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Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time![]() Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019 A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals. Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecules with the same structure can have very different properties. For instance one kind of molecule smells of lem ... read more |
Physicists create world's smallest engineDublin, 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 ti ... more
DNA origami joins forces with molecular motors to build nanoscale machinesBoston 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
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 |
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Reconstructing the first successful lunar farside landing Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2019
In January of this year, China's Chang'E-4 - the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon - landed on the far side of the Moon. Due to the location of the landing, Chang'E-4 had to navigate autonomously, without the guidance of scientists on Earth.
Now, a research team, headed by LI Chunlai, corresponding author of this results and a professor of the N ... more |
China's KZ-1A rocket launches two satellites Jiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 02, 2019
Two satellites for technological experiments were sent into space by a Kuaizhou-1A, or KZ-1A, carrier rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Saturday.
The rocket blasted off at 7:41 a.m. and sent the two satellites into their planned orbit.
Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short prep ... more |
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Digital threats multiply ahead of 2020 US elections Washington (AFP) Sept 22, 2019
It could be a manipulated video embarrassing a candidate. Or a computer voting system locked by ransomware. Or doubts about electronic voting machines with no paper backups.
As Americans prepare for 2020 elections, digital threats to election security are multiplying, stoking fears of a tainted outcome.
Worries are running high following revelations of a wide-ranging misinformation campa ... more |
Reconstructing the first successful lunar farside landing Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 25, 2019
In January of this year, China's Chang'E-4 - the fourth version of a lunar spacecraft named for the Chinese goddess of the Moon - landed on the far side of the Moon. Due to the location of the landing, Chang'E-4 had to navigate autonomously, without the guidance of scientists on Earth.
Now, a research team, headed by LI Chunlai, corresponding author of this results and a professor of the N ... more |
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Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
Unofficial pathways visible from orbit play role in Detroit redevelopment Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Sep 25, 2019
As neighborhood and city planners design ways to reuse vacant land in cities like Detroit, a researcher at the University of Michigan is urging them to look at the footpaths of people who already live there - literally.
In what's believed to be the first comprehensive study of unofficial footpaths in a large urban area, U-M's Joshua Newell and colleague Alec Foster of Illinois State Univer ... more |
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Scientists create a nanomaterial that is both twisted and untwisted at the same time Bath UK (SPX) Sep 23, 2019
A new nanomaterial developed by scientists at the University of Bath could solve a conundrum faced by scientists probing some of the most promising types of future pharmaceuticals.
Scientists who study the nanoscale - with molecules and materials 10,000 smaller than a pinhead - need to be able to test the way that some molecules twist, known as their chirality, because mirror image molecul ... more |
NASA designing shapeshifting robots for Saturn's moons Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 26, 2019
Mini robots that can roll, fly, float and swim, then morph into a single machine? Together they form Shapeshifter, a developing concept for a transformational vehicle to explore treacherous, distant worlds.
In a dusty robotics yard at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the Shapeshifter team is testing a 3D-printed prototype of this unusual explorer. A contraption tha ... more |
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FedEx, Walgreens team with Wing for drone delivery test San Francisco (AFP) Sept 19, 2019
Drone deliveries are coming soon, at least for one Virginia community, as part of a pilot project announced Thursday by Wing, the unit spun out of a "moonshot" lab at Google parent Alphabet.
The drone service to launch in October in Christiansburg, Virginia, will be the most advanced real-world test of the technology to quickly fly items ranging from Gummy Bears to painkillers to customers, ... more |
Scientists seeking quantum breakthroughs subject crystalline materials to sound waves Washington (UPI) Sep 24, 2019
To develop the next generation of quantum technologies, scientists need to find materials with unique optical and electrical properties.
Often, when materials are put under stress and strain, they reveal unusual physical properties. But measuring the nanoscale effects of strain isn't easy.
To aid the search for quantum properties, scientists at the Argonne National Laboratory set ... more |
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Gem-like nanoparticles of precious metals shine as catalysts Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 24, 2019
A Northwestern University research team has developed a new method for making highly desirable catalysts from metal nanoparticles that could lead to better fuel cells, among other applications. The researchers also discovered the method can take spent catalysts and recycle them into active catalysts.
Made mainly of precious metals, these coveted catalysts are shaped like gems. Each particl ... more |
One party: How Communists rule in China Beijing (AFP) Sept 25, 2019 China's Communist Party has defied the odds to retain firm control of power for 70 years, adapting to a changing world to outlast its comrades in the Soviet Union.
As the People's Republic of China prepares to celebrate its anniversary on Tuesday, here is a look at how the party has evolved over the years.
- Turbulent decades -
For almost three decades, China had its own style of rul ... more |
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New initiative to explore origin and future of Universe Hannover, Germany (SPX) Sep 23, 2019
Anna Ijjas, leader of the recently established Lise Meitner Research Group "Gravitational Theory and Cosmology" at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute / AEI) in Hannover, and Paul Steinhardt, Albert Einstein Professor in Science at Princeton University, receive 1.3 million US-dollars for four years from the Simons Foundation.
The goal of the newly ... more |
UN offers use of ESA's hypergravity centrifuge to researchers worldwide Noordwijk, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 06, 2019
Imagine being able to increase the force of gravity simply by turning a dial. A United Nations fellowship is offering this opportunity to researchers all over the world, through access to ESA's hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge.
Manipulate gravity and a lot of other factors shift too: bubbles in liquid alter their behaviour, convection currents accelerate and metal alloys f ... more |
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Lighting the path to renewable energy Onna, Japan (SPX) Sep 23, 2019
Solar power offers a promising, renewable alternative to fossil fuels. But solar power production is complicated and influenced by ever-changing factors like cloud coverage, the time of day, and even dust particles in the air.
Professor Mahesh Bandi of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) has co-developed a novel, standardized way of quantifying and compar ... more |
Australian Government commits to join NASA in Lunar exploration and beyond Washington DC (Sputnik) Sep 20, 2019
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced his nation's intention to join the United States' Moon to Mars exploration approach, including NASA's Artemis lunar program.
The announcement took place at a ceremony Saturday at NASA Headquarters in Washington during which NASA Deputy Administrator, Jim Morhard, and Head of the Australian Space Agency, Megan Clark, signed a joint stat ... more |
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