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Space & Cosmos
Strategic partnership brings high-energy nuclear-electric propulsion closer to reality
A rendering of VASIMR in flight around Mars. Credit: Ad Astra Rocket Company Propulsion technology is key to exploring the outer solar system, and many organizations are working on developing new technologies. One company with a long track record is Ad Astra Rocket Company, which has been developing the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetic Plasma Rocket (VASIMR) system for decades. But…
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Nanotechnology
Quantum materials could be the future of high-energy X-ray imaging and particle detection
High-resolution X-ray imaging using quantum shell thin films. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48351-9 A scintillator is a detector that visualizes high-energy X-rays or particles with a flash of light, forming an image. Its many applications include particle physics, medical imaging, X-ray security, and more. However, despite their usefulness, scintillators pose a challenge to researchers. Until recently, scientists had to…
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Chemistry
Succeeded in synthesizing high-energy density cubic gauche nitrogen at atmospheric pressure
Researchers synthesize high-energy-density cubic gauche nitrogen at atmospheric pressure. Credit: Xianlong Wang A research group led by Professor Wang Xianlong of the Hefei Institute of Physical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences has successfully synthesized the high-energy density material cubic gauche nitrogen (CG-N) at atmospheric pressure by processing potassium azide (KN3). did. Uses plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition technology (PECVD). The study…
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