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When you pack to go to the International Space Station and share a confined space for days on end with a few other people, you had better bring along your sense of humor. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson delivered some laughs to the crew members of Expedition 50 when she pulled off a prank in microgravity.

Whitson hid out in a large cargo bag. Fellow astronauts Shane Kimbrough from NASA and Thomas Pesquet from the European Space Agency dutifully transported the bag over the space station's Russian segment until Whitson surprised them by popping out of the packaging. Whitson posted about her escapades on Twitter on Monday.

The look on Whitson's face in the Twitter photo says it all. She's having a great time.

There have been other funny happenings on the International Space Station, notably when astronaut Scott Kelly donned a gorilla suit and romped around in microgravity last year. The current crew also recently posed for a photo while pretending to be superheroes, so it looks like everyone up there has a good sense of humor.

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Northeast Syrtis was a hotbed of volcanic activity.

NASA's Curiosity and Opportunity rovers will soon be joined by another mechanical friend. The Mars 2020 rover will seek out signs of past microbial life on the Red Planet. With the launch date getting closer, the US space agency is trying to decided where exactly it should land.

Scientists gathered this month for the third in a series of workshops aimed at choosing the new rover's landing site on Mars. The 30 potential landing locations were winnowed down to just three, all of which are intriguing.

Candidate 1: Columbia Hills in the Gusev Crater shows evidence that it was once home to a hot mineral spring. NASA's Spirit rover, which launched in 2003 and became inactive in 2010, operated in the Gusev crater. If this becomes the target of a second rover mission, then we could learn more about the watery history of the region and the possible presence of a dried-up lake bed.

This image is made from four frames taken by the Spirit rover in 2004.

Candidate 2: The Jezero Crater also hints at a watery past for the Red Planet. "More than 3.5 billion years ago, river channels spilled over the crater wall and created a lake," NASA notes. This could be a prime spot for signs of microbial life that may have survived there in wetter times.

Candidate 3: The final candidate is Northeast Syrtis, an area that was both wet and warm thanks to volcanic activity. "Microbes could have flourished here in liquid water that was in contact with minerals," says NASA.

Any one of the three could result in fascinating new discoveries, but we'll have to wait for the researchers to convene again to find out which is crowned the eventual winner.

Besides hunting for signs of life, the Mars 2020 rover will assess its new home for possible human exploration and collect samples that could one day be returned to Earth by a future mission.

The Jezero Crater shows signs of water-carved landscapes.

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On Saturday morning, the white stone buildings on UC Berkeleys campus radiated with unfiltered sunshine. The sky was blue, the campanile was chiming. But instead of enjoying the beautiful day, 200 adults had willingly sardined themselves into a fluorescent-lit room in the bowels of Doe Library to rescue federal climate data.

Like similar groups across the countryin more than 20 citiesthey believe that the Trump administration might want to disappear this data down a memory hole. So these hackers, scientists, and students are collecting it to save outside government servers.

But now theyre going even further. Groups like DataRefuge and the Environmental Data and Governance Initiative, which organized the Berkeley hackathon to collect data from NASAs earth sciences programs and the Department of Energy, are doing more than archiving. Diehard coders are building robust systems to monitor ongoing changes to government websites. And theyre keeping track of whats already been removedbecause yes, the pruning has already begun.

The data collection is methodical, mostly. About half the group immediately sets web crawlers on easily-copied government pages, sending their text to the Internet Archive, a digital library made up of hundreds of billions of snapshots of webpages. They tag more data-intensive projectspages with lots of links, databases, and interactive graphicsfor the other group. Called baggers, these coders write custom scripts to scrape complicated data sets from the sprawling, patched-together federal websites.

Its not easy. All these systems were written piecemeal over the course of 30 years. Theres no coherent philosophy to providing data on these websites, says Daniel Roesler, chief technology officer at UtilityAPI and one of the volunteer guides for the Berkeley bagger group.

One coder who goes by Tek ran into a wall trying to download multi-satellite precipitation data from NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center. Starting in August, access to Goddard Earth Science Data required a login. But with a bit of totally legal digging around the site (DataRefuge prohibits outright hacking), Tek found a buried link to the old FTP server. He clicked and started downloading. By the end of the day he had data for all of 2016 and some of 2015. It would take at least another 24 hours to finish.

The non-coders hit dead-ends too. Throughout the morning they racked up 404 Page not found errors across NASAs Earth Observing System website. And they more than once ran across databases that had already been emptied out, like the Global Change Data Centers reports archive and one of NASAs atmospheric CO2 datasets.

