#Physicists Observe and Control Quantum Motion For the first time, a team of physicists has discovered a way to observe
and control quantum motion of an object that is large enough to see. Consider the pendulum of a grandfather clock.
If you forget to wind it, you will eventually find the pendulum at rest, unmoving. However, this simple observation is only valid at the level of classical physicshe laws
and principles that appear to explain the physics of relatively large objects at human scale.
However, quantum mechanics, the underlying physical rules that govern the fundamental behavior of matter and light at the atomic scale,
state that nothing can quite be completely at rest. For the first time, a team of Caltech researchers and collaborators has found a way to observend controlhis quantum motion of an object that is large enough to see.
Their results are published in the August 27 online issue of the journal Science. Researchers have known for years that in classical physics,
such as those obtained by LIGO, the Laser interferometry Gravitational-wave Observatory, a Caltech-and-MIT-led project searching for signs of gravitational waves,
ripples in the fabric of space-time. ee been thinking a lot about using these methods to detect gravitational waves from pulsarsncredibly dense stars that are the mass of our sun compressed into a 10 km radius and spin at 10 to 100 times a second,
Emeritus and others wrote papers saying that these pulsars should be emitting gravity waves that are nearly perfectly periodic,
#Engineers Develop Optical devices That Shape Light in Exotic Ways Engineers from the Jet propulsion laboratory and the California Institute of technology have developed innovative flat,
whereas waves in natural sunlight vibrate in all directions. Manipulating the polarization of light is essential for the operation of advanced microscopes, cameras and displays;
But with a 256-core chip, the space savings rises to 80 percent, and with a 1, 000-core chip, 96 percent.
what gives the system its name Tardis, after the time-traveling spaceship of The british science fiction hero Dr. Who.
Unexplored potentialin addition to saving space in memory Tardis also eliminates the need to broadcast invalidation messages to all the cores that are sharing a data item.
and has given rise to a new universe of possibilities for uses of the material. This show unveils a first of its kind optically transparent glass printing process called G3dp.
the porogen gradually breaks down, leaving open spaces into which the stem cells expand before they naturally migrate out of the gel structure altogether to form actual mineralized bone tissue.
a UCLA professor of physics and astronomy and a member of UCLA California Nanosystems Institute, is published September 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,
#Bioadhesive Nanoparticles Help Protect Your Skin From the Sun Dermatologists from Yale university have developed a new sunscreen made with bioadhesive nanoparticles that doesn penetrate the skin,
The new design extends the cell effective life in air by more than 10 times, with only a marginal loss of efficiency converting sunlight to electricity.
which has remarkable efficiency converting sunlight to electricity. Despite this success the delicate nature of perovskite a very light, flexible, organic-inorganic hybrid material stalled further development toward its commercialized use.
with only a marginal loss of efficiency converting sunlight to electricity. The study was published online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
solar panels can be tilted to track the position of the sun over the course of a day.
After doing some not very fancy math with the speed of light, you can then calculate how far away that something is.
and the Internet of things, have realized quickly that the agriculture value chain provides fertile first market opportunities for many technologies that are advanced not enough or have not yet found solutions in the consumer space.
Already this year, wee seen a $50m investment into drone maker 3d Robotics and a $95m investment into microsatellite company Planet Labs, both of which count agriculture as key early market opportunities.
and the space is crowded with companies like Mailchimp, Marketo, Salesforce and Constant Contact. Now Square is throwing itself in the mix,
having being built for an earlier, desktop computing world, rather than the modern mobile-focused space.
In this way, the neurons that you see around you in virtual space were modeled not by an artist,
I was lucky enough to visit Eyewire office which is based out of a Wework space in Boston to try the game for myself.
In Planet Four, players are assigned the task of identifying and measuring features on the surface of the southern polar region of Mars
. If space exploration isn your thing, Tomnod brings it closer to home. Instead of scouring the surface of Mars, Tomnod users crowdsource observations about the Earth surface.
When Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing, Tomnod directed its users to help search for the missing aircraft.
In fact the site couldn keep up with the traffic due to an influx of users looking to help. hrough games,
because the filter is made up of between 80-90 percent open space, there is almost no pressure
Traditional membranes hover around 20 percent of open space. Screen Shot 2015-05-04 at 7. 29.15 AM To create the nanofiber thin membrane that could be produced at scale,
since being part of the New york Tech Stars accelerator in 2012. The technology is expensive to build
Voxon is now talking to Spacex regarding the potential of them using the Voxiebox to design satellite parts,
This will involve installing the Voxiebox in a space in New york and making it available to artists to create projects.
