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May 20, 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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NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar Landers
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019
NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman and next man - on the Moon's south pole by 2024 and establish sustainable missions by 2028. "To accelerate our return to the Moon, we are challenging our traditional ways of doing business. We wi ... more
+ India's 2nd Moon Mission to Be Cheaper than Half of Avengers Endgame's Budget
+ Chinese lunar rover's "lucky" find could unlock secrets of moon and earth
+ Lunar South Pole Atlas Is Reference for Mission Planners
+ Chang'e 4 mission discovers new secrets from Lunar farside
+ Beresheet Impact Site Spotted
+ China's Chang'E 4 Mission Discovers New "Secrets" from Far Side of the Moon
+ Lunar tunnel engineers excited by boring Moon colonies
China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
Beijing (XNA) May 17, 2019
China has developed a number of new-generation carrier rockets to take the country's space industry to the next level. b>The Long March-7 br> /b> The Long March-7 is a medium-sized carrier rocket with high reliability and safety. It is designed to launch cargo vehicles during the construction of China's manned space station project and meet the long-term demand for upgrading manned carri ... more
+ China's satellite navigation industry sees rapid development
+ China's Yuanwang-7 departs for space monitoring missions
+ 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


San Francisco ban highlights facial recognition fears
Washington (AFP) May 15, 2019
A ban on facial recognition for law enforcement in San Francisco highlights growing public concerns about technology which is seeing stunning growth for an array of applications while provoking worries over privacy. All but one of the nine members of San Francisco's board of supervisors endorsed the legislation Tuesday, which will be voted on again next week in a procedural step. Facial ... more
+ China warns US against trade 'harm' over Huawei ban
+ Trump ramps up battle against Chinese telecom giant Huawei
+ Huawei becomes flashpoint in China-US economic showdown
+ Trump bars US companies from foreign telecoms posing security risk
+ China blocks all language editions of Wikipedia
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+ Trump ramps up battle against Chinese telecom giant Huawei
NASA Taps 11 American Companies to Advance Human Lunar Landers
Washington DC (SPX) May 20, 2019
NASA has selected 11 companies to conduct studies and produce prototypes of human landers for its Artemis lunar exploration program. This effort will help put American astronauts - the first woman and next man - on the Moon's south pole by 2024 and establish sustainable missions by 2028. "To accelerate our return to the Moon, we are challenging our traditional ways of doing business. We wi ... more
+ India's 2nd Moon Mission to Be Cheaper than Half of Avengers Endgame's Budget
+ Chinese lunar rover's "lucky" find could unlock secrets of moon and earth
+ Lunar South Pole Atlas Is Reference for Mission Planners
+ Chang'e 4 mission discovers new secrets from Lunar farside
+ Beresheet Impact Site Spotted
+ China's Chang'E 4 Mission Discovers New "Secrets" from Far Side of the Moon
+ Lunar tunnel engineers excited by boring Moon colonies
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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
3D Earth in the making
Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019
A thorough understanding of the 'solid Earth' system is essential for deciphering the links between processes occurring deep inside Earth and those occurring nearer the surface that lead to seismic activity such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, the rise of mountains and the location of underground natural resources. Thanks to gravity and magnetic data from satellites along with seismology, ... 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
Here's Looking at You! Astrobee's First Robot Completes Initial Hardware Checks in Space
Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 20, 2019
NASA astronaut Anne McClain performs the first series of tests of an Astrobee robot, Bumble, during a hardware checkout. To her right is the docking station that was installed in the Kibo module on the International Space Station on Feb. 15. Bumble, and another robot named Honey, launched to the space station on Apr. 17, aboard Northrop Grumman's eleventh commercial resupply services missi ... more
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+ SIS advances smart multi-robot autonomy
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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
A step towards probabilistic computing
Konstanz, Germany (SPX) May 15, 2019
When it comes to performing a calculation destined to arrive at an exact result, humans are hopelessly inferior to the computer. In other areas, humans are still lengths ahead of it: An example is signal processing, which plays an important role in autonomous driving. In the search for new computer concepts that are closer to the human brain, research is concentrating, amongst others, on p ... more
+ Computing faster with quasi-particles
+ 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


Louisiana-based Geocent's Advanced Aerospace Materials to Fly Aboard International Space Station
Metairie LA (SPX) May 16, 2019
Geocent, LLC, a national Information Technology and Engineering firm with its headquarters in Louisiana, was informed by NASA that its innovative materials for radiation shielding and thermal barrier coatings were chosen to fly aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to evaluate their potential applications for lunar habitation, long-term deep space missions such as Mars, and other unspecif ... more
+ Reprogrammable satellite takes shape
+ Mission-Saving NASA Instrument Secures New Flight Opportunity; Slated for Significant Upgrade
+ BAE Systems Radiation-hardened Electronics in Orbit a Total of 10,000 Years
+ Elkem's Silgrain Powering Space Exploration and Research
+ Physicists propose perfect material for lasers
+ Florida space firm Rocket Crafters signs agreement with RUAG Space
+ Discovery may lead to new materials for next-generation data storage
US ambassador makes rare visit to Tibet
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2019
The US ambassador to China is making the first trip to Tibet by an American envoy in four years after obtaining rare access to the restricted region, his embassy said Monday. The visit by Ambassador Terry Branstad comes two months after the US State Department said Beijing had "systematically" impeded access to Tibetan areas for US diplomats, journalists and tourists. Branstad was schedu ... more
+ China formally arrests Canadian ex-diplomat, businessman: report
+ Mahjong and parking: Aussie politicians learn to court Chinese vote
+ Hong Kong student leader Joshua Wong sent back to jail
+ Xi agreed to meet Dalai Lama in 2014: book
+ Nepal probes journalists for Dalai Lama news
+ Wife of Chinese ex-Interpol boss granted asylum in France: lawyer
+ China charges ex-Interpol chief with accepting bribes
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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
Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
Ithaca NY (SPX) May 10, 2019
Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to tell us about everything from the time following the Big Bang to more recent events in galaxy centers. And while the billion-dollar Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) detector watches 24/7 for gravitational waves to pass through the Earth, new research shows those ... more
+ UCLA students touch space with a microgravity experiment
+ 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 radically improves the stability of perovskite solar cells
Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) May 15, 2019
Solar cells made of perovskite hold much promise for the future of solar energy. The material is cheap, easy to produce and almost as efficient as silicon, the material traditionally used in solar cells. However, perovskite degrades quickly, severely limiting its efficiency and stability over time. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology, energy research institute DIFFER, Pekin ... more
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+ DNV GL launches SolarFarmer PV plant modelling software to handle complex terrain
+ Fluoride boosts the stability of perovskite solar cells
+ Copper oxide photocathodes: laser experiment reveals location of efficiency loss
+ Secrets of fluorescent microalgae could lead to super-efficient solar cells
Downstream Gateway: bringing space down to Earth
Paris (ESA) May 20, 2019
ESA is launching its Downstream Gateway, a 'one-stop shop' service for all downstream opportunities, creating links between new and emerging business sectors and the capabilities being developed in ESA programmes. 'Downstream' means all those activities based on space technology, or using a space-derived system in a space or non-space environment, that may result in an application, product ... more
+ Kleos Space appoints Ground Station Service Provider
+ Aerospace Workforce Training - A National Mandate for the Future
+ SpaceX nears first launch of its Starlink satellites
+ Maxar Technologies to receive full insurance payout for WorldView-4 loss
+ New space race to bring satellite internet to the world
+ Airbus to build multimission satellite for MEASAT
+ LeoSat's commercial traction accelerates to hit US$2B milestone
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