And this is where the real problem lies. They cant be sure when this data disappeared (or if anyone backed it up first). Scientists who understand it better will have to go back and take a look. But meantime, DataRefuge and EDGI understand that they need to be monitoring those changes and deletions. Thats more work than a human could do.

So theyre building software that can do it automatically.

Later that afternoon, two dozen or so of the most advanced software builders gathered around whiteboards, sketching out tools theyll need. They worked out filters to separate mundane updates from major shake-ups, and explored blockchain-like systems to build auditable ledgers of alterations. Basically its an issue of what engineers call version controlhow do you know if something has changed? How do you know if you have the latest? How do you keep track of the old stuff?

There wasnt enough time for anyone to start actually writing code, but a handful of volunteers signed on to build out tools. Thats where DataRefuge and EDGI organizers really envision their movement goinga vast decentralized network from all 50 states and Canada. Some volunteers can code tracking software from home. And others can simply archive a little bit every day.

By the end of the day, the group had collectively loaded 8,404 NASA and DOE webpages onto the Internet Archive, effectively covering the entirety of NASAs earth science efforts. Theyd also built backdoors in to download 25 gigabytes from 101 public datasets, and were expecting even more to come in as scripts on some of the larger datasets (like Teks) finished running. But even as they celebrated over pints of beer at a pub on Euclid Street, the mood was somber.

There was still so much work to do. Climate change data is just the tip of the iceberg, says Eric Kansa, an anthropologist who manages archaeological data archiving for the non-profit group Open Context. There are a huge number of other datasets being threatened with cultural, historical, sociological information. A panicked friend at the National Parks Service had tipped him off to a huge data portal that contains everything from park visitation stats to GIS boundaries to inventories of species. While he sat at the bar, his computer ran scripts to pull out a list of everything in the portal. When its done, hell start working his way through each quirky dataset.

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Tiera Guinn hasnt graduated college yet but shes already working for NASA.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technologyseniorhas workedas a rocket structural design and analysis engineer for the space agency since June 2016. She designs rocket components for ventures to Mars and other deep space destination, and analyzes them to ensure they wont break during flight.

Shes living out adream shes had since she was 11 years old. Guinn remembers seeinga plane and wantingto know how to build one.

Id had a passion to become a mathematician, inventor everything you can think of under STEM (science, technology, engineering and math), but when I lookedat theplane, Iwanted to do that, Guinn tells USA TODAY College. I got stuck on that.

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That interest sparked her desire to study aerospace engineering, which led to her work with NASA.

After a Boeing representative visited MIT in 2016, Guinn accepted her dream job with company working on NASA projects. She works withthe structural analysis and design team at BoeingsHuntsville, Ala. location on school breaks and puts in about 20 hours a week working remotely from campus all while maintaining a semesters load of classes.

Ive seen the design (for the rocket) come into fruition somewhat so far, says Guinn, 22. I love looking at something Im designing and realizing it will be built.

Guinns success doesnt surprise her mentor Orren Williams, who taught her high school engineering classes.

Shes fulfilling her dream, but it wasnt handed to her she has worked every step of the way, Williams says.She was one of those students who made me get up in morning looking forward to go to class.

Guinn says her drivecomes from the significanceof her work.

The best part isknowing that what Im building isgoing to affect the world and mankind, shesays.This rocket can really change what we visualize as possible.

Guinn counts Katherine Johnson, a NASA mathematician,as one of her role models. Johnsons work made instrumental strides in sending the first American to space. Whats more, itinspired the Oscar-nominated, box office hitHidden Figures.

Even in those times, when everything was against her, she still did what she wanted to get done and made history as a result, Guinn says. Shes been a huge motivation in my study.

Like Johnson, Guinn is no stranger to challenges. She says she focuses on the support she has received instead of the obstacles yet to come.

My parents always told me that others dont declare the fate of your destiny, she says. Its up to you to achieve the dream you set in the first place.

Guinn willjoin NASA as a full-time employee inAugust andwill continue to work with rockets.

My most memorable experience in college has been implementing what Ive learned and experienced, says Guinn, who serves on the Black Womens Alliance and also choreographs African dance at MIT. Its great because it gets to continue after I graduate.

She may havealready achieved her childhood dream, but Guinn shows no signs of slowing down.She plans to create an organization for low-income students that will inspire them to reach their goals as well.

I always like to make the dream larger after its achieved, Guinn says.I want to pass onthe resources Ive received and much more.

Brooke Metz is a member of the USA TODAY College contributor network.

