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August 27, 2019
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Physicists create world's smallest engine



Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine. Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in international journal Physical Review Letters, explains how random fluctuations affect the operation of microscopic ... read more

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DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
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 r ... 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 ... 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 p ... 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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Defects help nanomaterial soak up more pollutant in less time
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019
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The holy grail of nanowire production
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2019
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Chandrayaan-2 Captures First Image of Moon Showing Mare Orientale Basin, Apollo Craters
New Delhi (IANS) Aug 27, 2019
Chandrayaan-2 has captured the first image of the Moon, two days after entering the lunar orbit. The picture was taken by Vikram, the spacecraft's lander and shows the Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters. The image was taken at a height of about 2, 650 km from the lunar surface on August 21. "Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height ... more
+ NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities for Tech to Study Dark Regions on the Moon
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for ninth lunar day
+ MDA selected to build robotic interfaces for Canadarm3 on Lunar Gateway
+ Seeking innovative ideas for exploring lunar caves
+ Astrobotic selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket for its first Moon mission
+ Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventure
+ India's Moon probe enters lunar orbit
China's newly launched communication satellite suffers abnormality
Beijing (XNA) Aug 21, 2019
China's new communication satellite ChinaSat 18, sent into space on Monday, has experienced abnormalities, and space engineers are investigating the cause. The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite separated with the carrier rocket a ... more
+ China launches first private rocket capable of carrying satellites
+ Chinese scientists say goodbye to Tiangong-2
+ China's space lab Tiangong 2 destroyed in controlled fall to earth
+ From Moon to Mars, Chinese space engineers rise to new challenges
+ China plans to deploy almost 200 AU-controlled satellites into orbit
+ 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


Google says YouTube campaign targeted Hong Kong protests
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 23, 2019
Google on Thursday said it disabled a series of YouTube channels that appeared to be part of a coordinated influence campaign against pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The announcement by YouTube's parent company came after Twitter and Facebook accused the Chinese government of backing a social media campaign to discredit Hong Kong's protest movement and sow political discord in the city. ... more
+ German army seeks out gamers in hunt for computer-savvy recruits
+ Canada accused of unlawfully questioning Huawei's Meng
+ Huawei dismisses new suspension of 'unjust' US ban
+ US gives Huawei 90 day reprieve on ban
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+ US formalizes ban on govt contracts to China's Huawei, others
+ Trump revives political bias accusations against Google
Chandrayaan-2 Captures First Image of Moon Showing Mare Orientale Basin, Apollo Craters
New Delhi (IANS) Aug 27, 2019
Chandrayaan-2 has captured the first image of the Moon, two days after entering the lunar orbit. The picture was taken by Vikram, the spacecraft's lander and shows the Mare Orientale basin and Apollo craters. The image was taken at a height of about 2, 650 km from the lunar surface on August 21. "Take a look at the first Moon image captured by #Chandrayaan2 #VikramLander taken at a height ... more
+ NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities for Tech to Study Dark Regions on the Moon
+ China's Chang'e-4 probe resumes work for ninth lunar day
+ MDA selected to build robotic interfaces for Canadarm3 on Lunar Gateway
+ Seeking innovative ideas for exploring lunar caves
+ Astrobotic selects United Launch Alliance Vulcan Centaur Rocket for its first Moon mission
+ Thomas Pesquet on a new underwater lunar adventure
+ India's Moon probe enters lunar orbit
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Physicists create world's smallest engine
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine. Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program
+ Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
+ 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
New Landsat Infrared Instrument Ships from NASA
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 27, 2019
From orbit aboard the Landsat 9 satellite, the Thermal Infrared Sensor 2, or TIRS-2, will measure the temperature of Earth's land surfaces, detecting everything from a smoldering wildfire, to the amount of irrigation used on crop fields, to wispy clouds that are all but invisible to other instruments. First, however, it had to survive tests that simulated the harsh environment of space. Th ... more
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Physicists create world's smallest engine
Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Theoretical physicists at Trinity College Dublin are among an international collaboration that has built the world's smallest engine - which, as a single calcium ion, is approximately ten billion times smaller than a car engine. Work performed by Professor John Goold's QuSys group in Trinity's School of Physics describes the science behind this tiny motor. The research, published in intern ... more
+ DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machines
+ DARPA Announces Microsystems Exploration Program
+ Monitoring the lifecycle of tiny catalyst nanoparticles
+ 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
NASA Robots Compete Underground in DARPA Challenge
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 15, 2019
Robots from all over the world will compete to find objects in the DARPA Subterranean Challenge Systems Competition, held Aug. 15-22 in mining tunnels under Pittsburgh. Among them will be a team led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, that features wheeled rovers, drones and climbing robots that can rise on pinball-flipper-shaped treads to scale obstacles. Held by ... more
+ NASA wants your help developing autonomous rovers
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+ Amazon, Microsoft, 'putting world at risk of killer AI': study
+ Employees less upset at being replaced by robots than by other people
+ Evolving computers from tools to partners in cyber-physical system design
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Hughes partners with startup to extend LTE Coverage using helicopters and UAVs
Germantown MD (SPX) Aug 22, 2019
Hughes Network Systems has announced a new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC's deployable LTE technology with Hughes JUPITER and HM satellite systems. The new solutions support various global applications for government, militaries, first responders, and commercial Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). "We're excited to work with Hughes ... more
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+ Skyfront Perimeter Drone Performs The First Beyond-Line-of-Sight Flight under FAA Part 107
+ AFRL conducts first flight of robopilot unmanned air platform
+ Teams test swarm autonomy in second major OFFSET field experiment
+ S.Korea tests drone delivery in remote regions
+ DLR conducts flight tests for gyrocopter drones
New perovskite material shows early promise as an alternative to silicon
Onna, Japan (SPX) Aug 09, 2019
Silicon dominates solar energy products - it is stable, cheap, and efficient at turning sunlight into electricity. Any new material taking on silicon must compete, and win, on those grounds. As a result of an international research collaboration, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate Univer ... more
+ Newfound superconductor material could be the 'silicon of quantum computers'
+ Quantum light sources pave the way for optical circuits
+ Researchers produce electricity by flowing water over extremely thin layers of metal
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+ Scientists send light through 2D crystal layer in quantum computing leap
+ Speediest quantum operation 200 times faster than before
+ NIST's quantum logic clock returns to top performance


