#ORNL Latest Hybrid Microscope Features Subsurface Spectroscopic Capabilities and High Resolution Scientists at the Department of energy Oak ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are developing a microscope
which will enable analysis of synthetic and biological materials while examining the surface physical and chemical properties both on and beneath the surface.
They used a robotic system developed at SSRL to study the crystals at SLAC's LCLS, an X-ray laser that is one of the brightest sources of X-rays on the planet.
what could become a very significant revenue space in the next several years; the'Augmented reality'or'Bionic Vision'revolution is said beginning
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#Researchers Apply Nanopore Gene Sequencing to Proteins University of Pennsylvania researchers have made strides toward a new method of gene sequencing a strand of DNA bases are read as they are threaded through a nanoscopic hole.
The study was led by Marija Drndic, a professor in the School of arts & Sciencesdepartment of Physics & Astronomy;
Notable demonstrations aside, current X-ray, electron and optical microscopies are simply too cumbersome and slow to routinely image functioning systems in real space and time, severely limiting progress.
#Inner Space of Carbon nanotubes Could act as a Template for Synthesis of Linear-Chain Nanodiamonds The inner space of carbon nanotubes can act as a template for the synthesis of nanodiamond-like carbon chains.
#Nanoscientists Convert Sunlight into Liquid fuel Using Nature and Technology Imagine creating artificial plants that make gasoline
and natural gas using only sunlight. And imagine using those fuels to heat our homes or run our cars without adding any greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.
By combining nanoscience and biology, researchers led by scientists at University of California, Berkeley, have taken a big step in that direction.
a type of solar power based on the ability of plants to transform sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars.
"Burning fossil fuels is putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere much faster than natural photosynthesis can take it out.
In this technique, researchers align a large number of images along reference points in three-dimensional space and then average them into a single, characteristic image.
including"the structure and timing of half-bridge elongation, the composition of the satellite and the formation of the membrane pore."
Further field tests are necessary to see how the nano-dispensers perform in sunlight varying temperatures and humidity levels.
a University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics and astronomy professor who worked on the research. It also contradicts the expected behavior of ferroelectric materials,
a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and a member of UCLA California Nanosystems Institute, is published Sept. 21 in the online edition of the journal Nature Materials.
For more than 100 years, researchers have inferred how atoms are arranged in three-dimensional space using a technique called X-ray crystallography,
Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and the Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTECH), a research institute of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR),
After hearing about SUNY Poly CNSE Professor and Head of the Nanobioscience Constellation Dr. Jim Castracane research related to novel sensors, the Jamboxx creators connected with Dr. Castracane who found that a Self
which looks like a wagon wheel with open spaces between the pokes, allows the nerve to grow.
and unobtrusively, furthering efforts to create smart spaces in which people control their environment with simple gestures.
and Ubiquitous Systems) Lab. Envision a smart space such as the home office or gym that takes the advantage of the ubiquity of light as a medium that integrates data communication and human sensing.
A variant of the Tupolev was used in experiments by Nasa, and American and Russian aerospace industries, in a joint research program after the end of the Cold war.
The end of the Concorde and Tupolev airliners left the supersonic market empty. But now, 12 years after the Concorde fleet last flew,
At the AIAA Hypersonic Space Plane conference in Glasgow in Scotland in July, a paper submitted by Lapcat-II researchers said their early airliner tests suggested such a design would be greener than current aircraft,
Fuel factor Johan Steelant, a senior research engineer at the European space agency (Esa) and coordinator of Lapcat-II,
Nasa used the same stuff to power the Space shuttle. f there is leak, the hydrogen is
In Asia, Japan aerospace exploration agency (Jaxa) is also working on a hypersonic airliner called Hytex intended to cross the Pacific ocean in two hours at speeds of Mach 5. Both Lapcat-II
and Jaxa are part of a hypersonic knowledge-transfer project between Europe and Japan called Hikari.
The fuel consumption is one-fifth that of rocket engines, says Hideyuki Taguchi, leader of Jaxa hypersonic airplane research.
