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  Torino, Italy (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 Nanoracks, the commercial leader in low-Earth orbit utilization, has sparked accelerated growth for numerous startup companies since 2009, provided educational opportunities, and driven the market for commercial access to space. And this week Nanoracks-Italy is announcing their expansion of this leadership. Nanoracks-Italy's mission is to create a sustainable in-space ecosystem with a transdisciplinary global user base. To build on this mission, the Italian Company has signed a Memorandum of Under ... read more |
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Light-trapping nanocubes drive inexpensive multispectral cameraDurham NC (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 Researchers at Duke University have demonstrated photodetectors that could span an unprecedented range of light frequencies by using on-chip spectral filters created by tailored electromagnetic mate ... more  
Big plans to save the planet depend on nanoscopic materials improving energy storagePhiladelphia PA (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 The challenge of building an energy future that preserves and improves the planet is a massive undertaking. But it all hinges on the charged particles moving through invisibly small materials. ... more  
Research shows old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubesSwansea UK (SPX) Nov 25, 2019 A research collaboration between Rice University and the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has found that old newspapers can be used as a low cost, eco-friendly material ... more  
Turning up the heat to create new nanostructured metalsUpton NY (SPX) Nov 21, 2019 Scientists have developed a new approach for making metal-metal composites and porous metals with a 3-D interconnected "bicontinuous" structure in thin films at size scales ranging from tens of nano ... more |
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SMART discovers breakthrough way to look at the surface of nanoparticlesSingapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revoluti ... more  
Light-based 'tractor beam' assembles materials at the nanoscaleSeattle WA (SPX) Nov 05, 2019 Modern construction is a precision endeavor. Builders must use components manufactured to meet specific standards - such as beams of a desired composition or rivets of a specific size. The building ... more  
India's Space Agency to launch three satellites to boost border securityNew Delhi (Sputnik) Nov 20, 2019 A third-generation Earth-imaging satellite Cartosat-3 and 13 commercial nanosatellites from the US will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, in Andhra Pradesh. The Indian Space Res ... more 
Visible light and nanoparticle catalysts produce desirable bioactive moleculesChicago IL (SPX) Oct 31, 2019 Northwestern University chemists have used visible light and extremely tiny nanoparticles to quickly and simply make molecules that are of the same class as many lead compounds for drug development. ... more  
Nanoracks and Kayser to jointly open temperature controlled microgravity research on ISSWashington DC (SPX) Oct 23, 2019 Nanoracks Space Outpost - Europe (Nanoracks IT) and Kayser Italia have announced that the organizations have sign an agreement to broaden research opportunities onboard the International Space Stati ... more |
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 D-Orbit and Astrocast sign new agreement for the launch of ten nanosats 
Nanoracks signs with Maritime Launch on re-use of C4M stages for in-orbit outpostsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 24, 2019 Nanoracks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Canada's Maritime Launch Services to work on re-purposing and re-us ... more  |
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Why modified carbon nanotubes can help the reproducibility problemTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 Our search for sustainable energy generation technology has led researchers to investigate various materials and their combinations in many types of devices. One such synthetic material is called "p ... more 
Flexible, wearable supercapacitors based on porous nanocarbon nanocompositesLondon, UK (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 Evening gowns with interwoven LEDs may look extravagant, but the light sources need a constant power supply from devices that are as well wearable, durable, and lightweight. Chinese scientists have ... more 
Energy flow in the nano rangeWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2019 Plants and bacteria lead the way: They can capture the energy of sunlight with light-harvesting antennas and transfer it to a reaction centre. Transporting energy efficiently and in a targeted fashi ... more 
Development of highly sensitive diode, converts microwaves to electricityTokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Fujitsu Limited, and the Tokyo Metropolitan University announced that they developed a highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire ba ... more 
Electrode-fitted microscope points to better designed devices that make fuel from sunlightEugene OR (SPX) Oct 08, 2019 Using an atomic-force microscope fitted with an electrode tip 1,000 times smaller than a human hair, University of Oregon researchers have identified in real time how nanoscale catalysts collect cha ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2019 
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 12th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.
The lander woke up at 5:03 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 0:51 a.m. the same day. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the ... more |
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 Wuhan, China (XNA) Nov 22, 2019 
A Chinese company on Wednesday launched a satellite service platform to make satellite resources more accessible for users.
China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), the platform's designer, announced the news at the 5th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum in Wuhan.