Studying quantum phenomena in magnetic systems to understand exotic states of matter
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
Apart from the states of matter that we are all aware of and accustomed to, which correspond to solids, liquids, and gases, more exotic states can be generated in specific materials under special conditions. Such states are of great interest to physicists because they help them gain a deeper understanding of quantum phenomena, which is key for scientists and engineers to innovate state-of-the-ar ... more
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+ India's Anti-Satellite Test Debris Still in Space - NASA
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+ NASA looks to 3D printing to improve aircraft icing research tools
+ Rare earths are contested ground between US and China
+ Russia says radioactive isotopes released by missile test blast
+ In praise of the big pixel: Gaming is having a retro moment
Australian arrested in China for 'espionage'
Sydney (AFP) Aug 27, 2019
An Australian pro-democracy academic held for seven months in China has been formally arrested for spying, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said Tuesday as she demanded Beijing uphold "basic standards" of justice. Payne said she was "very concerned" that Chinese-born Yang Hengjun - a former official turned author - had been arrested on "suspicion of espionage". Yang had been detained afte ... more
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+ HK police say radical protesters forced use of water cannon, warning shot
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+ As protests ebb and flow, Hong Kong activists bank on creativity
+ Chinese students Down Under 'wedged' by politics back home
+ Chinese state media accuses Hong Kong metro of aiding protesters
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Towards an 'orrery' for quantum gauge theory
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
The interaction between fields and matter is a recurring theme throughout physics. Classical cases such as the trajectories of one celestial body moving in the gravitational field of others or the motion of an electron in a magnetic field are extremely well understood, and predictions can be made with astonishing accuracy. However, when the quantum character of the particles and fields inv ... more
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+ From crystals to glasses: a new unified theory for heat transport
+ Cracking a decades-old test, researchers bolster case for quantum mechanics
A key piece to understanding how quantum gravity affects low-energy physics
Trieste, Italy (SPX) Aug 09, 2019
Researchers have, for the first time, identified the sufficient and necessary conditions that the low-energy limit of quantum gravity theories must satisfy to preserve the main features of the Unruh effect. In a new study, led by researchers from SISSA (Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Waterloo, a solid theoretica ... more
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How to have an all-renewable electric grid
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 23, 2019
The main solution to climate change is well known - stop burning fossil fuels. How to do this is more complicated, but as a scholar who does energy modeling, I and others see the outlines of a post-fossil-fuel future: We make electricity with renewable sources and electrify almost everything. That means running vehicles and trains on electricity, heating buildings with electric heat pumps, ... more
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ESA and GomSpace Luxembourg sign contract for continued constellation management development
Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Aug 27, 2019
GomSpace and have signed a development contract at a value of EUR 1,425,000 for GomSpace Luxembourg SARL's continued development of the Mega-Constellation Operations Platform (MCOP) product. The development of MCOP was initiated in 2018 under the first development contract resulting in development of a minimum viable product focusing on scalability which was recently proven through the fir ... more
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+ Embry-Riddle plans expansion of its Research Park through partnership with Space Square
+ OneWeb secures global spectrum further enabling global connectivity services
+ Companies partner to offer a complete solution for space missions as a service
+ Space data relay system shows its speed
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