Hunger for hydrogen But, deriving hydrogen efficiently is one main factor for high operating costs. If the hydrogen can be sourced from natural gas, instead of from the electrolysis of water,
Spike Aerospace, another US company, plans to launch a similar supersonic business passenger plane with internal video screens linked to external cameras instead of windows.
however the boom as you break the sound barrier. European hypersonic jets would fly over the North pole
Nasa is working with Lockheed martin and Boeing to design airplanes that break the sound barrier more quietly.
From 2020 to 2025 it may be possible that airplanes could then exceed the sound barrier over populated land without causing a major disturbance.
In Europe, Steelant team tested their 300-seat design albeit a 1: 120 scale model, at speeds of Mach 8 within a wind tunnel.
The Jaxa project has studied the potential market for hypersonic airliners travelling at Mach 5 and found a 100-passenger aircraft flying two round trips per day is realistic based on market research.
Did feel the earth shake for quite a long time. Saw dust and stones flying off mountain near by
using probably the simplest nervous system on the planet"."He told the BBC:""I would urge extreme caution about extrapolating this work to other species-especially mice or humans."
a personal air pollution monitor called the Cleanspace tag. It has been created by Drayson Technologies as part of a drive to improve air quality in cities
Konstantin Likharev from the Department of physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University also conducted research for this project.
which looks like a wagon wheel with open spaces between the pokes, allows the nerve to grow.
(i e. on the outside) of all vessels in the brain and connects to the space surrounding brain cells (referred to as the ISF space),
and ultimately enters the space around the brain cells; and sweeps through it and thereby mixes with the interstitial fluid of the brain which contains waste products.
Kamm said. hen you put liquid into a small space, surface tension drives where it goes,
"said Wujin Sun, lead author of the study and Ph d. student in Gu's lab. When the nanoclew comes into contact with a cell,
its protecting corona is removed and only the hydrophobic core remains. These akedhydrophobic plastic beads are stabilized not anymore
which protect the organisms from negative effects of sunlight, such as DNA damage. The research also shows that the exact manner in which the photoreceptors bind to the DNA is novel.
It tends to develop after years of sun exposure, and is most commonly found on areas such as the head, neck,
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or more than three for every person on the planet, will be connected to the internet by the end of 2020.
"Attacks by Iranian hackers have targeted the military, oil and gas, energy and utilities, transportation, airlines, airports, hospitals and aerospace industries, among others,
and was catapulted then into the mainstream at a star-studded press conference. But the backlash began soon after,
Many, many moons ago I used to be a DJ myself and one of the terms that DJS use when you go record-shopping is rate-digging,
and manage musicians and sports stars. Roc Nation boasts an impressive roster of talent including executives from established music labels.
The stars were all in town for the Grammy Awards, held on February 8, and so Jay z took the chance to meet with his friends about music streaming.
Journalists and industry figures packed into the space in preparation for the press conference. Jamie Mccarthy/Getty Images for Roc Nationthe modern event space featured areas where guests could try Tidal on expensive headphones,
The event space was lined with photos of music icons like Kurt Cobain and Eddie Vedder.
The stars had been waiting in the backstage area with a host of famous names. Director Baz Luhrmann was there,
"and Music Ally called it"big on stars, less so on details.""The press conference featured a video filmed at the Fig House meeting in Los angeles in February.
it has an entire online-radio station with shows by stars like Josh Homme and Elton john. Getty Images Europeapple hired BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe to present its own online-radio station.
and space and it's therefore very likely to find potent antibiotics in such an environment,
#Airbus patents plane that could fly from New york to London in 1 hour A rocket-plane that could fly from Vancouver to Tokyo in three hours instead of 10 has been patented by Airbus. The U s. patent for an"ultra-rapid air vehicle
a rocket motor for rapid acceleration; and ramjets for high-altitude cruising. The turbojets and rocket motor fold into the body of plane
when not in use and the plane also has adjustable fins to make it more aerodynamic. It would be fuelled by hydrogen and liquid oxygen.
"like a rocket, while ramping up to supersonic speed and its cruising altitude of 30,000 to 35,000 metres 20 kilometres higher than conventional commercial aircraft.
For example, last summer, it filed a patent to bicycle-style seats on planes that would make it possible to cram more passengers in the same amount of space.
And last fall, it patented an aircraft cabin shaped like a giant flying saucer n
#Mars simulation project: 6 people start 1 year of isolation in Hawaii dome Six people will spend the next year living in a dome in Hawaii in the name of science.
