Results of the research will be used in aerospace industries, automobile manufacturing and all industries related to aluminum and light metals.
In astronomy, for example, evenly spaced slits known as diffraction gratings are used routinely to direct light and spread it into its component colors.
2015researchers enable solar cells to use more sunlight February 25th, 2015display technology/LEDS/SS Lighting/OLEDS Breakthrough in OLED technology March 2nd,
2015researchers enable solar cells to use more sunlight February 25th, 2015detecting defects at the nanoscale will profit solar panel production:
#Computing at the speed of light: Utah engineers take big step toward much faster computers The Utah engineers have developed an ultracompact beamsplitter--the smallest on record--for dividing light waves into two separate channels of information.
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation and NASA, the research will be published as the cover story in Issue 23 of the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
added Hud, who is also director of the NSF-NASA Center for Chemical Evolution and associate director of the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering and Bioscience,
This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the NASA Astrobiology Program under the NSF Center for Chemical Evolution (CHE-1004570.
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or NASA l
In the nano cosmos, other than in our macroscopic world, the rules of quantum physics apply. In Kinsis, material scientists, chemists, physicists, biologists, electrical engineers, information scientists, food scientists and physicians work closely together.
2015graphene Haydale Subsidiary Changes Name & Creates New Aerospace Unit June 4th, 2015environmental Issues to Hamper Growth of Global Nanocomposites Market June 4th, 2015an inexpensive rival
2015haydale Subsidiary Changes Name & Creates New Aerospace Unit June 4th, 2015environmental Issues to Hamper Growth of Global Nanocomposites Market June 4th, 2015an inexpensive rival to graphene aerogels:
2015haydale Subsidiary Changes Name & Creates New Aerospace Unit June 4th, 2015an inexpensive rival to graphene aerogels:
ranging from the catalysts used for the generation of energy-dense fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, to how bridges and airplanes rust."
and revealing the origin and fate of the universe. Founded in 1931, Berkeley Lab's scientific expertise has been recognized with 13 Nobel prizes.
Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) forage in the Saharan Desert in the full midday sun when surface temperatures reach up to 70°C (158°F),
, in the region of maximal solar radiation (the ants run at a speed of up to 0. 7 meters per second
This passive cooling effect works under the full sun whenever the insects are exposed to the clear sky. o appreciate the effect of thermal radiation,
Chanda research was funded by the university and grants from the Florida Space Institute/NASA. He was awarded just a $300,
low-pressure vacuum--but the micro-reactor allowed the TEM to operate in the presence of an atmosphere of reactive gases."
PEMFC are leading candidates to power the space shuttle and other mobile applications even down to mobile phones,
an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and corresponding author of a paper describing the work."
Among other applications of this sensor, mention can be made of desulfurization of petroleum products, production of jet fuel and launching of aircrafts and other aerospace applications.
News and information Agilent technologies and A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute Collaborate on New Bioanalytical Methodologies July 15th, 2015for faster,
2015nanomedicine Agilent technologies and A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute Collaborate on New Bioanalytical Methodologies July 15th, 2015nanospheres shield chemo drugs,
2015announcements Agilent technologies and A*STAR's Bioprocessing Technology Institute Collaborate on New Bioanalytical Methodologies July 15th, 2015for faster,
therefore targeting their search at a semiconductor material that is able to both convert sunlight into an electrical charge and split the water, all in one;
and they are sensitive to alkaline and sunlight, and they have strength limitations. According to Amir Behzadnia, one of the researchers, this study was carried out aiming to improve the properties of woolen products through special finishing process,
'"Halas, Rice's Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer engineering and professor of chemistry, bioengineering, physics and astronomy,
and shows that they can be useful for converting sunlight into usable electricity.""Additional co-authors include Hangqi Zhao and Michael Mcclain, both of Rice.
UC Riverside researchers find a way to use the infrared region of the sun's spectrum to make solar cells more efficient A huge gain in this direction has now been made by a team of chemists at the University of California,
#Computing at the speed of light University of Utah engineers have taken a step forward in creating the next generation of computers
It will bring many new applications to our daily life very soon,"added Kostya S. Novoselov, from the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester, who coordinated the project.
compact micro-actuators for aerospace, automobile, biomedical, space and robotics applications; and ultra-low thermal signature actuators for sonars and defense applications.
they could replace existing rare-earth based magnetostriction alloys, which are expensive and feature inferior mechanical properties,
and sunlight (WWS) all-sector energy roadmaps for the 50 United states")."An interactive map summarizing the plans for each state is available at http://www. thesolutionsproject. org.
