a new form of matter that might be created in collapsing stars. Scientists at the LHCB detector, where they are researching
when stars collapse into neutron stars or potentially black holesnfluencing what they look like and where they go in their life cycle.
if the Pope has to remind that humanity is a responsible steward of earth. Already
the Pope has announced that pollution is not good for earth and is a sin. There are many who are not linking the interference of the Pope into politics
The paper's title, Laudato Si, has been taken from a prayer by St francis having a line'our sister Mother Earth who feeds us
2015 A new breed of quantum dots (QDS) could enable multilayer solar cells that capture more of the sun energy.
Tandem solar cells are used in space applications. The major issue preventing their broad use in terrestrial applications has been need the to use exotic semiconducting materials for the upper layers, according to Natcore.
"These unique thermal properties allow us to heat the suspended graphene to up to half of the temperature of the sun
"said Yun Daniel Park, professor in the department of physics and astronomy at Seoul National University. The group is now working to further characterize the performance of these devices for example,
and results are short-lived because bacteria immediately repopulate the space, Yahnke said. Continuous indigo light, on the other hand, is lethal to pathogens but safe for use in the presence of patients and staff.
Along with David Ingvasson, a fellow Ossur tester, he's one of the only people on the planet who owns a brain-controlled bionic limb.
#New Sun-Blocking Material Uses Compounds From Algae And Fish Researchers have used compounds found in algae
and the film was stable after 12 hours of sun exposure or temperatures up to 176 degrees Fahrenheit.
of which can be damaged by too much sun exposure. Presumably the researchers would hope to reach the biggest possible market with a biocompatible sunscreen:
because its sun-blocking components are all found in nature i
#New Treatment Lets Paralyzed Patients Move Their Legs Researchers at UCLA have done something they didn think was possible:
#Stretchy Sensors Remind You to Take a Break from the Sun Researchers at RMIT University in Australia have developed stretchy sensors that detect harmful UV radiation and toxic gases such as hydrogen and nitrogen dioxide.
when they need to take a break from the sun. They are capable of detecting harmful levels of UV radiation,
these plates can slide across each other bit like geological plates that form the earth crust allowing for high sensitivity
so they know to get out of the sun and find some shade. The sensors can also be placed on work
bacteria and other molecules in order to clean the surrounding air up to 30 sq meters in a closed space.
so it shouldn come as a surprise that French company Spinali Design has created a smart bikini to help women monitor sun exposure responsibly.
or get out of the sun altogether, depending on the wearer intentions. The Spinali app also includes a Valentine function that allows the wearer designated partner to get in on the action.
and a space for communication with family along one side or any other configuration they need.
The mirror also allows users to set a space to handwrite notes to other users with the tip of a finger.
Ultrasound technologies have been used successfully for many years on the International space station (ISS), primarily to perform imaging of the astronauts'eyes,
bones, and internal organs. The successful outcome of this clinical trial mitigates the risk of renal stone formation,
as identified on NASA's Human Research Roadmap. With one probe placed on the patient's skin,
"This clinical trial has been advanced with funding from the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI.""During space flight, microgravity, dehydration,
and altered bone metabolism collectively increase the likelihood of an astronaut developing a kidney stone, "said Jeffrey P. Sutton, M d.,Ph d.,NSBRI's President, CEO and Institute Director.
Kidney stones have been observed in U s. astronauts before and after spaceflight and one Russian cosmonaut reported abdominal pain on orbit
which was suspected to be due to a kidney stone; however, the pain resolved within a few days. Noninvasive approaches to move and ultimately expel kidney stones from the body provide medical capabilities needed by NASA and other international space agencies.
If stones can be moved and then passed while they are relatively small, downstream complications such as infection and sepsis that could end space missions may be avoided d
#Telomerase Cancer cell Mutation Mystery Solved More than 500,000 people in the United states die each year of cancer-related causes
While the demand for technical systems converting sunlight into electricity is increasing, organic materials represent a highly interesting alternative to silicon that has to be processed at high costs before it can be used for the photoactive layer of a solar cell.
Gourlay suspects that Lexus laid down a bunch of very strong rare-earth magnets underneath the"sidewalk,
Rare-earth magnets"can be, oh, I don't know, $100 a kilogram?""Gourlay said.""It isn't cheap."
"which roughly represents the geometry traced by the orbits of electrons in the material. In this way, they reveal details about the movement of electrons
unless they're in direct, bright sunlight. To rectify this, researchers have been working on creating structures called black silicon solar cells,
A team of European researchers has announced just that they've set a new record by creating black silicon solar cells that can convert 22.1 percent of the Sun's light into electricity-an increase of almost four percent on their previous record.
when the Sun was low in the sky.""This is an advantage particularly in the north,
where the sun shines from a low angle for a large part of the year, "project coordinator Hele Savin from Aalto University in Finland said in a press release."
