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March 21, 2014

Toward 'vanishing' electronics and unlocking nanomaterials' power potential
Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 19, 2014
Brain sensors and electronic tags that dissolve. Boosting the potential of renewable energy sources. These are examples of the latest research from two pioneering scientists selected as this year's Kavli lecturers at the 247th National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. The meeting features more than 10,000 presentations from the frontiers of chemical research, and is being held here through Thursday. Two of these talks are suppor ... read more

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Nanoscale optical switch breaks miniaturization barrier An ultra-fast and ultra-small optical switch has been invented that could advance the day when photons replace electrons in the innards of consumer products ranging from cell phones to automobiles. ... more		Bionic plants Plants have many valuable functions: They provide food and fuel, release the oxygen that we breathe, and add beauty to our surroundings. Now, a team of MIT researchers wants to make plants even more ... more		Chelyabinsk meteor to help develop nanotechnology The Chelyabinsk meteor is full of mysteries. Scientists from Nizhny Novgorod have found natural magnesium-iron nanocrystals while studying the fragments of the meteor. This can give new information ... more
				Waterloo physicists solve 20-year-old debate surrounding glassy surfaces University of Waterloo physicists have succeeded in measuring how the surfaces of glassy materials flow like a liquid, even when they should be solid. A series of simple and elegant experiments were ... more		Optical nano-tweezers take over the control of nano-objects As science and technology go nano, scientists search for new tools to manipulate, observe and modify the "building blocks" of matter at the nanometer scale. With this in mind, the recent publication ... more

CubeSats, SmallSats and MicroSats

NIST microanalysis technique makes the most of small nanoparticle samples Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have demonstrated that they can make sensitive chemical analyses of minute sampl ... more		Experts warn against nanosilver Endocrine disrupters are not the only worrying chemicals that ordinary consumers are exposed to in everyday life. Also nanoparticles of silver, found in e.g. dietary supplements, cosmetics and food ... more		Chinese Remote Sensing Constellation Expands for Global Market BAE Systems selected to develop NOAA's next-generation space weather satellite ESA Red Cross alliance advances crisis response		Nanoscale pillars could radically improve conversion of heat to electricity University of Colorado Boulder scientists have found a creative way to radically improve thermoelectric materials, a finding that could one day lead to the development of improved solar panels, more ... more
				Pinwheel 'living' crystals and the origin of life Simply making nanoparticles spin coaxes them to arrange themselves into what University of Michigan researchers call 'living rotating crystals' that could serve as a nanopump. They may also, inciden ... more		The thousand-droplets test In the future, an entire chemistry lab could be accommodated in a tiny little droplet. While simple reactions already work in these simplest models of an artificial cell now a group of scientists of ... more

Developing the Next-Generation Military Radar while Maintaining Current Systems; IDGA�s Military Radar Summit - April 2014

International Conference on Protection of Materials and Structures From Space Environment

Nuclear Supply Chain Summit - April 28-29 Greenville SC

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review

Molecular Traffic Jam Makes Water Move Faster through Nanochannels Cars inch forward slowly in traffic jams, but molecules, when jammed up, can move extremely fast. New research by Northwestern University researchers finds that water molecules traveling through tin ... more		Physicists at Mainz University build pilot prototype of a single ion heat engine Scientists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg are working on a heat engine that consists of just a single ion. Such a nano-heat engine could be far ... more		Space: the new frontier for smartphones at trade show SpaceX aims for Thursday Starship test flight after last-minute scrub Musk survives Royal Society expulsion; EU tasked to detail public funding to SpaceX, Tesla		Quantum dots provide complete control of photons By emitting photons from a quantum dot at the top of a micropyramid, researchers at Linkoping University are creating a polarized light source for such things as energy-saving computer screens and w ... more
				New boron nanomaterial may be possible Researchers from Brown University have shown experimentally that a boron-based competitor to graphene is a very real possibility. Graphene has been heralded as a wonder material. Made of a single la ... more		Engineers teach old chemical new tricks to make cleaner fuels, fertilizers University researchers from two continents have engineered an efficient and environmentally friendly catalyst for the production of molecular hydrogen (H2), a compound used extensively in modern ind ... more

NASA Centers Team Up to Tackle Sonic Boom

Boeing Phantom Swift Selected for DARPA X-Plane Competition

VTOL X-Plane Program Takes Off

Tiangong's New Mission

"Space Odyssey": China's aspiration in future space exploration

China to launch first "space shuttle bus" this year

Comcast report shows range of secret data requests

Google's Page says US online spying threatens democracy

Google says Gmail encrypted 'starting today'

ICLEI Launches "Climate Pathways" to Help Cities Fight Carbon Pollution

BTM Reduces Coolant Usage and Waste Removal Costs with QualiChem Fluids

Cutting Victorian energy efficiency scheme would hit vulnerable households and jobs

	Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating Using an approach akin to assembling a club sandwich at the nanoscale, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers have succeeded in crafting a uniform, multi-walled carbon-nan ... more		Molecular nano-spies to make light work of disease detection A world of cloak-and-dagger pharmaceuticals has come a step closer with the development of stealth compounds programmed to spring into action when they receive the signal. Researchers at the U ... more		Carbon nanotube sponge shows improved water clean-up A carbon nanotube sponge capable of soaking up water contaminants, such as fertilisers, pesticides and pharmaceuticals, more than three times more efficiently than previous efforts has been presente ... more		Imec Celebrates 30 Years of Nanoelectronics Industry Innovation World-leading nanotechnology research and development center imec, has announced the celebration of its 30th anniversary. Founded in 1984 as a non-profit organization, imec has grown to be a multi-d ... more

Macron proposes French nuclear extension, Ukraine troop deployment

China says to hike defence spending by 7.2% this year

Europe will struggle to plug Ukraine's US military aid gap: analysts

Layered security: Carbon nanotubes promise improved flame-resistant coating		New patent mapping system helps find innovation pathways		New Technique for Probing Subsurface Electronic Structure		Researchers 'detune' a molecule		Understanding secondary light emissions by plasmonic nanostructures
No nano-dust danger from facade paint		Extraordinary sensors pushed to their boundaries		Penn research helps lay out theory for metamaterials that act as an analog computer		ORNL-UT researchers invent 'sideways' approach to 2-D hybrid materials		Discovery at nanoscale has major implications for manufacturers

Penn Researchers Grow Liquid Crystal 'Flowers' That Can Be Used as Lenses

Cellulose nanocrystals possible 'green' wonder material

Microprinting leads to low-cost artificial cells

New magnetic behavior in nanoparticles could lead to even smaller digital memories

DNA motor 'walks' along nanotube, transports tiny particle

DNA clamp to grab cancer before it develops

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