Новости за 15.12.2019

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2019
A new image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope provides important new details about the first interstellar comet astronomers have seen in our solar system. The comet, called Comet 2I/Borisov (the "I" stands for interstellar), was spotted near a spiral galaxy known as 2MASX J10500165-0152029. It was approximately 203 million miles from Earth when the image was taken on Nov. 16. "Data

Moscow (Sputnik) Dec 16, 2019
For the past decade, Russia has been working on its "Oryol" (Eagle) space ship intended for a lunar mission. The landing of Russian astronauts on the Moon is scheduled for 2030. Overweight Russian astronauts won't be able to take part in the country's lunar mission aboard the Oryol space ship due to restrictions on the total weight of cargo the spacecraft will deliver to our planet's natur

Denver CO (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
The capsule-shaped aeroshell that will protect NASA's Mars 2020 rover was delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida. yesterday. Built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT], the aeroshell will encapsulate and protect the Mars 2020 rover during its deep space cruise to Mars, and from the intense heat as the entry system descends through the Martian atmosphere to the surface of Mars. Because

El Segundo CA (SPX) Dec 13, 2019
From start to finish, Aerojet Rocketdyne will play a major role in Boeing's first demonstration mission of the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft for NASA, ushering in a new era of human spaceflight. The Starliner Orbital Flight Test (OFT) demonstration is slated to launch Dec. 20, 2019 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion hardware is featured on all ph

Plum Brook Station OH (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
NASA's Super Guppy flew low in the sky as it transported the Orion spacecraft to Ohio. After it touched down, a series of events began to unfold to transfer the Artemis I vehicle to NASA's Plum Brook Station for testing. The capsule was pulled out of the belly of the Super Guppy and lifted onto a 130-foot long, 38-wheel truck that maneuvered Ohio's back roads to get to the facility in Sand

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
Jupiter's south pole has a new cyclone. The discovery of the massive Jovian tempest occurred on Nov. 3, 2019, during the most recent data-gathering flyby of Jupiter by NASA's Juno spacecraft. It was the 22nd flyby during which the solar-powered spacecraft collected science data on the gas giant, soaring only 2,175 miles (3,500 kilometers) above its cloud tops. The flyby also marked a victory for

Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a new methodology that allows researchers to assess the chemical composition and structure of metallic particles with a diameter of only 0.5 to 2 nm. This breakthrough in analytical techniques will enable the development and application of minuscule materials in the fields of electronics, biomedicine, chemistry, and more. T

Warsaw (AFP) Dec 12, 2019
Eastern EU members Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary have opposed the bloc's target of zero net carbon emissions by 2050. They argue it would hamper the development of their coal-dependent economies and want the EU to shoulder the huge costs of switching to renewables. Here are the challenges these formerly communist EU members face on the path to carbon neutrality. - Poland wan

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2019
Ethylene, or ethene, is a primary feedstock for the chemical industry, including as a starting material for the production of a wide variety of plastics. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have now introduced a new electrochemical technique for selective and energy-efficient production of ethylene from carbon monoxide, which can be obtained from renewable resources and waste. Fro

Beijing, China (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
TSCs are emerging devices that combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. One of the valuable prospective applications of such devices is their integration into buildings, vehicles, or portable electronics. Therefore, colour-perception and flexibility are important as well as the efficiency. Currently, existing transparent solar cells are based pred

Blakely GA (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
acebook's first solar project in the state of Georgia is now operational in Early County. Facebook representatives joined Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and Silicon Ranch today to "flip the switch" on the 102.5 megawatt (MWAC) solar facility in a special ceremony at the project site. State and local officials joined more than 100 guests to help celebrate the milestone achievement.

Madrid (AFP) Dec 13, 2019
United Nations climate negotiations in Madrid were set to wrap up Friday with even the best-case outcome likely to fall well short of what science says is needed to avert a future ravaged by global warming. The COP25 summit comes on the heels of climate-related disasters across the planet, including unprecedented cyclones, deadly droughts and record-setting heatwaves. Scientists have am

Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Dec 11, 2019
German high-end car giant BMW said Wednesday it had struck a deal with a Chinese supplier covering all its lithium needs for electric vehicle batteries for the coming five years. The 540-million-euro ($599 million) contract with China's Ganfeng Lithium will provide "100 percent of (BMW's) lithium hydroxide needs" from 2020-24, Andreas Wendt, BMW's board member in charge of purchasing, said i

Houston TX (SPX) Dec 10, 2019
Here's a case where detours speed up traffic. The result may be better batteries for transportation, electronics and solar energy storage. Scientists at Rice University's Brown School of Engineering have discovered that placing specific defects in the crystalline lattice of lithium iron phosphate-based cathodes broadens the avenues through which lithium ions travel. Their theoretical calcu

Albany NY (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has signed a contract with Lincoln Park DG LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlidePath Power Solutions (GlidePath), to build a 20-megawatt storage project in the Town of Ulster, replacing previously planned projects that would have used fossil fuels to generate power for the local community. The project is expected to be comp

Pohang, South Korea (SPX) Dec 12, 2019
With the launch of wearable devices and smartphones that require high capacity of electricity such as foldable phones and 5G phones, the interest in batteries are increasing and various battery types are developed. For example, flexible batteries embedded in the mobile watch band or wireless power sharing batteries that have developed from wireless charging. However, there is no manufactur

Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
In a recently published paper in Science Advances, Feng Ding of the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within the Institute of Basic Science (IBS, South Korea) and colleagues, have achieved the creation of a specific type of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with a selectivity of 90%, and expanded the current theory that explains the synthesis of these promising nano-cylinders. CNTs are i

Washington DC (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
Made up of 2D sheets of carbon atoms arranged in honeycomb lattices, graphene has been intensively studied in recent years. As well as the material's diverse structural properties, physicists have paid particular attention to the intriguing dynamics of the charge carriers its many variants can contain. The mathematical techniques used to study these physical processes have proved useful so

New York NY (SPX) Dec 16, 2019
A new approach to trapping light in artificial photonic materials by a City College of New York-led team could lead to a tremendous boost in the transfer speed of data online. Research into topological photonic metamaterials headed by City College physicist Alexander B. Khanikaev reveals that long-range interactions in the metamaterial changes the common behavior of light waves forcing the

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused the Congress of practising duplicity by keeping its alliance intact with Shiv Sena in Maharastra despite the Hindutva party support to Citizenship Amendment Bill.

Shyamali Singh didn't disappoint in TSK 25K as she finished second with a timing of 1:39:02 on Sunday.

Injuries are likely to continue to restrict Tottenham boss Jose Mourinho's options for the visit to Wolves this afternoon, but Serge Aurier, Jan Vertonghen, Dele Alli and Harry Kane are all expected to return to the side after being rested for the 3-1 defeat to Bayern Munich.

He also said that the crime of rape should be curbed without any discrimination or giving it a political hue.

LIVERPOOL have learnt their Club World Cup semi-final opponents, Monterrey. Los Rayados beat Al-Sadd 3-2 to make it into the Last Four and face the Champions League winners on Wednesday. Al Hilal or Flamengo will be waiting for them in the final at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha – but who are Liverpool’s upcoming […]

I do not think it is very moral to use the Armenian Question against Turkey as a political tool.