Thursday 16 March 2017

Research leads to a golden discovery for wearable technology

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Researchers say they have developed a way to “grow” thin layers of gold on single crystal wafers of silicon, remove the gold foils, and use them as substrates on which to grow other electronic materials.
via Science Daily

LHCb observes an exceptionally large group of particles

ESA’s Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board

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Demanding electric, magnetic and power requirements, harsh radiation, and strict planetary protection rules are some of the critical issues that had to be tackled in order to move ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer – Juice – from the drawing board and into construction.


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

Mimas in Saturnlight

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Peering from the shadows, the Saturn-facing hemisphere of Mimas lies in near darkness alongside a dramatic sunlit crescent. The mosaic was captured near the Cassini spacecraft's final close approach on January 30, 2017. Cassini's camera was pointed in a nearly sunward direction only 45,000 kilometers from Mimas. The result is one of the highest resolution views of the icy, crater-pocked, 400 kilometer diameter moon. An enhanced version better reveals the Saturn-facing hemisphere of the synchronously rotating moon lit by sunlight reflected from Saturn itself. To see it, slide your cursor over the image (or follow this link). Other Cassini images of Mimas include the small moon's large and ominous Herschel Crater.

Zazzle Space Gifts for young and old

ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking begins

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The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has completed another set of important science calibration tests before a year of aerobraking gets underway.


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