The crew is part of the University of Hawaii's fourth Hawaii space exploration analog and simulation (HI-SEAS) mission,
which simulates Mars missions. The six members entered the dome on Friday. They will spend the next 365 days pretending to be on Mars. They'll be living in a two-storey dome where cameras,
body movement trackers and other devices will monitor them, according to a University of Hawaii statement.
Researchers will study their"cohesion over time gathering data on a wide range of cognitive, social and emotional factors that may impact team performance."
and support a good team for a round-trip to Mars. The journey is estimated to last three years.
Gifford tweeted"a last view of Earth"before she and the rest of the crew entered the dome.
In the dome, the crew will share a kitchen, a dining space, an exercise area, an office and a lab on the first floor.
The second floor is a loft space with six bedrooms, each with a bed, desk and chair.
They enjoyed their"first dinner in simulated space.""On the menu? Cheese and turkey quesadillas,
They watched their"first Martian sunset.""And, survived until morning. Only 364 more days to go t
#Giant sea scorpion may have been Earth's 1st big predator Earth's first big predatory monster was a weird water bug as big as Tom cruise, newly found fossils show.
Earth's dominant large predator was a sea scorpion that grew to 170 centimetres (5 feet 7 inches), with a dozen claw arms sprouting from its head and a spike tail, according to a new study.
#International trio blasts off for 2-day journey to Space station A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying a three-man international crew,
including Denmark's first astronaut, roared off on Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, beginning a two-day journey to the International space station (ISS).
The rocket carrying the Soyuz TMA-18m spaceship lifted off to the $100 billion orbiting laboratory at 10:37 a m.,leaving just a puff of white smoke in the sky.
The crew is commanded by veteran Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, joined by rookie Andreas Mogensen from the European space agency (ESA) and Aidyn Aimbetov,
another first time space flyer from Kazakhstan's space agency Kazcosmos. ESA dubbed Mogensen"Denmark's Gagarin,"a reference to the Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, Yuri Gagarin.
The Dane told a preflight news conference on Tuesday that he had shaved his right leg to allow Volkov to better apply electrodes during scientific experiments in space.
One of Mogensen's jobs will be to test new equipment on Danish-made exercise bikes, ESA said.
The Danish exercise bikes with no seats as none is needed in gravity-free conditions were launched in 2001
and have been replaced or upgraded several times since. They help astronauts battle the negative impact of weightlessness.
Aimbetov, the third ethnic Kazakh in space, said he was taking dried mare's milk and traditional Kazakh cheese to orbit.
Fermented mare's milk, or"kymyz",is popular among nomadic cultures of Central asia. While in space, he will wear a special dosimeter to study the effects of space radiation on the brain.
Volkov is the first son of a cosmonaut who has flown to the 15-nation space outpost."
"It's our family tradition already to carry Kazakhs into space, "joked Volkov, whose father, Alexander Volkov, commanded a Soyuz spaceship that took the first-ever Kazakh cosmonaut, Tokhtar Aubakirov, into space in 1991.
Mogensen and Aimbetov are set to return to Earth on Sept. 12, together with veteran Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, 57,
who has been working aboard the ISS since March. By then, Padalka will have racked up a total of 878 days in space, more than any other person.
Volkov will return to Earth in March together with NASA ASTRONAUT Scott Kelly and Russian Mikhail Kornienko
who will have spent one year in space by that time. The Soyuz rocket will take two days to reach the ISS,
rather than a six-hour approach usually taken in recent years. Russia's Roscosmos space agency said the altitude of the station,
boosted in July to avoid space debris, requires the slower approach p
#Porsche, Audi unveil all-electric models to challenge Tesla Tesla will soon face competition in the luxury all-electric car segment after Porsche
and Audi unveiled new all-electric models at the Frankfurt Auto Show. Audi unveiled the concept car for its"e-tron quattro"vehicle, a sporty SUV, with a range of more than 500 km.
Porsche showed the prototype of its first battery-powered sports car, titled"Mission E."Similar in appearance to its iconic 911,
it has an 800-volt electric powertrain with 600 horsepower that can accelerate to 100 km per hour in 3. 5 seconds."