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February 13, 2017 The NASA Kennedy Space Center launch pad from which Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin blasted off to the moon has sat dormant for years. In a few days, its next chapter will begin.

On Sunday, SpaceX, an aerospace company based in Hawthorne, Calif. that rents the historic Launch Complex 39A from NASA, tested the engines of its Falcon 9 rocket there in preparation to deliver supplies and science experiments to the International Space Station (ISS) on February 18. This will be the companys 10th cargo trip to the ISS under its contract with NASA, according to Space.com, and its first launch from 39A in Florida.

Falcon 9 rocket now vertical at Cape Canaveral on launch complex 39-A, SpaceX founder and chief executive Elon Musk posted on Instagram Sunday, alongside a photo of the rocket.This is the same launch pad used by the Saturn V rocket that first took people to the moon in 1969. We are honored to be allowed to use it, Mr. Musk wrote.

SpaceX signed a 20-year lease to take over the pad in 2014 and has spent the ensuing years fixing it up. NASA stopped using the launch pad in 2011, when its 30-year-old space shuttle program was shut down after Atlantis, one of five NASA space shuttles of that era, blasted off from 39A toward the ISS in the last-ever US shuttle mission.

Throughout the decades-long shuttle program, NASAs spacecraft Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour carried people into orbit, launched and maintained satellites, and made it possible for humans to build the space station. The 18-year-old international science laboratory orbits 240 miles above Earth.

And starting Saturday, SpaceX will use the site to launch cargo in the Dragon capsule aboard its Falcon 9 rocket. The company hopes to use the Florida launch pad to send humans to the ISS in about a year.

That is a big deal. Its absolutely symbolic we are launching from there, former NASA launch director Bob Sieck told the Orlando Sentinel on February 8.

Since shutting down its space shuttle program, NASA has relied on the Russian space fleet and, increasingly, on the private space industry to step in to fill the void in space exploration and to make it more affordable.

In addition to SpaceX, NASA has contracted with Orbital ATK, an aerospace and defense contractor based inDulles, Va., and with Colorado-based aerospace company Sierra Nevada Corporation, to deliver cargo to the ISS for years to come.

The agency also is relying on SpaceX and Boeing to start delivering astronauts to space as soon as possible, though both companies are facing technical delays.

SpaceX, following a rocket explosion in September, has pushed back human flight to the ISS from this year to 2018.Boeing has, too.

Though the delays are necessary to ensure astronaut safety, they put pressure on NASA because of the high cost of sending astronauts to the space station. The agency pays $82 million to the Russian space agency for each seat it reserves aboard Russias Soyuz rocket, the only one capable of ferrying people to space for now. According to recent estimates by NASA, seats aboard SpaceX and Boeing rockets could cost a comparatively cheap $58 million each.

"Given the delays in initiating a US capacity to transport crew to the ISS, NASA has extended its contract with the Russian Space Agency for astronaut transportation through 2018 at an additional cost of $490 million, wrote NASA's Office of Inspector General in a September audit. If the Commercial Crew Program experiences additional delays, NASA may need to buy additional seats from Russia to ensure a continued US presence on the ISS.

Despite pushing private companies to innovate in space technologies, NASA hasn't given up on its own rockets. The agency is working with Boeing to build the Space Launch System rocket, which is expected to carry astronauts into deep space one day. It is scheduled to take its first test flight in fall of 2018, when it will to launch from Kennedys Launch Complex 39B, a site located down the street from SpaceXs historic launch pad.

[Editor's Note: This article was updated with more accurate information about SpaceX's plans for the launch pad 39A.]

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Summary: Professor S. Subbiah, Vice Chancellor of Alagappa University said nanotechnology was emerging as the sixth revolution in the current era as no research was possible without the help of the technology, which played a crucial role in almost all fields of science. AwarenessProfessor K. Gurunathan, Head, Department of Nano Science and Technology said the objective of the seminar was to create awareness on the significance of nanotechnology applications in various fields. Nanotechnology is expected to be one of the next drivers of technology-based business and economic growth, and emphasized the need for product-based research from laboratory to end users. Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Director, CSIR-CECRI, in his inaugural address, highlighted the recent advances of nano science and technology in the fields of biotechnology, environmental remediation, sensors and semiconductors. The multifunctional application of nano material in industries played a great role in improving the economy of the country, he said.

