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  Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 Russian and Danish researchers have made a first-ever experimental observation of a plasmon nanojet. This physical phenomenon enables nanoscale focusing of light and, theoretically, allows engineers to bypass one of the fundamental limitations of the ordinary converging lens. Tight compression of light waves is necessary to use them as signal carriers in compact devices that would work much faster than today's electronics. The study comes out in the June 15 issue of Optics Letters. Before laser po ... read more |
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Simba CubeSat to swivel from Earth to Sun to help track climate changeParis (ESA) Jun 16, 2020 Due to launch aboard Friday's Vega rocket, ESA's Simba CubeSat is a tiny mission with a big ambition: to measure one of the fundamental drivers of climate change in a new way. The 30-cm long nanosat ... more  
Two-dimensional carbon networksWashington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 Lithium-ion batteries usually contain graphitic carbons as anode materials. Scientists have investigated the carbonic nanoweb graphdiyne as a novel two-dimensional carbon network for its suitability ... more  
The smallest motor in the worldDubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," ... more  
Arianespace Vega mission to perform Small Spacecraft Mission Service Proof of Concept flightKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jun 12, 2020 With this mission, designated Flight VV16, Arianespace underscores its comprehensive range of innovative and competitive services to address the nano- and micro-satellite market sub-segment, serving ... more |
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Solar cells, phone displays and lighting could be transformed by nanocrystal assembly methodMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Jun 04, 2020 Smart phones, tablets and laptop displays, camera lenses, biosensing devices, integrated chips and solar photovoltaic cells are among the applications that could stand to benefit from an innovative ... more  
Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floorBoston MA (SPX) Jun 02, 2020 Carbon nanotube transistors are a step closer to commercial reality, now that MIT researchers have demonstrated that the devices can be made swiftly in commercial facilities, with the same equipment ... more  
Nanosatellite with global mission tested for spaceParis (ESA) May 29, 2020 ESA's largest antenna test facility remains operational despite the COVID-19 pandemic, performing pre-flight testing for the latest satellite in a constellation to serve the internet of things. ... more 
Xilinx 'lifts off' with launch of industry's first 20nm space-grade FPGA for space applicationsSan Jose CA (SPX) May 26, 2020 Xilinx has announced the industry's first 20-nanometer (nm) space-grade FPGA, delivering full radiation tolerance and ultra-high throughput and bandwidth performance for satellite and space applicat ... more  
Surrey reveals its implantable biosensor that operates without batteriesSurrey UK (SPX) May 22, 2020 Researchers from the University of Surrey have revealed their new biodegradable motion sensor - paving the way for implanted nanotechnology that could help future sports professionals better monitor ... more |
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 Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire 
How to manipulate light on the nanoscale over wide frequency rangesWashington DC (SPX) May 11, 2020 An international team led by researchers from the University of Oviedo and the Centre for Research in Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (CINN-CSIC), together with scientist from the Basque research c ... more |
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FLIR to supply Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for US Army's Soldier Borne Sensor ProgramArlington VA (SPX) May 08, 2020 FLIR Systems has won an additional $20.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS). The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV ... more 
Satellites for NASA funded AERO-VISTA mission to be built by NanoAvionicsColumbia IL (SPX) May 08, 2020 NanoAvionics has received a contract to build two nanosatellites for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) AERO-VISTA mission team at NanoAvionics' recently opened manufacturing facility i ... more 
To make an atom-sized machine, you need a quantum mechanicSingapore (SPX) May 05, 2020 Here's a new chapter in the story of the miniaturisation of machines: researchers in a laboratory in Singapore have shown that a single atom can function as either an engine or a fridge. Such a devi ... more  
NASA's new solar sail system to be tested on-board NanoAvionics' satelliteColumbia 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 Res ... more  
A new way to cool down electronic devices, recover waste heatNew 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 |
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 Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2020 
NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.
The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA's first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, ... more |
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 Wenchang, China (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Homestay and catering industries related to aerospace are expected to be developed in Wenchang township, the location of China's fourth satellite launch center in tropical Hainan province, according to a local official.
"I believe the two new industries will further contribute to our economy and employment, even though we have just put forward the idea and are still studied specific measur ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) June 19, 2020 
Australia's prime minister said Friday his country was under a broad cyberattack from a "state-based actor" targeting government, public services and businesses, but declined to name the culprit.
