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DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program![]() Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2019 Over the past few decades, DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has enabled revolutionary advances in electronics materials, devices, and systems, which have provided the United States with unique defense and economic advantages. To continue its path of successful electronics innovation, DARPA has announced a new MTO effort called the Microsystems Exploration program. The Microsystems Exploration program will constitute a series of short-term investments into high-risk, high-reward researc ... read more |
Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticlesBochum, 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 p ... more
Fast and selective optical heating for functional nanomagnetic metamaterialsUsurbil, 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
2D gold quantum dots are atomically tunable with nanotubesHoughton, 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
Harnessing microorganisms for smart microsystemsToyohashi, 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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A new spin in nano-electronicsDresden, 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
Nanoparticle computing takes a giant step forwardSeoul, 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
Breakthrough nanoscience discovery made on flight from New York to JerusalemJerusalem (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
Customized mix of materials for three-dimensional micro- and nanostructuresKarlsruher, 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
Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theoryWarwick 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 |
![]() Rice lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonics
Research details sticky situations at the nanoscaleProvidence RI (SPX) Feb 08, 2019 Brown University researchers have made a discovery about the way things stick together at tiny scales that could be helpful in engineering micro- and nanoscale devices. In a series of papers, ... more |
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Nano-infused ceramic could report on its own healthHouston 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
Aerosol-assisted biosynthesis strategy enables functional bulk nanocompositesBeijing, 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
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 |
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NASA Chief Explains Why America Hasn't Been Back to the Moon Since the 70s Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019 Late last week, NASA announced that senior officials in charge of the manned space mission portfolio had been reshuffled amid growing impatience from President Donald Trump to hasten the return human beings to the lunar surface.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has explained why the US suspended its manned lunar program over 40 years ago and what it will take for the US manned space prog ... more |
From Moon to Mars, Chinese space engineers rise to new challenges Beijing (XNA) Jul 08, 2019
With eyes bright, Sun Zezhou, chief designer of China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, speaks fast but clearly.
"Every time I see the moon, I think how Chinese probes have left permanent footprints on it, especially Chang'e-4, the first spacecraft to soft-land on the far side. As a member of the mission, I'm very proud," said Sun.
Chinese engineers began plans for the Chang'e-1 lunar probe i ... more |
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AFRL and IBM to pioneer quantum information technology for DoD Rome NY (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
The Air Force Research Laboratory is breaking new ground in their efforts to partner with industry, academia, and the Department of Defense to apply quantum information science to Air Force concerns and ensure they remain the most advanced and capable force in the World.
AFRL has formally joined the IBM Q Network, the first ever partnership of its kind in the Department of Defense. This al ... more |
NASA Chief Explains Why America Hasn't Been Back to the Moon Since the 70s Washington DC (Sputnik) Jul 17, 2019 Late last week, NASA announced that senior officials in charge of the manned space mission portfolio had been reshuffled amid growing impatience from President Donald Trump to hasten the return human beings to the lunar surface.
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has explained why the US suspended its manned lunar program over 40 years ago and what it will take for the US manned space prog ... more |
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DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2019
Over the past few decades, DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has enabled revolutionary advances in electronics materials, devices, and systems, which have provided the United States with unique defense and economic advantages. To continue its path of successful electronics innovation, DARPA has announced a new MTO effort called the Microsystems Exploration program.
The Microsyst ... more |
Animal observation system ICARUS is switched on Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Jul 16, 2019
The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space (ICARUS) is a cooperative project between the Russian space agency Roscosmos and the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) under the leadership of Martin Wikelski from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Konstanz.
With the space-based observation system, scientists want to find out m ... more |
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DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2019
Over the past few decades, DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office (MTO) has enabled revolutionary advances in electronics materials, devices, and systems, which have provided the United States with unique defense and economic advantages. To continue its path of successful electronics innovation, DARPA has announced a new MTO effort called the Microsystems Exploration program.
The Microsyst ... more |
Robot-ants that can jump, communicate with each other and work together Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jul 11, 2019
Individually, ants have only so much strength and intelligence. However, as a colony, they can use complex strategies to complete sophisticated tasks and evade larger predators.
At EPFL, robotics researchers in Professor Jamie Paik's Laboratory have reproduced this phenomenon, developing tiny robots that display minimal physical intelligence on an individual level but that are able to comm ... more |
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C-Astral participates in demonstrations to help Europe set rules for drone deliveries Sint-Truiden, Belgium (SPX) Jul 17, 2019
C-Astral, a SESAR Joint Undertaking demonstrator project lead by Terra Drone-affiliated Unifly, is announcing its successful participation in the first practical SAFIR flight and integration tests at DronePort, Sint-Truiden, Belgium. SAFIR is a large-scale demonstration project aiming to showcase the economic viability of drone use in industrial environments.
As a member of SAFIR, C-Astral ... more |
Will your future computer be made using bacteria Rochester NY (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
In order to create new and more efficient computers, medical devices, and other advanced technologies, researchers are turning to nanomaterials: materials manipulated on the scale of atoms or molecules that exhibit unique properties.
Graphene - a flake of carbon as thin as a single later of atoms - is a revolutionary nanomaterial due to its ability to easily conduct electricity, as well as ... more |
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NASA funds demo of 3D-Printed spacecraft parts made, assembled in orbit Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
NASA has awarded a $73.7 million contract to Made In Space, Inc. of Mountain View, California, to demonstrate the ability of a small spacecraft, called Archinaut One, to manufacture and assemble spacecraft components in low-Earth orbit. The in-space robotic manufacturing and assembly technologies could be important for America's Moon to Mars exploration approach.
The contract is the start ... more |
Mall clashes at latest Hong Kong anti-extradition march Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2019 Riot police and protesters fought running battles in a Hong Kong shopping mall Sunday night as unrest caused by a widely loathed plan to allow extraditions to mainland China showed no sign of abating.
Police used pepper spray and batons against small groups of protesters, who responded by hurling bottles and other projectiles, in a night of fresh violence in the international hub.
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Could vacuum physics be revealed by laser-driven microbubble? Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 11, 2019
A "vacuum" is generally thought to be nothing but empty space. But in fact, a vacuum is filled with "virtual particle-antiparticle pairs" of electrons and positrons that are continuously created and annihilated in unimaginably short time-scales.
The quest for a better understanding of vacuum physics will lead to the elucidation of fundamental questions in modern physics, which is integral ... more |
Chameleon Theory Could Change How We Think About Gravity Durham UK (SPX) Jul 09, 2019
Supercomputer simulations of galaxies have shown that Einstein's general theory of relativity might not be the only way to explain how gravity works or how galaxies form.
Physicists at Durham University, UK, simulated the cosmos using an alternative model for gravity - f(R)-gravity, a so called Chameleon Theory. The resulting images produced by the simulation show that galaxies like our Mi ... more |
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Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 11, 2019
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that demonstrated record-high radiation stability and withstand gamma radiation of >6,000 Gy raising hopes for their stable operation on the near-earth orb ... more |
Maxar begins production on Legion-class satellite for Ovzon Westminster CO (SPX) Jul 13, 2019
Maxar Technologies has begun production on a Legion-class geostationary satellite for Ovzon, a company located in the United States and Sweden dedicated to meeting the demand for increased mobile broadband connectivity in underserved regions.
Ovzon selected Maxar in December 2018 to build its first satellite, Ovzon 3, which will provide extremely versatile mobile broadband communications f ... more |
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