And Researchers rawin 3d Space A new 3d interactive system created by researchers at the University of Montreal allows designers and builders to rawin scenes in real time.
which can then be manipulated on the tablets to create a 3d design within the space.
#NASA Created A Material That Can Heal Itself In Less than A Second From Hurtling Space debris Scientists at NASA Langley Research center are studying new materials that can self-heal in seconds under extreme temperatures and from flying space junk.
The research is a combination of work from a student on fellowship at NASA from the University of Michigan and nearly a decade and a half of study on self-healing materials for both aircrafts and spacecrafts.
NASA scientists said it works much like a puncture healing in the body, but faster.
The organically designed polymers respond to energetic events such as space debris or bullets rapidly hitting the material.
NASA scientists Mia Siochi explained in a video about the project. t was gratifying to see as we actually test this material on the field it actually works. his substance not only has lifesaving applications for astronauts,
NASA told Techcrunch this is still early days and it is working to improve on the tensile strength of these polymers,
The material works well enough that it could be used on the next human space mission n
#Online Bank Simple Ditches All Its Fees When the online banking service Simple first got started,
#Nasa Finds Liquid Water On Mars In a Mars-related press conference this morning NASA has announced that nder certain circumstancesliquid water has been found on Mars. ars is not the dry arid planet that we thought of in the past,
Previously it was known that H20 existed on Mars in the form of ice but scientists had thought the atmosphere of Mars was too thin for liquid water to be possible.
The scientists used a spectroscopy technique to analyze the chemical composition of dark streaks (which NASA refers to as Recurring Slope Lineae
or RSL) they had observed previously on the Martian surface. These streaks had been noticed to vary following temperature changes on the surface leading to a hypothesis that the substance was water.
Late last week the agency trailed a ajor science findingfrom its ongoing exploration of the red planet showing continued savvy at NASA social media mission to sustain public interest in space exploration.
NASA landed its Curiosity rover on Mars back in August 2012 and the bot has been exploring the surface
ever since with NASA extending what was slated originally as a two-year mission back at the end of 2012. Its Opportunity rover,
and unearthed clay minerals after drilling Martian rock again suggesting an aquatic environment in the planet past.
The rover has measured also radiation levels with a view to assessing the feasibility of humans spending time on the planet.
The presence of perchlorate in the Martian soil improves the stability of liquid water on the surface of Mars,
NASA scientists said today enabling the liquid water to exist for longer before either freezing as the temperature on the planet drops,
NASA added although the presence of liquid water itself gives a huge boost to that search. y feeling
when you look at Earth, water is an essential ingredient for life This is tremendously exciting. We haven been able to answer the question oes life exist beyond Earth,
but finding water is critical to that. We now have, I think, great opportunities to be in the right locations on Mars to thoroughly investigate that,
said Jim Green, director of planetary science at NASA. Investigating the RSL sites themselves to probe for life is challenging, according to NASA,
because the streaks have so far only been observed on steep slopes. So it said directly probing
whether they contain life is likely to be he domain of future robotics spacecraft specifically designed to go therecraft
which are sterilized also rigorously to avoid contamination by Earth-based microbes. Exactly where the liquid that appears in the RSL comes from is unclear at this stage.
The presence of liquid water on Mars could also help any future human mission to the planet
NASA added. t took multiple spacecraft over several years to solve this mystery, and now we know there is liquid water on the surface of this cold, desert planet,
added Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA Mars Exploration Program at the agency headquarters in Washington. t seems that the more we study Mars,
the more we learn how life could be supported and where there are resources to support life in the future. r
#DOM Indoorstiny Robots Can Assemble A room In Minutes In an industrial workspace in a not-so-hip area of Brooklyn,
a construction robotics startup called Asmbld is working on a project that aims to change the way we live within indoor spaces.
ASMBLD is in talks with a large co-working space to implement the robotic flooring in its facilities. hink about a business space where the large conference rooms that are used once a day are the biggest spaces in the building,
ASMBLD robotics engineer. nstead of wasting resources for spaces that aren useful 100 percent of the time,
we can make the space more efficient and save a lot of money in the long term. hile it sounds complex,
ASMBLD proposes to re-floor a space with a robotic floor that five inches higher than the existing one,
From an environmental perspective, the argument for reusable spaces is obvious. Construction and demolition waste comprises 40 percent of landfill mass in the U s,
The Indian Space Research Organization is set to test its sophisticated, indigenously-built, multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) on a rocket flight next month while formal commissioning is expected to take three months time,
said a senior official.""The MOTR designed and developed by Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) will be tested next month during a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch vehicle) rocket flight.