Warning Australians of "specific risks" and an increased frequency of attacks, Scott Morrison told a hastily organized press conference that a range of sensitive institutions had been hit.
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 16, 2020
NASA is inviting additional teams to compete in the Cube Quest Challenge. You can still participate in the in-space phase of the challenge and be eligible to win part of a $4.5 million prize purse.
The Cube Quest Challenge, NASA's first in-space competition, incentivizes teams to design, build and deliver small satellites capable of advanced operations near and beyond the Moon. To compete, ... more |
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 Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," explains Oliver Groning, head of the Functional Surfaces Research Group at Empa. The motor measures less than one nanometer - in other words it is around 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Jun 18, 2020 
China launched a new Earth observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 3:19 pm Wednesday (Beijing Time).
The satellite Gaofen-9 03, sent into orbit by a Long March-2D carrier rocket, is an optical remote-sensing satellite with a resolution up to the sub-meter level.
The satellite will be mainly used for land survey, city planning, land right c ... more |
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Dubendorf, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 17, 2020
The smallest motor in the world - consisting of just 16 atoms: this was developed by a team of researchers from Empa and EPFL. "This brings us close to the ultimate size limit for molecular motors," explains Oliver Groning, head of the Functional Surfaces Research Group at Empa. The motor measures less than one nanometer - in other words it is around 100,000 times smaller than the diameter of a ... more |
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 Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
Scientists at the University of Sydney have adapted techniques from autonomous vehicles and robotics to efficiently assess the performance of quantum devices, an important process to help stabilise the emerging technologies.
The innovative approach has been shown experimentally to outperform simplistic characterisation of these environments by a factor of three, with a much higher result f ... more |
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 Aberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
Soon, the U.S. Army will be able to deploy autonomous air vehicles that can change shape during flight, according to new research presented at the AIAA Aviation Forum and Exposition's virtual event June 16.
Researchers with the U.S. Army's Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory and Texas A and M University published findings of a two-year study in fluid-structur ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
Information technology continues to progress at a rapid pace. However, the growing demands of data centers have pushed electrical input-output systems to their physical limit, which has created a bottleneck. Maintaining this growth will require a shift in how we built computers. The future is optical.
Over the last decade, the field of photonics has provided a solution to the chip-to-chip ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 19, 2020
As humanity expands its horizons beyond the Earth and begins to consider space missions with extended duration, sustainability necessitates the launch of more space vehicles, increasing the risk of collision with existing space debris. One method of clearing this debris involves a tug vehicle dragging it to a safe region.
In a new paper published in EPJ Sp ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 18, 2020 
China moved closer Thursday to passing a controversial national security law for Hong Kong that has raised international concerns it will end the financial hub's limited freedoms.
A draft was submitted to the country's top lawmaking body, the official Xinhua news agency said, and could be approved as soon as Saturday as the Communist Party seeks to end a pro-democracy movement that has rocke ... more |
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 Paris. France (SPX) Jun 18, 2020 
An international collaboration bringing together over 200 scientists from 13 countries has shown that the very high-energy gamma-ray emission from quasars, galaxies with a highly energetic nucleus, is not concentrated in the region close to their central black hole but in fact extends over several thousand light-years along jets of plasma.
This discovery shakes up current scenarios for the ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Jun 10, 2020 
ESA and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs have selected a team from Mahidol University, Thailand to carry out research using ESA's hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge. The team will see how watermeal - the smallest flowering plant on Earth, even smaller than the more familiar duckweed - responds to changing gravity levels to assess its usefulness for space-based lif ... more |
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 Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 19, 2020 
A simple and noninvasive treatment could become a prime post-crystallization process to optimize the optoelectronic properties of hybrid perovskite solar cell materials.
In this treatment devised by KAUST, bromine vapors penetrate the surface of as-synthesized perovskite crystals to reach their deep-lying layers, removing surface and bulk defects generated during crystal growth.
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 Stevenage UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2020 
The UK's space industry leader Airbus, has teamed with KBR, Leidos UK, Northrop Grumman and QinetiQ to bring new thinking to future space solutions and to launch the Open Innovation - Space initiative. The aim of Open Innovation - Space is to further increase SME involvement in UK future satellite communications services and space activities creating high value jobs and growth across the UK.
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