24/7 News Coverage
May 04, 2020
SPACE TRAVEL
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satellite



Columbia IL (SPX) Apr 30, 2020
NanoAvionics has been selected to build a 12U nanosatellite bus for an in-orbit demonstration of NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3). This a result of a contract between NASA Ames Research Center and AST for a 12U bus to carry NASA's payload into low Earth orbit (LEO) including an approximately 800 square foot (74 square meter) composite boom and solar sail system. The aim of the ACS3 mission is to replace conventional rocket propellants by developing and testing solar sails using s ... read more

ENERGY TECH
A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heat
New York NY (SPX) Apr 24, 2020
Using electronic devices for too long can cause them to overheat, which might slow them down, damage their components or even make them explode or catch fire. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' Nano ... more
ENERGY TECH
Diamonds shine in energy storage solution
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
QUT researchers have proposed the design of a new carbon nanostructure made from diamond nanothreads that could one day be used for mechanical energy storage, wearable technologies, and biomedical a ... more
CHIP TECH
Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Apr 24, 2020
A pencil shaped semiconductor, measuring only a few hundred nanometers in diameter, is what researches from the Center for Quantum Devices, Niels Bohr Institute, at University of Copenhagen, in coll ... more
MARSDAILY
Nanocardboard flyers could serve as martian atmospheric probes
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
This summer, NASA plans to launch its next Mars rover, Perseverance, which will carry with it the first aircraft to ever fly on another planet, the Mars Helicopter. As the first of its kind, the Mar ... more


Previous Issues May 01 Apr 30 Apr 29 Apr 28 Apr 27
Advertise at Space Media Network Directed Energy And Next Generation Munitions - Jun 25-26 - On Line Event
DSI's 2nd DoD Hypersonic Capabilities Symposium Jul 20-21, 2020 Alexandria, VA
Human 2 Mars Summit - Washington DC - Aug 31 - Sep 01, 2020
Hypersonic Weapons Summit 2020 | Oct 28 - Oct 30 | Washington DC
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review
SOLAR DAILY
Scientists have devised method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at nanoscale
St Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Apr 23, 2020
Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in partnership with colleagues from ITMO University, and universities in Germany, Japan, and Australia, have developed a method for precise, fast ... more
TECH SPACE
Cool down fast to advance quantum nanotechnology
Vienna, Austria (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
The team, led by physicists at the Technische Universitat Kaiserslautern (TUK) in Germany and University of Vienna in Austria, generated the Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) through a sudden change in ... more
ENERGY TECH
New hybrid material improves the performance of silicon in Li-ion batteries
Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed a new hybrid material of mesoporous silicon microparticles and carbon nanotubes that can improve the performance of silicon in Li-ion ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Supercomputers and Archimedes' law enable calculating nanobubble diffusion in nuclear fuel
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Apr 22, 2020
Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have proposed a method that speeds up the calculation of nanobubble diffusion in solid materials. This method makes it possible to cre ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics selected for Norwegian-Dutch research mission for radar signals
London, UK (SPX) Apr 21, 2020
A consortium of Norwegian and Dutch research centres selected satellite integrator NanoAvionics to build two nanosatellites, 'Birkeland' and 'Huygens'. The purchase order is part of a military use o ... more
24/7 Disaster News Coverage
24/7 Technology News Coverage
24/7 China News Coverage



MICROSAT BLITZ
NanoAvionics and Mexican Space Agency Introduce a Nanosatellite Pilot Project for Future Space Missions
Columbia IL (SPX) Apr 20, 2020
Nanosatellite manufacturer and mission integrator NanoAvionics, together with the Mexican Space Agency (AEM) and students from the Polytechnic University of Atlacomulco will develop the first nanosa ... more
ENERGY TECH
New eletronics mimic brain's low-power computing abilities
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2020
Engineers have developed a new electronic device that mimics the brain's synapses. The miniature technological tools, called memristors, send electric signals across protein nanowires with unprecedented efficiency. ... more
CHIP TECH
Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules
Tampa FL (SPX) Apr 17, 2020
Scientists at the University of South Florida have reached a new milestone in the development of two-dimensional supramolecules - the building blocks that make areas of nanotechnology and nanomateri ... more
CARBON WORLDS
UCI-led team designs carbon nanostructure stronger than diamonds
Irvine CA (SPX) Apr 16, 2020
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have architecturally designed plate-nanolattices - nanometer-sized carbon structures - that are stronger than diamonds as a ... more
OIL AND GAS
Tight spaces tip presence of petrochemicals
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 16, 2020
Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations. The Rice researchers determined that ... more