The formal commissioning of the system is expected to happen three months down the line, "SDSC director MYS Prasad told reporters here.
The space scientists with justifiable pride were showcasing the state-of-the-art radar that can track 10 objects simultaneously objects up to 30cm by 30cm at distance of 800km.
With this radar, Isro acquires the capacity to handle its future missions involving atmospheric re-entry of space modules
having a protective eye on its space assets and track space debris. Currently Isro uses the space debris data provided by US space agency Nasa.
The commissioning of MOTR would provide real-time data for Isro.""The project got the green signal in 2012 with a target to get the radar ready by February 2015
and will be used to meet the range safety purposes during a rocket launch here. According to Subba Rao, it is important to track all the targets of a rocket simultaneously for
which MOTR would be used. The radar can also be used for vertical wind profiling and also be used at airports.
The Indian Space Research Organization is set to test its sophisticated, indigenously-built, multi-object tracking radar (MOTR) on a rocket flight next month while formal commissioning is expected to take three months time,
said a senior official.""The MOTR designed and developed by Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) will be tested next month during a PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch vehicle) rocket flight.
The formal commissioning of the system is expected to happen three months down the line, "SDSC director MYS Prasad told reporters here.
The space scientists with justifiable pride were showcasing the state-of-the-art radar that can track 10 objects simultaneously objects up to 30cm by 30cm at distance of 800km.
With this radar, Isro acquires the capacity to handle its future missions involving atmospheric re-entry of space modules
having a protective eye on its space assets and track space debris. Currently Isro uses the space debris data provided by US space agency Nasa.
The commissioning of MOTR would provide real-time data for Isro.""The project got the green signal in 2012 with a target to get the radar ready by February 2015
and will be used to meet the range safety purposes during a rocket launch here. According to Subba Rao, it is important to track all the targets of a rocket simultaneously for
which MOTR would be used. The radar can also be used for vertical wind profiling and also be used at airports s
The 20 per cent comes from sunlight, which is captured by a unique solar panel on top of the battery,
The 20 per cent comes from sunlight, which is captured by a unique solar panel on top of the battery,
says he could have spent tens of thousands more on a comparably sized diamond mined out of the earth,
#Humanoid robot to teach astronauts onboard ISS French researchers have developed"an autobiographical memory"for a robot, the only permanent member onboard the International space station (ISS),
which will help it pass on key information to astronauts who change every six months. In order for a robot to understand cooperative behaviour,
which is becoming more and more of a reality in the field of space operations, with the humanoid Robonaut 2 now permanently flying aboard the ISS."
Researchers are now hoping to test their Nao robot in the real conditions of space operations, with zero gravity.
a close collaboration between NASA and DARPA. A unit was delivered to the ISS in February 2011 to control the robot's operation in weightlessness.
It was designed to assist the work of astronauts in complicated situations, especially during extra-vehicular outings s
#Artificial'plants'could fuel future cars Scientists have taken a big step towards creating artificial'plants'that can use only sunlight to make gasoline
a type of solar power based on the ability of plants to transform sunlight, carbon dioxide and water into sugars.
and the word for"star''in a local language. The find was made in the Rising Star cave system.
The creature, which evidently walked upright, represents a mix of traits. For example, the hands and feet look like Homo,
#Signs of liquid water found on surface of Mars, scientists say Despite its reputation as a forebodingly dusty, desolate and lifeless place,
Mars seems to be a little bit wet even today. Scientists reported on Monday definitive signs of liquid water on the surface of present-day Mars,
a finding that will fuel speculation that life, if it ever arose there, could persist to now."
"said Alfred S Mcewen, a professor of planetary geology at the University of Arizona and the principal investigator of images from a high-resolution camera on Nasa's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
In a paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience, Mcewen and other scientists identified waterlogged molecules salts of a type known as perchlorates in readings from orbit."
"Although young Mars was inundated by rivers, lakes and maybe even an ocean a few billion years ago,
In 2011, Mcewen and colleagues discovered in photographs from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter dark streaks descending along slopes of craters, canyons and mountains.
