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August 15, 2014

Super-Black Nano-Coating to Be Tested for the First Time in Space
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Aug 13, 2014
An emerging super-black nanotechnology that promises to make spacecraft instruments more sensitive without enlarging their size will be tested for the first time on the International Space Station within a year. The nano-based material is a thin, highly uniform coating of multi-walled nanotubes made of pure carbon about 10,000 times thinner than a strand of human hair. "Though tested extensively in ground-based laboratories, the material has never flown in space," said NASA Principal Investigator ... read more

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Self-assembly of gold nanoparticles into small clusters Researchers at HZB in co-operation with Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin (HU, Berlin) have made an astonishing observation: they were investigating the formation of gold nanoparticles in a solvent and ... more		Raytheon partners with university of technology research A joint research facility to advance innovative technologies is being established by Raytheon and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. ... more		A Crystal Wedding in the Nanocosmos Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the Vienna University of Technology and the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Lublin have succeeded in embedding nearly perfect semico ... more
				Low cost technique improves properties of nanomaterials The challenges faced by researchers in modifying properties of nanomaterials for application in devices may be addressed by a simple technique, thanks to recent innovative studies conducted by scien ... more		NIST shows ultrasonically propelled nanorods spin dizzyingly fast Vibrate a solution of rod-shaped metal nanoparticles in water with ultrasound and they'll spin around their long axes like tiny drill bits. Why? No one yet knows exactly. But researchers at the Nati ... more

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Nano-sized Chip Sniffs Out Explosives Far Better than Trained Dogs Security forces worldwide rely on sophisticated equipment, trained personnel, and detection dogs to safeguard airports and other public areas against terrorist attacks. A revolutionary new electroni ... more		Rice nanophotonics experts create powerful molecular sensor Nanophotonics experts at Rice University have created a unique sensor that amplifies the optical signature of molecules by about 100 billion times. Newly published tests found the device could accur ... more		Sudan cholera outbreak kills 70 in a week: officials Over 500,000 Afghans displaced due to climate disasters in 2024: IOM Hundreds of firings at key US climate agency: lawmaker		"Nanocamera" takes pictures at distances smaller than light's own wavelength Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated that an array of novel gold, pillar-bowtie nanoantennas (pBNAs) can be used like traditional photographic film to reco ... more
				Researchers demonstrate novel, tunable nanoantennas An interdisciplinary research team at the University of Illinois has developed a novel, tunable nanoantenna that paves the way for new kinds of plasmonic-based optomechanical systems whereby plasmon ... more		Illinois study advances limits for ultrafast nano-devices A recent study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign provides new insights on the physical mechanisms governing the interplay of spin and heat at the nanoscale, and addres ... more

smallest Swiss Cross made from just 20 atoms The manipulation of atoms has reached a new level: Together with teams from Finland and Japan, physicists from the University of Basel were able to place 20 single atoms on a fully insulated surface ... more		Researchers discover boron "buckyball" The discovery of buckyballs - soccer-ball-shaped molecules of carbon - helped usher in the nanotechnology era. Now, Lai-Sheng Wang's research group and colleagues from China have shown that boron, c ... more		SpaceX eyes Monday for eighth test of Starship from Texas The International Space Station Could Benefit from a More Diverse Microbial Environment Narrowing the gap between air and space travel		With 'ribbons' of graphene, width matters Using graphene ribbons of unimaginably small widths - just several atoms across - a group of researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has found a novel way to "tune" the wonder mat ... more
A smashing new look at nanoribbons Carbon nanotubes "unzipped" into graphene nanoribbons by a chemical process invented at Rice University are finding use in all kinds of projects, but Rice scientists have now found a chemical-free w ... more		Scientists Develop Force Sensor from Carbon Nanotubes A group of researchers from Russia, Belarus and Spain, including MIPT professor Yury Lozovik, have developed a microscopic force sensor based on carbon nanotubes. The device is described in an artic ... more		Shaken, not stirred -- mythical god's capsules please! Everything depends on how you look at them. Looking from one side you will see one face; and when looking from the opposite side - you will see a different one. So appear Janus capsules, miniature, ... more		Diamond plates create nanostructures through pressure, not chemistry You wouldn't think that mechanical force - the simple kind used to eject unruly patrons from bars, shoe a horse or emboss the raised numerals on credit cards - could process nanoparticles more subtl ... more

	A breakthrough in creating invisibility cloaks, stealth technology Controlling and bending light around an object so it appears invisible to the naked eye is the theory behind fictional invisibility cloaks. It may seem easy in Hollywood movies, but is hard to creat ... more		Trapping light: a long lifetime in a very small place Physicists at the University of Rochester have created a silicon nanocavity that allows light to be trapped longer than in other similarly-sized optical cavities. An innovative design approach, whic ... more

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Scientists unveil first method for controlling the growth of metal crystals

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Bending helps to control nanomaterials

Engineers build world's smallest, fastest nanomotor

Rounding up the BCATs on the ISS

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