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December 11, 2020
SPACE TRAVEL
Nanoracks Bishop airlock takes flight



Cape Canaveral, FL (SPX) Dec 09, 2020
The privately-owned Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, has reached ISS after a successful launch onboard the CRS-21 mission. "This is a monumental moment for Nanoracks," says CEO Jeffrey Manber. "We came up with this idea five years ago. In those five quick years, we've gone from being known as the 'CubeSat' deployment company to an organization that is building the future of commercial low-Earth orbit infrastructure. I am beyond proud of our team and grateful to all of our partners and customers who have ... read more

CARBON WORLDS
Skoltech scientists run a 'speed test' to boost the production of carbon nanotubes
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Dec 03, 2020
Skoltech researchers have investigated the procedure for catalyst delivery used in the most common method of carbon nanotube production, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), offering what they call a "s ... more
TECH SPACE
Russian scientists improve 3D printing technology for aerospace composites using oil waste
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 26, 2020
Scientists from NUST MISIS have improved the technology of 3D printing from aluminum, having achieved an increase in the hardness of products by 1,5 times. The nanocarbon additive to aluminum powder ... more
SPACEWAR
Colombian Air Force initiates its 2nd Nanosatellite mission with GomSpace
Aalborg, Denmark (SPX) Nov 13, 2020
GomSpace has signed a contract with CODALTEC / Colombian Air Force ("FAC") to initiate the FACSAT-2 satellite mission and associated intensive virtual technology transfer program. The contract is wo ... more
TECH SPACE
Smaller than ever - exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 13, 2020
The development of functional nanomaterials has been a major landmark in the history of materials science. Nanoparticles with diameters ranging from 5 to 500 nm have unprecedented properties, such a ... more
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Telling when a nanolithography mold will break through droplets
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 12, 2020
Ultraviolet nanoimprint lithography is powerful method of producing polymer nanostructures by pressing a curable resin onto a mold. However, there are no convenient methods to determine the lifetime ... more
NANO TECH
Making 3D nanosuperconductors with DNA
Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials - those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter - that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of qu ... more
TIME AND SPACE
No matter the size of a nuclear party, some protons and neutrons will pair up and dance
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 10, 2020
Atoms in a gas can seem like partiers at a nanoscopic rave, with particles zipping around, pairing up, and flying off again in seemingly random fashion. And yet physicists have come up with formulas ... more
CHIP TECH
Next-generation computer chip with two heads
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Nov 06, 2020
It's a major breakthrough in the field of electronics. Engineers at EPFL's Laboratory of Nanoscale Electronics and Structures (LANES) have developed a next-generation circuit that allows for smaller ... more
NANO TECH
Researchers share design for affordable single-molecule microscope
Washington DC (UPI) Nov 06, 2020
With education budgets shrinking at universities in many parts of the world, every expense matters. Thanks to a team of scientists and students from the University of Sheffield, stocking the chem lab just got a little less expensive. ... more
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CARBON WORLDS
Scientists grow carbon nanotube forest much longer than any other
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 05, 2020
Today, a multitude of industries, including optics, electronics, water purification, and drug delivery, innovate at an unprecedented scale with nanometer-wide rolls of honeycomb-shaped graphite shee ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
TAU builds and plans to launch a small satellite into orbit
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Nov 05, 2020
The TAU-SAT1 nanosatellite, approximately the size of a shoebox, is currently undergoing pre-flight testing at the Japanese space agency JAXA prior to a planned launch by NASA in the first quarter o ... more
TECH SPACE
Industrial-strength brine, meet your kryptonite
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 04, 2020
A thin coating of the 2D nanomaterial hexagonal boron nitride is the key ingredient in a cost-effective technology developed by Rice University engineers for desalinating industrial-strength brine. ... more
BIO FUEL
New protein nanobioreactor designed to improve sustainable bioenergy production
Liverpool UK (SPX) Nov 04, 2020
Researchers at the University of Liverpool have unlocked new possibilities for the future development of sustainable, clean bioenergy. The study, published in Nature Communications, shows how bacter ... more
CARBON WORLDS
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from graphene
Houston TX (SPX) Nov 02, 2020
Marrying two layers of graphene is an easy route to the blissful formation of nanoscale diamond, but sometimes thicker is better. While it may only take a bit of heat to turn a treated bilayer ... more