Russian scientists propose new approach to measuring atoms

NANO TECH
Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. ... more
Nano Technology News from NanoDaily.com



TIME AND SPACE
New "refrigerator" super-cools molecules to nanokelvin temperatures
Boston MA (SPX) Apr 09, 2020
For years, scientists have looked for ways to cool molecules down to ultracold temperatures, at which point the molecules should slow to a crawl, allowing scientists to precisely control their quant ... more
WATER WORLD
Electric jolt to carbon makes better water purifier
Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Apr 06, 2020
Nagoya University scientists have developed a one-step fabrication process that improves the ability of nanocarbons to remove toxic heavy metal ions from water. The findings, published in the journa ... more
ENERGY TECH
'Spillway' for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2020
Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal batteries from rapidly heating up and catching fire in case of an internal short circui ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
New satellite mission contract and second US office for NanoAvionics
Columbia IL (SPX) Mar 12, 2020
NanoAvionics announced the reception of a full mission contract for two 6U nanosatellites and the opening of a new sales and engineering support office in Columbia (IL), USA. The mission contract in ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
Space video company Sen awards multimillion-euro contract to NanoAvionics
London, UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2020
Sen, a British space company establishing video streaming media to provide real-time and timely Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video of Earth, has contracted NanoAvionics to build the first five nano-s ... more
24/7 Nuclear News Coverage
24/7 War News Coverage
24/7 War News Coverage



NASA names companies to develop human landers for Artemis Moon Missions
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020
NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history. The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more
+ NASA scientists tapped to mature more rugged seismometer system to measure moonquakes
+ China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far side
+ Research reveals possible active tectonic system on the moon
+ Musk, Bezos win NASA contracts for Moon lander
+ NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters
+ USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
+ ESA helps analyse untouched Moon rocks
China builds Asia's largest steerable radio telescope for Mars mission
Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2020
China is constructing the largest steerable radio telescope in Asia with a 70-meter-diameter antenna to receive data from its first Mars exploration mission which is expected to be launched this year. China aims to complete orbiting, landing and roving on the red planet in one mission, which has been named Tianwen-1. The telescope, with an antenna the size of nine basketball courts, ... more
+ China recollects first satellite stories after entering space for 50 years
+ China's first Mars exploration mission named Tianwen-1
+ Parachutes guide China's rocket debris safely to earth
+ China to launch IoT communications satellites named after Wuhan
+ China's experimental manned spaceship undergoes tests
+ China's Long March-7A carrier rocket fails in maiden flight
+ China's Yuanwang-5 sails to Pacific Ocean for space monitoring mission


Google 'task force' fights bad COVID-19 ads
San Francisco (AFP) April 30, 2020
Google said Thursday its task force devoted to fighting "bad" ads hawking bogus coronavirus cures, illegitimate unemployment benefits and overpriced medical supplies had blocked tens of millions of messages. Google has blocked and removed coronavirus-related marketing pitches in recent months for policy violations including price-gouging and misleading claims, according to ads privacy and sa ... more
+ China says detained Canadians 'in good health'
+ CYSEC SA wins contract to protect ship tracking communications from cyber threats
+ YouTube expands fact-check panels in move against misinformation
+ Esper, lawmakers criticize FCC's approval of Ligado 5G proposal
+ Twitter to block virus 5G conspiracy theory tweets
+ Nation-backed hackers tune attacks to COVID-19; Facebook ads locations tags
+ Key witness testifies in Moscow espionage trial of US ex-marine
NASA names companies to develop human landers for Artemis Moon Missions
Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2020
NASA has selected three U.S. companies to design and develop human landing systems (HLS) for the agency's Artemis program, one of which will land the first woman and next man on the surface of the Moon by 2024. NASA is on track for sustainable human exploration of the Moon for the first time in history. The human landing system awards under the Next Space Technologies for Exploration Partn ... more
+ NASA scientists tapped to mature more rugged seismometer system to measure moonquakes
+ China's lunar rover travels about 448 meters on moon's far side
+ Research reveals possible active tectonic system on the moon
+ Musk, Bezos win NASA contracts for Moon lander
+ NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters
+ USGS releases first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
+ ESA helps analyse untouched Moon rocks
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Previous studies have linked problems with the regulation of hormones from the adrenal gland with mental health disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The new research, detailed in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists investig ... more
+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
+ Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant
+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
+ Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
+ Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
'Gargantuan' hail in Argentina may have smashed world record
University Park PA (SPX) May 01, 2020
A supercell thunderstorm pelted a city center in Argentina a few years ago with hailstones so large scientists suggested a new category to describe them - gargantuan hail. Researchers investigating the 2018 storm found one hailstone likely measured between 7.4 and 9.3 inches across, potentially setting a new world record. The current record belongs to a hailstone that measured 8 inches acr ... more
+ Airbus will support France and India to monitor climate change with TRISHNA
+ Spotting air pollution with satellites, better than ever before
+ Wildlife conservation aided by L3Harris Electro-Optical/Infrared Technology
+ SwRI awarded $12.8M to develop space weather instrument
+ COVID-19: Aeolus and weather forecasts
+ Locked-down Delhi revels in fresh air and blue sky
+ Nine reasons we're grateful to live on Earth


