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January 31, 2019
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Aerosol-assisted biosynthesis strategy enables functional bulk nanocomposites



Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2019
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor and controls nanoparticles to form the armor upon his skin. Actually, developing such a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale properties is still a challenging task for scientists in the real world. Meanwhile, it is also a core issue that hampers the practical industrial application of nanomaterials. One possible solutio ... read more

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Platinum forms nano-bubbles
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 28, 2019
Platinum, a noble metal, is oxidised more quickly than expected under conditions that are technologically relevant. This has emerged from a study jointly conducted by the DESY NanoLab and the Univer ... more
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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 particle ... 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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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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Researchers discover directional and long-lived nanolight in a 2D material
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2018
An international team led by researchers from Monash University (Melbourne, Australia), University of Oviedo (Asturias, Spain), CIC nanoGUNE (San Sebastian, Spain), and Soochow University (Suzhou, C ... 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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At Sundance, a fresh look at man's first walk on the Moon
Park City, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2019
It's easy to think that 50 years on, we know everything there is to know about the Apollo 11 mission and man's legendary first footsteps on the Moon. But never-before-seen NASA footage unearthed in the National Archives offered filmmaker Todd Miller a unique opportunity to revisit what he calls an "amazing testament of human ingenuity." The result is the documentary "Apollo 11," which ma ... more
+ Russia positions its Moon program as alternative to US Lunar-orbit station
+ Earth's Oldest Rock Found on the Moon
+ Scientists explain formation of lunar dust clouds
+ Preparing astronaut lunar exploration
+ Moving on the Moon
+ How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
+ PolyU Provides Multi-Disciplinary Support to the Nation's Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
China to send over 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches in 2019
Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2019
China is going to send more than 50 spacecraft into space via over 30 launches this year, according to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) on Tuesday. The major missions include the third Long March-5 large carrier rocket to be launched in July, said Yang Baohua, vice president of the CASC, at a press conference. The second Long March-5 rocket was launched f ... more
+ China to deepen lunar exploration: space expert
+ 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


Czechs exclude Huawei from tender amid security concerns
Prague (AFP) Jan 30, 2019
The Czech Republic's tax directorate has excluded Chinese telecoms giant Huawei from a tender worth over 20 million euros ($22 million), Czech media said Wednesday. The broadsheet DNES daily said other government institutions were following suit after the country's cyber-security agency warned that Huawei software and hardware posed a threat to state security. Huawei is facing trouble wo ... more
+ US charges Huawei in technology theft, sanctions violations
+ Defending against cyberattacks by giving attackers 'false hope'
+ China blasts 'slander' against Huawei: report
+ China condemns US 'smear' in Huawei case as tensions boil
+ Huawei charm offensive runs into buzzsaw of US charges
+ Huawei ban blamed as new Australian mobile network axed
+ Huawei exec's extradition hearing pushed to March
At Sundance, a fresh look at man's first walk on the Moon
Park City, United States (AFP) Jan 25, 2019
It's easy to think that 50 years on, we know everything there is to know about the Apollo 11 mission and man's legendary first footsteps on the Moon. But never-before-seen NASA footage unearthed in the National Archives offered filmmaker Todd Miller a unique opportunity to revisit what he calls an "amazing testament of human ingenuity." The result is the documentary "Apollo 11," which ma ... more
+ Russia positions its Moon program as alternative to US Lunar-orbit station
+ Earth's Oldest Rock Found on the Moon
+ Scientists explain formation of lunar dust clouds
+ Preparing astronaut lunar exploration
+ Moving on the Moon
+ How realistic are China's plans to build a research station on the Moon?
+ PolyU Provides Multi-Disciplinary Support to the Nation's Historic Landing on the Far Side of the Moon
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Aerosol-assisted biosynthesis strategy enables functional bulk nanocomposites
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2019
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor and controls nanoparticles to form the armor upon his skin. Actually, developing such a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale properties is still a challenging task for scientists in the real world. Meanwhile, it is al ... more
+ Platinum forms nano-bubbles
+ New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising properties
+ 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
River levels tracked from space
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jan 30, 2019
Water levels in the Mekong basin, which extends through six countries in South-East Asia, are subject to considerable seasonal fluctuations. A new model now makes it possible to compute how water levels are impacted on various sections of the river by extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall or drought over extended periods. To model the flow patterns of the river, with its complex ne ... more
+ Russia to launch Arctic weather satellite
+ 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