Space company NanoAvionics invests and expands in the UK

NANO TECH
Scientists explain the paradox of quantum forces in nanodevices
Saint-Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Oct 28, 2020
Researchers from Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) proposed a new approach to describe the interaction of metals with electromagnetic fluctuations (i.e., with random burst ... more
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Rice rolls out next-gen nanocars
Houston TX (SPX) Oct 28, 2020
Nanomechanics at Rice University and the University of Houston are getting ready to rev their engines for the second international Nanocar Race. While they'll have to pump the brakes for a bit ... more
CARBON WORLDS
On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devices
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Oct 28, 2020
An international multi-institution team of scientists has synthesized graphene nanoribbons - ultrathin strips of carbon atoms - on a titanium dioxide surface using an atomically precise method that ... more
TECH SPACE
NanoAvionics goes hyper-spectral
Columbia IL (SPX) Oct 27, 2020
NanoAvionics, a leading nanosatellite bus manufacturer and mission integrator, has revealed the remaining three payloads of its 'D-2/AtlaCom-1' rideshare mission hosted on board its M6P 6U nanosatel ... more
TECH SPACE
FEFU scientists helped design a new type of ceramics for laser applications
Vladivostok, Russia (SPX) Oct 23, 2020
Material scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) joined an international team of researchers to develop new nanocomposite ceramics (Ho3+:Y2O3-MgO) that can be employed in high-capacity ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
Bishop Airlock Cycles pre-purchased by NASA and ESA
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 21, 2020
Nanoracks is pleased to announce that both NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have pre-purchased Bishop Airlock Cycles for agency and third-party use. The Nanoracks Bishop Airlock, launching t ... more
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Israel sets sights on 2024 unmanned moon landing
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 9, 2020
Israel launched Wednesday the Beresheet 2 project aimed at landing an unmanned craft on the moon in 2024, after a previous such mission had crashed into the lunar surface. The original Beresheet, Hebrew for "Genesis", was a tall, oddly shaped 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) spacecraft built by Israeli NGO SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. It had reached the moon in April 20 ... more
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+ NASA defines science priorities for first crewed Artemis landing on Moon
+ NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions
China plans to launch new space science satellites
Beijing (XNA) Nov 30, 2020
China plans to launch a space telescope for research in electromagnetic counterparts of gravitational waves in December, according to the National Space Science Center under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). The telescope, Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM), will be launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's S ... more
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Big data 'turbocharged' repression in China's Xinjiang
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2020
Muslims in China's Xinjiang were "arbitrarily" selected for arrest by a computer programme that flagged suspicious behaviour, activists said Wednesday, in a report detailing big data's role in repression in the restive region. The US-based NGO Human Rights Watch said leaked police data that listed over 2,000 detainees from the Aksu prefecture was further evidence of "how China's brutal repre ... more
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+ US in discussions with Huawei on Meng Wanzhou's return to China: WSJ
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+ Italy says two arrested for defence data theft
+ US restricts visas to Chinese online trolls
Israel sets sights on 2024 unmanned moon landing
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 9, 2020
Israel launched Wednesday the Beresheet 2 project aimed at landing an unmanned craft on the moon in 2024, after a previous such mission had crashed into the lunar surface. The original Beresheet, Hebrew for "Genesis", was a tall, oddly shaped 585-kilogram (1,290-pound) spacecraft built by Israeli NGO SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries. It had reached the moon in April 20 ... more
+ NASA outlines science goals for future astronauts on Moon
+ Chang'e 5 set to start journey to Earth
+ Image-based navigation could help spacecraft safely land on the moon
+ National team submits Lunar proposal To NASA
+ Ascender of Chang'e 5 leaves lunar orbit, lands on moon
+ NASA defines science priorities for first crewed Artemis landing on Moon
+ NASA Names Artemis Team of Astronauts Eligible for Early Moon Missions