The average temperature of Mars is about minus 70 degrees Fahrenheit, but summer days near the Equator can reach an almost balmy 70.
but measurements indicate very low humidity on Mars only enough for 10 microns or about 1/2, 500th of an inch,
of rain across the planet if all of the wetness were wrung out of the air. That idea cannot be ruled entirely out
and its presence raises the question of whether Mars, which appears so dry and barren, could possess niches of habitability for microbial Martians.
Christopher P Mckay, an astrobiologist at Nasa's Ames Research center in Mountain view, California, does not think the RSLS are a very promising place to Look for the water to be liquid
David E Stillman, a scientist at the Southwest Research Institute's space studies department in Boulder, Colorado, said water for the streaks might be different in different regions.
"Even though RSLS appear to be some of the most intriguing features on Mars, no one is likely to get a close up look any time soon.
RSLS are treated as special regions that Nasa's current robotic explorers are barred from because the rovers were sterilized not thoroughly,
and Nasa worries that they might be carrying microbial hitchhikers from Earth that could contaminate Mars. Of the spacecraft Nasa has sent to Mars,
only the two Viking landers in 1976 were baked to temperatures hot enough to kill Earth microbes.
Nasa's next Mars rover, scheduled to launch in 2020 will be no cleaner. Sterilizing spacecraft, which requires electronics
and systems that can withstand the heat of baking, adds to the cost and complicates the design.
the space agency is ruling out places that might be habitable, including those with RSLS. That prohibition may continue
even though two candidate RSLS have been identified on the mountain in Gale crater that Nasa's Curiosity rover is now exploring, not very far from its current planned path.
Nasa and the Curiosity team could decide to approach the streaks without driving onto them
Catharine A Conley, Nasa's planetary protection officer, who coordinates the efforts to minimize the chances of life inadvertently crossing the solar system a
#Plastic eating worms could save the world A tiny worm, which is actually the larva of a beetle, eats Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene,
#Ancient Mars had long-lasting lakes, rivers: Nasa Mars harboured long-lasting lakes and water streams about 3. 8 to 3. 3 billion years ago,
boosting the odds that life may have existed once on the Red planet, scientists, including one of Indian-origin,
have found. Using data from the Curiosity rover, Nasa's Mars science laboratory/Curiosity team has determined that, long ago,
water helped deposit sediment into Gale crater, where the rover landed more than three years ago. The sediment deposited as layers that formed the foundation for Mount Sharp,
the mountain found in the middle of the crater today.""Observations from the rover suggest that a series of long-lived streams
and lakes existed at some point between about 3. 8 to 3. 3 billion years ago,
Mars science laboratory project scientist at Nasa's Jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, California. The findings build upon previous work that suggested there were ancient lakes on Mars,
and add to the unfolding story of a wet Mars, both past and present. Last month, Nasa scientists confirmed current water flows on Mars."It's clear that the Mars of billions of years ago more closely resembled Earth than it does today.
Our challenge is to figure out how this more clement Mars was even possible, and what happened to that wetter Mars,
"said Michael Meyer, lead scientist for Nasa's Mars Exploration Program at Nasa Headquarters in Washington.
Before Curiosity landed on Mars in 2012, scientists proposed that Gale crater had filled with layers of sediments.
Some hypotheses were"dry, "suggesting that sediment accumulated from windblown dust and sand. Others focused on the possibility that sediment layers were deposited in ancient lakes.
The latest results indicate that these wetter scenarios were correct for the lower portions of Mount Sharp.
Based on the new analysis, the filling of at least the bottom layers of the mountain occurred mostly by ancient rivers and lakes over a period of less than 500 million years."
"During the traverse of Gale, we have noticed patterns in the geology where we saw evidence of ancient fast-moving streams with coarser gravel,
#First nanosatellite functional: Nasa WASHINGTON: A miniature satellite sent in the space aboard an Atlas v rocket from the Vandenberg Air force base in California on October 8 is working fine,
Nasa has announced. The Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration (OCSD) Cubesat spacecraft is in orbit and operational, said Nasa and The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, California on Monday.
Cubesats are going to play a key role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations.
They provide a low-cost platform for Nasa missions, including planetary space exploration, Earth observations, fundamental Earth and space science."
"Technology demonstration missions like OCSD are said driving exploration Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for the Space technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at NASA headquarters in WASHINGTON DC."
"By improving the communication capability of small spacecraft to support data-intensive science missions, OCSD will advance the potential to become a more viable option for mission planners,
"he said in a statement. Cubesats also allow an inexpensive means to engage students in all phases of satellite development, operation and exploitation through real-world, hands-on research and development experience.