Basically, this means that we may soon see solar panels on the market that can create electricity no matter where the Sun is in the sky,
CO2 and sunlight, like how they're producing their new'e-diesel'fuel.""We're thinking we're bringing greenness to a field that desperately needs greenness,"Rick Bockrath,
and it will let us store way more electricity in much smaller spaces. The foam-like batteries and supercapacitors were made using an aerogel material taken from tree fibres,
enabling us to fit more electronics in a smaller space.""Publishing their results in the journal Nature Communications,
Because the new mesh is 95 percent free space, and made of very soft and flexible silk,
"The mosquito is the most dangerous animal on the planet, because it carries so many pathogens,"Microsoft researcher Ethan Jackson,
where he skewers the popularly held conception that God granting ominionover Earth is an excuse for pillaging its resources.
The earth was here before us and it has been given to us. This allows us to respond to the charge that Judaeo-Christian thinking,
on the basis of the Genesis account which grants man'dominion'over the earth (cf.
and given dominion over the earth justifies absolute domination over other creatures.""With this encyclical, Francis is starting to build a bridge between science and religion on the traditional wedge issue of climate change.
a public space in Ahmedabad, India; and in China, where Fast Company reports a team of engineers are working with the local government to turn a shipping containers space into a public restroom.
If all goes well, the plan is to roll them out to schools in South africa.""We do expect the mobile maintenance component will bring down the long-term cost,
and only absorbs an incredible 3 percent of sunlight. Impressively, it also radiates heat out at specific infrared wavelengths that aren't absorbed by the atmosphere-allowing it to beam the heat directly into space."
"We demonstrate for the first time how to make a roof colder than the air temperature around it, even under the most intense summer conditions,"one of the lead researchers,
"Roofs heat up by absorbing sunlight, so darker roofs can get very hot. Even white roofs still absorb enough sunlight to warm up by 9 degrees Celsius to 12 degrees Celsius."
"Scientists have been working for years to create increasingly more heat-repellant materials to cover our houses with,
and has no cover from the hot summer sun. Despite the conditions, they showed that the roof was able to stay significantly colder than the air around it,
even in direct summer sunlight and when it became covered with traffic-produced dirt and grime.
and herbs including celery, rocket, parsley, radish, and mustard leaf. A pesticide free farming process-the results of 18 months of research
preexisting space, but it also provides the latest glimpse of how farming is moving into the 21st Century thanks to some pioneering high-tech agriculture ideas.
The dream is one day wel be using nothing but the boundless energy of the Sun to not only power our homes, but our cars
The most promising option is using some kind of semiconductor material that can convert sunlight into an electrical charge while splitting water into useable components,
and when used in big, flat sheets, it not capable of absorbing sunlight as efficiently as needed for a viable solar cell system.
Therefore it can be used outdoors even in bright sunlight. This is not only interesting for 3d-presentations
"As a component in an optical setup, the nanostructured waveplate offers a thinner form factor and reduced weight for space applications, a wider field of view,
and creates pore space. One major advantage of vanadate-borate glass is that it is simple and inexpensive to manufacture states Afyon.
The MIT researchers were joined also by colleagues at IBM and NASA's Jet propulsion laboratory. The researchers'process begins with a silicon optical chip made using conventional manufacturing techniques.
Having a metallic conductor stable at temperatures above 600c that is also optically transparent and flexible can truly enable novel technologies for space applications and harsh environments such as nuclear power centrals.
we heat our indoor spaces--even when no one is in them. But scientists have developed now a novel nanowire coating for clothes that can both generate heat
and focus on people rather than spaces. The researchers developed lightweight, breathable mesh materials that are flexible enough to coat normal clothes.
Hevin was identified first in the miniscule spaces between synapses in 1990. However gene expression studies showed that it is churned actually out by non-neuronal cells called astrocytes.
Deformable mirrors are used for aberration corrections in astronomy and spatial light modulators (SLMS) are the common choice in a wide range of applications such as holography, optical tweezers and microscopy y
To focus light the engineers use a virtual internal guide star at the targeted location.
By detecting the wavefront of light emitted from the guide star they can determine an optimum phase pattern that allows scattered light moving along different paths to focus at the targeted location.
and also the physical space required to perform the operation is less because the system is smaller.
and most homes have beaten floors of earth. So copying a design which works best in the West is not necessarily the best solution.
what we've achieved here said paper co-author Michael Deem chair of Rice university's Department of Bioengineering and a professor of physics and astronomy y
in converting light to power in a range of atmospheric conditions rather than just under direct sunlight.