Professor S. Subbiah, Vice Chancellor of Alagappa University said nanotechnology was emerging as the sixth revolution in the current era as no research was possible without the help of the technology, which played a crucial role in almost all fields of science. Addressing a two-day national seminar on Nano materials for specialised applications, organised by the department of Nano Science and Technology here on Thursday, he said after the Biotechnology revolution of 1990s, nano technology was becoming very popular nowadays. The technology helped to produce nano-materials that were more durable, effective and economical, he said adding no research is possible without the help of nano technology because today it plays a crucial role in almost all fields of science. Nano mission project Pointing out that 90 % of the nano-based products and patents have come from China, Germany, France, Japan, Switzerland, South Korea and USA, he said India has invested huge amount through the Nano mission project to bring in developments in the spheres of agriculture, textile technology, medicine, electronics and aerospace. Vijayamohanan K Pillai, Director, CSIR-CECRI, in his inaugural address, highlighted the recent advances of nano science and technology in the fields of biotechnology, environmental remediation, sensors and semiconductors. The multifunctional application of nano material in industries played a great role in improving the economy of the country, he said. Prof R Renganathan, UGC-Emeritus Fellow, School of Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchi, in his address, emphasised the need for fabricating nano-materials that could pave the way for making novel nano-devices with significantly improved performance. Nanotechnology is expected to be one of the next drivers of technology-based business and economic growth, and emphasized the need for product-based research from laboratory to end users. Awareness Professor K. Gurunathan, Head, Department of Nano Science and Technology said the objective of the seminar was to create awareness on the significance of nanotechnology applications in various fields..

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Drilling fluids, also known as drilling mud, plays an important role in facilitating the drilling process by suspending cuttings, controlling pressure, stabilizing exposed rock, providing buoyancy, cooling and lubricating. Every drilling activity requires drilling fluids and they are used extensively across the globe. Drilling fluids are water, oil or synthetic-based, and each composition provides different solutions in the well.

Drilling fluids are essential to drilling success, as it maximizes recovery and minimizes the amount of time taken to achieve the required goal. Drilling deeper, longer and more challenging wells being practiced has been made possible by improvements in drilling technologies, including more efficient and effective drilling fluids.

The growing energy demand globally owing to population growth is the major driver for drilling fluids market. Also, with the successful implementation of nanotechnology in the oil and gas industry, a large number of companies have been investing heavily in drilling fluids. On the brighter side, most of the onshore locations in the global drilling fluids market are currently facing depletion which has prompted many companies to drill deeper. This requires a much larger amount of drilling fluid to function in an optimum condition which will create a higher demand for drilling fluids in most regions.

However, drilling fluids market faces challenges owing to various environmental and socio-economic risk factors associated with the drilling industry. Factors like huge demand for clean and renewable energy globally, highly volatile crude oil market, strict government laws and regulations and environmental concerns related to exploration activities may restrain the market growth.

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Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/14/2017 -- The global nanomedicine market will exhibit a CAGR of 12.3% within a forecast period of 2013 to 2019. The market was valued at US$78.54 bn in 2012 and is expected to reach US$177.60 bn before the end of 2019, according to a research report released by market intelligence firm, Transparency Market Research. The report, titled "Nanomedicine Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2013 - 2019," holds vital data on this market for to help the market stakeholders in strategic planning in the near future.

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According to the data given in the report, the global nanomedicine market is primarily driven by an increase in the rate of investments made into it. These investments are coming in the form of government support and collaborations within the healthcare industry. Most of the investments are made to improve the research and development efforts in the global nanomedicine market.The high rate of investments is being made to complement the rising prevalence of chronic diseases, which is increasing the number of patients with unresolved medical requirements.

Major restraints on the global nanomedicine market, as stated in the report, are the high costs associated with the development of effective nanomedicine, along with the overall insufficiency of framework in terms of regulatory guidance.The future of the global nanomedicine market could rely on a growing trend of identifying new applications in nanomedicine, along with its increasing scope of use in emerging economies.

The report provides a segmented analysis of the global nanomedicine market in terms of applications and geography.In terms of applications, the global nanomedicine market was led by the oncology segment in 2012, when it held nearly 38.0% of the market. Oncology holds a high percentage of nanomedicine use in the commercialized sense, allowing it to hold the largest share in the global nanomedicine market. The report, however, states that the oncology segment will lose market share to the cardiovascular segment, which is growing at the fastest rate due to an increasing population of geriatric citizens around the world.

The regional analysis of the global nanomedicine market provided in the report reveals Asia Pacific to exhibit the fastest CAGR of 14.6% between 2013 and 2019. This region owes its rapid growth rate to the increase in awareness of the benefits of nanomedicine usage in the treatment of chronic diseases. This is more relevant to China and India, where the growing rate of diagnosis of chronic illnesses, coupled with the increase in healthcare expenditure and collaborative efforts, is promoting the use of nanomedicine.