A common satellite operating business focuses on satellites rather than services, which ma ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 26, 2019 
The odds are high that you have already interacted with one of ESA's most-far-reaching inventions without realising it. Terahertz security cameras - currently employed in 18 countries including many major airports and the LA Metro - scan passengers for concealed weapons or contraband in their clothing from up to 10 metres away, operating on an entirely passive, non-invasive basis.
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Beijing (XNA) Nov 25, 2019
The lander and rover of the Chang'e-4 probe have resumed work for the 12th lunar day on the far side of the moon after "sleeping" during the extremely cold night.
The lander woke up at 5:03 p.m. Thursday (Beijing Time), and the rover, Yutu-2 (Jade Rabbit-2), awoke at 0:51 a.m. the same day. Both are in normal working order, according to the Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center of the ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019 
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
The new ... more |
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 Geneva (AFP) Nov 25, 2019 
Greenhouse gases levels in the atmosphere, the main driver of climate change, hit a record high last year, the UN said Monday, calling for action to safeguard "the future welfare of mankind".
"There is no sign of a slowdown, let alone a decline, in greenhouse gas concentration in the atmosphere despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change," the head of the World Me ... more |
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Singapore (SPX) Nov 06, 2019
Researchers from SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, have made a groundbreaking discovery that allows scientists to 'look' at the surface density of dispersed nanoparticles. This revolutionary technique enables researchers to 'characterise' or understand the properties of nanoparticles without disturbing the nanoparticle, and also at a far lower cost and far quicker too.
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 26, 2019 
European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano performed initial tests of the second Astrobee robot, named Honey, aboard the International Space Station. Astrobee is a free-flying robot system that includes three robots and a docking station for recharging, and will be used to test how robots can assist crew and perform caretaking duties on spacecraft.
After Parmitano unpacked and inspecte ... more |
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 Airport City, Israel (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 
In a fierce battle for market share against world superpowers China and the United States, Israel's drone industry likes to say it has a secret weapon - military experience.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used daily by Israel's military in and around its borders, whether dropping tear-gas canisters on Palestinian demonstrators, monitoring Hezbollah positions in Lebanon or striking Isla ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 22, 2019 
Lasers are essential to many fields - ranging from optical communications and remote sensing, to manufacturing and medicine. While the semiconductor laser was first demonstrated nearly 60 years ago, advances in diode lasers and access to semiconductor fabrication techniques have enabled continued innovation and miniaturization of the technology.
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which c ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2019 
There's chaos in the night sky, about 60 to 600 miles above Earth's surface. Called the ionosphere, this layer of Earth's atmosphere is blasted by solar radiation that breaks down the bonds of ions. Free electrons and heavy ions are left behind, constantly colliding.
This dance was previously measured through a method called incoherent scatter radar in the northern hemisphere, where resear ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 26, 2019 
Chinese state media on Tuesday sought to downplay and discredit the results of Hong Kong elections that delivered a stunning victory for pro-democracy candidates and a stinging rebuke to the pro-Beijing establishment.
Local elections in the semi-autonomous city revealed broad public support for a protest movement that has stirred months of violence, as candidates seeking to loosen control by ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 
Astronomers have discovered a black hole in the Milky Way so huge that it challenges existing models of how stars evolve, researchers said Thursday.
LB-1 is 15,000 light years from Earth and has a mass 70 times greater than the Sun, according to the journal Nature.
The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100 million stellar black holes but LB-1 is twice as massive as anything scientists th ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 
Astronomers at MIT and elsewhere have used a massive cluster of galaxies as an X-ray magnifying glass to peer back in time, to nearly 9.4 billion years ago. In the process, they spotted a tiny dwarf galaxy in its very first, high-energy stages of star formation.
While galaxy clusters have been used to magnify objects at optical wavelengths, this is the first time scientists have leveraged ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 28, 2019 
It's a jungle out there as responsible finance investors seek ways to fund a green future for the planet.
Here is a look at key terms used in the "green" investment world, and whether its various schemes are having a positive impact.
- SRI or ESG? -
"Green" investment is designed to finance projects that protect the environment or enable firms to make the transition from harmful to e ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Nov 27, 2019 
European ministers met Wednesday in Spain aiming to defend its top space ranking against challenges from the United States and China, and increasingly from industry disruptors such as Elon Musk's Space X.
Ministers of the 22 European Space Agency (ESA) member states gathered in Seville to discuss a request for 14.3 billion euros in funding, some four billion euros more than in the previous ... more |
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