Guoliang Huang, associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering in the College of Engineering at MU.""Our team has developed a material that,
#NASA Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to'work on Mars'NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called Onsight,
a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft Hololens.
Developed by NASA's Jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, California, Onsight will give scientists a means to plan and,
along with the Mars Curiosity rover, conduct science operations on the Red planet.""Onsight gives our rover scientists the ability to walk around
and explore Mars right from their offices, "said Dave Lavery, program executive for the Mars science laboratory mission at NASA Headquarters in Washington."
"It fundamentally changes our perception of Mars, and how we understand the Mars environment surrounding the rover."
"Onsight will use real rover data and extend the Curiosity mission's existing planning tools by creating a 3-D simulation of the Martian environment where scientists around the world can meet.
Program scientists will be able to examine the rover's worksite from a first-person perspective, plan new activities and preview the results of their work firsthand."
which we explore Mars and share that journey of exploration with the world,"said Jeff Norris, JPL's Onsight project manager.
Until now, rover operations required scientists to examine Mars imagery on a computer screen, and make inferences about
and engineers looking to interact with Mars in a more natural, human way.""Previously, our Mars explorers have been stuck on one side of a computer screen.
This tool gives them the ability to explore the rover's surroundings much as an Earth geologist would do field work here on our planet,
"said Norris. The Onsight tool also will be useful for planning rover operations. For example, scientists can program activities for many of the rover's science instruments by looking at a target
The JPL team responsible for Onsight specializes in systems to control robots and spacecraft. The tool will assist researchers in better understanding the environment
and workspace of robotic spacecraft--something that can be quite challenging with their traditional suite of tools.
Future applications may include Mars 2020 rover mission operations, and other applications in support of NASA's journey to Mars s
#New machine-perfusion organ preservation system keeps livers healthier for transplant A new preservation system that pumps cooled,
#Self-assembled nanotextures create antireflective surface on silicon solar cells Reducing the amount of sunlight that bounces off the surface of solar cells helps maximize the conversion of the sun's rays to electricity,
#Technique reveals age of planetary materials The key to understanding the geologic history of the Solar system is knowing the ages of planetary rocks.
but also is composed entirely of technology that can be miniaturized for spaceflight. As detailed in Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, they validated the instrument--a laser ablation resonance ionization mass spectrometer--by dating a rock from Mars:
the meteorite Zagami, which formed about 180 million years ago, and fell to Earth in 1962."
"The beauty of the technique is that it requires little sample preparation, and the instrument is small and fast,
making it appropriate for use by NASA and in field environments here On earth,"said lead author Dr. F. Scott Anderson."
"Furthermore, in addition to obtaining dates, the instrument can simultaneously provide geochemistry measurements and provide high-sensitivity detection of organics
or sun he adds. To date Eolgreen has signed agreements with the port of Huelva and the municipal authorities of Sant Boi de Llobregat Girona and several towns in Andalusia.
Our team the GFZ Hazard and Risk Team HART works in close collaboration with the University of Cape verde the Volcano Observatory of the Canary islands and the German Aerospace Centre says GFZ-volcanologist Dr
. Thomas Walter. On one hand we are analysing data from the newest remote sensing satellites to develop models of the magma ascent path.
The satellite data which is acquired by the European space agency's Sentinel-1 satellite enables the measurement of ground movements associated with the volcano eruption.
The Sentinel-1 satellite acquires new imagery about once per week which allows for regular updates on the ground movement and the magma ascent path beneath.
and to help space out the births of their children. One of the most convenient and effective options--a tiny implant that can delay conception for three to five years--is inserted into a woman's arm
which is the active layer converting sunlight to energy, "said Min-Cherl Jung, a staff scientist at OIST and first author of this work."
Before, the cells would lose the ability to efficiently convert sunlight into electricity after a couple of days.
who leads the Nanoscale Optics Laboratory in the university's mechanical and aerospace engineering department.""We chose the athletic logo to fill that need.""
an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Missouri S&t and a co-author of the paper.
you will see flashes of light every time the wheel is at the perfect spot for sunlight to hit it.