Till 2012, the global nanomedicine market was led by North America owing to the highly advanced infrastructure and services present in the healthcare industry. The report suggests that North America will maintain its dominance over the global nanomedicine market for the given forecast period.

The key players in the global nanomedicine market are Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals Inc., UCB SA, Nanosphere Inc., Pfizer Inc., GE Healthcare, Merck & Co. Inc., Johnson & Johnson, Mallinckrodt plc, Celgene Corporation, Abbott Laboratories, and CombiMatrix Corp.

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PUNE, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA, February 14, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ Market Highlights Till now, around 250 nanomedicine products are being tested or used in humans. According to experts, the long-term impact of nanomedicinal products on human health and the environment is still not certain. During the last 10 years, there has been steep growth in development of devices that integrate nanomaterials or other nanotechnology. Enhancement of in vivo imaging and testing has been a highly popular area of research, followed by bone substitutes and coatings for implanted devices. The market for Nano-Medical Devices is booming.

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Segmentation Global Nano-Medical Devices Market has been segmented on the basis of types which comprises of Implantable Biosensors, Implantable cardioverter-Defibrillators (ICD), Implantable drug delivery system and others. On the basis of applications, the market is segmented into Disease indication, Drug release regulation, controlling fast or irregular heartbeat, consistent drug delivery and others. On the basis of end users, market is segmented into Hospitals, clinics, research institutes and others.

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Regional Analysis of Nano-Medical devices Market: Globally North America is the largest market for Nano medical devices. The North American market for nanomedical devices is expected to grow at a CAGR of XX% and is expected to reach at US$ XXX Million by the end of the forecasted period. Europe is the second-largest market for Nano-Medical Devices which is expected to grow at a CAGR of XX%. Asia is the fastest growing market in the segment.

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Graphene foam gets big and tough: Nanotube-reinforced material can be shaped, is highly conductive – Phys.Org

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February 14, 2017 by David Ruth Graphene foam invented at Rice University is reinforced with carbon nanotubes. It can hold thousands of times its own weight and still bounce back to its full height. Credit: Tour Group

A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily bounce back to its original height, according to Rice University scientists.

Better yet, it can be made in just about any shape and size, they reported, demonstrating a screw-shaped piece of the highly conductive foam.

The Rice lab of chemist James Tour tested its new "rebar graphene" as a highly porous, conductive electrode in lithium ion capacitors and found it to be mechanically and chemically stable.

The research appears in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.

Carbon in the form of atom-thin graphene is among the strongest materials known and is highly conductive; multiwalled carbon nanotubes are widely used as conductive reinforcements in metals, polymers and carbon matrix composites. The Tour lab had already used nanotubes to reinforce two-dimensional sheets of graphene. Extending the concept to macroscale materials made sense, Tour said.

"We developed graphene foam, but it wasn't tough enough for the kind of applications we had in mind, so using carbon nanotubes to reinforce it was a natural next step," Tour said.

The three-dimensional structures were created from a powdered nickel catalyst, surfactant-wrapped multiwall nanotubes and sugar as a carbon source. The materials were mixed and the water evaporated; the resulting pellets were pressed into a steel die and then heated in a chemical vapor deposition furnace, which turned the available carbon into graphene. After further processing to remove remnants of nickel, the result was an all-carbon foam in the shape of the die, in this case a screw. Tour said the method will be easy to scale up.

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Electron microscope images of the foam showed partially unzipped outer layers of the nanotubes had bonded to the graphene, which accounted for its strength and resilience. Graphene foam produced without the rebar could support only about 150 times its own weight while retaining the ability to rapidly return to its full height. But rebar graphene irreversibly deformed by about 25 percent when loaded with more than 8,500 times its weight.

Junwei Sha, a visiting graduate student at Rice and a graduate student at Tianjin University, China, is lead author of the paper. Co-authors from Rice are postdoctoral researchers Rodrigo Salvatierra, Pei Dong and Yongsung Ji; graduate students Yilun Li, Tuo Wang, Chenhao Zhang and Jibo Zhang; former postdoctoral researcher Seoung-Ki Lee; Pulickel Ajayan, chair of the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, the Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Engineering and a professor of chemistry; and Jun Lou, a professor of materials science and nanoengineering. Naiqin Zhao, a professor at Tianjin University and a researcher at the Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, Tianjin, is also a co-author. Tour is the T.T. and W.F. Chao Chair in Chemistry as well as a professor of computer science and of materials science and nanoengineering at Rice.

