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October 23, 2018
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Big discoveries about tiny particles



Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles. Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Germany, Princeton University and the University of Trento, has uncovered ne ... read more

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Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 01, 2018
Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization[1], opens up an unexplore ... more
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Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
Saint Louis MO (SPX) Sep 27, 2018
Calcium carbonate is found nearly everywhere, in sidewalk cement, wall paint, antacid tablets and deep underground. Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have used a unique set of state-of ... more
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Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
Osaka, Japan (SPX) Sep 27, 2018
Quantum dots are nanometer-sized boxes that have attracted huge scientific interest for use in nanotechnology because their properties obey quantum mechanics and are requisites to develop advanced e ... more
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New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
Providence RI (SPX) Sep 25, 2018
Researchers from Brown University have assembled complex macroscale superstructures from pyramid-shaped nanoparticle building blocks. The research, described in the journal Nature, demonstrates a pr ... more


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Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 04, 2018
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory induced a two-dimensional material to cannibalize itself for atomic "building blocks" from which stable structures formed. ... more
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First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
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, ... more
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Nanotubes change the shape of water
Houston 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
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Fast visible-UV light nanobelt photodetector
Bejing, 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
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Big-picture thinking can advance nanoparticle manufacturing
Washington 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
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Hybrid nanomaterials bristle with potential
Thuwal, 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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Nanotube 'rebar' makes graphene twice as tough
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 06, 2018
Rice University researchers have found that fracture-resistant "rebar graphene" is more than twice as tough as pristine graphene. Graphene is a one-atom-thick sheet of carbon. On the two-dimen ... more
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Individual silver nanoparticles observed in real time
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2018
Chemists at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have developed a new method of observing the chemical reactions of individual silver nanoparticles, which only measure a thousandth of the thickness of a human ha ... more
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Researchers use nanotechnology to improve the accuracy of measuring devices
Moscow (SPX) Jul 30, 2018
Scientists from Higher school of economics and the Federal Scientific Research Centre 'Crystallography and Photonics' have synthesized multi-layered nanowires in order to study their magnetoresistan ... more
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A new 'periodic table' for nanomaterials
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Jul 24, 2018
The approach was developed by Daniel Packwood of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and Taro Hitosugi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology. It involves connec ... 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 intens ... 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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Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon
Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
To train future explorers to support NASA's mission to return to the Moon's surface, scientists use similar environments found on the Earth. Last week, a group of domestic and international students traveled to Barringer Meteorite Crater (aka Meteor Crater), Arizona, to learn necessary skills that could help NASA implement its plans for human and robotic missions to the lunar surface. Dr. ... more
+ NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the Moon
+ China plans to launch 'moon double' into space to illuminate streets
+ LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon
+ First Man: a new vision of the Apollo 11 mission to set foot on the Moon
+ SpaceX delays Israel's first lunar mission to early 2019
+ Lockheed Martin solicits ideas for commercial payloads on Orion spacecraft
+ Lunar craters named in honor of Apollo 8
China's commercial aerospace companies flourishing
Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018
Many new companies have entered the commercial aerospace industry in China, supported by the government. Most of the CEOs come from government aerospace agencies or national scientific institutions. These companies still have a long way to go to catch up with Elon Musk's SpaceX. The aerospace industry used to be a battleground for superpowers. Space agencies were all sponsored by governmen ... more
+ China launches Centispace-1-s1 satellite
+ China tests propulsion system of space station's lab capsules
+ China unveils Chang'e-4 rover to explore Moon's far side
+ China's SatCom launch marketing not limited to business interest
+ China to launch space station Tiangong in 2022, welcomes foreign astronauts
+ China solicits international cooperation experiments on space station
+ Growing US unease with China's new deep space facility in Argentina