OCSD is the first in a new series of six Nasa-managed technology demonstration missions set to be launched during the coming months using Cubesats.
These will test technologies that can enable new uses for these miniature satellites which measure about four inches per side.
OCSD differs from other space-based laser communication systems because the laser is mounted hard to the spacecraft body,
and the orientation of the Cubesat controls the direction of the beam. This makes the laser system more compact than anything previously flown in space.
The Cubesat will evaluate the ability to point a small satellite accurately as it demonstrates data transfer by laser at rates of up to 200 mb per second--a factor of 100 increase over current high-end Cubesat communications systems.
The second OCSD mission is scheduled to be launched in February 2016 6
#Cure for cancer might accidentally have been found, and it could be malaria Scientists might have made accidentally a huge step forward in the search for a cure for cancer discovering unexpectedly that a malaria protein could be an effective weapon against the disease.
Danish researchers were hunting for a way of protecting pregnant women from malaria, which can cause huge problems
because it attacks the placenta. But they found at the same time that armed malaria proteins can attack cancer, too an approach
which could be a step towards curing the disease. that can then bury into cancer cells and release the toxin,
killing them off. The scientists have found that in both cases the malaria protein attaches itself to the same carbohydrate.
It is the similarities between those two things that the cure could exploit. The carbohydrate ensures that the placenta grows quickly.
But the team behind the new findings have detailed how it serves the same function in tumours
Devesh Mistry, a postgraduate research student in the School of Physics and Astronomy, at the University of Leeds is working with liquid crystal to create a truly adjustable artificial lens."
#Space suit that'mimics'gravity tested An innovative'Skinsuit'designed to reduce the debili ating physical effects of space light has been trialled for the first time on the International space station by a European space agency (ESA) astronaut.
The Skinsuit is he brainchild of Dr James Waldie, aerospace engineer and senior research associate at Royal Melbourne Institute of technology.
Denmark's first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, spent 10 days in the International space station ISS) last month,
Waldie and his collaborators have spent more than 15 years getting the suit into space. Skintight and made of bidirectional elastics,
Skinsuit has been designed to mimic the impact of gravity on the body to reduce the debilitating physical effects space flights have on astronauts'bodies.
In the weightless conditions in space, astronauts can lose up to 2%bone mass per month.
Following flight, astronauts have four times the risk of herniated discs as the general population.""Given the impact of atrophy on astronauts in space,
I wondered if a suit like the one worn by Freeman could fool the body into thinking it was on the ground rather than in space,
and therefore stay healthy, "Waldie said. Mogensen is yet to publicly report his findings s
and our capacity to turn sunlight into electricity for Australian consumers and small businesses, "Mr Shorten said.
#Open Space agency gears up to launch open source 3d printed telescope For those of us who love space
and space exploration but are currently earthbound for the time being, the next best thing is to have a professional-grade telescope that ransportsus into space
The only problem of course, has been in handing over the many thousands of dollars needed to purchase an automated robotic telescope that capable of providing clear images of the outer cosmos automatically.
wel soon be able to just 3d print our own high-powered automated robot telescopes right at home.
Parr, who is the founder of the Open Space agency (OSA), has been actively developing a downloadable,
the Ultrascope. ifty years ago space exploration was the domain of governments, explains Parr. ecently things have changed again.
additive manufacturing and low-cost micro controllers that are further driving down the cost of space exploration,
and launch their own space program. Thanks to the efforts of Parr and his team, the OSA Ultrascope automated robot telescope kit is extremely cheap to produce
and is capable of being assembled using a single tool. Altogether-without the smartphone-the cost of building the telescope is just $312.
In an interview with Science Magazine Parr said that the idea is that ou use one screw
Although Parr and OSA first announced the 3d printed telescope project back in 2014, they have spent the past year further refining the design and performing a number of beta tests.
Among other unique features of the Ultrascope include its ability to communicate with satellites to determine its exact location On earth.
With this information the telescope is able to direct itself towards various objects in space including planets, galaxies, asteroids and stars automatically.
Parr and the OSA team sees the potential for a distributed network of telescopes across neighborhoods around the world.
or be used for more advanced research projects. ur vision is to enable a new era of citizen aerospace exploration through enabling consumer space technologies,
This is) part of a bigger vision of citizen space exploration enabled by open technology platforms. Those interested in being among the first to know
when the Ultrascope files become available can sign up over at the Open Space agency o
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