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U.S., Thailand agree to peaceful use of nuclear energy

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Washington DC (UPI) Jan 14, 2025
Officials for the United States and Thailand on Tuesday signed an Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy between the two nations. U.S. Ambassador to Thailand Robert Godec and Thailand's Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation Supamas Isaraghakdi signed the cooperative agreement on behalf of their respective nations in Bangkok, the U..

Climate science-denying energy secretary nominee calls for expanding U.S. energy sector

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Washington DC (UPI) Jan 15, 2025
Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Energy Department, faced lawmakers for confirmation hearings and called for efforts to "unleash" America's energy sector. "The challenges you will face as energy secretary are significant," Utah's Republican Sen. Mike Lee, chair of the Senate's Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, said at the start of Wright's hear

Small changes can dramatically boost efficacy of piezoceramics

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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in collaboration with international partners, have demonstrated how minor adjustments can significantly improve the performance of commonly used piezoelectric ceramic materials. Their findings, published in the journal Nature, highlight that reducing the thickness of piezoceramics and minimizing atomic defects during manufacturing can dramat

Shipping emissions mandate led to spike in global temperatures

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Ithica NY (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
The summer of 2023 saw a surprising increase in global temperatures, even within the context of the ongoing greenhouse gas-driven warming trend. Many scientists were flummoxed. Their simulations didn't show this kind of spike. "Climate scientists were saying this is essentially impossible, that it is bonkers to see such a jump all at once," said Daniele Visioni, assistant professor in the

SIIS Signs MOU with Pixxel to Expand Hyperspectral Data Solutions in Korea

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Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
SIIS Co., Ltd. (CEO Kim Moon-Gyu) has formalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pixxel, a US-India-based space technology enterprise known for its hyperspectral satellite constellation. The agreement, signed on November 19th during the Satellite Utilization Conference, paves the way for introducing hyperspectral satellite data to Korean institutions and businesses. Pixxel's advan

Primordial naked singularities may offer insights into quantum gravity

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New Delhi (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
Two Indian physicists have introduced a novel theoretical perspective that could reshape our understanding of the universe's composition and offer potential avenues to explore quantum gravity. Professor Pankaj Joshi of Ahmedabad University, India, and Professor Sudip Bhattacharyya of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), have proposed that the gravitational collapse of matter in the

Novel 'quantum refrigerator' is great at erasing quantum computer's chalkboard

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Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
If you'd like to solve a math problem on a good old-fashioned chalkboard, you want the board clean and free of any previous markings so that you have space to work. Quantum computers have a similar need for a clean workspace, and a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found an innovative and effective way to create and maintain it. The

Novel graphene ribbons poised to advance quantum technologies

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed an innovative graphene nanoribbon (GNR) that could pave the way for advances in quantum electronics and computing. Known as the Janus graphene nanoribbon (JGNR), this material features a unique zigzag edge structure, unlocking new possibilities in carbon-based quantum technologies. The JGNR, designed with a ferromagne

Red hot: key facts about Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app taking the US by storm

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Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
In the days leading up to a proposed US government ban on the social media platform TikTok, American users have turned to another Chinese-owned app, Xiaohongshu. The United States passed a law last year forcing the popular video platform's owner ByteDance to either sell it or shut it down by January 19. With that deadline looming, Xiaohongshu - a lifestyle-focussed Instagram-meets-Pinte

New filter captures and recycles aluminum from manufacturing waste

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Boston MA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
Used in everything from soda cans and foil wrap to circuit boards and rocket boosters, aluminum is the second-most-produced metal in the world after steel. By the end of this decade, demand is projected to drive up aluminum production by 40 percent worldwide. This steep rise will magnify aluminum's environmental impacts, including any pollutants that are released with its manufacturing waste.

Neutron Star Deformations May Create Space-Time Ripples

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
Collapsed stars, known as neutron stars, possess extraordinary density - a trillion times that of lead. Despite their significance, the surface features of neutron stars remain largely uncharted. Recent investigations by nuclear theorists have drawn parallels between mountain formation mechanisms on planetary bodies in our solar system and those on neutron stars. These findings suggest that neut

Method can detect harmful salts forming in nuclear waste melters

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 10, 2025
A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. Reporting in the journal Measurement, Washington State University researchers used two detectors to find thin layers of sulfate, chloride and fluoride salts during vitrification, a nuclear was

Light flexible and radiation resistant organic solar cells for space

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 13, 2025
Radiation tests suggest that carbon-based organic solar cells could surpass traditional silicon and gallium arsenide cells in efficiency and durability for space applications, according to a University of Michigan study. Previous research primarily examined how radiation affected the energy conversion efficiency of organic solar cells. This new study delved into molecular-level changes tha

Innovative process removes carbon from air anywhere

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Cincinnati OH (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
Until now, carbon capture has focused largely on removing greenhouse gases at their source, such as the emissions of power plants, refineries, concrete plants and other industries. But University of Cincinnati Professor Joo-Youp Lee said the Golden Fleece of carbon capture is drawing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, which is much, much harder. "The concentrations of carbo

Biophotovoltaics: a step forward in sustainable energy technology

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
In an important study published in Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, researchers have unveiled new insights into biophotovoltaic (BPV) systems. These advanced systems integrate photosynthetic microbes with electrochemical components to transform sunlight into electricity. By utilizing the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, the research explores the molecular processes that make th

BlackSky secures extended contract with NRO for advanced Gen-2 imagery services

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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2025
BlackSky Technology Inc. (NYSE: BKSY) has announced a one-year extension of its Electro-Optical Commercial Layer (EOCL) contract with the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). The extension covers subscription-based high-frequency, low-latency Gen-2 imagery services and will include enhancements to BlackSky's ground architecture to improve image search functionality, operational utility, and rea

Engineering quantum entanglement at the nanoscale

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New York NY (SPX) Jan 14, 2025
Physicists have spent more than a century measuring and making sense of the strange ways that photons, electrons, and other subatomic particles interact at extremely small scales. Engineers have spent decades figuring out how to take advantage of these phenomena to create new technologies. In one such phenomenon, called quantum entanglement, pairs of photons

Starship-7 set for Thursday afternoon launch

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Boca Chica, United States (AFP) Jan 15, 2025
Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday pushed back its latest orbital flight test of Starship, the colossal prototype rocket the company hopes will help humans colonize Mars. "Due to weather, we're now targeting Thursday, January 16 for Starship's seventh flight test," the company said on X. A 60-minute launch window from the company's Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, will open at 4:00 pm Central

India achieves 'historic' space docking mission

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Bengaluru, India (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
India docked two satellites in space Thursday, a key milestone for the country's dreams of a space station and manned Moon mission, the space agency said. The satellites, weighing 220 kilograms (485 pounds) each, blasted off in December on a single rocket from India's Sriharikota launch site. Later they separated. The two satellites were manoeuvred back together on Thursday in a "precisi

Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket blasts off in first launch, reaches orbit

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Cape Canaveral (AFP) Jan 16, 2025
Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, launched its massive New Glenn rocket for the first time early Thursday, a livestream of the blastoff showed. The rocket, whose inaugural mission had been delayed by several years, blasted of at 2:03 am (0703 GMT) from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Base in the US state of Florida, the webcast showed. The mission is seen a