Aerosol-assisted biosynthesis strategy enables functional bulk nanocomposites
Beijing, China (SPX) Jan 29, 2019
In the movie Avengers: Infinity War, one of the coolest scenes occurs when Iron Man activates his nanotech armor and controls nanoparticles to form the armor upon his skin. Actually, developing such a technique to assemble nanomaterials into macroscopic bulk materials that maintain their unique nanoscale properties is still a challenging task for scientists in the real world. Meanwhile, it is al ... more
+ Platinum forms nano-bubbles
+ New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising properties
+ 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
Automation to hit most jobs, but overall impact 'muted': study
Washington (AFP) Jan 24, 2019
Artificial intelligence and automation will lead to job losses in "virtually all occupational groups" over the coming decades in the United States, but the overall impact on employment will be "muted," a prominent think tank study said Thursday. "Almost no occupation will be unaffected by the adoption of currently available technologies," said the Brookings Institution study. The researc ... more
+ The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
+ Amazon rolls out 'Scout' delivery robots
+ Information theory holds surprises for machine learning
+ NC State researchers create 3D-printed soft mesh robots
+ Paw patrol: Sony offers robocop dog at home
+ Increasing skepticism against robots
+ Smart microrobots that can adapt to their surroundings
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Airborne Response supports fire and rescue exercise with drones and aerostats
Miami FL (SPX) Jan 30, 2019
Airborne Response, the South Florida-based provider of Mission Critical Unmanned Solutions for industry and government, completed Exercise Lightning Shield - a full-scale training exercise held on Thursday, January 24 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway. Airborne Response provided aerial support for the U.S. Army National Guard and specialized elements of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department. ... more
+ ZX Lidars achieves world-first wind Lidar measurements from a drone
+ Ecuador eradicates Galapagos rats using drones
+ Taiwan unveils new drone as China tensions mount
+ Staff fraud may cost China's DJI drone maker $150 million
+ 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
Three-atom device shows role of quantum effects in thermodynamics
Singapore (SPX) Jan 30, 2019
Researchers in Singapore have built a refrigerator that's just three atoms big. This quantum fridge won't keep your drinks cold, but it's cool proof of physics operating at the smallest scales. The work is described in a paper published 14 January in Nature Communications. Researchers have built tiny 'heat engines' before, but quantum fridges existed only as proposals until the team ... more
+ New quantum system could help design better spintronics
+ Novel strategy enables tiny semiconductor particles for wide-ranging applications
+ Electrical conductivity in doped organic semiconductors deciphered
+ Innovative technique could pave way for new generation of flexible electronic components
+ Quantifying how much quantum information can be eavesdropped
+ Semiconductors combine forces in photocatalysis
+ Breakthrough reported in fabricating nanochips


Radiation for dummies
Paris (ESA) Jan 28, 2019
Meet Helga and Zohar, the dummies destined for a pioneering lunar flyby to help protect space travelers from cosmic rays and energetic solar storms. These two female phantoms will occupy the passenger seats during Orion's first mission around the Moon, going further than any human has flown before. Fitted with more than 5600 sensors, the pair will measure the amount of radiation astr ... more
+ Maxar/SSL ends participation in DARPA's robotic satellites servicing program
+ Observers Puzzled by Mysterious 'Empty Trash Bag' Orbiting Earth
+ Scientists observe a new form of strange matter
+ Ball Aerospace tests electronically-steered antenna with Telesat's LEO Phase 1 satellite
+ Groundbreaking new reusable adhesive works underwater
+ Use a microscope as a shovel? UConn researchers dig it
+ Laser-fabricated crystals in glass are ferroelectric
Chinese rights lawyer jailed for 'subversion'; Activist jailed for five years
Beijing (AFP) Jan 28, 2019
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison for state subversion, sealing the fate of another attorney swept up in a 2015 crackdown. Wang, 42, who defended political activists and victims of land seizures, disappeared in a sweep aimed at courtroom critics of Communist authorities known as the "709" clampdown because the arre ... more
+ Followed, harassed: foreign reporters say China work conditions worsen
+ US urges release of Chinese lawyer jailed for subversion
+ China executes man who killed 15 people in car attack
+ Canadian drug trafficker has likely appealed China death sentence: lawyer
+ Australian detained in China receives consular visit: official
+ Cambodia's bid to be 'New Macau' stirs old wounds as Chinese cash in
+ China to arrest 19 over military veteran protests: state media
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How black holes power plasma jets
New York NY (SPX) Jan 30, 2019
Black holes consume everything that falls within their reach, yet astronomers have spotted jets of particles fleeing from black holes at nearly the speed of light. New computer simulations have revealed what gives these particles such speed: cosmic robbery. The particle escapees steal some of the spinning black hole's rotational energy, accomplishing this through two main mechanisms involv ... more
+ Active galaxies point to new physics of cosmic expansion
+ How to escape a black hole
+ Taking magnetism for a spin: Exploring the mysteries of skyrmions
+ Physicists Create the Most Accurate Model Yet of Black Hole Mergers
+ Birth of massive black holes in the early universe revealed
+ Seeing double could help resolve dispute about how fast the universe is expanding
+ Tel Aviv University-led team discovers new way supermassive black holes are 'fed'
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


BayWa teams up to secure the future of solar power in Victoria
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Jan 30, 2019
Business energy retailer Flow Power has entered into a ten-year offtake agreement with BayWa r.e, to purchase 48MW from two of Northern Victoria's largest solar farms. The agreement adds to Flow Power's rapidly growing portfolio of renewable generation and brings its total announced offtake close to 300MW. The 112MW Karadoc solar farm and 106MW Yatpool solar farm, which are owned and devel ... more
+ Solar Integrated Roofing signs LOI for Orange County roofing company
+ Self-assembling nanomaterial enable cheaper more efficient solar power
+ New water splitting catalyst could make it easier to generate solar fuel
+ US underwent a quiet clean energy revolution last year
+ Mesoporous nickel could help to expand capacity of hydrogen engines and solar cells
+ Scientists boost stability of low-cost, large-area solar modules
+ New class of solar cells, using lead-free perovskite materials
Asgardia Micro-Nation to Launch 10,000 Satellites to Make Web Free
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 31, 2019
Asgardia, a micro-nation that calls itself a space kingdom whose territory currently consists of one satellite orbiting around the Earth, seeks to make the Internet nearly free for all users by launching a vast network of satellites and using optical transmission, Minister of Finance of Asgardia Leon Shpilsky told Sputnik. This is not the only ambitious plan that Asgardia has. The off-plan ... more
+ Thales Alenia Space and Maxar Consortium Achieve Major Milestone in Design Phase of Telesat's LEO Satellite Constellation
+ Swarm Raises 25M to build world's lowest-cost satellite network
+ OneWeb's first satellites arrive in Kourou, French Guiana in preparation for the first OneWeb launch on February 19, 2019
+ mu Space unveils plan to bid for space exploration projects
+ 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?
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