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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 |
Skoltech scientists run a 'speed test' to boost the production of carbon nanotubesMoscow, 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
Russian scientists improve 3D printing technology for aerospace composites using oil wasteMoscow, 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
Colombian Air Force initiates its 2nd Nanosatellite mission with GomSpaceAalborg, 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
Smaller than ever - exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materialsTokyo, 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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Scientists grow carbon nanotube forest much longer than any otherTokyo, 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
TAU builds and plans to launch a small satellite into orbitTel 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
Industrial-strength brine, meet your kryptoniteHouston 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
New protein nanobioreactor designed to improve sustainable bioenergy productionLiverpool 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
Rice finds path to nanodiamond from grapheneHouston 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 |
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Scientists explain the paradox of quantum forces in nanodevicesSaint-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 nanocarsHouston 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
On-surface synthesis of graphene nanoribbons could advance quantum devicesOak 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
NanoAvionics goes hyper-spectralColumbia 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
FEFU scientists helped design a new type of ceramics for laser applicationsVladivostok, 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
Bishop Airlock Cycles pre-purchased by NASA and ESAWashington 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 |
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 |
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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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 |
Teledyne e2v wins UK grant to develop AI processes for intelligent EO detection systems Chelmsford UK (SPX) Dec 09, 2020
Teledyne e2v's Space Imaging team, a part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, has secured funding from the UK Space Agency's National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) that will demonstrate and help support intelligent image processing platforms. The funding is in response to the 2020/2021 NSIP theme for "Earth Observation to Tackle Climate Change" and will be jointly delivered with Craft Prospect, b ... more |
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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 |
'The robot made me do it': Robots encourage risk-taking behaviour in people Southampton UK (SPX) Dec 14, 2020 New research has shown robots can encourage people to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to influence their behaviours. Increasing our understanding of whether robots can affect risk-taking could have clear ethical, practiCal and policy implications, which this study set out to explore.
Dr Yaniv Hanoch, Associate Professor in Risk Manag ... more |
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Test of Gremlin drones a near success, but C-130 couldn't retrieve them Washington DC (UPI) Dec 11, 2020
X-61A unmanned aerial vehicles flew successfully in a test but could not be retrieved by a cargo plane, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency said.
It was the third test of the vehicles, nicknamed Gremlins Air Vehicles. Three were launched at an undisclosed location in tests beginning in late October, DARPA said in a statement on Thursday.
While all autonomous flying posi ... more |
Discovery suggests new promise for nonsilicon computer transistors Boston MA (SPX) Dec 10, 2020 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
No pot of gold in commercial constellations Paris, France (SPX) Dec 11, 2020
In its latest analysis of satellite manufacturing and launch services, "Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2029", Euroconsult anticipates almost a quintupling in satellite demand in the next decade with an average of 1,250 satellites to be launched on a yearly basis.
In comparison to the 260 yearly satellites launched in the previous decade, this skyrocketing number cements the structu ... more |
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