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  Kirtland AFB NM (AFNS) Oct 08, 2020 After more than 20 years and 5,500 graduates, the Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosat Program is still providing college students around the country with a hands-on education in designing, building, and launching a satellite into space. In 1999, the first year of the program, 10 universities participated. Over the years, that number has tripled, and is now being managed by one of its graduates, Jesse Olson. Having entered the University Nanosat Program in 2013, Olson joined th ... read more |
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Cobham SATCOM and Kepler Communications achieve excellent results for maritime terminals over LEO networkCopenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 Cobham SATCOM, a market leading provider of radio and satellite communications solutions, and Kepler Communications, a pioneer of nanosatellite telecommunications solutions, have announced its compl ... more  
Accion Systems to demonstrate its propulsion system in NanoAvionics US rideshare missionColumbia IL (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 NanoAvionics, a multinational nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has signed a contract with US-company Accion Systems to host their propulsion system, TILE 3, on-board its new ri ... more  
Nanohmics to test ultra-compact hyperspectral imager on the ISSHouston TX (SPX) Oct 08, 2020 Imagine a compact sensor in low Earth orbit powerful enough to capture the unique spectral signatures of ground objects, yet small enough to hold in your hand. Nanohmics, a leading-edge research and ... more  
Intelligent nanomaterials for photonicsJena, Germany (SPX) Oct 08, 2020 At the latest since the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for research on graphene in 2010, 2D materials - nanosheets with atomic thickness - have been a hot topic in science. This significan ... more |
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Machine-learning nanosats to inform global tradeParis (ESA) Sep 29, 2020 The latest batch of tiny satellites to monitor trade on Earth from space have launched. The Glaswegian-built nanosatellites join a fleet of about 100 objects in low Earth orbit that help to pr ... more  
Nanocrystals can trigger explosive volcanic eruptionsWashington DC (UPI) Sep 24, 2020 The presence of tiny crystals in magma can cause volcanoes to violently explode, according to a new study published Thursday in the journal Science Advances. ... more  
Hyperbolic metamaterials exhibit 2T physicsWashington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 Metamaterials - nanoengineered structures designed for precise control and manipulation of electromagnetic waves - have enabled such innovations as invisibility cloaks and super-resolution microscop ... more  
Nanojets shine light on heating of the Solar CoronaWashington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2020 In a paper published in Nature Astronomy, researchers report the first ever clear images of nanojets - bright thin lights that travel perpendicular to the magnetic structures in the solar atmosphere ... more  
NanoAvionics enters India's space market through partnership with Ananth TechnologiesVilnius, Lithuania (SPX) Sep 18, 2020 NanoAvionics, a multinational nanosatellite mission integrator, has signed a partnership agreement with Ananth Technologies Ltd (ATL) which marks NanoAvionics' entry into India's growing NewSpace in ... more |
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 Exolaunch to Deliver the NetSat constellation into Orbit for Wurzburg Center for Telematics 
Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smallerMoscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 17, 2020 Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and King's College London cleared the obstacle that had prevented the creation of electrically driven nanolasers for integrated circui ... more  |
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Energy harvesting goes organic, gets more flexibleWashington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2020 Nanogenerators capable of converting mechanical energy into electricity are typically made from metal oxides and lead-based perovskites. But these inorganic materials aren't biocompatible, so the ra ... more 
GITAI and Nanoracks demonstrate GITAI robot inside the Nanoracks Bishop AirlockTokyo, Japan (SPX) Sep 10, 2020 In 2021, space robotics start-up GITAI, in collaboration with Nanoracks, will conduct a technical demonstration of a GITAI robot executing versatile tasks inside the Nanoracks' Bishop Airlock Module ... more 
HyperScout 2 is in spaceKourou, French Guiana (SPX) Sep 04, 2020 On 3 September 2020 at 03:51 CEST, a Vega launch vehicle carried two FSSCat nanosatellites into orbit, one of which houses the brand new HyperScout 2 instrument. This advanced remote sensing system ... more 
Machine-learning nanosatellites to monitor global tradeGlasgow UK (SPX) Sep 08, 2020 Nanosatellites, built in Glasgow, will join a fleet of more than 100 objects in low Earth orbit that help to predict the movement of the world's resources, so that businesses and governments can mak ... more 
Nano particles for healthy tissueParis (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 "Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells f ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
The Gateway program is making progress toward establishing a sustainable lunar presence. Behind the scenes, women like Sharada Vitalpur and Lindsey Ingram are working hard to make the Gateway a reality, while encouraging the next generation of explorers to pursue their passion and achieve success.