"When we designed this car, we knew it had to be a real Porsche, "chief executive Matthias Müller said in an interview on the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show."
"It had to feel like a 911.""Neither Porsche or Audi will have these models to market until 2018.
Scientists Enlist E coli To Make Planet-Saving Plastic Out Of Practically Nothing The Intertubes have buzzing with news of a new way to make plastic without using petroleum or petrochemicals.
Based on artificial photosynthesis, the process uses sunlight and carbon dioxide to make the building blocks for renewable plastics as well as fuels, paints,
one recent development is proposed a new $75 million round of funding for an Energy department project for making fuel out of sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water.
The new process starts by harvesting sunlight with a nanostructure of wires made from silicon and titanium:
hen sunlight is absorbed, photo-excited electron#hole pairs are generated in the silicon and titanium oxide nanowires,
at least that's what I generally need money for after the sun goes down. Not that I don't think this idea has merits.
Homes with rooftop solar panels and batteries can actually use energy from their solar systems during power outages and
Last year, nearly 645,000 US homes and businesses were using power from the sun. That like saying every person in Nashville,
that at higher temperatures resultant from prolonged exposure to sunlight, solar cells become increasing inefficient at converting sunlight photons into electricity.
which is designed to maximise the radiating of heat, in the form of infrared light, out and away from the cell into space.
however, the material allows visible sunlight through to the cell, thereby preserving the energy that required to produce electricity.
the overlay may actually provide an enhancing effect on the cell capacity to absorb sunlight in addition to increasing cell efficiency through the cooling mechanism.
the technology works in the face of direct sunlight and was tested as such when it was installed on a Stanford rooftop.
During testing, an overlay was fitted to a solar absorber a device that provides an analogue to the properties of a solar cell and measures absorption of solar radiation,
where sunlight absorption is required either for functional (such as solar cells) or aesthetic reasons (such as maintaining the colors for cars, clothes etc
The apparatus was isolated from Earth natural magnetic field so there was no interference. One tube contained a fragment of DNA (approximately 100 bases long)
and is secreted out into a cavity between the lining of the uterus and the placenta known as the intervillous space.
#Fly to the moon in FOUR hours: The british scientist who says he's found the secret of Star trek's'warp speed'Anyone who has watched ever an episode of Star trek
The good guys are minding their business in outer space when suddenly the Klingons or the Dark Empire bear down on them out of nowhere.
At the flick of a switch, our heroes are flashed in a blur of passing stars to safety elsewhere in the universe.
a miraculous power source that allows a spacecraft to fly at unimaginable speeds. But while it so far confined to the realms of sci-fi,
U s. space agency Nasa is thought to have tested successfully a revolutionary new power source that could enable spacecraft to travel to the Moon in just four hours instead of more than three days and to Mars in two or three weeks instead of seven months.
Load up the spacecraft, wee all off for a long weekend on Venus! The invention fuelling such hopes is called an electromagnetic drive
because it broke one of the basic laws of physics governing the universe. This rule is Sir Isaac newton third law:
Indeed, every rocket engine ever made has fired burning rocket fuel out behind it, thus powering the craft forward.
when the news comes from Nasa an organisation that put men on the Moon and sent rockets to Mars. According to Nasa engineer Paul March,
to recreate the emptiness of outer space. Some suggest the Emdrive is set to become one of many wonderful British inventions
he said he was pleased Nasa was aving funwith his creation and felt some vindication after years of scepticism.
An aerospace engineer who worked for the Galileo space project to build a European satnav system,
not only speed us to new galaxies, but ut an end to wings and wheelsby making traditional forms of transport redundant.
His prototype looks like something sci-fi writer Jules Verne might have dreamt up to blast Victorians to the Moon.
Nasa researchers claimed when lasers were fired into their Emdrive chamber, some of them travelled aster than the speed of light suggesting it could power a craft at the same velocity.
Mr Shawyer is sceptical, saying he believes such speeds are impossible. He also explains that the Emdrive accelerates gradually
Its inventor calculates that an interstellar probe would take ten years to reach two-thirds the speed of light,
but this steady increase in pace should avoid subjecting astronauts to dangerously rapid forces of acceleration.)