While the demand for technical systems converting sunlight into electricity is increasing, organic materials represent a highly interesting alternative to silicon that has to be processed at high costs before it can be used for the photoactive layer of a solar cell l
and Moon Kim, all at UT-Dallas, Ming-Yang Li at Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Taiwan,
Support is acknowledged also from the Alexander Von humboldt Foundation, the NASA Office of the Chief Technologist's Space technology Research Fellowship, the AFOSR Quantum memories Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative,
and in less space. Luckily, physicists discover effects that help engineers to develop better electronic components with surprising regularity, for instance a phenomenon known as giant magnetoresistance.
just as the expulsion of propellant drives a rocket forward. Stoltzfus-Dueck and his team influenced intrinsic rotation by moving the so-called X-point--the dividing point between magnetically confined plasma
These'designer'materials could be used in the robotics, automotive, aerospace and security industries. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have developed a simple'recipe'for combining multiple materials with single functions into a single material with multiple functions:
ellipses and two squares separated by a very small space (known as coupled nanosquare dimers. Each pixel arrangement had its own pros
and results are short-lived as bacteria immediately re-populate the space. The ability of Indigo-Clean#to continuously treat the air as well as hard and soft surfaces,
but Earth was very different 2. 5 billion years ago. With little oxygen in the atmosphere, many organisms derived energy by metabolizing iron instead of oxygen.
"The research also clarifies the evolution of our planet--and of life itself--during the"iron-rich"era 2. 5 billion years ago."
"NASA has made the search for life in space a major focus and sponsors the UW-Madison Astrobiology Institute,
Recognizing unfamiliar forms of life is a priority for the space agency. The study reinforces the importance of microbes in geology."
what conditions on the surface of the Earth is absolutely wrong.""Research results like these affect how classes are taught,
an associate professor of physics and astronomy who led the research effort at MSU.""This combination allows many unusual properties,
"Philip Duxbury, a team member and chairperson of the department of physics and astronomy, said ultrafast photo-doping"has potential applications that could lead to the development of next-generation electronic materials
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a drug-delivering hydrogel to treat chronic diseases such as hepatitis C a liver disease that kills around 500,000 people worldwide every year."
and conducted in collaboration with the Institute of Molecular and Cell biology of A*STAR. Up to 150 million people globally suffer from chronic hepatitis C infections according to the World health organization."
The above post is reprinted from materials provided by The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR.
David A. Horsley, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the University of California, Davis. He is a director of the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center,
#New storage cell for solar energy storage, nighttime conversion The innovation is an advancement over the most common solar energy systems that rely on using sunlight immediately as a power source.
It also can effectively harness the inexhaustible energy from the sun."The work is a product of the 2013 National Science Foundation $400,
and use one of the larger sources of energy available to us--the sun, "Behbehani said.
#Omnidirectional free space wireless charging of multiple wireless devices Scientists have made great strides in wireless-power transfer development.
This means that the device can receive power all around the transmitter in three-dimensional space.
and safely, including in public spaces, the WPT technology should provide mobile users with six degrees of freedom at a distance.
For example, the Galaxy S6 could only be charged wirelessly in a fixed position having one degree of freedom.
The degree of freedom represents mobile devices'freedom of movement in three-dimensional space. In addition, the DCRS works at a low magnetic field environment.
highly symmetrical planes of oxygen atoms (somewhat like a densely packed box of marbles) where different metallic elements are lodged in the spaces between them.
"Due to the popularity of cable, satellite and Internet TV, the UHF spectrum is one of the most underutilized portions of the wireless spectrum in the United states,
The rules governing this secondary access are referred often to as"TV white space"rules in reference to the industry term for used or blank portions of the TV spectrum."
"Our tests showed that WATCH could provide at least six times more wireless data compared with situations where we were limited only to the traditionally available white-space spectrum,
and these new techniques developed at Caltech have made it possible to visualize such behavior in both space and time,
various proteins are secreted into the extracellular space, where they form the so-called extracellular matrix (ECM).
The finding means metal foams hold promise for use in nuclear safety, space exploration and medical technology applications."
"This work means there's an opportunity to use composite metal foam to develop safer systems for transporting nuclear waste, more efficient designs for spacecraft and nuclear structures,
and new shielding for use in CT SCANNERS,"says Afsaneh Rabiei, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper on the work.
or space exploration applications--could it provide structural support, protect against high impacts and provide shielding against various forms of radiation?
sources of X-rays on the planet. The LCLS X-rays are a billion times brighter than those from synchrotrons
They crowd control molecules within a given space under different conditions. Adding a new constituent, stirring the pot
Clearcutting most often clears space for agriculture, suggesting agriculture indirect climate impacts surpass the impacts of deforestation for timber and other commodities.
Free space makes up 95%of the mesh allowing cells to arrange themselves around it. In 2012, the team showed that living cells grown in a dish can be coaxed to grow around these flexible scaffolds and meld with them,
said Steven Sun, a Hong kong analyst for HSBC. lso, there have been controlling shareholders, significant shareholders and corporate management trying to cash out.
