Tuesday 16 August 2016

Researchers resolve a problem that has been holding back a technological revolution

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Researchers have cleared that obstacle by developing a new way to purify carbon nanotubes -- the smaller, nimbler semiconductors that are expected to replace silicon within computer chips and a wide array of electronics.
via Science Daily

China Launches Quantum Satellite in Bid to Pioneer Secure Communications

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Researchers hope to beam transmissions from space to earth with quantum technology, a type of communication that could prove to be the most secure in the world.
via New York Times

Five Planets and the Moon over Australia

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Nanoribbons in solutions mimic nature

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Graphene nanoribbons twist and bend like DNA or proteins in a solution and their rigidity can be tuned, making them potentially useful for biomimetic applications, according to scientists.
via Science Daily

Van Allen probes catch rare glimpse of supercharged radiation belt

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An interplanetary shock struck the outermost of Earth's Van Allen radiation belts on March 17, 2015, resulting in the greatest geomagnetic storm of the past 10 years.
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Brown dwarfs reveal exoplanets' secrets

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Brown dwarfs are smaller than stars, but more massive than giant planets. As such, they provide a natural link between astronomy and planetary science. However, they also show incredible variation when it comes to size, temperature, chemistry, and more, which makes them difficult to understand, too. New work surveyed various properties of 152 suspected young brown dwarfs in order to categorize their diversity and found that atmospheric properties may be behind much of their differences.
via Science Daily
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New worlds new horizons: A midterm assessment

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While scientists have made remarkable advancements in astronomy and astrophysics since the beginning of this decade -- notably the first detection of gravitational waves and the discovery of distant Earth-like planets -- unforeseen constraints have slowed progress toward reaching some of the priorities and goals outlined in the Academies' 2010 decadal survey of these disciplines, says a new report.
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