Meet Sharada Vitalpur, Communication and Tracking Systems Manager for Gateway
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 Beijing (XNA) Oct 13, 2020 
Southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center will carry out 10 space launches including the Chang'e 5 lunar probe by the end of March next year, a center official said on Monday.
The center will carry out launch missions twice a month on average, with a minimum interval of five days, said Zhang Xueyu, director of the launch center.
The country on Monday sent its new optical remo ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) Oct 12, 2020  Beijing on Monday rubbished a Canadian charge that two of its citizens were being arbitrarily detained in China, instead accusing Ottawa of "double standards" over the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou.
Canadian former diplomat Michael Kovrig and businessman Michael Spavor have been held in China for nearly two years and have been charged with spying.
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2020
The Gateway program is making progress toward establishing a sustainable lunar presence. Behind the scenes, women like Sharada Vitalpur and Lindsey Ingram are working hard to make the Gateway a reality, while encouraging the next generation of explorers to pursue their passion and achieve success.
Meet Sharada Vitalpur, Communication and Tracking Systems Manager for Gateway
From sate ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020 
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
Serco Europe, a leading provider of services to the space sector, has just launched a research incubator at its Italian Head Office near Rome.
The Red Lab is a research hub which aims to strengthen Serco's relationships with universities and research institutes and encourage cooperation in space research and innovation.
Through the Red Lab, Serco will provide research opportunities i ... more |
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Paris (ESA) Sep 07, 2020
"Eat your vitamins" might be replaced with "ingest your ceramic nano-particles" in the future as space research is giving more weight to the idea that nanoscopic particles could help protect cells from common causes of damage.
Oxidative stress occurs in our bodies when cells lose the natural balance of electrons in the molecules that we are made of. This is a common and constant occurrence ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 13, 2020 
A controller in Germany operated ESA's gripper-equipped Interact rover around a simulated moonscape at the Agency's technical heart in the Netherlands, to practice retrieving geological samples. At the same time a smaller Germany-based rover interacted with ESA's rover as if together at the same site - in a dress rehearsal for a robotic test campaign to the Moon-like volcanic slopes of Mount Etn ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 11, 2020 
The self-driving car industry has made great autonomy advances, but mostly for well-structured and highly predictable environments. In complex militarily-relevant settings, robotic vehicles have not demonstrated operationally relevant speed and aren't autonomously reliable.
While vehicle platforms that can handle difficult terrain exist, their autonomy algorithms and software often can't p ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
The Fourier transform is a mathematical operation essential to virtually all fields of physics and engineering. Although there already exists an algorithm that computes the Fourier transform in quantum computers, it is not versatile enough for many practical applications.
In a recent study, scientists from Tokyo University of Science tackle this problem by designing a novel quantum circuit ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), the market-leader in securing long-term orbital sustainability, has closed its Series E round with additional funding of U.S. $51 million from a group of investors led by aSTART Co., Ltd. ("aSTART"). This latest round brings the total investment raised to U.S. $191 million and makes Astroscale the most funded on-orbit services and logistics company global ... more |
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 Sydney (AFP) Oct 14, 2020  Australia on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the prosecution of writer Yang Hengjun after Beijing officials confirmed an espionage case against him would go ahead.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne said officials had been shown no evidence to support charges against the Chinese-Australian, despite repeatedly asking Beijing for details of the case.
"The government is disappointed and deep ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have proposed a novel method for finding dark matter, the cosmos' mystery material that has eluded detection for decades. Dark matter makes up about 27% of the universe; ordinary matter, such as the stuff that builds stars and planets, accounts for just 5% of the cosmos. (A mysterious entity called dark ... more |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Oct 13, 2020 
It's been three years since the landmark detection of a neutron star merger from gravitational waves. And since that day, an international team of researchers led by University of Maryland astronomer Eleonora Troja has been continuously monitoring the subsequent radiation emissions to provide the most complete picture of such an event.
Their analysis provides possible explanations for X-ra ... more |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have significantly boosted the output from a system that can extract drinkable water directly from the air even in dry regions, using heat from the sun or another source.
The system, which builds on a design initially developed three years ago at MIT by members of the same team, brings the process closer to something that could become a practical water sour ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 15, 2020 
Spaceflight Inc. reports it will execute two launches on two different continents in a matter of weeks; one aboard a Rocket Lab Electron and the other on NewSpace India Limited's (NSIL) PSLV. For both missions, Spaceflight arranged the launch and is providing mission management and rideshare integration services for its customers Canon Electronics, Kleos Space and Spire.
"2020 presented un ... more |
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