They analyzed each state's sun exposure, and how many south-facing, non-shaded rooftops could accommodate solar panels.
but wind and sunlight are free. So the overall cost spread over time would be roughly equal to the price of the fossil fuel infrastructure, maintenance and production."
these plates can slide across each other bit like geological plates that form the earths crust allowing for high sensitivity
The immune organoid was created in the lab of Ankur Singh, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering,
or perhaps something a little larger, say, an entire planet. Top image: An intense Gaussian-shaped x-ray pulse (transparent blue shape) has passed just through a cluster of Argon atoms (pink spheres.
producing a record low turn-on voltage that enabled the researchers to be the first to use earth-abundant hematite
Water splitting combines sunlight and water in a chemical reaction in order to harvest clean hydrogen energy. By smoothing the surface of hematite,
We are happy to show that much can be harvested from this earth abundant, nontoxic material. l
a Ph d. student in mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and lead author of a paper describing the work.
its overall material properties, says Chih-Hao Chang, an assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at NC State and corresponding author of the paper.
ranging from the catalysts used for the generation of energy-dense fuels from sunlight and carbon dioxide, to how bridges and airplanes rust."
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
#Chemists devise technology that could transform solar energy storage (Nanowerk News) The materials in most of todays residential rooftop solar panels can store energy from the sun for only a few microseconds at a time.
In photosynthesis, plants that are exposed to sunlight use carefully organized nanoscale structures within their cells to rapidly separate charges pulling electrons away from the positively charged molecule that is left behind,
The polymer donor absorbs sunlight and passes electrons to the fullerene acceptor; the process generates electrical energy.
Since her system is powered by the sun, operational and maintenance costs are fairly minimal: The system requires an occasional cartridge filter change,
and phosphorus. This material contains superfast charge carriers, known as relativistic electrons that move at around one thousandth the speed of light,
satellite or tractor, has become a precise, noninvasive and more affordable tool to check how crops are doing.
basically because LWIR waves are highly transparent in earth atmosphere. This wave range also has great application for the soldiers in the military who rely on infrared thermal imaging technology and for flexible night vision glasses.
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."Dong Liu (left), Zi Wei (center) and Fuqiang Liu, an assistant professor in the UT Arlington Materials science and engineering Department.
and use one of the larger sources of energy available to us-the sun, "Behbehani said.
We can change the way light waves are being reflected at will and ultimately focus a large area of sunlight onto a solar power tower, like
On a small scale, the physics of this transition resemble an important step in the formation of the Universe after the Big bang
PCC 7002, a type of cyanobacteriaorganisms that make building blocks for new cells out of air, water, and sunlight.
and into the atmosphere is definitely possible, because CO2 isnt just an undesirable greenhouse gas; it is also a good source of carbon for processes like polymer production.
and defines how much the speed of light slows down while passing through a material. The pulsing laser light changes the AZO's index of refraction,
what the telescope did for space exploration. In the first demonstration of how the technology works, published July 30 in the journal Cell("Saturated Reconstruction of a Volume of Neocortex"),the researchers look inside the brain of an adult mouse at a scale previously unachievable, generating images
The inventors'long-term goal is to make the resource available to the scientific community in the form of a national brain observatory.
and the earth and materials sciences, including at the Department of energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. At home, these researchers conduct lab experiments, investigate animal skeletons,
and he's a pretty cool dude who's willing to do almost anything to save the planet.
About a decade ago, Cubist tried its hand at mining microbial dark matter, says Eisenstein. The company gave up the hunt
Jaguar land rover is investigating a method already used by NASA to develop a pilot concentration skills
The technique is based on the fact that high levels of radioactive carbon (14c) were released into the atmosphere during the 1950s and 1960s,
#Aussie student proves existence of plasma tubes floating above Earth AN AUSTRALIAN scientist has discovered that giant, invisible,
moving plasma tubes fill the skies above Earth. It a finding that was met initially with a considerable degree of scepticism within the field of astrophysics,
but a University of Sydney undergraduate student Cleo Loi, 23, has proven that the phenomenon exists.
By using a radio telescope in the West Australian outback to see space in 3d, Ms Loi has proven that the Earth atmosphere is embedded with these strangely shaped, tubular plasma structures.
The complex, multilayered ducts are created by the atmosphere being ionised by sunlight. or over 60 years
scientists believed these structures existed, but by imaging them for the first time, wee provided visual evidence that they are said really there
Ms Loi, of the Australia Research Council Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO).
e measured their position to be about 600km above the ground, in the upper ionosphere,
and they appear to be continuing upwards into the plasmasphere. his is around where the neutral atmosphere ends,
and aligned beautifully with the Earth magnetic field lines, like aurorae. e realised we may be onto something big.
