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  Torino, Italy (SPX) Nov 24, 2021 Nanoracks Europe is on track to set a new record as the company prepares to deploy the first-ever 0.3U CubeSat from the International Space Station (ISS). The satellite, named FEES2, was developed by the Italian company GP Advanced Projects and is approximately the thickness of a cherry. It will be one of the smallest trackable objects deployed directly from the Space Station. FEES2 (Flexible Experimental Embedded Satellite-2) is a platform for demonstrating and validating CubeSat technology in or ... read more |
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Maritime Launch Services announces Nanoracks as payload provider; Unveils Spaceport Nova Scotia designHalifaxw, Canada (SPX) Nov 22, 2021 Maritime Launch Services, one of Canada's leading aerospace firms and the owner of the country's first commercial spaceport, announced that Nanoracks, a Voyager Space company and the leading commerc ... more  
AFRL uses expedited acquisition process in latest spacecraft contract awardKirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 19, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate awarded an $8.4 million contract to Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems, Inc. to support the directorate's Precise flight experiment projected f ... more  
Lithography-free carbon nanotube arrays: The simple way to grow an army of tiny superheroesMelbourne, Australia (SPX) Nov 16, 2021 Carbon nanotubes are one of science's best kept secrets. These tiny, man-made materials boast extraordinary properties - they are the darkest material humans can create, they absorb light so well th ... more  
New nanocomposite improves solar evaporation for water purificationBeijing, China (SPX) Nov 11, 2021 Global drinking water scarcity is a severe problem for humans. Water purification consumes a large amount of fossil energy and generates secondary pollution. Solar-thermal interfacial evaporat ... more |
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Aircraft can get higher and greener from doped fuelsOkanagan, Canada (SPX) Nov 03, 2021 The goal of creating a cleaner fuel for aircraft engines is creating a spark at UBC Okanagan. A team of researchers studying the burning rate of nanomaterials in liquid fuels believe they have creat ... more  
Bio-inspired autonomous materialsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 Megan Valentine, a professor of mechanical engineering and co-director of the California NanoSystems Institute at UC Santa Barbara, has been awarded a $1.8 million collaborative grant by the Nationa ... more 
Carbon nanotubes could help electronics withstand outer space's harsh conditionsWashington DC (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 Space missions, such as NASA's Orion that will take astronauts to Mars, are pushing the limits of human exploration. But during their transit, spacecrafts encounter a continuous stream of damaging c ... more  
Towards the detection of the nanohertz gravitational-wave backgroundMunich, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2021 The European Pulsar Timing Array (EPTA) is a scientific collaboration bringing together teams of astronomers around the largest European radio telescopes, as well as groups specialized in data analy ... more  
The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubesGroningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that m ... more |
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AFRL Nano Team takes lead in building stronger ties with IndiaWright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) Oct 25, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory is working to increase availability of rare nanomaterials and strengthen U.S. scientific and manufacturing ties with India. Nanomaterials are thin - about 1/1 ... more 
Endurosat and Exolaunch announce launch agreements for Spacex Falcon 9 Rideshare MissionsSofia, Bulgaria (SPX) Oct 05, 2021 EnduroSat and Exolaunch have signed f launch agreements for sending two EnduroSat NanoSats into orbit aboard SpaceX's Falcon 9. The 6U XL SharedSat nanosatellites, built by EnduroSat for its custome ... more  
Graphene: 'Miracle material' singled out for Covid conspiraciesBuenos Aires (AFP) Oct 1, 2021 Graphene, a Nobel Prize-awarded material with promising applications for greener energy and nanomedicine, has been the topic of much disinformation by coronavirus anti-vaxxers claiming it can be used to "magnetize" and "control" people. ... more 
First observation of energy-difference conservation in optical domainPohang, South Korea (SPX) Sep 24, 2021 When optical gain or loss are precisely controlled using nanophotonics, a new physical event called the non-Hermitian phenomenon can be observed, potentially the next-generation technology of optica ... more 
ITMO researchers create nanoparticle paste to make perovskite solar cells more efficientSt Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Sep 13, 2021 Researchers from ITMO's School of Physics and Engineering have created a paste of titanium dioxide and resonant silicon nanoparticles that will increase the generation of photocurrent in perovskite ... more |
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 Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 24, 2021 
Mining-tech leaders IMDEX - the company behind breakthrough drill and blast technology BLASTDOG TM - is backing development of an Australian-made lunar rover that NASA could send to the moon by 2026.
IMDEX is part of a group of companies supporting Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) that is looking to leverage autonomous technology prevalent in the mining sector for u ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 08, 2021 
The extravehicular activities (EVAs) carried out by two Chinese astronauts from Sunday evening till early Monday morning will help expand the capabilities of the mechanical arm on the country's space station, said the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).
Astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping were out of China's space station core module Tianhe by 8:28 p.m. (Beijing Time) Sunday, and ... more |
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 Prague (AFP) Nov 23, 2021 
The Czech Republic's intelligence agency said on Tuesday that Russian spying activities on its territory had been hit by coronavirus restrictions curbing movement in 2020.
In its annual report, the Security Information Service (BIS) said the restrictions had reduced "opportunities for intelligence exchanges in the traditional areas of interest, such as politics, the academic sphere or trade" ... more |
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Perth, Australia (SPX) Nov 24, 2021
Mining-tech leaders IMDEX - the company behind breakthrough drill and blast technology BLASTDOG TM - is backing development of an Australian-made lunar rover that NASA could send to the moon by 2026.
IMDEX is part of a group of companies supporting Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth (AROSE) that is looking to leverage autonomous technology prevalent in the mining sector for u ... more |
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 Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021 
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Jiuquan (XNA) Nov 24, 2021 
China launched a new Earth-observation satellite from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on Tuesday.
The satellite, Gaofen-3 02, was launched by a Long March-4C rocket at 7:45 a.m. (Beijing Time) and has entered the planned orbit successfully.
The satellite will operate in a solar synchronous orbit at an altitude of 755 km and will be networked with the orbiting G ... more |
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Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 27, 2021
It is an intuitive rule of thumb: if you reduce the density of a material, its stiffness will also be reduced. But scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the US noticed that materials that are based on sandwich nanotubes retained their stiffness at lower densities.
Modelling by materials scientists from the University of Groningen (The Netherlands) revealed how this ... more |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 24, 2021 
A plane has a pilot. A bus has a driver. A train has a conductor. But who controls a Mars rover? During the last seven years that I have operated spacecraft both in orbit and on the surface of Mars, I've come back again and again to the question of who is most responsible for making a spacecraft go.
Is it the ACE who sends the commands to the Deep Space Network (DSN) to be sent to the spac ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Nov 24, 2021 
Personnel from the Spanish Army's Paratrooper Brigade (BRIPAC) have evaluated the operability of the Class I Micro Passer UAS system from Aurea Avionics and GMV, a 1.9 kg unmanned aircraft designed to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to defense and security users.
The event took place in October at the Casas de Uceda Firing and Maneuvering Range (CMT ... more |
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 Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 22, 2021 
A team of University of Arizona researchers has developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods. The devices, called osseosurface electronics, are described in a paper published Thursday in Nature Communications.
"As a surgeon, I am most excited about using measurements collected w ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Nov 19, 2021 
In 2021 so far, some 2467 new objects large enough to be tracked have been added to world catalogues of orbital objects, out of which 1493 are new satellites and the rest are debris. While new objects are added, others are dragged down to Earth by the atmosphere where they safely burn up, resulting in a net increase of at least 1387 trackable objects between 2020 and 2021.
In addition, an ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) Nov 24, 2021 
Lithuania is showing the world a way to resist China's growing pressure by diversifying supply chains and uniting with fellow democracies, the EU nation's foreign minister said Wednesday.
One of the smallest EU nations, Lithuania has been punching above its weight diplomatically by letting Taiwan open an office in its own name and, separately, welcoming the opposition from neighboring Belaru ... more |
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 Trieste, Italy (SPX) Nov 24, 2021 
A mystery of mathematics that has remained unsolved for more than 150 years can be unraveled thanks to a completely unexpected approach coming from statistical physics. This is the important conclusion of Giuseppe Mussardo, professor of Theoretical Physics at SISSA, and Andre Leclair of Cornell University (USA) reported in an article just published in the Journal of Statistical Mechanics (JSTAT) ... more |
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 Rochester NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2021 
The LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration unveiled several studies that shed important new light on the nature of gravitational waves-ripples in time and space produced by merging black holes and/or neutron stars. They include a "census" of gravitational wave events to date and a new catalog of results from the second half of its third observing run (O3b), describing 90 gravitational wave events observ ... more |
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 Dubai (AFP) Nov 22, 2021 
Jordan will provide solar power to Israel, which will in turn supply desalinated water to its desert neighbour, under a declaration of intent the two countries signed Monday.
Ministers from the neighbouring countries inked the US-brokered agreement at a Dubai Expo event joined by John Kerry, the US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.
"The Middle East is on the frontline of the clima ... more |
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 Toulouse, France (SPX) Nov 23, 2021 
The first Airbus built Inmarsat-6 , I-6 F1, satellite has been shipped from Airbus in Toulouse to Tanegashima in Japan ready for launch.
The first satellite of the Inmarsat-6 series is due to be launched on an H-IIA launch vehicle built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in December. Inmarsat-6 F1 is based on Airbus' ultra-reliable Eurostar E3000 spacecraft and will be the 54th Eurostar ... more |
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