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AFRL selects 10 universities for satellite program![]() Kirtland AFB NM (SPX) Nov 30, 2021 The Air Force Research Laboratory's University Nanosatellite Program (UNP) has selected 10 universities to participate in the upcoming 2-year partnership to design, fabricate and test small satellites. At the recent Flight Selection Review for the program's tenth cycle, 3 of 10 universities were chosen to remain in the program and continue development of their CubeSats. These universities will be provided flights to space upon completion of their satellites. The objective of the University Nanosa ... read more |
Combining two cognitive computing nano-elements into oneSendai, Japan (SPX) Dec 01, 2021 Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of Gothenburg have established a new spintronic technology for brain-inspired computing. Their achievement was published in the journal Natu ... more
Nanoracks to deploy first 0.3U CubeSat from Space StationTorino, 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 b ... more
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 |
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Using nanowires to make ultra efficient low-cost solar cellsTrondheim, Norway (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 A research group at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has developed a method for making an ultra-high material efficient solar cell using semiconductor nanowires. If this is ... more
Synergistic effect of solvent and solid additives on morphology optimization of organic solar cellsSuzhou, China (SPX) Nov 08, 2021 Controlling the morphology of photoactive layers towards nanoscale bi-continuous donor/acceptor interpenetrating networks is a key issue to build high-performance organic solar cells (OSCs). D ... more
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 Washington 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 |
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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
Nanoracks, Voyager Space, and Lockheed Martin to develop commercial space moduleWashington DC (SPX) Oct 25, 2021 Nanoracks, in collaboration with Voyager Space and Lockheed Martin, has formed a team to develop the first-ever free flying commercial space station. The space station, known as Starlab, will be a c ... more
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 |
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Asteroid material deposited during large impacts record the moon's ancient magnetic field West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
The moon has no core dynamo magnetic field, but spacecraft detect numerous strong localized magnetic fields in the crust of the moon. Many of these magnetic anomalies are antipodal to large impact basins.
Scientists at Purdue University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, led by Brandon Johnson, Purdue associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, ran impact ... more |
Rocket industrial park put into operation in Wuhan Wuhan (XNA) Nov 26, 2021
The China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Limited (CASIC) said that it completed the construction of an intelligent satellite production line and a rocket industrial park in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Located in the Wuhan National Aerospace Industry Base, both the production line and the industrial park went into operation, said Liu Shiquan, general manager of the CASIC. ... more |
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Czech intel report says Russian spying hit by Covid 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 |
Asteroid material deposited during large impacts record the moon's ancient magnetic field West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
The moon has no core dynamo magnetic field, but spacecraft detect numerous strong localized magnetic fields in the crust of the moon. Many of these magnetic anomalies are antipodal to large impact basins.
Scientists at Purdue University and the University of California, Santa Cruz, led by Brandon Johnson, Purdue associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences, ran impact ... more |
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The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes 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 |
Spire Global completes acquisition of exactEarth Ltd Vienna VA (SPX) Dec 01, 2021 |
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The secret of ultralight but stiff sandwich nanotubes 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 |
Team builds first living robots that can reproduce Burlington VT (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
To persist, life must reproduce. Over billions of years, organisms have evolved many ways of replicating, from budding plants to sexual animals to invading viruses. Now scientists have discovered an entirely new form of biological reproduction - and applied their discovery to create the first-ever, self-replicating living robots.
The same team that built the first living robots has discove ... more |
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China-developed UAV completes marine meteorological observation test Beijing (XNA) Dec 02, 2021
The China-developed Wing Loong-10 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed a scientific research and experiment test mission on marine meteorological observation, announced the developer on Saturday.
On Saturday morning, the Wing Loong-10 UAV carried out collaborative observations on cloud systems over the ocean, temperature and humidity profile distribution, surface wind fields, and ot ... more |
A simpler design for quantum computers Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
Today's quantum computers are complicated to build, difficult to scale up, and require temperatures colder than interstellar space to operate. These challenges have led researchers to explore the possibility of building quantum computers that work using photons - particles of light. Photons can easily carry information from one place to another, and photonic quantum computers can operate at room ... more |
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Astroscale space debris removal leaders announce series F raises $109 million London, UK (SPX) Nov 26, 2021
Astroscale Holdings Inc. ("Astroscale"), the market leader in satellite servicing and long-term orbital sustainability across all orbits, today announced it closed its Series F round with additional funding of U.S. $109 million from a group of new investors led by THE FUND Limited Partnership in Japan, with participation from international investors including Seraphim Space Investment Trust plc ... more |
Nationalistic war film smashes Chinese box office records Beijing (AFP) Nov 25, 2021
A nationalistic blockbuster set during the Korean War has racked up hundreds of millions of dollars in ticket sales and become the highest-grossing film ever in China, according to box office data.
"The Battle at Changjin Lake", a chest-thumping war epic, is the latest entry in a new era of Chinese action films with explicitly patriotic themes that reflect rising levels of domestic nationali ... more |
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Record-breaking simulations of large-scale structure formation in the universe Tsukuba, Japan (SPX) Dec 02, 2021
Current simulations of cosmic structure formation do not accurately reproduce the properties of ghost-like particles called neutrinos that have been present in the Universe since its beginning. But now, a research team from Japan has devised an approach that solves this problem.
In a study published this month in SC '21: Proceedings of the International Conference for High Performance Comp ... more |
LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration announces 90 gravitational wave discoveries to date 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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Directional management of interface defects achieved in perovskite solar cells Hefei, China (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
Organic-inorganic halide perovskite materials have excellent optical capture capacity and carrier conductivity. Perovskite solar cells, with amazing power conversion efficiency, show great application prospects.
However, a large number of unfavorable defects, growing up after or during annealing process due to their ionic nature, would lead to sites of nonradiative recombination and accele ... more |
FCC Validates SES Phase I Accelerated C-band Clearing and Relocation Certification Luxembourg (SPX) Nov 26, 2021
SES, the leader in global content connectivity solutions, announces the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has validated the certification of SES's Phase I accelerated C-band clearing and relocation activities, a critical step to help meet the Commission's objectives to quickly roll out 5G services across the United States.
With the help of trusted partners across the U.S., SES h ... more |
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