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  Paris, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 Exotrail, a French company dedicated to providing innovative on-orbit transportation solutions for the small satellite market have signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, Europe's leading nanosatellite solutions specialist. Exotrail will equip them with cutting-edge propulsion solutions for their customers, including global satellite telecommunications leader Eutelsat for its ELO 3 and ELO 4 spacecraft. The French company will provide propulsion systems for the two 6U CubeSats which will be manufa ... read more |
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Nanoracks Completes 17th Commercial Space Station CubeSat Deployment MissionWebster TX (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 Nanoracks, the world's leading provider of commercial access to space, has completed the Company's 17th CubeSat deployment mission from the International Space Station using commercially developed a ... more 
DreamUp and Nanoracks announce HBCU collaboration with Langston UniversityLangston OK (SPX) Feb 14, 2020 DreamUp, the leading provider space-based educational opportunities, and sister-company Nanoracks, the leading provider of commercial access to space, have announced a joint effort with Oklahoma His ... more  
Economical and environmentally friendly solutions on the commercial satellites marketWarsaw, Poland (SPX) Feb 12, 2020 We are observing a considerable increase in the demand for satellite systems around the world. Various independent sources forecast that the nano- and microsatellite market will grow from $1.5 billi ... more 
New threads: Nanowires made of tellurium and nanotubes hold promise for wearable techHoughton MI (SPX) Feb 11, 2020 Wearable tech and electronic cloth may be the way of the future, but to get there the wiring needs to be strong, flexible and efficient. Boron nitride nanotubes (BNNT), studied by physicists a ... more |
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Space Flight Laboratory and Kepler Communications team up for nanosatellite constellationToronto, Canada (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), a developer of microspace missions for over 21 years, is designing and building the first fully operational nanosatellite in Kepler Communications' next-generation con ... more 
Nanoracks deploys 250th satellite, 8th Cygnus MissionDulles VA (SPX) Feb 04, 2020 Friday evening, Nanoracks successfully completed the Company's eighth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. Alan Bean) departed the International Space S ... more  
Xplore and Nanoracks partner to commercialize deep spaceSeattle WA (SPX) Jan 30, 2020 Xplore Inc., a commercial space company providing "Space As A Service" has announced a partnership in which Nanoracks will provide commercial deep space flight opportunities for its customers and se ... more  
Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerantSapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in ... more 
Crab-shell and seaweed compounds spin into yarns for sustainable and functional materialsEspoo, Finland (SPX) Jan 29, 2020 Researchers from Aalto University, the University of Sao Paulo and the University of British Columbia have found a way to make a new kind of fibre from a combination of chitin nanoparticles, extract ... more |
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Let the europium shine brighterSapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 A stacked nanocarbon antenna makes a rare earth element shine 5 times more brightly than previous designs, with applications in molecular light-emitting devices. A unique molecular design deve ... more |
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Physicists trap light in nanoresonators for record timeSt Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 An international team of researchers from ITMO University, the Australian National University, and Korea University have experimentally trapped an electromagnetic wave in a gallium arsenide nanoreso ... more 
Nanosatellites improve detection of early-season corn nitrogen stressUrbana IL (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 For corn growers, the decision of when and how much nitrogen fertilizer to apply is a perennial challenge. Scientists at the University of Illinois have shown that nanosatellites known as CubeSats c ... more  
Nano antennas for data transferWurzburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 Directional antennas convert electrical signals to radio waves and emit them in a particular direction, allowing increased performance and reduced interference. This principle, which is useful in ra ... more 
Nanobubbles in nanodropletsFreiburg, Germany (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 A team headed by Professor Frank Stienkemeier at Freiburg's Institute of Physics and Dr. Marcel Mudrich, professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark, has observed the ultrafast reaction of nano ... more  
Low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngasHouston TX (SPX) Jan 13, 2020 Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a major segment of the chemical industry. The particle, tiny spheres of copper dot ... more |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Feb 21, 2020 
Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the National Space Council, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine got a glimpse Wednesday into how NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia is at the forefront of space exploration and has been vital to missions from Apollo to Artemis.
"It's an honor to be among men and women who will play a decisive role when in four years' time we return Am ... more |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Feb 21, 2020 
China's spacecraft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 is sailing to the Pacific Ocean from a port in east China's Jiangsu Province Thursday for a maritime space monitoring mission.
It is the first voyage of the ship this year.