Magnetic nanoparticles help researchers remotely release adrenal hormones
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 13, 2020
Scientists have developed a way to remotely control the release of adrenal hormones like adrenaline and cortisol. Previous studies have linked problems with the regulation of hormones from the adrenal gland with mental health disorders, such as depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The new research, detailed in the journal Science Advances, could help scientists investig ... more
+ New DNA origami motor breaks speed record for nano machines
+ Deep-sea osmolyte makes biomolecular machines heat-tolerant
+ Nanobubbles in nanodroplets
+ New production method for carbon nanotubes gets green light
+ A quantum breakthrough brings a technique from astronomy to the nano-scale
+ Creating a nanoscale on-off switch for heat
+ Nanoscience breakthrough: Probing particles smaller than a billionth of a meter
Mind-controlled arm prostheses that 'feel' are now a part of everyday life
Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Apr 30, 2020
For the first time, people with arm amputations can experience sensations of touch in a mind-controlled arm prosthesis that they use in everyday life. A study in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on three Swedish patients who have lived, for several years, with this new technology - one of the world's most integrated interfaces between human and machine. The advance is unique: th ... more
+ Spinal cord gives bio-bots walking rhythm
+ Scientists build biobot with a real rat spinal cord
+ Robots and cameras: China's sci-fi quarantine watch
+ Singapore disinfecting robot trialled in virus fight
+ Robots ride to rescue as delivery risks rise
+ CIMON-2 makes its successful debut on the ISS
+ Robots may become heroes in war on coronavirus
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

Warsaw hospitals eye drones to transport virus test samples
Warsaw (AFP) April 30, 2020
A Polish company is betting that its drones can help save lives by speeding up deliveries of coronavirus test samples and medical supplies. The Spartaqs drone-maker said on Thursday that it had successfully flown coronavirus samples from one Warsaw hospital to another in a test-run that it hopes will pave the way to the use of drone technology for medical purposes. The return flight of ... more
+ Liteye expands their counter UAS layered approach with Raytheon Missiles and Defense's Phaser
+ Singapore launches first drone delivery service
+ High value targets found in minutes versus days during Wake-Cho Feasibility Study
+ Steering drones for power generation
+ American Manufacturers Swift Tactical Systems and Silvus Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance
+ Citadel Defense Launches New AI and Machine Learning Software to Detect and Defeat Air, Land, and Sea Drones
+ Observing the atmosphere at high altitudes using unmanned aerial vehicles
Smart chips for space
Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020
Tiny integrated circuits destined for space missions, etched onto a single wafer of silicon, examined under a magnifier. To save money on the high cost of fabrication, various chips designed by different companies and destined for multiple ESA projects are crammed onto the same silicon wafers, etched into place at specialised semiconductor manufacturing plants or 'fabs'. Once manufac ... more
+ Army researchers see path to quantum computing at room temperature
+ Reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence
+ Quantum research unifies two ideas offering an alternative route to topological superconductivity
+ Wiring the quantum computer of the future
+ The future of semiconductors is clear
+ Organic memory devices show promise for flexible, wearable, personalized computing
+ Pushing the limits of 2D supramolecules


