Monday 29 February 2016

New method may find elusive flaws in medical implants and spacecraft

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Medical implants and spacecraft can suddenly go dead, often for the same reason: cracks in ceramic capacitors, devices that store electric charge in electronic circuits. These cracks, at first harmless and often hidden, can start conducting electricity, depleting batteries or shorting out the electronics. Now, researchers have demonstrated a nondestructive approach for detecting cracks in ceramic capacitors before they go bad.
via Science Daily
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Call for Media: The next flight to Mars is departing soon

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The ExoMars 2016 mission is planned for launch at 09:31 GMT (10:31 CET) on 14 March from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Representatives of traditional and social media are invited to apply for accreditation to attend a day-long event at ESA’s control centre in Darmstadt, Germany.


via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Call_for_Media_The_next_flight_to_Mars_is_departing_soon

Young stars surreptitiously gluttonizing their birth clouds

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Astronomers have used a new infrared imaging technique to reveal dramatic moments in star and planet formation. These seem to occur when surrounding material falls toward very active baby stars, which then feed voraciously on it even as they remain hidden inside their birth clouds. The team observed a set of newborn stars to shed new light on our understanding of how stars and planets are born.
via Science Daily
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Historic moment as SESAME begins storage ring installation

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Physicist discovers new 2-D material that could upstage graphene

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Physicists have discovered a new material that could advance digital technology and open a new frontier in 2-D materials beyond graphene. Truly flat and extremely stable, the material is made up of light, inexpensive and earth abundant elements.
via Science Daily

Scenery shapers

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Space science image of the week: Tectonic activity and strong winds shape scenery on Mars
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2016/02/Aeolis_Mensae