Radboud radio telescope to travel with Stratos II+ rocket again

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Stratos II+, a rocket built entirely by students of Delft University of Technology, will be launched again on Wednesday October 14. The first attempt in 2014 unfortunately failed due to technical problems. The rocket will hold an antenna to intercept radio signals below 30 MegaHertz and a digital receiver. The payload from Nijmegen is part of a preparatory programme for a radio telescope on the moon. Such a telescope would, for the first time, enable researchers to measure radiation generated shortly after the Big Bang.
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'Nanohoops' could energize future devices

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When scientists began making tiny organic circular structures using carbon atoms, the idea was to improve carbon nanotubes for use in electronics or optical devices. Now they believe this technique might roll solo. Researchers now show that these cycloparaphenylenes can be made using a variety of atoms, not just those from carbon.
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Galaxy, Stars, and Dust

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Spotlights on BepiColombo

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Space Science Image of the Week: ESA’s BepiColombo, a mission to explore planet Mercury, seen in a different light
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http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/10/BepiColombo_in_the_spotlight

Solitons acquire chirality

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A team of Korean scientists has discovered a new class of solitons, which they named chiral solitons.
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