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January 24, 2019
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New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising properties



Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties. Worthy of mention is the fact that they emit light in different colours depending on their size, in ot ... read more

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Chemical synthesis of nanotubes
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 11, 2019
For the first time, researchers used benzene - a common hydrocarbon - to create a novel kind of molecular nanotube, which could lead to new nanocarbon-based semiconductor applications. Researc ... more
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Carrying and releasing nanoscale cargo with 'nanowrappers'
Upton NY (SPX) Jan 04, 2019
This holiday season, scientists at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) - a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory - have wrapped a box ... more
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Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
Upton NY (SPX) Jan 02, 2019
Hydrogen fuel cells are a promising technology for producing clean and renewable energy, but the cost and activity of their cathode materials is a major challenge for commercialization. Many fuel ce ... more
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Pitt chemical engineers develop new theory to build improved nanomaterials
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 17, 2018
Thanks in part to their distinct electronic, optical and chemical properties, nanomaterials are utilized in an array of diverse applications from chemical production to medicine and light-emitting d ... more


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MIT team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 14, 2018
MIT researchers have invented a way to fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of nearly any shape. They can also pattern the objects with a variety of useful materials, including metals, quantum dots, and ... more
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Artificial synapses made from nanowires
Juelich, Germany (SPX) Dec 06, 2018
Scientists from Julich together with colleagues from Aachen and Turin have produced a memristive element made from nanowires that functions in much the same way as a biological nerve cell. The compo ... more
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How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 04, 2018
How long can tiny gears and other microscopic moving parts last before they wear out? What are the warning signs that these components are about to fail, which can happen in just a few tenths of a s ... more
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Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech products
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Nov 12, 2018
An inexpensive way to make products incorporating nanoparticles - such as high-performance energy devices or sophisticated diagnostic tests - has been developed by researchers. The process cou ... more
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Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Nov 15, 2018
A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University Australia, has succeeded in significantly increasing the stability ... more
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Watching nanoparticles
Stanford CA (SPX) Nov 08, 2018
When Michal Vadai's experiment worked for the first time, she jumped out of her seat. Vadai, a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University, had spent months designing and troubleshooting a new tool t ... more
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Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight nanocardboard
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Nov 07, 2018
When choosing materials to make something, trade-offs need to be made between a host of properties, such as thickness, stiffness and weight. Depending on the application in question, finding just th ... more
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Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Nov 06, 2018
Scientists from ITMO University and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed a new microwave antenna that creates a uniform magnetic field in large volume. It is ... more
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Next generation of watch springs
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 31, 2018
Applied research is not always initiated by industry - but oftentimes it yields results that can swiftly be implemented by companies. A prime example can be seen on the Empa campus in Thun: Tiny wat ... more
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Caltech engineers create an optical gyroscope smaller than a grain of rice
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 26, 2018
Gyroscopes are devices that help vehicles, drones, and wearable and handheld electronic devices know their orientation in three-dimensional space. They are commonplace in just about every bit of tec ... more


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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 plas ... 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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How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close ... more
+ Scientists study Moon craters to understand Earth's impact history
+ NASA cooperates with China on moon exploration
+ NASA and China collaborate on Moon exploration
+ Russia talks up backup manned vehicle for Moon without NASA funding
+ Compete in a lunar economy
+ PolyU Provides Multi-Disciplinary Support to the Nation's Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
+ NASA's Campaign to Return to the Moon with Global Partners
China to deepen lunar exploration: space expert
Beijing (XNA) Jan 14, 2019
As the Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon, a senior Chinese space expert said China will deepen its lunar exploration and venture further into the unknown. China's current lunar program includes three phases: orbiting, landing, and returning. The first two phases have been accomplished, and the next step is to launch the Chang'e-5 probe to collect ... more
+ China launches Zhongxing-2D satellite
+ China welcomes world's scientists to collaborate in lunar exploration
+ In space, the US sees a rival in China
+ China launches telecommunication technology test satellite
+ China's Chang'e-4 makes historic landing on moon's far side
+ China launches first Hongyun project satellite
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe enters lunar orbit


