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July 02, 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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Centuries of Moon depictions on display in New York
New York (AFP) July 1, 2019
Some 400 years of depictions of the Moon, particularly via photography, are going on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. The Met will unveil its "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" on Wednesday, approximately two weeks before of the five-decade mark since the 1969 space trip that landed the first two people ... more
+ Guardians of Apollo: the curators preserving the Moon mission's legacy
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 7th lunar day
+ ESA testing lunar rescue device tested underwater at NASA's NEEMO 23
+ To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown
+ Ions Beams and Atom Smashers Expose Secrets of Moon Rocks
+ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter marks 10 years mapping Moon
+ When the world stopped to watch Armstrong's moonwalk
China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbit
Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 02, 2019
The satellites, which will reportedly include Yaogan-class remote sensing vehicles and named after the Leo constellation, are expected to be equipped with a self-piloting system. Beijing plans to deploy 192 artificial intelligence satellites into orbit to observe the Earth's surface by 2021, China Central Television (CCTV) reports. "It is safe to say that the satellites still remain ... more
+ Luokung and Land Space to develop control system for space and ground assets
+ 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'


Trump hints at softer stance on China's Huawei
Osaka, Japan (AFP) June 29, 2019
President Donald Trump said on Saturday that US companies could sell equipment to Chinese telecom giant Huawei, indicating a potentially softer position on a key sticking point in the US-China trade war. "US companies can sell their equipment to Huawei," Trump told reporters in Osaka hours after sealing a tariff truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "We're talking about equipment wher ... more
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+ Facebook to broaden effort to root out white nationalist content
+ US cyber attack on Iran: search to exploit flaw
+ US blocks more Chinese tech firms on national security concerns
+ Iran denies US cyber attack ahead of new sanctions
+ Surveillance-savvy Hong Kong protesters go digitally dark
+ Trudeau going to Washington to seek support in China row
Centuries of Moon depictions on display in New York
New York (AFP) July 1, 2019
Some 400 years of depictions of the Moon, particularly via photography, are going on display at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art ahead of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing. The Met will unveil its "Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography" on Wednesday, approximately two weeks before of the five-decade mark since the 1969 space trip that landed the first two people ... more
+ Guardians of Apollo: the curators preserving the Moon mission's legacy
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for 7th lunar day
+ ESA testing lunar rescue device tested underwater at NASA's NEEMO 23
+ To the Moon and back: 50 years on, a giant leap into the unknown
+ Ions Beams and Atom Smashers Expose Secrets of Moon Rocks
+ Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter marks 10 years mapping Moon
+ When the world stopped to watch Armstrong's moonwalk
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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
SSTL expertise enables new space mission for the FORMOSAT-7 weather constellation
Guildford UK (SPX) Jul 01, 2019
The successful launch on 24 June 2019 (EST) of 6 satellites for the FORMOSAT-7 joint US-Taiwanese weather forecasting constellation marks the start of another SSTL-enabled space mission, a cause for celebration at SSTL's UK HQ. The launch on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre was attended by SSTL staff including Managing Director, Sarah Parker who said "We are ver ... more
+ Satellite image shows temperatures soaring across Europe
+ China's ocean observation satellites put into operation
+ Benin leaps into 21st century with new national map
+ NASA helps warn of harmful algal blooms in lakes, reservoirs
+ TanDEM-X reveals glaciers in detail
+ Airbus built SEOSAT Ingenio is finished and ready for testing
+ Satellite observations improve earthquake monitoring, response


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
Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots
Munich, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019
Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to their surroundings. To make it easier for people and robots to work in close proximity in the future, Prof. Matthias Althoff of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed a new system: IMPROV ... more
+ Artificial intelligence controls robotic arm to pack boxes and cut costs
+ NASA's first Astrobee robot "Bumble" starts flying in space
+ 'Robot blood' powers robotic fish in Cornell laboratory
+ I, Chatbot: Getting your news from a talkative automaton
+ Investing in Tech Concepts Aimed at Exploring Lunar Craters, Mining Asteroids
+ Army project develops agile scouting robots
+ Better together: human and robot co-workers
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The RoboBee flies solo
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 01, 2019
In the Harvard Microrobotics Lab, on a late afternoon in August, decades of research culminated in a moment of stress as the tiny, groundbreaking Robobee made its first solo flight. Graduate student Elizabeth Farrell Helbling, PhD '19, and postdoctoral fellow Noah T. Jafferis from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the Graduate School of Arts and ... more
+ General Atomics gets $21.9M Army contract for work on Gray Eagle drone
+ Metropolitan area of Amsterdam starts exploring use of drone technology
+ AFRL XQ-58A UAV completes second successful flight
+ Russia Tests Satellite-Based Radar Capable of Detecting Low-Flying Drones
+ New energy-efficient algorithm keeps UAV swarms helping longer
+ Low-cost Valkyrie unmanned aircraft completes second test flight
+ BAE Systems to install vehicle control systems on Boeing's MQ-25 refueling drones
Atomic 'patchwork' using heteroepitaxy for next generation semiconductor devices
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 01, 2019
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have grown atomically thin crystalline layers of transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) with varying composition over space, continuously feeding in different types of TMDC to a growth chamber to tailor changes in properties. Examples include 20nm strips surrounded by different TMDCs with atomically straight interfaces, and layered structure ... more
+ Mysterious Majorana quasiparticle is now closer to being controlled for quantum computing
+ Hong Kong's extradition law jolts business community
+ Laser technique could unlock use of tough material for next-generation electronics
+ NIST physicists 'teleport' logic operation between separated ions
+ Beyond 1 and 0: Engineers boost potential for creating successor to shrinking transistors
+ Quantum information gets a boost from thin-film breakthrough
+ Texas A and M researcher makes breakthrough discovery in stretchable electronics materials


