Wednesday 12 April 2017

Non-flammable graphene membrane developed for safe mass production

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A simple and scalable method for turning graphene oxide into a non-flammable and paper-like graphene membrane that can be used in large-scale production has now been identified by researchers.
via Science Daily

Microprocessors based on a layer of just three atoms

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Microprocessors based on atomically thin materials hold the promise of the evolution of traditional processors as well as new applications in the field of flexible electronics. Now, a team has made a breakthrough in this field as part of an ongoing research project.
via Science Daily

Meet 'DeeDee,' a distant, dim member of our solar system

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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have revealed extraordinary details about a recently discovered far-flung member of our solar system, the planetary body 2014 UZ224, more informally known as DeeDee.
via Science Daily
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Collisions generate gas in debris disks

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By examining the atomic carbon line from two young star systems -- 49 Ceti and Beta Pictoris -- researchers had found atomic carbon in the disk, the first time this observation has been made at sub-millimeter wavelength, hinting that the gas in debris disks is not primordial, but rather is generated from some process of collisions taking place in the debris disk.
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Research group works toward devising topological superconductor

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A new topological superconductor made from an ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenide is a step toward quantum computing, suggests a new research report.
via Science Daily

Stars on the move

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The motion of two million stars is traced five million years into the future using ESA’s Gaia
via ESA Space Science
http://sci.esa.int/gaia/59004-two-million-stars-on-the-move/

Leo Trio

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This group is popular in the northern spring. Famous as the Leo Triplet, the three magnificent galaxies gather in one field of view. Crowd pleasers when imaged with even modest telescopes, they can be introduced individually as NGC 3628 (left), M66 (bottom right), and M65 (top). All three are large spiral galaxies but they tend to look dissimilar because their galactic disks are tilted at different angles to our line of sight. NGC 3628 is seen edge-on, with obscuring dust lanes cutting across the plane of the galaxy, while the disks of M66 and M65 are both inclined enough to show off their spiral structure. Gravitational interactions between galaxies in the group have also left telltale signs, including the warped and inflated disk of NGC 3628 and the drawn out spiral arms of M66. This gorgeous view of the region spans about one degree (two full moons) on the sky. The field covers over 500 thousand light-years at the trio's estimated distance of 30 million light-years.

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Meet the fleet

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New artist's views of the BepiColombo spacecraft that will be launched to Mercury in 2018
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Highlights/Meet_the_fleet