Army researcher minimizes the impact of cyber-attacks in cloud computing
Adelphi MD (SPX) Oct 19, 2018
Through a collaborative research effort, an Army researcher has made a novel contribution to cloud security and the management of cyberspace risks. According to U.S. Army Research Laboratory electronics engineer Dr. Charles Kamhoua, technology has been the cause of many changes. Among the changes made are to our language. "No longer does the word "cloud" merely stand for a type of at ... more
+ China's ex-internet tsar pleads guilty to taking bribes
+ Japan orders Facebook to improve data protection
+ Facebook's launches 'war room' to combat manipulation
+ Twitter releases 10 million tweets from foreign influence efforts
+ Netherlands in a 'cyberwar' with Russia: defence minister
+ Facebook says hackers accessed data of 29 mn users
+ US arrests alleged Chinese spy after extradition from Belgium
Preparing future explorers for a return to the Moon
Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
To train future explorers to support NASA's mission to return to the Moon's surface, scientists use similar environments found on the Earth. Last week, a group of domestic and international students traveled to Barringer Meteorite Crater (aka Meteor Crater), Arizona, to learn necessary skills that could help NASA implement its plans for human and robotic missions to the lunar surface. Dr. ... more
+ NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the Moon
+ China plans to launch 'moon double' into space to illuminate streets
+ LGS Innovations' Laser Technology to Bring HD Video from the Moon
+ First Man: a new vision of the Apollo 11 mission to set foot on the Moon
+ SpaceX delays Israel's first lunar mission to early 2019
+ Lockheed Martin solicits ideas for commercial payloads on Orion spacecraft
+ Lunar craters named in honor of Apollo 8
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Big discoveries about tiny particles
Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles. Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more
+ Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
+ Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
+ Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
+ New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
+ Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water
Zooming in on Mexico's landscape
Paris (ESA) Oct 23, 2018
As part of a scientific collaboration with the Mexican Space Agency and other Mexican scientific public entities, ESA has combined images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission to produce a detailed view of the different types of vegetation growing across the entire country. The high-resolution land-cover map combines images captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2 between 2016 and 2018. Se ... more
+ Government of Canada to invest $7.2M in exactEarth
+ Earth observation data market to reach $2.4B
+ GOES-17 begins move to its new operational position
+ NASA watches airglow, the colors of the upper atmospheric winds
+ DigitalGlobe expands NASA partnership with sole-source EO data contract
+ Earth's core is definitely solid, study finds
+ African smoke-cloud connection target of NASA airborne flights


Big discoveries about tiny particles
Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles. Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more
+ Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achieved
+ Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in another
+ Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturing
+ New nanoparticle superstructures made from pyramid-shaped building blocks
+ Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
+ First-ever colored thin films of nanotubes created
+ Nanotubes change the shape of water
Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there's a robot for that
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018
Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house. Introducing CarriRo, a delivery robot shaped a bit like a toy London bus with bright, friendly "eyes" on its front that can zip around the streets delivering packages at 6km/h (4 miles per hour). Carr ... more
+ Understanding the building blocks for an electronic brain
+ Invention of ionic decision-maker capable of self-learning
+ Sound, vibration recognition boost context-aware computing
+ MIT unveils new $1 bn college for artificial intelligence
+ Teaching machines common sense reasoning
+ No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms
+ Model helps robots navigate more like humans do
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US Air Force's X-37B space plane marks 400 days in orbit
Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018
The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has passed its 400-day mark, inching its way toward setting a new flight duration record for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission. The spacecraft, the fifth of its kind, was initially rocketed into orbit on September 7, 2017, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to Space.com. All previous OTV missions established new flight records, wit ... more
+ Alpha Unmanned Systems supports NATO Trident Juncture 2018
+ DARPA seeks proposals for 3rd OFFSET Swarm Sprint, awards 2nd Contracts
+ AeroVironment contracted for Raven drones, spares, training
+ Airbus, Boeing and Uber partner with Amsterdam Drone Week
+ Air Force designates GO1 hypersonic flight research vehicle as X-60A
+ General Atomics to provide technical services for Gray Eagle drones
+ Raytheon to deliver small drone decoys to the U.S. Navy
Announcing the discovery of an atomic electronic simulator
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Oct 16, 2018
Targeting applications like neural networks for machine learning, a new discovery out of the University of Alberta and Quantum Silicon Inc. in Edmonton, Canada is paving the way for atomic ultra-efficient electronics, the need for which is increasingly critical in our data-driven society. The key to unlocking untold potential for the greenest electronics? Creating bespoke atomic patterns to in t ... more
+ Electrical enhancement: Engineers speed up electrons in semiconductors
+ Printed 3D supercapacitor electrode breaks records in lab tests
+ First proof of quantum computer advantage
+ New memristor boosts accuracy and efficiency for neural networks on an atomic scale
+ New reservoir computer marks first-ever microelectromechanical neural network application
+ Inorganic metal halide perovskite-based photodetectors for optical communication applications
+ Arsenic for electronics


