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May 14, 2019
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Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles



Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different particles interfere, so that the properties of individual particles remain concealed. Researchers at Ruhr-Uni ... read more

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Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
Usurbil, Spain (SPX) Apr 23, 2019
Compared to so-far used global heating schemes, which are slow and energy-costly, light-controlled heating, using optical degrees of freedom such as light wavelength, polarisation, and power, allows ... more
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2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
Houghton, MI (SPX) Apr 17, 2019
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom ... more
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Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 16, 2019
A research team at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed a method to construct a biohybrid system that incorporates Vorticella microorganisms. ... more
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AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Apr 03, 2019
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in collaboration with colleagues from Far Eastern Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (FEB RAS), ITMO University and Swinburne University of Tec ... more


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Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 03, 2019
Tightly focused laser beams can act as optical "tweezers" to trap and manipulate tiny objects, from glass particles to living cells. The development of this method has earned Arthur Ashkin the last ... more
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Researchers report new light-activated micro pump
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 15, 2019
Even the smallest mechanical pumps have limitations, from the complex microfabrication techniques required to make them to the fact that there are limits on how small they can be. Researchers have a ... more
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Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019
Cleaning pollutants from water with a defective filter sounds like a non-starter, but a recent study by chemical engineers at Rice University found that the right-sized defects helped a molecular si ... more
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The holy grail of nanowire production
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2019
Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter), these tiny, needle-shaped crystallin ... more
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A new spin in nano-electronics
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Feb 26, 2019
In recent years, electronic data processing has been evolving in one direction only: The industry has downsized its components to the nanometer range. But this process is now reaching its physical l ... more
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Nanoparticle computing takes a giant step forward
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Feb 26, 2019
Computation is a ubiquitous concept in physical sciences, biology, and engineering, where it provides many critical capabilities. Historically, there have been ongoing efforts to merge computation w ... more
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Breakthrough nanoscience discovery made on flight from New York to Jerusalem
Jerusalem (SPX) Feb 20, 2019
Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and his colleagues Professor Richard Robinson and Professor Tobias Hanrath at Cornell ... more
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Customized mix of materials for three-dimensional micro- and nanostructures
Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Feb 14, 2019
Three-dimensional structures on the micrometer and nanometer scales have a great potential for many applications. An efficient and precise process to print such structures from different materials i ... more
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Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theory
Warwick UK (SPX) Feb 13, 2019
Droplets emanating from a molecular "nano-tap" would behave very differently from those from a household tap 1 million times larger - researchers at the University of Warwick have found. This is pot ... more
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Rice lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 11, 2019
When Rice University chemist and engineer Hossein Robatjazi set out to marry a molecular sieve called MOF to a plasmonic aluminum nanoparticle two years ago, he never imagined the key would be the s ... more


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Nano-infused ceramic could report on its own health
Houston TX (SPX) Feb 06, 2019
A ceramic that becomes more electrically conductive under elastic strain and less conductive under plastic strain could lead to a new generation of sensors embedded into structures like buildings, b ... 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 ... 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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Lunar tunnel engineers excited by boring Moon colonies
Naples, Italy (AFP) May 10, 2019
As space agencies prepare to return humans to the Moon, top engineers are racing to design a tunnel boring machine capable of digging underground colonies for the first lunar inhabitants. "Space is becoming a passion for a lot of people again. There are discussions about going back to the moon, this time to stay," US-Iranian expert Jamal Rostami told AFP at this year's World Tunnel Congress ... more
+ Study finds new Luna wrinkles
+ Shrinking Moon may be generating moonquakes
+ Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will land humans on moon by 2024
+ Lunar Power System Team Wins President's Award
+ NASA dubs 2024 Moon mission 'Artemis,' asks for $1.6 billion
+ Amazon's Bezos unveils lunar lander project 'Blue Moon'
+ Magma is the key to the moon's makeup
China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
Nanjing (XNA) May 03, 2019
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-7 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean, beginning its first maritime space monitoring mission this year. The ship departed from a port in eastern China's Jiangsu Province Wednesday. As a part of China's new generation of spacecraft tracking ships, Yuanwang-7 is about 220 meters long, 40 meters high and has a displacement of nearly 30,000 tonnes. I ... more
+ China's tracking ship Yuanwang-2 starts new mission after retirement
+ China to build moon station in 'about 10 years'
+ China to enhance international space cooperation
+ China opens Chang'e-6 for international payloads, asteroids next
+ China's commercial carrier rocket finishes engine test
+ China launches new data relay satellite
+ Super-powerful Long March 9 said to begin missions around 2030