First taste of space for Spacebus Neo satellite
Paris (ESA) Jun 28, 2019
The thermal vacuum test campaign of the first Spacebus Neo satellite was completed on 25 June. Less than 100 metres from the Mediterranean Sea, the Konnect satellite has spent the past six weeks being exposed to the cold emptiness of space. These enormous test chambers, which can be cooled to minus 180 Celsius, are designed to accommodate an entire spacecraft and effectively replicate the ... more
+ Space Weather causes years of radiation damage to satellites using electric propulsion
+ ESA studying radiation impacts of hardware and humans
+ China unveils cloud-tech platform to serve commercial space industry
+ Half of Indian Anti-Satellite Test Debris Still Orbiting in Space - Harvard Astronomer
+ Mimicking the ultrastructure of wood with 3D-printing
+ Researchers verify 70-year-old theory of turbulence in fluids
+ Machine Learning Tool Searches Star Data for Likely Exoplanet Hosts
'Hong Kong is not China': Protests pose major test for Xi
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping faces a major test in Hong Kong after protesters stormed the semi-autonomous city's legislature and graffitied a defiant message on its walls: "Hong Kong is not China". Beijing has trod carefully since massive protests erupted last month over a bill that would allow extraditions to the mainland, voicing support for the Hong Kong government without directly interv ... more
+ China slams Trump's 'gross interference' in Hong Kong
+ Beijing wants criminal probe after Hong Kong 'illegal actions'
+ Hong Kong leader condemns 'extremely violent' protests
+ New film shows painful legacy of China's one-child policy
+ Hong Kong police: Anger swells against 'Asia's Finest'
+ Thousands rally to support Hong Kong police
+ China 'won't allow' G20 discussion of Hong Kong
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The first AI universe sim is fast and accurate - and its creators don't know how it works
New York NY (SPX) Jun 28, 2019
For the first time, astrophysicists have used artificial intelligence techniques to generate complex 3D simulations of the universe. The results are so fast, accurate and robust that even the creators aren't sure how it all works. "We can run these simulations in a few milliseconds, while other 'fast' simulations take a couple of minutes," says study co-author Shirley Ho, a group leader at ... more
+ New model explains appearance of supermassive black holes in early universe
+ Scientists capture atomic motion in four dimensions for the first time
+ Building a bridge to the quantum world
+ Scientists perform world's smallest MRI on single atoms
+ Theoretical physicists unveil one of the most ubiquitous and elusive concepts in chemistry
+ The observation of topologically protected magnetic quasiparticles
+ What is an atomic clock?
Researchers find quantum gravity has no symmetry
Kashiwa, Japan (SPX) Jun 21, 2019
A new study by a pair of researchers in the US and Japan has found that, when gravity is combined with quantum mechanics, symmetry is not possible. "Many physicists believe that there must a beautiful set of laws in Nature and that one way to quantify the beauty is by symmetry. Some of the symmetries may be hidden in our world, but they should manifest themselves if we look at Nature at a ... more
+ Development of a displacement sensor to measure gravity of smallest source mass ever
+ 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


Researchers create multi-junction solar cells from off-the-shelf components
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 01, 2019
Multi-junction solar cells are both the most efficient type of solar cell on the market today and the most expensive type of solar cell to produce. In a proof-of-concept paper, researchers from North Carolina State University detail a new approach for creating multi-junction solar cells using off-the-shelf components, resulting in lower cost, high-efficiency solar cells for use in multiple appli ... more
+ Next-gen solar cells spin in new direction
+ Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
+ Surrey researchers clear runway for tin based perovskite solar cells
+ Special nanotubes could improve solar power and imaging technology
+ Perovskite solar cells tested for real-world performance in the lab
+ 'Hot spots' increase efficiency of solar desalination
+ Self-healing polymer brings perovskite solar tech closer to market
Israeli space tech firm hiSky expands to the UK
London, UK (SPX) Jun 19, 2019
An innovative company looking to make satellite communications more accessible and affordable is set to create over 100 high-tech jobs in London and Oxfordshire. The Israeli company hiSky has established a UK limited company - hiSkySat Limited - based in London, with an R and D centre at Harwell to develop a satellite communications network management system (NMS) and operation centre. ... more
+ All-alectric Maxar 1300-Class comsat delivers broadcast services for Eutelsat customers
+ Newtec collaborates with QinetiQ, marking move into space sector
+ RBC Signals awarded SBIR Phase I contract by US Air Force
+ Apollo-era tech built foundation, but private industry now leads space innovation
+ Space agencies come together
+ Luxembourg Space Agency approves EUR 1 million grant to Kleos Space
+ American Astronomical Society issues position statement on satellite constellations
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