Tuesday, May 3, 2016

NASA repurposes passive thermal-control technology for CubeSats

An older technology once de rigueur for preventing spacecraft gadgetry from getting too hot or too cold has been resurrected and repurposed for an emerging class of small satellites now playing an increasingly larger role in space exploration, technology demonstration, and scientific research.

Introducing the disposable laser

Researchers make ultra-low-cost, easy to fabricate 'lasing capsules' with an inkjet printer.

New tool allows scientists to visualize nanoscale processes in liquids

Chemists have developed a new tool that allows scientists for the first time to see nanoscale mixing processes occurring in liquids.

An experiment seeks to make quantum physics visible to the naked eye

No one has yet detected the quantum physical effect of entanglement directly with the naked eye. This should now be possible thanks to an experiment proposed by a team of physicists.

Mimicking the ingenuity of nature

A clean, climate-friendly energy source that is virtually inexhaustible: This is the promise artificial photosynthesis holds. Chemists have now got one step closer to reaching this goal.

A new model for simulating DNA's 'atmosphere' of ions

Refined insights into critical ionic interactions with nature's building blocks.

Platinum, puddles, and water's true nature

Water droplets defy predictions, potentially offering insights to everything from fire-retardant fabrics to fuel cells.

Viewing a catalytic reaction in action

An international team of researchers monitors the steps of a chemical reaction mediated by a metallic surface.

Non-animal approach to predict impact of nanomaterials on human lung

A compilation of recommendations from a 2015 workshop organized by the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. appears in a report in Archives of Toxicology.

New fabrication and thermo-optical tuning of whispering gallery microlasers

Scientists have developed a new, simple and quick way to make any number microlasers on a single structure.

Fat-fighting nanoparticles

New drug-delivery approach holds potential for treating obesity.

Making invisible physics visible

Researchers have created a new sensor technology that captures nanoscale images with high spatial resolution and sensitivity.

Method stabilizes, enhances phosphorene

Covalently bonded, single-molecule-thick layer prevents phosphorene from degrading in open air.

Nuclear pores captured on film

Using an ultra fast-scanning atomic force microscope, researchers have filmed 'living' nuclear pore complexes at work for the first time.

Little ANTs: Researchers build the world's tiniest engine

The prototype device is made of tiny charged particles of gold, bound together with temperature-responsive polymers in the form of a gel.

Quantum sensors for high-precision magnetometry of superconductors

Scientists have developed a new method that has enabled them to image magnetic fields on the nanometer scale at temperatures close to absolute zero for the first time. They used spins in special diamonds as quantum sensors in a new kind of microscope to generate images of magnetic fields in superconductors with unrivalled precision.