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More information: Junwei Sha et al. Three-Dimensional Rebar Graphene, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2017). DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b12503

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A chunk of conductive graphene foam reinforced by carbon nanotubes can support more than 3,000 times its own weight and easily bounce back to its original height, according to Rice University scientists.

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Nano-Level Lubricant Tuning Improves Material for Electronic Devices and Surface Coatings – I-Connect007

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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), which is ubiquitously used as a solid lubricant, has recently been shown to have a two-dimensional (2D) form that is similar to graphene. But, when thinned down to less than a nanometer thick, MoS2 demonstrates properties with great promise as a functional material for electronic devices and surface coatings.

Image shows how controlled and dynamic surface architecturing/roughening of atomically thin MoS2 affects wettability.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a new approach to dynamically tune the micro- and nano-scale roughness of atomically thin MoS2, and consequently the appropriate degree of hydrophobicity for various potential MoS2-based applications.

The knowledge of how new materials interact with water is a fundamental, explained SungWoo Nam, an assistant professor of mechanical science and engineering at Illinois. Whereas the wettability of its more famous cousin, graphene, has been substantially investigated, that of atomically thin MoS2in particular atomically thin MoS2 with micro- and nano-scale roughnesshas remained relatively unexplored despite its strong potential for fundamental research and device applications. Notably, systematic study of how hierarchical microscale and nanoscale roughness of MoS2 influence its wettability has been lacking in the scientific community.

This work will provide a new approach to dynamically tune the micro- and nano-scale roughness of atomically thin MoS2 and consequently the appropriate degree of hydrophobicity for various potential MoS2-based applications, stated Jonghyun Choi, a mechanical engineering graduate student and first author of the article, Hierarchical, Dual-Scale Structures of Atomically Thin MoS2 for Tunable Wetting, appearing in the journal, Nano Letters. These include waterproof electronic devices with superhydrophobicity with water contact angle greater than 150 degrees. It may also be useful for medical applications with reduced hydrophobicity (WCA less than 100 degrees) for effective contact with biological substances."

According to the authors, this study, expands the toolkit to allow tunable wettability of 2D materials, many of which are just beginning to be discovered.

When deformed and patterned to produce micro- and nano-scale structures, MoS2 shows promise as a functional material for hydrogen evolution catalysis systems, electrodes for alkali metal-ion batteries, and field-emission arrays, Nam added. The results should also contribute to future MoS2-based applications, such as tunable wettability coatings for desalination and hydrogen evolution.

In addition to Nam and Choi, co-authors of the paper include graduate students Michael Cai Wang and Ali Ashraf (Illinois), Jihun Mun and Sang-Woo Kang (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea). Experiments were carried out in part in the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory, the Micro + Nano Technology Laboratory, and the Beckman Institute Imaging Technology Group at Illinois.

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Intensive bisphosphonate therapy no better than symptomatic therapy in Pagets disease – Healio

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... maximally suppress bone turnover in Paget's disease is of no benefit and probably is harmful, Stuart H. Ralston, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, FRSE, professor of rheumatology at the MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the University of ...

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Olly Murs sings Happy Birthday to Robbie Williams with full backing band in sweet video – The Sun

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OLLY Murs pulled out all the stops to when he sang Happy Birthday to his pal Robbie Williams with the help of a full backing band.

The X Factor star has been good pals with the Candy singer since he sang with him on the ITV talent show and he made sure to mark his pals 43rd birthday.

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In the sweet clip, Olly says: Hi Rob, Olly here, I just wanted to wish you a Happy Birthday mate.

Im in tour rehearsals right now so I wanted to sing you a little song.

The 32-year-old then smiles happily for the camera as he sings along with the help ofhis full tour band including drums, numerous brass instruments, piano and guitar.

He finished it off saying: Happy Birthday mate! Love ya!

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Meanwhile, Robbies wife Ayda Field gave her other half the ultimate gift of total boy heaven to mark him getting a year older.

Sharing a picture of a sweet card she gave him, it read: On this special day, I want to give you the gift of the things you love the most (beside us of course).

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Please spend your day watching and playing as much football as you like, eating as much chocolate as your heart desires, with all the time in the world you want.

Scratch you b*lls, trump to your merry delight and be in total boy heaven.

This is your day, Happy Birthday to the love of my life, your proud wifey.