Huawei warns of action against hostile markets
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2019
Chinese tech giant Huawei said Tuesday it could pull out of partnerships in hostile countries as it seeks to counter security concerns in the West over its 5G technology. Liang Hua, chairman of the telecommunications equipment provider, said at the World Economic Forum in Davos that Western governments were welcome to tour Huawei facilities if they had concerns about the equipment potentiall ... more
+ Microsoft's Bing search engine inaccessible in China
+ China blasts US 'bullying' with Huawei CFO extradition bid
+ BAE contracted for services on video intelligence analysis
+ Canada ambassador says Meng has 'strong case' against extradition
+ Bulgaria extradites Russian hacker to US: embassy
+ Brazil lawmakers' trip to China stirs anger
+ Oxford says no to additional Huawei funding
How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
Sydney, Australia (The Conversation) Jan 24, 2019
The world is still celebrating the historic landing of China's Chang'e-4 on the far side of the moon on January 3. This week, China announced its plans to follow up with three more lunar missions, laying the groundwork for a lunar base. Colonising the Moon, and beyond, has always being a human aspiration. Technological advancements, and the discovery of a considerable source of water close ... more
+ Scientists study Moon craters to understand Earth's impact history
+ NASA cooperates with China on moon exploration
+ NASA and China collaborate on Moon exploration
+ Russia talks up backup manned vehicle for Moon without NASA funding
+ Compete in a lunar economy
+ PolyU Provides Multi-Disciplinary Support to the Nation's Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
+ NASA's Campaign to Return to the Moon with Global Partners
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New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising properties
Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties ... more
+ Chemical synthesis of nanotubes
+ Carrying and releasing nanoscale cargo with 'nanowrappers'
+ Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
+ Pitt chemical engineers develop new theory to build improved nanomaterials
+ MIT team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
+ Artificial synapses made from nanowires
+ How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye
Russia to launch Arctic weather satellite
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 21, 2019
The first Russian satellite for weather forecasting and monitoring climate and environment in the Arctic region, Arktika-M, is planned to be sent to near-earth orbit in June 2019, a source in the Russian space industry told Sputnik on Sunday. "The launch of the Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle from the Baikonur cosmodrome with Fregat booster and the first hydrometeorological satellite Arktika-M i ... more
+ Satellogic signs agreement with CGWIC to launch earth observation constellation of 90 satellites
+ Researchers develop new zoning tool that provides global topographic datasets in minutes
+ UK Space Agency COMPASS project aims to to improve crop yields for Mexican farmers
+ Satellite images reveal global poverty
+ New nanosatellite system captures better imagery at lower cost
+ Declining particulate pollution led to increased ozone pollution in China
+ China launches six Yunhai-2 satellites for atmospheric environment research


New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising properties
Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Nanotechnology and nanoscience are disciplines in which minute molecular structures with special physical and chemical properties are designed, manufactured and studied. One of the types of particles that are studied in these disciplines are quantum dots; they are semiconductor nanocrystals the size of which ranges between 2 nm and 10 nm and which have excellent optical and electronic properties ... more
+ Chemical synthesis of nanotubes
+ Carrying and releasing nanoscale cargo with 'nanowrappers'
+ Illuminating nanoparticle growth with X-rays
+ Pitt chemical engineers develop new theory to build improved nanomaterials
+ MIT team invents method to shrink objects to the nanoscale
+ Artificial synapses made from nanowires
+ How microscopic machines can fail in the blink of an eye
Increasing skepticism against robots
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Robots performing in surgeries, robots in automobile production, and robots in caregiving. In some areas, the machines are already well-established, in others they are on the rise. The psychologists Timo Gnambs from Johannes Kepler Universitat Linz (Austria) and Markus Appel from Julius-Maximilians-Universitat Wurzburg (Germany) believe that we are at the brink of a robotic era. More and m ... more
+ Paw patrol: Sony offers robocop dog at home
+ NC State researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robots
+ Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robots
+ Smart microrobots that can adapt to their surroundings
+ WSU smart home tests first elder care robot
+ Amazon sets conference on robotics, artificial intelligence
+ Artificial bug eyes
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Staff fraud may cost China's DJI drone maker $150 million
Shanghai (AFP) Jan 21, 2019
Chinese drone maker DJI has placed 45 employees under investigation for alleged fraud that could cost the company more than one billion yuan ($150 million) in losses, the firm said Monday. The world's top civilian drone maker said in an internal memo that most of the employees involved in the fraud worked in the supply chain, and 29 were fired while 16 were reported to the police. The ca ... more
+ Taiwan unveils new drone as China tensions mount
+ Drones shown to make traffic crash site assessments safer, faster and more accurate
+ New study shows animals may get used to drones
+ Military help UK police respond to Heathrow drone threat
+ Insitu gets defense contract for Blackjack unmanned aircraft
+ General Atomics, Raytheon contracted for Reaper drone support
+ New foldable drone can navigate narrow holes
Theoreticians investigate puzzling phenomenon in a quantum gas
Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Jan 18, 2019
Imagine a disc made of an insulator with a conducting edge along which a current always flows in the same direction. "This makes it impossible for a quantum particle to be impeded, because the state of flowing in the other direction simply doesn't exist," explains Bernhard Irsigler, the first author of the study. In other words: in the edge state, the current flows without resistance. This ... more
+ Ultra ultrasound to transform new tech
+ Brilliant glow of paint-on semiconductors comes from ornate quantum physics
+ Five thousand times faster than a computer
+ Researchers discover molecules 'spin flip' from magnetic to non-magnetic forms dynamically
+ Arbitrary quantum channel simulation for a superconducting qubit
+ Spintronics 'miracle material' put to the test
+ More stable light comes from intentionally 'squashed' quantum dots


