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June 04, 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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Astrobotic awarded contract to deliver 14 NASA payloads to the moon
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019
Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, Astrobotic has now secured 28 payloads for lunar delivery as part of its first mission. Fifty years after Apollo 11, Pittsburgh's Astrobotic is returning America back to the Moon in partnership with N ... more
+ NASA selects first commercial moon landing services for Artemis Program
+ US and Japan partner on future moon mission
+ NASA selects Intuitive Machines for robotic return to the moon in 2021
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for sixth lunar day
+ Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
+ What Causes Flashes on the Moon
+ 'A long ride': 50 years ago, a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing
Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Luokung Technology Corp. has announced a strategic partnership with Land Space Technology Corporation Ltd. ("Land Space"). The two parties will work together and take advantage of respective strength on commercial space cooperation with satellite remote sensing data applications as the main target market. They will jointly develop domestic and foreign markets of products and services which ... more
+ Yaogan-33 launch fails in north China, Possible debris recovered in Laos
+ China develops new-generation rockets for upcoming missions
+ 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


Twitter apologises for suspending accounts critical of China
Beijing (AFP) June 2, 2019
Twitter has apologised for suspending a number of accounts critical of China, days before the politically sensitive 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. The apology came after activists said hundreds of Twitter accounts critical of Communist Party - from "inside and outside" China - were suspended last week. Despite being blocked in China, Twitter and other overseas soci ... more
+ Huawei 'too close' to Chinese government to be trusted: US
+ Will Apple's roots in China hold fast amid political storm?
+ Family who helped Snowden asks Canada for asylum
+ NATO warns Russia of 'full range' of responses to cyberattack
+ Fake Facebook accounts: the never-ending battle against bots
+ Pompeo: Huawei not truthful about ties with China's government
+ China slams US 'lies' about Huawei's government ties
Astrobotic awarded contract to deliver 14 NASA payloads to the moon
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2019
Astrobotic was selected by NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) program to deliver 14 payloads to the Moon on its Peregrine lunar lander in July 2021. With this $79.5 million CLPS award, Astrobotic has now secured 28 payloads for lunar delivery as part of its first mission. Fifty years after Apollo 11, Pittsburgh's Astrobotic is returning America back to the Moon in partnership with N ... more
+ NASA selects first commercial moon landing services for Artemis Program
+ US and Japan partner on future moon mission
+ NASA selects Intuitive Machines for robotic return to the moon in 2021
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for sixth lunar day
+ Five ethical questions for how we choose to use the Moon
+ What Causes Flashes on the Moon
+ 'A long ride': 50 years ago, a dress rehearsal for the Moon landing
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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
Remote sensing of toxic algal blooms
Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
Harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea could be detected from satellite images using a method developed at KAUST. This remote sensing technique may eventually lead to a real-time monitoring system to help maintain the vital economic and ecological resources of the Red Sea. Monitoring harmful blooms using traditional in-situ methods is not only costly and labor intensive but often requires col ... more
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+ NASA studies Atmosphere by forming artificial night-time clouds over Marshall Islands
+ First ICESat-2 Global Data Released: Ice, Forests and More
+ New mineral classification system captures Earth's complex past
+ Accurate probing of magnetism with light
+ New Studies Increase Confidence in NASA's Measure of Earth's Temperature
+ More detailed picture of Earth's mantle


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
Rise of the Machines: AI beats humans in multiplayer shooter
Washington (AFP) May 31, 2019
It's official: the machines are going to destroy you (if, that is, you're a professional multiplayer gamer). A team of programmers at a British artificial intelligence company has designed automated "agents" that taught themselves how to play the seminal first-person shooter Quake III Arena, and became so good they consistently beat human beings. The work of the researchers from DeepMind ... more
+ Army project develops agile scouting robots
+ Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
+ Better together: human and robot co-workers
+ Artificial intelligence becomes life-long learner with new framework
+ Toy transformers and real-life whales inspire biohybrid robot
+ With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease
+ Spidey senses could help autonomous machines see better
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Insitu nabs $47.9M to deliver ScanEagle drones to four U.S. allies in Asia
Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2019
Insitu was awarded a $47.9 million contract for 34 ScanEagle reconnaissance unmanned air vehicles for four governments in Asia. The Boeing subsidiary will provide 12 aircraft for Malaysia, 8 for Indonesia, 8 for the Philippines and six for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday. The order also provides for spare payloads, spare and repair parts, support equipmen ... more
+ General Atomics awarded $36.4M for drone, intelligence work in Afghanistan
+ Northrop Grumman nabs $65M for drones for Navy, Australia
+ 'Neural Lander' uses AI to land drones smoothly
+ Vestas launches massive drone-based blade inspection campaign
+ Citadel Defense awarded contract to prevent UAV attacks at sensitive government locations
+ Hummingbird robot uses AI to soon go where drones can't
+ Northrop Grumman awarded $163.6M to support Army's Hunter drone
Generating high-quality single photons for quantum computing
Boston MA (SPX) May 23, 2019
MIT researchers have designed a way to generate, at room temperature, more single photons for carrying quantum information. The design, they say, holds promise for the development of practical quantum computers. Quantum emitters generate photons that can be detected one at a time. Consumer quantum computers and devices could potentially leverage certain properties of those photons as quant ... more
+ Quantum world-first: researchers reveal accuracy of two-qubit calculations in silicon
+ Mobile chip titan Qualcomm faces setback with US antitrust ruling
+ Energy-free superfast computing invented by scientists using light pulses
+ Accelerating quantum technologies with materials processing at the atomic scale
+ A step towards probabilistic computing
+ Computing faster with quasi-particles
+ Substrate defects key to growth of 2D materials