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Uploading a photo of the card to Instagram, she added: Happy Birthday to my beautiful hubby @robbiewilliams!! May you have the best day today and may this year be the best year yet!! I love you boozy!!

The occasional Loose Women star later shared a photo of some expletive slogan balloons that said old git, Happy f***ing birthday, and old as f**k.

Robs birthday celebrations come just days after he confessed to smoking marijuana in Buckingham Palace during the 2012 Queens Diamond Jubilee Concert.

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Robbie said: Threw up in Buckingham Palace? No, before adding: I smoked a spliff in Buckingham Palace.

Robbie, who has daughter Teddy, four, and son Charlie, two, with wife Ayda, has been open about his use of the class B substance.

In 2013 he said he still uses the drug recreationally, despite two trips to rehab.

He said at the time: The last time I got high was two days ago. No big drug sessions, mind, just a small amount, purely to relax.

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Te Puke's Tamia Hikuroa has been selected as the inaugural winner of the NZ International Tattoo & Art Expo Tiki Taane singing competition and will have a chance to perform alongside her music idol on Sunday.

The NZ International Tattoo & Art Expo is the only convention of its kind in the Bay of Plenty to showcase the works of renowned international, national and local tattoo artists alongside graffiti artists, musicians, burlesque performers and other aspects of street culture.

Now in its seventh year, the Expo made the move from Hamilton to its current home at Queen Elizabeth Centre in Tauranga for the first time last year a reflection of the event's scale and its wide-spread appeal among the community.

The singing competition is a new addition to the Expo and organiser Chris Preece says it was included to further enhance the Expo's family-friendly appeal.

We get a huge number of mums and dads bringing their children along to experience aspects of street culture not often seen all together in one place.

The competition asked up-and-coming musicians under the age of 18 to upload a video of themselves performing Tiki's number-one hit Always On My Mind' to his Facebook page for a chance to perform alongside the Kiwi hit-maker.

Tiki says he received a number of talented entries and was impressed by the calibre of performers submitting their videos, but in the end it was Tamia's dulcet tones and huge online support which drew her video to his attention.

I love the buzz of giving someone the chance to step onstage. It's such a cool experience for them, but also for me too.

Music brings us all together so it's my pleasure to be able to share that special moment with someone who has never performed onstage before.

Thanks to all the other entries too you were all awesome!"

Chris is stoked with the number of people who put forward their entries to the competition and how enthusiastically the community supported the venture.

Tiki epitomises what our event is all about. He's a family man, celebrated Kiwi musician and all-round nice guy and he's covered in tattoos. The Expo is about breaking down those stereotypes or expectations around tattoos, and showcasing them as an important part of our culture.

We were thrilled that Tiki wanted to support the event with a performance that could involve the community in some way and I look forward to seeing his set with the winner on Sunday.

The International Tattoo & Art Expo is on Saturday, February 18, 11am-10pm and Sunday, February 19, 11am-7pm, at Queen Elizabeth Youth Centre, Tauranga. Tiki and Tamia will perform on Sunday at 3pm.

Tickets: $20 on the door ($35 for a weekend pass). Visit http://www.tattooart.co.nz for more information.

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Valentine’s Day: Do dating apps and speed dating dos measure up for singles in Mumbai? – Mid-Day

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As an ode to St Valentine, this 30-something writer tried new-age methods to find the perfect partner a task she discovered was on par with finding a willing auto-driver on Mumbai's roads

"Valentine's Day is a commercial, cynical enterprise a matter of supreme indifference to me... " said nobody, not as hilariously as Bridget Jones did.

Even if one did try to be indifferent, the pink-red-fluffiness at malls, mush-flick marathons on the telly, or even a walk-through of the days leading to February 14 (Propose Day, Couples' Day, Kiss Day) by a helpful niece, bring it to mind. What does a single person do in this situation? We decided to give the dating game a go.

Swish and swipe What: Tinder. Upload a profile picture, and assess men or women, get liked or super-liked. If the likes match, you chat with them; if not, you keep swiping. Yay: It makes going through a million frogs much simpler and you don't even have to kiss them. People are frank. Nay: If you have butterfingers, you may miss out on your soulmate because you swiped left by mistake. I spent a tense 15 minutes trying to swipe left to right before realising that the only way to do that is if you pay for a membership! Also, if you have trouble flirting via text, it could be very awkward. Example: He: Where do you live, it says 52 km away? Me: Panvel. He: Wow. How was your day? Me: Good. Yours? In a nutshell: I won't lie, swiping felt satisfying. I bumped (virtually) into a couple of interesting folks, too. One match claimed he could 'read' people and then told me I was passionate and patient, impulsive and guarded and so on. It was like reading my horoscope not of much consequence but still entertaining.

