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  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules. "We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and they work so well," said Pallav Kosuri. "We just don't know exactly how they work." For decades, research ... read more |
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DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration ProgramWashington 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 ... 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 |
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The holy grail of nanowire productionLausanne, 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 
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 |
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 Nano drops a million times smaller than a teardrop explodes 19th century theory 
Rice lab adds porous envelope to aluminum plasmonicsHouston 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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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 
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 |
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 Washington (AFP) July 25, 2019 
When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light.
The New York Times said Tuesday it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a dispute between the family of the most famous astronaut in history and the small Ohio hospital where he was treated and operated on. ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) July 25, 2019 
A Chinese startup successfully launched the country's first commercial rocket capable of carrying satellites into orbit Thursday, as the space race between China and the US heats up.
Beijing-based Interstellar Glory Space Technology - also known as iSpace - said it launched two satellites into orbit around 1:00 pm Beijing time (0500 GMT) from Jiuquan, a state launch facility in the Gobi de ... more |
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 Vienna (AFP) July 25, 2019 
Austria said it has issued an arrest warrant for a Russian military intelligence officer over espionage allegations dating back as far as the 1980s.
Police in the Salzburg region said in a statement that "prosecutors have ordered the arrest of a 65-year-old spy handler in the Russian military intelligence service (GRU, now also known as GU) with European and international arrest warrants". ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 25, 2019
When Neil Armstrong died in 2012, it was officially put down to complications arising from heart surgery. But seven years on, more murky circumstances have come to light.
The New York Times said Tuesday it had received by mail 93 pages of documents revealing a dispute between the family of the most famous astronaut in history and the small Ohio hospital where he was treated and operated on. ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
NASA has secured a host satellite provider and ride into space for an instrument that will dramatically advance our understanding of air quality over North America.
Maxar Technologies of Westminster, Colorado, will provide satellite integration, launch and data transmission services for NASA's Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), an Earth science instrument that will ob ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Jul 22, 2019
Every year, robots get more and more life-like. Solar-powered bees fly on lithe wings, humanoids stick backflips, and teams of soccer bots strategize how to dribble, pass, and score. And, the more researchers discover about how living creatures move, the more machines can imitate them all the way down to their smallest molecules.
"We have these amazing machines already in our bodies, and t ... more |
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 Trento, Italy (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
Identifying with someone is an exercise that makes us understand them deeply, empathize with them, and helps us overcome mistrust and prejudice. And this occurs even when that someone is a robot. These interpersonal dynamics were confirmed by an experimental study that was published days ago in Scientific Reports. The study is the result of scientific collaboration between Italian and French sci ... more |
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 Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, are drones that combine the advantages of multi-copters and fixed-wing planes. These drones are equipped to vertically take off and land like multi-copters, yet also have the strong aerodynamic performance and energy-saving capabilities of traditional planes. As hybrid UAVs continue to evolve, however, controlling them remotely still remains a challenge. ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 23, 2019 
Physicists in Europe have managed send light through a two-dimensional crystal layer, a breakthrough that provides a semiconducting platform for quantum computing.
In modern computers - in laptops or smartphones - the storage and movement of information is carried out by flowing electrons. The flow of electrons is controlled by small semiconductor devices called transistors.
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
Diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend - they're also crucial components for hard-wearing industrial components, such as the drill bits used to access oil and gas deposits underground. But a cost-efficient method to find other suitable materials to do the job is on the way.
Diamond is one of the only materials hard and tough enough for the job of constant grinding without significant we ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 26, 2019 
Hong Kong's appeal court on Friday overturned the conviction of two police officers - and reduced the sentence of five others - over the 2014 beating of a pro-democracy protester that was caught on video.
The ruling comes at a time of intense public anger towards the city's police force over its handling of a renewed round of protests that have seen tear gas and rubber bullets wielded agai ... more |
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 Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
A research team led by Osaka University showed how multiple overlapping laser beams are better at accelerating electrons to incredibly fast speeds, as compared with a single laser. This method can lead to more powerful and efficient X-ray and ion generation for laboratory astrophysics, cancer therapy research, as well as a path toward controlled nuclear fusion.
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 26, 2019 
Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter (84-inch) telescope at the National Science Foundation's Kitt Peak National Observatory have led to the discovery of the fastest eclipsing white dwarf binary yet known.
Clocking in with an orbital period of only 6.91 minutes, the rapidly orbiting stars are expected to be one of the strongest sources of gravitational ... more |
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 Lawrence KS (SPX) Jul 22, 2019 
Imagine printing electronic devices using a simple inkjet printer - or even painting a solar panel onto the wall of a building.
Such technology would slash the cost of manufacturing electronic devices and enable new ways to integrate them into our everyday lives. Over the last two decades, a type of material called organic semiconductors, made out of molecules or polymers, has been develop ... more |
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 Merritt Island FL (SPX) Jul 24, 2019 
Internet firm OneWeb plans to begin launching 35 to 40 communications satellites a month in December, and has 27 Soyuz rocket missions lined up through European launch company Arianespace to send them aloft, company officials said in Florida on Monday.
"Those are the best rockets we could find for the quality, price and capability we were looking for," OneWeb founder and executive chairman ... more |
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