Before the end of the Spring Festival, the mission members were gathered and quarantined on the ship to prevent the novel coronavirus infection. They completed the prepa ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Feb 21, 2020 
A counter-terrorism analyst at the US Defense Intelligence Agency pleaded guilty on Thursday to leaking secret information to journalists, including details about foreign countries' weapons systems.
Henry Kyle Frese, 31, who was arrested in October, faces a maximum of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced in June, the Department of Justice said in a statement.
It detailed how Frese had ... more |
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Hampton VA (SPX) Feb 21, 2020
Vice President Mike Pence, chair of the National Space Council, and NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine got a glimpse Wednesday into how NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia is at the forefront of space exploration and has been vital to missions from Apollo to Artemis.
"It's an honor to be among men and women who will play a decisive role when in four years' time we return Am ... more |
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 Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020 
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Beijing, China (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
A stratospheric sudden warming is perhaps one of the most radical changes of weather that is observed on our planet. As numerical weather prediction models have improved, including better representation of the stratosphere, an extensive amount of studies have been investigating forecasts for major stratospheric sudden warmings (MSSWs), which affect all layers of the atmosphere, changing wind cir ... more |
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Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Jan 24, 2020
Researchers have discovered a method to control biomolecular machines over a wide temperature range using deep-sea osmolyte trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). This finding could open a new dimension in the application of artificial machines fabricated from biomolecular motors and other proteins.
Biomolecular motors are the smallest natural machines that keep living organisms dynamic. They can ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 19, 2020 
From translation apps to facial recognition, artificial intelligence is becoming a major part of everyday life and the European Union is eager to bring order to this digital "wild west" where the US and China dominate.
On Wednesday, key Brussels officials will unveil ideas to regulate AI, hoping to stimulate EU champions in the highly strategic sector while also dispelling fears that a high ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 20, 2020 
The U.S. Navy announced Thursday that it has installed a laser weapon system that allows ships to counter aerial drones.
According to the Navy, the first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) was installed on the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey during the vessel's recently completed dry-docking restricted availbility.
The system's development, testing a ... more |
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 Daejeon, South Korea (SPX) Feb 24, 2020 
Researchers have reported a black phosphorus transistor that can be used as an alternative ultra-low power switch. A research team led by Professor Sungjae Cho in the KAIST Department of Physics developed a thickness-controlled black phosphorous tunnel field-effect transistor (TFET) that shows 10-times lower switching power consumption as well as 10,000-times lower standby power consumption than ... more |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Feb 20, 2020 
Exotrail, a French company dedicated to providing innovative on-orbit transportation solutions for the small satellite market have signed a contract with AAC Clyde Space, Europe's leading nanosatellite solutions specialist.
Exotrail will equip them with cutting-edge propulsion solutions for their customers, including global satellite telecommunications leader Eutelsat for its ELO 3 and ELO ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2020 
China on Thursday appointed a senior official known for a hardline crackdown on Christians to head its main policy-making body for Hong Kong, following months of pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous city.
The reshuffle comes after months of political unrest - the starkest challenge to Beijing since the former British colony was returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
Senior Beijing o ... more |
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 Dunedin, New Zealand (SPX) Feb 24, 2020 
In a first for quantum physics, University of Otago researchers have "held" individual atoms in place and observed previously unseen complex atomic interactions.
A myriad of equipment including lasers, mirrors, a vacuum chamber, and microscopes assembled in Otago's Department of Physics, plus a lot of time, energy, and expertise, have provided the ingredients to investigate this quantum pr ... more |
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 Tempe AZ (SPX) Jan 14, 2020 
If you jump out of bed too quickly, you might feel a bit light-headed.
That's because when you're lying down, gravity causes your blood to pool in the lower parts of your body rather than in your brain. Fortunately, when you stand up, within a fraction of a second, your heart begins beating faster, moving the blood to your brain and allowing you to maintain your balance.
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 Washington DC (UPI) Feb 18, 2020 
A solar-powered unmanned aircraft with a wingspan of 114 feet completed its maiden high-altitude flight in the stratosphere, maker BAE Systems said on Monday.
The plane, called PHASA-35, which stands for Persistent High altitude Solar Aircraft and its wingspan measured in meters, is meant to fly about 32 miles above the earth in the space, in the upper atmosphere between conventional aircr ... more |
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 Luxembourg (SPX) Feb 19, 2020 
Kleos Space S.A, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company, headquartered in Luxembourg, secured a euro 3.1 million loan agreement with Dubai-based family office Winance to progress its commercialisation plans and repay the extant convertible note. Winance will further provide optional euro 6.0 million through a convertible note agreement, subject to final ... more |
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