2D magnetism reaches a new milestone
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
Researchers at the Center for Correlated Electron Systems, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea, in collaboration with Sogang University and Seoul National University, reported the first experimental observation of a XY-type antiferromagnetic material, whose magnetic order becomes unstable when it is reduced to one-atom thickness. Published in Nature Communications, these ... more
+ New insights into magnetic quantum effects in solids
+ Winning ideas for 3D printing on the Moon
+ New thermoelectric material delivers record performance
+ A new method developed to produce precursors for high-strength carbon fibers processing
+ ESA says there are 'big beasts' among 20,000 pieces of space junk
+ Improved plastics recycling thanks to spectral imaging
+ New technology uses lasers to transmit audible messages to specific people
Ex-diplomats, scholars urge China to release Canadians
Beijing (AFP) Jan 22, 2019
A group of more than 100 former diplomats and academics have signed an open letter to Chinese President Xi Jinping calling for the release of two Canadians who have been detained on allegations of espionage. Former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor were on December 10 arrested for activities that "endanger China's security" - a phrase often used by Beijing when alleging ... more
+ Australia demands China treat detained national 'fairly'
+ China says Australian held on national security grounds
+ China rebukes ex-envoys over detained Canadians
+ Australia asks for answers on dissident missing in China
+ Chinese authorities detain students, labour activists
+ China's ageing elite live golden years in style
+ Gambling hub Macau shrugs off China downturn with tourist surge
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Birth of massive black holes in the early universe revealed
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 24, 2019
The light released from around the first massive black holes in the universe is so intense that it is able to reach telescopes across the entire expanse of the universe. Incredibly, the light from the most distant black holes (or quasars) has been traveling to us for more than 13 billion light years. However, we do not know how these monster black holes formed. New research led by research ... more
+ Seeing double could help resolve dispute about how fast the universe is expanding
+ Taking magnetism for a spin: Exploring the mysteries of skyrmions
+ Tel Aviv University-led team discovers new way supermassive black holes are 'fed'
+ Las Cumbres Works with NASA, Space Station in Black Hole Discovery
+ New quantum structures in super-chilled helium may mirror early days of universe
+ POLAR experiment reveals orderly chaos of black holes
+ Trillions of starts light up the dawn of the universe
New squeezing record at GEO600 gravitational-wave detector
Hannover, Germany (SPX) Dec 17, 2018
The detection of Einstein's gravitational waves relies on highly precise laser measurements of small length changes. The kilometer-size detectors of the international network (GEO600, LIGO, Virgo) are so sensitive that they are fundamentally limited by tiny quantum mechanical effects. These cause a background noise which overlaps with gravitational-wave signals. This noise is always presen ... more
+ Mini-detectors for the gigantic
+ Portsmouth researchers make vital contribution to new gravitational wave discoveries
+ Four New Gravitational Wave Detections Announced
+ Universal laws in impact dynamics of dust agglomerates under microgravity conditions
+ Griffith precision measurement takes it to the limit
+ Gravitational waves could shed light on dark matter
+ In five -10 years, gravitational waves could accurately measure universe's expansion


New class of solar cells, using lead-free perovskite materials
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jan 21, 2019
Lead-based perovskites already gained much attention as promising materials for low-cost and high-efficiency solar cells. However, the intrinsic instability and the toxicity of lead (Pb) have raised serious concerns of the viability of Pb-based perovskites, hindering large-scale commercialization of solar cells and similar devices based on these materials. As an alternative solution, Pb-fr ... more
+ Mesoporous nickel could help to expand capacity of hydrogen engines and solar cells
+ Photon Energy to roll out solar projects across Australia for ALDI
+ New water splitting catalyst could make it easier to generate solar fuel
+ Scientists boost stability of low-cost, large-area solar modules
+ US underwent a quiet clean energy revolution last year
+ Signal Energy Australia to build 333MW Darlington Point Solar Plant in New South Wales
+ ASU engineers break solar cell record
mu Space unveils plan to bid for space exploration projects
Honolulu HI (SPX) Jan 23, 2019
mu Space revealed Tuesday its ambitious targets for 2019, including the plan to enter into the projects of the US space agency NASA and other space exploration competitions. In an interview at the international conference Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC), mu Space CEO and founder James Yenbamroong laid out his vision and strategy to get his company to join in the space race. ... more
+ Airbus wins DARPA contract to develop smallsat bus for Blackjack program
+ A new era of global aircraft surveillance is on the horizon as Aireon completes system deployment
+ How much do European citizens know about space?
+ Competition for Young Space Entrepreneurs launched
+ Australia's 'space city' hosts rising stars from around the globe
+ SpaceX Falcon 9 completes Iridium Next launch campaign
+ The Satellite Applications Catapult partners with Infostellar to provide improved ground station access
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