The breakthrough came when Ms Loi used the remote telescope, the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), to map large patches of the sky in a new way.
By separating the signals from tiles in the east from the ones in the west,
the astronomers gave the MWA a set of 128 antenna tiles spread over 9sq km in the desert the power to see in 3d. his is like turning the telescope into a pair of eyes,
Ms Loi told news. com. au that her research was dismissed initially as being based on imperfections in the telescope images. hey had seen never this type of thing before.
and that how everyone came to be convinced that it had to be something else. e found that the ionisation patterns in the ionosphere are structured quite.
They flow in these tubular structures that are aligned with the Earth magnetic field. And they can then move of their own accord.
It may also mean we need to reevaluate our thinking about how galaxies, stars and clouds of gas behave and
what they look like. Ms Loi supervisor Tara Murphy said her work was impressive. t is to Cleo great credit that she
Aerospace giant Northrop grumman is at the cutting edge of this technology with its Fire Scout system
After that the aircraft will operate at five locations in so called orbits of four aircraft providing the US with constant global coverage of the oceans.
such as the 1960s images provided by the Corona Atlas of the Ancient Near east. We will never know what has been lost,
just like frogs and mice It's Magnetism 1 Gravity 0. Using magnets, a team at Stanford university has devised a way to make living cells hover.
blinds to block out the sun thicker glass to block out the noise and bug zappers to get rid of the flies.
whether the remote tower is across town or on the other side of the earth.
and will lead to a better understanding of quark formations created by nuclear forces, with possible implications in astrophysics."
builds off earlier contracts announced in February (see below) to enable wider adoption of 3ds'metal technologies within aerospace companies.
and funded by the Air force Research Laboratory (AFRL), the contract underscores 3ds'technological leadership and proven defense/aerospace manufacturing track record.
and aerospace companyith the hard data necessary to evaluate the technology. Further, it is expected that this project's results could accelerate validation of 3ds'manufacturing capability as a new component of Honeywell's supply chain.
to develop advanced aerospace and defense 3d printing manufacturing capabilities t a convincing scale The contracts were administered also by America Makes
functionality and repeatability specifications demanded for flight-worthy aerospace parts. The first contract is led by 3ds, in partnership with the University of Delaware Center for Composite Manufacturing,
ensuring optimum accuracy and repeatability of manufactured aerospace parts. The second contract in collaboration with the Applied Research Laboratory of Pennsylvania State university in partnership with Honeywell International and Northrop grumman, leverages 3dsdirect Metal 3d printing.
aerospace and defense manufacturers are expected to gain full control of the direct metal manufacturing process at the layer level,
a new form of matter that might be created in collapsing stars. Scientists at the LHCB detector, where they are researching
what happened after the Big bang, recently found signs of the pentaquark in a powerful proton collision.
These results offer further clues about the aftermath of the Big bang. Pentaquarks could form when stars collapse into neutron stars or potentially black holesnfluencing
what they look like and where they go in their life cycle. Not only that, but this could provide additional information about particles that underpin all matter.
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.
"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,
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.
otherwise pollute the atmosphere. Paul Gatenholm a professor of biopolymer technology at Chalmers and one of the study authors, envisions a huge range of applications for products printed with cellulose."
#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
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.
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,
"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.
These eddy currents even oppose gravity, pushing off of the surface's magnetic field to keep the superconductor floating in midair.
its eddy currents fighting gravity to a Draw in short, Lexus has come up with a cool way to use superconductors to levitate a hoverboard and its rider, an impressive achievement,
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
the device points to a new generation of computers that can transmit information at the speed of light."
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,
"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.
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
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
and tested a new sensor to detect ambient levels of mercury in the atmosphere. Funded through a National Science Foundation Major Research Instrumentation grant, the new highly sensitive, laser-based instrument provides scientists with a method to more accurately measure global human exposure to mercury.
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.
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.
A new regulation governing the control of invasive alien species became effective in all EU states on 1 january 2015.
There are around 12,000 alien species currently in the EU and its neighbouring European countries, of which an estimated 10 to 15 percent are considered to be invasive.
Politicians are having to set priorities as there is now a very large number of invasive alien species
Classification of the respective species as alien in at least three EU countries is the prerequisite for inclusion in this list.
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."
"We believe Onsight will enhance the ways in 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
what they are seeing. But images, even 3-D stereo views, lack a natural sense of depth that human vision employs to understand spatial relationships.
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
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