Mr Shawyer is excited more about Emdrive potential to save this planet rather than reach new ones.
trains and cars are replaced by craft that can whisk us from London to Sydney in a just a few hours by flying most of the way in the outer limits of our atmosphere. he most important thing is that Emdrive is green,
an NYU School of engineering professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering and the study's co-author.
The aerospace manufacturer is designing a hypersonic jet that it hopes will take people between the two major cities faster than most daily commutes.
A rocket motor would take it to an altitude of 100, 000ft (30,000 metres. The wing-mounted ramjets would then take control to push the jet to its final speed.
which artificially triggers the light sensors in a person's eyes to make their brain believe the sun is coming up.
#Solar activity is linked NOT to global warming: Sunspot theory of climate change is the result of an ancient error in the data The theory that solar activity is linked to rising global temperatures has been cast into doubt after scientists corrected an ancient error in the calculations.
Until now, the general consensus was that solar activity-in particular sunspots -and temperatures have been trending upwards since the harsh winters of the 17th century when the spots were thought to have been at a low.
But when the error was corrected, the records show there was no such culmination in solar activity in the late 20th century,
suggesting climate change cannot be plotted using this sunspots method. Scroll down for video In fact, solar activity appears to have remained relatively stable
since the 1700s while global temperatures have fluctuated. According to the previous calculations, harsh winters in the 17th and 18th centuries corresponded with low numbers of sunspots,
which suggested a link between climate and solar activity. This period is known as the Maunder Minimum,
and solar activity is said to have peaked in the late 20th century, sometimes called the Modern Grand Maximum, around the time of the Industrial revolution.
The correction, called the Sunspot Number Version 2. 0 was led by Frédéric Clette, Director of the World Data centre (WDC) SILSO, Ed Cliver of the National Solar Observatory and Leif Svalgaard
known as the Wolf Sunset Number and the Group Sunspot Number, showed different levels of solar activity before 1885,
The Group Sunspot Number had a major error that showed a gradual increase in solar activity for the past 300 years.
The limitations of early telescopes led to questions about the accuracy of the constant counting of sunspots for the last 300 years, leading to the Group Sunspot number being started in 1998.
we then consider the implications on our knowledge of solar activity over the last 400 years.''
''The newly corrected series clearly indicates a progressive decline of solar activity before the onset of the Maunder Minimum,
solar activity had returned already to levels equivalent to those observed in recent solar cycles in the 20th century.'
'And the trends recorded are over much longer periods than the well known 11-year cycle of the sun,
#The universe is DYING: Astronomers unveil stark new evidence that shows galaxies'energy is half
what it was two billion years ago The universe is confirmed slowly dying astronomers studying 200,000 galaxies.
Energy generated by the galaxies is only half what it was two billion years ago
-and fading steadily, according to the results of a survey using seven of the world's most powerful telescopes.
It is happening across all light wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared.''The universe is fated to decline from here on in,
like an old age that lasts forever, 'said lead scientist Professor Simon Driver, from the International Centre for Radio astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Western australia.'
'The universe has plonked basically itself down on the sofa, pulled up a blanket and is about to nod off for an eternal doze.'
'The Galaxy And Mass Assembly (GAMA) study, released on Monday, is the largest multi wavelength research to date.
Researchers collated data from the world most powerful telescopes, including the VIST and the VST at Chile Paranal Observatory, Nasa GALEX, WISE and a European space agency Herschel telescope.
In an unprecedented collection of data, they aimed to map and model all of the energy generated in the universe today.
They will now look into mapping the history of the universe's energy. All the energy in the universe was created in the Big bang that created the cosmos
with some of it locked up as mass. Stars shine by converting their mass into energy,
as described by Albert Einstein's famous equation E=MC squared. However, this energy-making process is steadily in diminishing.
Professor Driver said:''While most of the energy sloshing around was created in the aftermath of the Big bang,
additional energy is constantly being released by stars as they fuse elements like hydrogen and helium together.'
'This newly released energy is absorbed either by dust as it travels through the host galaxy,
or escapes into intergalactic space and travels until it hits something such as another star, planet, or very occasionally a telescope mirror.'
'The fact that the universe is slowly fading has been known since the late 1990s but the new work is the most accurate and prolific study to date.
Professor Driver presented the findings at the International Astronomical Union's general assembly in Honolulu, Hawaii i
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