#US Air force Launches X-37b Space Plane on 4th Mystery Mission The U s. Air force's X-37b space plane blasted into Earth orbit today,
kicking off the robotic vehicle's clandestine fourth mission as well as the first flight of a tiny solar-sailing spacecraft.
The robotic X-37b space plane launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas v rocket today (May 20) at 11:05 a m. EDT (1505 GMT) from Florida's Cape canaveral Air force station.
You can see a video of the X-37b space plane's launch here. Most details about the space plane's orbital activities are classified
so it's unclear what exactly the X-37b will be doing as it zooms around Earth,
or how long it will remain aloft. But Air force officials have said that mission number four known as Orbital Test vehicle-4 (OTV-4) will concentrate less on the X-37b itself
and more on the gear the spacecraft is carrying to orbit. X-37b Space Plane's 4th Mystery Mission in Photos"We are excited about our fourth X-37b mission,"Randy Walden,
director of the Air force Rapid Capabilities Office, said in a statement late last month.""With the demonstrated success of the first three missions, we're able to shift our focus from initial checkouts of the vehicle to testing of experimental payloads."
"Also on board the Atlas v were 10 miniscule"cubesats, "including the Lightsail solar sail that was developed by the nonprofit Planetary Society.
Lightsail aims to prove out key solar-sailing technology ahead of a more ambitious orbital trial next year.
The Air force owns two X-37b spacecraft, both of which were built by Boeing's Phantom Works division.
Each space plane is just 29 feet long by 9. 5 feet tall (8. 8 by 2. 9 meters),
both X-37bs could fit inside the payload bay of NASA's now-retired space shuttle orbiter.
as the space shuttle did. The secrecy surrounding X-37b missions has led to speculation in some quarters that the craft is some sort of space weapon that it's designed to inspect and/or cripple hostile nations'satellites, for example.
But Air force officials have refuted long that notion, saying the X-37b is simply testing out technologies for reusable vehicles and future spacecraft.
Top 10 Space Weapons"OTV missions allow us to examine a payload system or technology in the environment in which it will perform its mission,"
"Capt. Chris Hoyler, an Air force spokesman, told Space. com via email.""The unique aspects of the OTV allow us to mature these new technologies
and inspect them following the deorbit sequence.""Air force officials have not said how long they expect OTV-4 to last,
and stayed in orbit for 469 days. OTV-3 lifted off in December 2012, sending the vehicle that flew OTV-1 to space for 675 days record for a reusable space vehicle.
It's unclear if OTV-4 will employ the X-37b that flew OTV-1 and OTV-3,
or the space plane that flew OTV-2."The program selects the orbital test vehicle for each activity based upon the experiment objectives,
The payloads flying to orbit aboard the X-37b on this mission are not a total mystery:
and a NASA materials investigation are among OTV-4's scientific gear. A Hall thruster is a type of ion engine;
it generates thrust by accelerating ions (electrically charged atoms or molecules) out the back of a spacecraft.
The engine getting an in-space test on OTV-4 is advanced an version of the Hall thruster that powered the first three Advanced Extremely high frequency military communications satellites,
"A more efficient on-orbit thruster capability is huge,"Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, commander of the Air force Research Laboratory in Ohio, said in a statement last month."
plus it enhances spacecraft operational flexibility, survivability and longevity.""The NASA payload, called the Materials Exposure
and Technology Innovation in Space experiment, will study how exposure to the space environment affects nearly 100 different types of materials.
The goal is to gather data that could aid in the design of future spacecraft,
NASA officials have said. While the X-37b will likely stay in orbit for many months,
the Planetary Society's Lightsail spacecraft will come back down to Earth in just a few weeks.
Four weeks from now, Lightsail, which is the size of a loaf of bread, will unfurl its 344-square-foot (32 square m) solar sail.
But the craft is not going high enough to actually use the sail for propulsion;
its maiden flight will test out the cubesat's attitude-control and sail-deployment systems,
helping pave the way for a bona fide orbital-sailing test next year.""It's smaller than a shoebox, everybody!
the sunlight will hit it and we'll get a push.""Atmospheric drag will start pulling Lightsail back down to Earth as soon as the craft's sail is unfurled,
and the cubesat will likely burn up two to 10 days thereafter, Planetary Society representatives have said.
But the shiny sail should make the bantam spacecraft visible to the naked eye during its brief orbital trial.
The Planetary Society will provide viewing maps and tips on its website (www. planetary. org) during the mission.
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