Aluminum is the new steel: NUST MISIS scientists made it stronger than ever before
Moscow, Russia (SPX(SPX) Jun 03, 2019
Aluminum is one of the most promising materials for aeronautics and automobile industry. Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" found a simple and efficient way of strengthening aluminum-based composite materials. Doping aluminum melt with nickel and lanthanum, scientists managed to create a material combining benefits of both composite materials and stan ... more
+ Scientists offer designer 'big atoms' on demand
+ High flex, high-energy textile lithium battery aims to meet demand for wearable electronics
+ China steps up threat to deprive US of rare earths
+ Origami-inspired materials could soften the blow for reusable spacecraft
+ Clean and effective electronic waste recycling
+ How to program materials
+ Rare earths: the latest weapon in the US-China trade war
30 years after Tiananmen, US says hopes dashed as China defends crackdown
Washington (AFP) June 3, 2019
The United States said Monday it had lost hope for human rights progress in China 30 years after the crackdown on Tiananmen Square as Beijing, in rare official comments on the bloodshed, insisted it had "immunized" itself against turmoil. As China tried to impose a media blackout ahead of Tuesday's anniversary of the 1989 assault on pro-democracy protesters, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sa ... more
+ Exiled Tiananmen dissident barred from Hong Kong
+ The 'other' Tiananmen: 30 years ago, protests engulfed China
+ Hong Kong's alienated youngsters split over Tiananmen vigil
+ From 1989 to '1984': Generation Tiananmen lament China's descent
+ China gene babies' mutation linked to higher mortality: study
+ US defends welcome to students as China warns of risk
+ Hong Kong raises jail threshold for proposed extradition law
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A unique experiment to explore black holes
Paris (ESA) May 27, 2019
What happens when two supermassive black holes collide? Combining the observing power of two future ESA missions, Athena and LISA, would allow us to study these cosmic clashes and their mysterious aftermath for the first time. Supermassive black holes, with masses ranging from millions to billions of Suns, sit at the core of most massive galaxies across the Universe. We don't know exactly ... more
+ The geometry of an electron determined for the first time
+ Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory
+ Clocks, gravity, and the limits of relativity
+ Colliding lasers double the energy of proton beams
+ Physicists discover new type of spin waves
+ NIST team demonstrates heart of next-generation chip-scale atomic clock
+ 'Fire streaks' ever more real in the collisions of atomic nuclei and protons
Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass ever
Sendai, Japan (SPX) May 23, 2019
One of the most unknown phenomena in modern physics is gravity. Its measurement and laws remain somewhat of an enigma. Researchers at Tohoku University have revealed important information about a new aspect of the nature of gravity by probing the smallest mass-scale. Professor Nobuyuki Matsumoto has led a team of researchers to develop a gravity sensor based on monitoring the displacement ... more
+ Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
+ 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


Renewables doesn't equal zero-carbon energy, and the difference is growing
Stanford CA (SPX) May 27, 2019
While 160 companies around the world have committed to use "100 percent renewable energy," that does not mean "100 percent carbon-free energy." The difference will grow as power grids become less reliant on fossil power, according to a new Stanford study published in Joule. Entities committed to fighting climate change can and should measure the environmental benefits of their renewable strategi ... more
+ New York state winters could pose solar farm 'ramping' snag for power grid
+ Researchers gain key insight into solar material's soaring efficiency
+ New solar panel dataset helps cities make power grids more safe, reliable
+ ASU team throws new light on photosynthetic supercomplex structure
+ Solar cell defect mystery solved after decades of global effort
+ Quantum rebar: Quantum dots enhance stability of solar-harvesting perovskite crystals
+ Home automation using solar energy
NewSpace could eliminate Sun-Synchronous orbits
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2019
NewSpace is a recently formed movement and philosophy that encompasses a globally emerging private spaceflight industry. This term is generally used in connection with a global private sector of new aerospace companies and ventures. One primary objective is to develop faster, better and cheaper access to space and spaceflight technologies. This movement is thought to be a major driving for ... more
+ ISRO sets up space tech incubation centre at NITT
+ Airbus wins three satellite deal from Inmarsat for revolutionary spacecraft
+ Study Input Informs NASA Course for a Vibrant Future Commercial Space Economy
+ Russian space sector plagued by astronomical corruption
+ SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers
+ L'SPACE program at ASU puts students on pathway to space workforce
+ Close encounters? SpaceX satellites spark Dutch UFO frenzy
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