Huawei exec vows to fight extradition to US in Canada court
Vancouver (AFP) May 8, 2019
A top Chinese telecom executive whose arrest in Canada on a US warrant triggered a bitter diplomatic row vowed Wednesday to vigorously fight extradition to the US. Meng Wanzhou, 47, who faces charges related to Iran sanctions violations, was appearing at a Vancouver courthouse to set a timetable for her upcoming extradition hearing. "The criminal case against Miss Meng is based on allega ... more
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+ Charges dropped against Canada vice admiral in leaks case
+ Pompeo warns UK over China network role
+ US indicts Chinese hackers over 2015 breach; Blocks China Mobile citing national security
+ Facebook removes more pages tied to Russian operators
+ Singapore passes 'fake news' law despite fierce criticism
+ China's social media troll 'army' wages war on Uighurs
Lunar tunnel engineers excited by boring Moon colonies
Naples, Italy (AFP) May 10, 2019
As space agencies prepare to return humans to the Moon, top engineers are racing to design a tunnel boring machine capable of digging underground colonies for the first lunar inhabitants. "Space is becoming a passion for a lot of people again. There are discussions about going back to the moon, this time to stay," US-Iranian expert Jamal Rostami told AFP at this year's World Tunnel Congress ... more
+ Study finds new Luna wrinkles
+ Shrinking Moon may be generating moonquakes
+ Jeff Bezos says Blue Origin will land humans on moon by 2024
+ Lunar Power System Team Wins President's Award
+ NASA dubs 2024 Moon mission 'Artemis,' asks for $1.6 billion
+ Amazon's Bezos unveils lunar lander project 'Blue Moon'
+ Magma is the key to the moon's makeup
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Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more
+ Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
+ 2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
+ Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
+ AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
+ Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
+ Researchers report new light-activated micro pump
+ Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time
What does Earth's core have in common with salad dressing? Maybe this
New Haven CT (SPX) May 08, 2019
A Yale-led team of scientists may have found a new factor to help explain the ebb and flow of Earth's magnetic field - and it's something familiar to anyone who has made a vinaigrette for their salad. Earth's magnetic field, produced near the center of the planet, has long acted as a buffer from the harmful radiation of solar winds emanating from the Sun. Without that protection, life on E ... more
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Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
Bochum, Germany (SPX) May 07, 2019
Nanoparticles can be used in many ways as catalysts. To be able to tailor them in such a way that they can catalyse certain reactions selectively and efficiently, researchers need to determine the properties of single particles as precisely as possible. So far, an ensemble of many nanoparticles is analysed. However, the problem of these investigations is that the contributions of different parti ... more
+ Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterials
+ 2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubes
+ Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystems
+ AD alloyed nanoantennas for temperature-feedback identification of viruses and explosives
+ Quantum optical cooling of nanoparticles
+ Researchers report new light-activated micro pump
+ Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time
DIH-HERO - a medical robotics network
Berlin, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2019
The Digital Innovation Hub Healthcare Robotics (DIH-HERO) has the goals of fostering closer exchanges between science and companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), accelerating the market introduction of innovations, and ensuring mutual support. This independent platform, which can be used by organisations from the fields of healthcare and medical technology with an intere ... more
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+ Space robotics market worth over $3.5bn by 2025
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+ In robotics classes, Armenian teens dream of high-tech future
+ SIS advances smart multi-robot autonomy
+ An army of micro-robots can wipe out dental plaque
+ FEDOR Space Rescuer: Roscosmos 'Trains' Anthropomorphic Robot for Manned Mission
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Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter drone
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $163.6 million contract for support services on the U.S. Army's fleet of MQ-5B Hunter drones. The company will operate, engineer, reconfigure and maintain the unmanned aerial systems as part of the new contract, the Department of Defense said Friday. Work will be performed at Northrop Grumman's plant in Sierra Vista, Ariz., with the contract es ... more
+ Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't
+ Obstacles to overcome before operating fleets of drones becomes reality
+ Ascent AeroSystems Announces New Industrial Grade Drone and Launch Customer
+ Iris Automation offers turnkey collision-avoidance solution for commercial drones
+ Boeing's MQ-25 refueling drone moved to air base for flight testing
+ Ballard Launches Turnkey Fuel Cell Solutions to Power Commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
+ Europe's First Hydrogen Drone Doubles Flying Times with AMS Cylinders
Computing faster with quasi-particles
Wurzburg, Germany (SPX) May 13, 2019
Majorana particles are very peculiar members of the family of elementary particles. First predicted in 1937 by the Italian physicist Ettore Majorana, these particles belong to the group of so-called fermions, a group that also includes electrons, neutrons and protons. Majorana fermions are electrically neutral and also their own anti-particles. These exotic particles can, for example, emer ... more
+ Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials
+ Move over, silicon switches: There's a new way to compute
+ The evolution of skyrmions in multilayers and their topological Hall signature
+ HKUST physicist contributes to new record of quantum memory efficiency
+ Bridge over coupled waters: Scientists 3D-print all-liquid 'lab on a chip'
+ New robust device may scale up quantum tech, researchers say
+ Nanocomponent is a quantum leap for Danish physicists