Orbit Logic's scheduling software selected for NASA satellite servicing mission
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
Orbit Logic reports NASA has selected the company's STK Scheduler software for the Restore-L technology demonstration mission. During its mission, the Restore-L spacecraft will demonstrate the technologies required to rendezvous with, grasp, refuel and relocate a government-owned satellite. Restore-L chose an Orbit Logic solution because STK Scheduler's timing and event constraint checking ... more
+ Bursting the clouds for better communication
+ Penetrating the soil's surface with radar
+ Lockheed Martin reaches technical milestone for Long Range Discrimination Radar
+ Superflares From Young Red Dwarf Stars Imperil Planets
+ Extremely small magnetic nanostructures with invisibility cloak imaged
+ Kleos Space signs MoU with Airbus to collaborate on In-Space manufacturing technology
+ Air Force contract Ball Aerospace for laser research
China VP pays highest-level visit to Israel since 2000
Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 22, 2018
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan on Monday became the most senior Beijing official to visit Israel in 18 years, as the two countries look to bolster their growing business ties. Wang headed to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of the most sacred sites in Judaism, after touching down at the start of his four-day trip, Israel's foreign ministry said. The visit to the Jewish state is the ... more
+ Wife of Interpol ex-chief fears for his life - and her own safety
+ China's president launches Hong Kong-mainland mega bridge
+ Date set for mega Hong Kong-China bridge opening
+ Top Chinese official in Macau dies in fall from home: Beijing
+ Hong Kong mega bridge launch announcement sparks backlash
+ China propaganda chief warns Hong Kong media over 'interference': reports
+ Ex-chief of China asset management firm prosecuted for graft
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A new way to measure nearly nothing
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2018
Many semiconductor fabricators and research labs are under increasing pressure from, of all things, vacuum. These facilities need to remove greater amounts of gas molecules and particles from their setups as new technologies and processes demand lower and lower pressures. For example, the vacuum chambers in which microchip manufacturers lay down a series of ultrathin layers of chemicals st ... more
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+ Astronomers propose a new method for detecting black holes
+ How to weigh a black hole with the Webb Space Telescope
+ Caltech mom wins Nobel Prize, son is JPL Mars flight tech
+ The state of the early universe: The beginning was fluid
+ New study sets a size limit for undiscovered subatomic particles
+ Supermassive black holes and supercomputers
In five -10 years, gravitational waves could accurately measure universe's expansion
Chicago IL (SPX) Oct 23, 2018
Twenty years ago, scientists were shocked to realize that our universe is not only expanding, but that it's expanding fasterover time. Pinning down the exact rate of expansion, called the Hubble constant after famed astronomer and UChicago alumnus Edwin Hubble, has been surprisingly difficult. Since then scientists have used two methods to calculate the value, and they spit out distressing ... more
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+ RUDN physicist described the shape of a wormhole
+ Kin of gravitational wave source discovered
+ RUDN mathematicians confirmed the possibility of data transfer via gravitational waves
+ GRACE-FO Satellite Switching to Backup Instrument Processing Unit
+ Boosting gravitational wave detectors with quantum tricks
+ Household phenomenon observed by Leonardo da Vinci finally explained


New material, manufacturing process use sun's heat for cheaper renewable electricity
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Oct 19, 2018
Solar power accounts for less than 2 percent of U.S. electricity but could make up more than that if the cost of electricity generation and energy storage for use on cloudy days and at nighttime were cheaper. A Purdue University-led team developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power - as heat energy - more efficient in generating electricity. ... more
+ Trina Solar Supplies Modules to Ukraine's Largest Solar Power Plant
+ Renewable energy is common ground for Democrats and Republicans
+ New technique for turning sunshine and water into hydrogen fuel
+ Efficiently turning light into electricity
+ SOVENTIX realises the largest solar project in Zimbabwe at 22 MWp
+ Philippines revs up flagging green energy engine
+ Supersizing solar cells: researchers print module six times bigger than previous largest
Space industry entropy
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Oct 23, 2018
"Entropy" is defined as a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work. Many use this term to describe the degree of disorder or randomness in a system. A third definition is a lack of order or predictability with gradual decline into disorder. The second law of thermodynamics tells us that entropy always increases as ava ... more
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+ European Space Talks: we need more space!
+ Source reveals timing of OneWeb satellites' debut launch on Soyuz
+ French Space Agency opens new office in the UAE
+ Maxar's SSL Continues Positive Momentum in Growing US Government Pipeline
+ Space techpreneur to set up over $100m venture unit
+ Britain and Australia enter into space agreement
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