when it hits the sink before it heads down the plughole?
Famous inventor and painter Leonardo da Vinci documented the phenomenon, now known as a hydraulic jump, back in the 1500s. Hydraulic jumps are harmless in our household sinks but they can cause viol ... more |
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 The Hague, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 03, 2018 
Dutch development bank FMO is the lead arranger in a total USD 15.5 million financing package that will grow Kingo's services with around 250,000 people that are not connected to the electricity grid in rural parts of Guatemala. These people now get access to clean off-grid energy through the supply of rooftop solar panels. Kingo currently reaches over 300,000 people with their services and FMO' ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Aug 31, 2018 
The European Space Talks initiative will give you, as a member of the European space community, the opportunity to join other space professionals, researchers and enthusiasts in presenting your latest research, activities or interests in space.
During November 2018, a series of grassroots talks and events will sweep across ESA Member States, promoting space among the general public. From l ... more |
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