Florida space firm Rocket Crafters signs agreement with RUAG Space
Cocoa FL (UPI) May 09, 2019
Rocket Crafters, a Cocoa, Fla.-based space startup, has signed an agreement with RUAG Space to use RUAG components. The memo of understanding is a further step toward launching a suborbital rocket test this winter, according to Robert Fabian, president at Rocket Crafters. The firm is aiming for a piece of the expanding small-satellite market. Its rocket under development is called Intrepid ... more
+ Physicists propose perfect material for lasers
+ Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
+ Researchers create 'force field' for super materials
+ Gold helps CT scans pick up the finest surface structures
+ Recognising sustainable behaviour in orbit
+ Organ bioprinting gets a breath of fresh air
+ Promising material could lead to faster, cheaper computer memory
Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol boss granted asylum in France: lawyer
Lyon (AFP) May 13, 2019
The wife and children of former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei, who vanished while visiting China in September last year, have been granted political asylum in France, the family's lawyer told AFP on Monday. Grace Meng, who was given police protection after she alleged an abduction attempt at the start of the year, was granted asylum on May 2 along with the couple's two children, their lawyer E ... more
+ China charges ex-Interpol chief with accepting bribes
+ Hong Kong extradition row sparks parliament scuffles
+ US report warns of 'serious risks' from Hong Kong extraditions
+ Chinese court holds off ruling on Canadian's death penalty appeal
+ Canadian drug smuggler to appeal China death sentence Thursday
+ Missing Chinese student alleges police abuse in video
+ Wife of jailed China rights lawyer pleads to see him
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'Fire streaks' ever more real in the collisions of atomic nuclei and protons
Cracow, Poland (SPX) May 10, 2019
Collisions of lead nuclei take place under extreme physical conditions. Their course can be described using a model which assumes that the transforming, extremely hot matter - the quark-gluon plasma - flows in the form of hundreds of streaks. Until now, the "fire streaks" seemed to be purely theoretical structures. However, the latest analysis of collisions of individual protons reinforces the h ... more
+ Explosions of universe's first stars spewed powerful jets
+ Hubble Astronomers Assemble Wide View of the Evolving Universe
+ New Clues About How Ancient Galaxies Lit up the Universe
+ New material also reveals new quasiparticles
+ Telescopes in space for even sharper images of black holes
+ Scientists get to the bottom of a 'spitting' black hole
+ IAS researchers detect evidence of 6 new binary black hole mergers within LVC data
UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 10, 2019
It took only 10 minutes and a ride aboard the Blue Origin New Shepard reusable rocket for 11 students in the Bruin Spacecraft Group to make history. At 6:32 a.m. on May 2, their experimental pump designed for use in zero-gravity environments, named "Blue Dawn ," completed its flight into a low-Earth orbit and freefall - thereby becoming the first space payload developed and built entirely ... more
+ Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
+ LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
+ Scientists Find More Evidence the Universe Is a Violent Place
+ What Earth's gravity reveals about climate change
+ Ten years before the detection of gravitational waves
+ Upgraded Detectors to Resume Hunt for Gravitational Waves
+ Taking gravity from strength to strength


Fluoride boosts the stability of perovskite solar cells
Washington (UPI) May 13, 2019
The addition of a small amount of fluoride, the same chemical added to municipal water to prevent tooth decay, increases the stability of perovskite solar cells. Perovskite is the cheapest solar cell material available, and its efficiency has been rapidly improving. Unfortunately, it's not all that durable. Perovskite degrades quickly, undermining its long-term reliability. Over ... more
+ Copper oxide photocathodes: laser experiment reveals location of efficiency loss
+ Solar-powered hydrogen fuels a step closer
+ Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells
+ ABC Solar Files in LA Court to Defend Solar Rights Act against City of Rolling Hills Estates
+ Researchers make organic solar cells immune to the ravages of water, air and light
+ What happens when schools go solar?
+ Driving chemical reactions with light
SpaceX nears first launch of its Starlink satellites
Cape Canaveral FL (UPI) May 09, 2019
SpaceX's first Starlink satellites are nearing a launch date in Florida. The launch will carry multiple satellites aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Launch Complex 40. SpaceX is one of several big players trying to launch new networks that use thousands of non-geostationary satellites to offer high-speed Internet and other types of communication around the glo ... more
+ Airbus to build multimission satellite for MEASAT
+ Maxar Technologies to receive full insurance payout for WorldView-4 loss
+ New space race to bring satellite internet to the world
+ LeoSat's commercial traction accelerates to hit US$2B milestone
+ Euroconsult and RKF Engineering Solutions announce partnership agreement
+ AOL co-founder Steve Case: Space Coast needs venture capital
+ Cloud Constellation Corporation Selects Satellite Manufacturer LeoStella
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