ESA's Tenerife telescope resumes watching the sky
Paris (ESA) May 01, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ESA has resumed its watch on the skies around our planet. The Agency's Optical Ground Station observatory, 2 400 m above the shores of Tenerife, tracks orbital space debris and near-Earth asteroids. The Optical Ground Station (OGS) is located high on the slopes of the volcanic island, to take advantage of Tenerife's clear weather conditions. It was originally bu ... more
+ Bose-Einstein condensate: magnetic particles behave repulsively
+ US Army's Sentinel A4 Radar Program quickly achieves key milestones
+ First Q-53 radar equipped with gallium nitride delivered to US Army
+ Scientists discover just how runny a liquid can be
+ Papua New Guinea seizes Barrick, Zijin gold mine
+ 'Animal Crossing' offers digital getaway under lockdown
+ Sustainable structural material for plastic substitute
China journalist jailed as free-speech clampdown intensifies
Beijing (AFP) May 1, 2020
A journalist who had worked for some of China's most powerful propaganda outlets has been jailed for 15 years after being accused of attacking the ruling Communist Party, court documents showed. The sentence handed down on Chen Jieren is one of the harshest moves yet against free speech by China's government under President Xi Jinping, who has muzzled the press and ordered Chinese media outl ... more
+ Help wanted: Jobless China workers await relief
+ China's parliament to meet after virus delay
+ Mining boss nets 10 mn Chinese virus tests for Australia despite row
+ China to reopen Forbidden City after three-month closure
+ China's legislature to meet in May after virus delay
+ China's legislature to meet in May after virus delay
+ Back to school in China as lockdowns start to ease worldwide
Daily Newsletters - Space - Military - Environment - Energy

New high-energy-density physics research provides insights about the universe
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 28, 2020
Atoms and molecules behave very differently at extreme temperatures and pressures. Although such extreme matter doesn't exist naturally on the earth, it exists in abundance in the universe, especially in the deep interiors of planets and stars. Understanding how atoms react under high-pressure conditions - a field known as high-energy-density physics (HEDP) - gives scientists valuable insi ... more
+ First direct look at how light excites electrons to kick off a chemical reaction
+ The weight of the Universe
+ New findings suggest laws of nature not as constant as previously thought
+ A new kind of physics
+ "Elegant" solution reveals how the universe got its structure
+ NSF Funds Astrophysicists to Develop Code for "Einstein Toolkit"
+ Star survives close call with a black hole
TAMA300 blazes trail for improved gravitational wave astronomy
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2020
Researchers at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) have used the infrastructure of the former TAMA300 gravitational wave detector in Mitaka, Tokyo to demonstrate a new technique to reduce quantum noise in detectors. This new technique will help increase the sensitivity of the detectors comprising a collaborative worldwide gravitational wave network, allowing them to observe fai ... more
+ Gravitational waves could prove the existence of the quark-gluon plasma
+ A gravitational-wave signal like none before
+ Solar gravity lens concept receives $2m NASA grant for technology maturation
+ Australian researchers create new tools to detect gravitational waves.
+ Astronomers detect first double helium-core white dwarf gravitational wave source
+ Precision mirrors poised to improve sensitivity of gravitational wave detectors
+ Using a spiral graph to understand how galaxies evolve


J-POWER USA starts development of solar project
Chicago IL (SPX) May 04, 2020
J-POWER USA Development Co., Ltd., Solar Plus Development, Inc., a subsidiary of Plus Renewable Technologies Limited, Avondale Solar, LLC and AP Solar Holdings, LLC, a joint venture company between Plus and Avondale, have agreed to jointly develop Red Tailed Hawk Solar, a 350 MWac solar project located in Wharton County, TX. This will be J-POWER USA's first renewable project in the U.S. Th ... more
+ Engineers make a promising material stable enough for use in solar cells
+ Sustainable light achieved in living plants
+ FSU researchers discover new structure for promising class of materials
+ Environment-friendly compound shows promise for solar cell use
+ Scientists have devised method for gentle laser processing of perovskites at nanoscale
+ Windows will soon generate electricity, following solar cell breakthrough
+ Physicists develop approach to increase performance of solar energy
ThinKom completes Antenna Interoperability Demonstrations on Ku-Band LEO constellation
Hawthorne CA (SPX) May 04, 2020
ThinKom Solutions, Inc., recently completed a series of interoperability tests that demonstrated the compatibility of its core antenna technology with a low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. The tests took place during the first quarter of 2020, using commercially available airborne-certified hardware, including a ThinKom Ku3030 phased-array antenna subsystem and a Gogo radome, adaptor ... more
+ SpaceX develops new sunshade to make Starlink satellites less visible from Earth
+ Infostellar has raised a total of $3.5M in convertible bonds
+ Elon Musk's SpaceX launches 60 Starlink satellites from Florida
+ Momentus selected as launch provider for Swarm
+ SpaceX plans Wednesday Starlink satellite launch from Florida
+ US wants to mine resources in space, but is it legal?
+ NewSpace Philosophies: Who, How, What?
Buy Advertising Media Advertising Kit Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2020 - Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principals for news reporting and research purposes. AFP, UPI and IANS news wire stories are copyright Agence France-Presse, United Press International and Indo-Asia News Service. ESA news reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space Media Network on any Web page published or hosted by Space Media Network. Privacy Statement