Friday 3 August 2018

Nanotube 'rebar' makes graphene twice as tough

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Researchers have found that reinforcing graphene with embedded carbon nanotubes makes the 2D nanomaterial more than twice as tough as pristine graphene.
via Science Daily

NASA Names Astronauts for Boeing and SpaceX Flights to International Space Station

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Their voyages are scheduled for next year, and they would be the first American astronauts to launch from American soil since 2011.
via New York Times

A Radar Blip, a Flash of Light: How U.F.O.s ‘Exploded’ Into Public View

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Sightings of U.F.O.s in Washington in July 1952 garnered headlines around the world and caused so much concern that the government was forced to speak out.
via New York Times

The marriage of topology and magnetism in a Weyl system

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Topology is a global aspect of materials, leading to fundamental new properties for compounds with large relativistic effects. The incorporation of heavy elements give rise to non-trivial topological phases of matter, such as topological insulators, Dirac and Weyl semimetals. The semimetals are characterized by band-touching points with linear dispersion, similar to massless relativistic particles in high energy physics.
via Science Daily

NASA assigns crews to first test flights, missions on commercial spacecraft

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NASA has introduced the first U.S. astronauts who will fly on American-made, commercial spacecraft to and from the International Space Station -- an endeavor that will return astronaut launches to U.S. soil for the first time since the space shuttle's retirement in 2011.
via Science Daily
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VLA detects possible extrasolar planetary-mass magnetic powerhouse

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Astronomers have detected a possible planetary-mass object with a surprisingly powerful magnetic field some 20 light-years from Earth. It can help scientists better understand magnetic processes on stars and planets.
via Science Daily
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