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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  | 
 
Platinum forms nano-bubblesHamburg, 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  
New applications for encapsulated nanoparticles with promising propertiesBasque 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  
Chemical synthesis of nanotubesTokyo, 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  
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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Nano-scale process may speed arrival of cheaper hi-tech productsEdinburgh 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  
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticlesDresden, 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  
Watching nanoparticlesStanford 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  
Penn engineers develop ultrathin, ultralight nanocardboardPhiladelphia 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  
Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generationSaint 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 riceWashington 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 materialWashington 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  
Big discoveries about tiny particlesNewark 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  
Precise control of multimetallic one-nanometer cluster formation achievedTokyo, 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  
Nucleation a boon to sustainable nanomanufacturingSaint 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  
Two quantum dots are better than one: Using one dot to sense changes in anotherOsaka, 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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First private spacecraft shoots for the moon Columbus OG (The Conversation) Feb 04, 2019  
"Moon of Israel" is an epic 1924 film from the golden era of silent movies, and helped launch the directing career of Michael Curtiz, of "Casablanca" fame. Sequels seldom live up to the original. 
But if Israel's plans to put a robotic lander on the moon in February 2019 can be considered a sequel, this new "Moon of Israel" mission, led by the nonprofit company SpaceIL, will be a blockbuste ... more | 
Seed of moon's first sprout: Chinese scientists' endeavor Beijing (XNA) Feb 05, 2019  
An experiment that saw the first-ever plant sprouting on the moon last month was born in a natural disaster that devastated China's cotton-industry almost three decades ago. 
Li Fuguang was one of the Chinese agricultural scientists whose years of hard work might one day help lead to a base and long-term human residence on the moon. 
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Norway intelligence service issues Huawei warning Oslo (AFP) Feb 4, 2019   Norway's intelligence service PST on Monday issued a warning about Chinese telecoms giant Huawei, whose ties to Beijing have sparked security concerns. 
"One has to be attentive about Huawei as an actor and about the close connections between a commercial actor like Huawei and the Chinese regime," the head of Norway's domestic intelligence unit PST, Benedicte Bjornland, said as she presented  ... more | 
First private spacecraft shoots for the moon Columbus OG (The Conversation) Feb 04, 2019  
"Moon of Israel" is an epic 1924 film from the golden era of silent movies, and helped launch the directing career of Michael Curtiz, of "Casablanca" fame. Sequels seldom live up to the original. 
But if Israel's plans to put a robotic lander on the moon in February 2019 can be considered a sequel, this new "Moon of Israel" mission, led by the nonprofit company SpaceIL, will be a blockbuste ... more | 
 
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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 | 
Earth-i Updates Satellite Map of Queensland, Australia London, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2019  
New Space pioneer Earth-i has announced that it has completed the third annual update of the satellite map of the state of Queensland. 
The map covers the whole of Queensland's 1.9 million km2 and was created by Earth-i for the Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Energy (DNRME). The first map was produced in 2016 with Earth-i reappointed for updates in both 2017 and 2018. 
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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 | 
Engineers build a soft robotics perception system inspired by humans San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 01, 2019  
An international team of researchers has developed a perception system for soft robots inspired by the way humans process information about their own bodies in space and in relation to other objects and people. They describe the system, which includes a motion capture system, soft sensors, a neural network, and a soft robotic finger, in the Jan. 30 issue of Science Robotics. 
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German Forces Begin Training Courses on Armed Israeli Surveillance Drones Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 05, 2019  
German forces recently began a training course at the Tel Nof airbase in Rehovot, Israel, in an effort to learn the surveillance capabilities of the costly Heron TP unmanned surveillance drone. 
The German officials, a pilot and sensor operator, began the eight-week training session in late January, according to the Jerusalem Post, which reported that the drone training is expected to conti ... more | 
Argonne researchers develop new method to reduce quantum noise Lemont IL (SPX) Feb 05, 2019  
In a recent issue of Physical Review A, Argonne researchers reported a new method for alleviating the effects of "noise" in quantum information systems, a challenge scientists around the globe are working to meet in the race toward a new era of quantum technologies. The new method has implications for the future of quantum information science, including quantum computing and quantum sensing. 
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South African-Scottish research team demonstrate fractal light from lasers Johannesburg, South Africa (SPX) Feb 01, 2019  
We've all seen it before. The beautifully painted butterfly that appears when you spread open two sheets of paper, after covering them with paint and pushing them together. The geometrically shaped patterns of a shell of a tortoise, or the construction of the shell of a snail; the leaves of a succulent plant that repeat themselves over and over again, to create an intricate pattern; or the frost ... more | 
Chinese 'underground' bishop gains official recognition: state media Beijing (AFP) Feb 2, 2019  
 A bishop from China's "underground" Catholic church is slated to step up as the official state-backed clergyman for a diocese in central China, state-run media reported, amid a thaw in relations between Beijing and the Holy See. 
China's estimated 10 million Catholics are legally supposed to attend only churches governed by a state-controlled body with clergy appointed by the Communist Party. ... more | 
 
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How does a quantum particle see the world Vienna, Austria (SPX) Feb 01, 2019  
According to one of the most fundamental principles in physics, an observer on a moving train uses the same laws to describe a ball on the platform as an observer standing on the platform - physical laws are independent on the choice of a reference frame. Reference frames such as the train and the platform are physical systems and ultimately follow quantum-mechanical rules. 
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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 | 
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A new approach for the fast estimation of the solar energy potential in urban environments Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 05, 2019  
TU Delft researchers have developed a new approach for calculating fast and accurate the solar energy potential of surfaces in the urban environment. The new approach can significantly help architects and urban planners to incorporate photovoltaic (solar power) technology in their designs. The findings were presented on Monday 4 February in Nature Energy. 
Buildings, trees and other structu ... more | 
Aerospace Workforce Training - A National Mandate for 2019 and Beyond Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2019  
As the aerospace workforce ages, technology advances and space operations become more contested it is imperative to continually train engineers and managers to refresh and advance their knowledge base in order to keep the U.S. competitive. This challenge is further complicated by the fact that over the past few years roughly 40% of U.S. skilled tradesman have retired. 
Aviation Week recentl ... more | 
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