Making 3D nanosuperconductors with DNA
Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials - those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter - that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example, such 3-D superconducting nanostructures could find application in signal amplifiers to enhance the speed and accuracy of quantum computers and ultrasensitive magnetic field ... more
+ Researchers share design for affordable single-molecule microscope
+ Scientists explain the paradox of quantum forces in nanodevices
+ Rice rolls out next-gen nanocars
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+ The smallest motor in the world
Beyond Ice: NASA's ICESat-2 shows hidden talents
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Dec 10, 2020
For a satellite with ice in its name, and measuring ice as its mission, NASA's ICESat-2 is also getting a lot of attention from scientists who have warmer subjects in mind. At this month's Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), researchers are highlighting how the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite 2 is helping to understand aspects of our home planet far beyond what it was i ... more
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+ Rocket Lab to launch dedicated mission for Japanese earth imaging company Synspective




Making 3D nanosuperconductors with DNA
Upton NY (SPX) Nov 11, 2020
Three-dimensional (3-D) nanostructured materials - those with complex shapes at a size scale of billionths of a meter - that can conduct electricity without resistance could be used in a range of quantum devices. For example, such 3-D superconducting nanostructures could find application in signal amplifiers to enhance the speed and accuracy of quantum computers and ultrasensitive magnetic field ... more
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+ The smallest motor in the world
ESA signs contracts for reusable Space Rider up to maiden flight
Paris (ESA) Dec 10, 2020
ESA has given industry the go-ahead to build Space Rider space and ground segments. Launched on a Vega-C rocket, this spacecraft will serve as an uncrewed robotic laboratory in low Earth orbit, returning to Earth with its payloads and being reused on future missions. Space Rider offers routine access to and return from space for a wide range of European space and non-space applicatio ... more
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Navy creates program for specialists to operate MQ-25 Stingray drone
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 09, 2020
A U.S. Navy warrant officer specialty for Aerial Vehicle Operators was announced this week, with plans to train about 450 personnel for the designation. The AVO warrant officer will be charged with operating MQ-25 Stingray unmanned aerial vehicles, which are typically launched from maritime vessels. The aircraft will be included aboard fleet carrier airwings in 2024, the Navy sai ... more
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+ France seeks drones to detect, intercept battlefield radio communications
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Discovery suggests new promise for nonsilicon computer transistors
Boston MA (SPX) Dec 10, 2020
For decades, one material has so dominated the production of computer chips and transistors that the tech capital of the world - Silicon Valley - bears its name. But silicon's reign may not last forever. MIT researchers have found that an alloy called InGaAs (indium gallium arsenide) could hold the potential for smaller and more energy efficient transistors. Previously, researchers thought ... more
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New XLAB facility enhances Aerospace's prototyping capabilities
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2020
The Aerospace Corporation recently unveiled its new xLab facility on the El Segundo campus. The renovations are designed to better equip our technical experts as they collaborate on building innovative prototypes and instruments to advance space technology. The 12,000-square-foot space includes a Prototype Design Center, Electronics Testing Lab, Fabrication Lab, Assembly and Integration La ... more
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China's trailblazing female comedians tackle taboos
Beijing (AFP) Dec 11, 2020
Strutting onstage with well-honed confidence, 23-year-old comedian Qiqi is part of a new wave of young, female stand-up acts in China, crashing into what has always previously been a man's world. Her jokes were met with roars of laughter from the well-heeled young professionals watching in a packed Beijing theatre. "I've always liked making people laugh ever since I was small, it gives m ... more
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Breakthrough in nuclear physics
Munich, Germany (SPX) Dec 10, 2020
The positively charged protons in atomic nuclei should actually repel each other, and yet even heavy nuclei with many protons and neutrons stick together. The so-called strong interaction is responsible for this. Prof. Laura Fabbietti and her research group at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed a method to precisely measure the strong interaction utilizing particle colli ... more
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China launches two satellites for gravitational wave detection
Xichang, China (XNA) Dec 10, 2020
China sent two satellites for the detection of gravitational waves into planned orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on Thursday morning. The two satellites, which compose the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket at 4:14 am (Beijing Time), according to the ce ... more
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RIT Professor Seth Hubbard receives DOE grant to develop low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells
Rochester NY (SPX) Dec 10, 2020


A Rochester Institute of Technology professor received a grant from the Department of Energy to research ways to develop low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells. Professor Seth Hubbard received nearly $400,000 from the DOE to attempt to dramatically reduce the cost of high-efficiency solar cells by using a process called spalling to make the substrates solar cells are grown on reusable. ... more

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No pot of gold in commercial constellations
Paris, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2020
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