The iAdvantage What: Hinge Relationship app. You download the app, put up a profile, upload pictures and only meet people bold enough to be looking for a relationship and not casual hook-ups. So far, so clear. Yay: I have nothing to say here. For reasons, refer below. Nay: If you don't possess an iPhone, sorry, no Hinge for you. I guess those bold enough to look for relationships are also bold enough to buy Apple! However, the developers at Hinge are working on an Android version, so I've signed up and am hoping for the best. In a nutshell: I visited the Hinge website to get something started via laptop (alas not Apple again) at least, but failed. Still, the website is active with a blog, video and articles with casual digs about how swiping keeps you single and Hinge is the ultimate relationship app. There's also a regularly updated list of 10 books that can spark off conversations. I couldn't scroll beyond Book 2: The Alchemist.

The 8-minute gameWhat: Speed Dating by LOL (www.lifeofline.com). They organise speed-dating events at popular clubs and bars across Mumbai and other cities. An enthusiastic couple monitors a bunch of girls and guys as they shift tables in a span of one maybe two hours. Sit. Speak for eight minutes. Shift. Two days later, if the people you liked, liked you back, you exchange email IDs, numbers and so on. Yay: If you are in your twenties or still somehow stuck to your rose-tinted glasses into your thirties (no judging), this is for you. Dress up, flirt or try to; either way, the environment is safe and easy, and everyone is as awkward as you. They even give you cue questions if conversations falter. Nay: If you're a hard drinks person, lay off; they serve mocktails during the session. If you don't want to shell out '4,000 for an evening with dodgy chances of meeting that 'special' someone, skip. And if you, like me, left your popcorn ideologies about zodiac signs in the last decade, the scorecards will annoy the hell out of you. In a nutshell: I found it funny, and I felt old. The conversation ranged from how Kaabil was an important film, to "I love travelling, I just returned from Nashik". For most part, it felt like I was watching reruns of Roadies audition episodes.

V-Day or Me-Day? Once I went looking, the Internet and smartphone turned out to be a Pandora's Box filled with ways to end your singlehood a website that throws parties, where you can meet like-minded people; another that provides you with a real relationship manager, and apps whittled down to race, language, obesity level, marital and parental status. But, I realised that staying single is definitely more stress-free than looking for someone. So, this V-Day, inspired by a friend, I could go on a solo trip, or smile widely at someone I find attractive in real time, or upload my profile on Haters, a new app that helps people bond based on their mutual hatred for something.

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Telstra launches new outage-friendly Gateway Frontier router – TechRadar

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Telstra announced plans to release a hybrid 4G home modem router thatd include an integrated 4G SIM and a fixed-line connection last year in August, to be launched early in 2017.

True to its word, the Aussie telco has actually followed through, with the Telstra Gateway Frontier available as of today to customers using or signing up for Telstras ADSL, cable and NBN plans for $216 outright or on a 24-month plan for $9 a month.

Touted by Telstra as the worlds first all-in-one modem router, the new Gateway Frontier is a dual-band 802.11ac device with MU-MIMO, two USB 3.0 ports, four Gigabit Ethernet ports and NFC capabilities, and it supports up to 20 simultaneous wireless devices.

Telstras hoping that the router, designed in partnership with Australian design consultancy firm Design + Industry, looks fabulous enough that youll be happy to display it in your living room, or anywhere else in the house, instead of keeping it hidden away like most other routers. (Well let you decide if it passes the style test or not)

And the company says its easy to set up, too it just needs to be plugged in and itll will connect to Telstras 4G network within minutes, so even if your fixed-line service isnt yet ready, youll still have an internet connection.

Even moving home and waiting weeks for a fixed connection should now become easier to bear.

That backup connection to the telcos 4G network aims to make any future internet outages a thing of the past too in case of any service disruption, the router will automatically switch to the 4G connection, keeping you connected until the issue can be resolved.

Telstras Executive Director of Home and Business Products, Stuart Bird, explained, Many customers have told us being without a home broadband service for even one hour is disruptive, so we are introducing a solution that enables them to stay connected to the things they love to do online within minutes of plugging their home gateway in.

But it is important to keep in mind that, despite launching the Gigabit LTE network, customers using the new Gateway Frontier router wont actually get lightning-fast speeds. Download speeds on the backup 4G network will be limited to 6Mbps with 1Mbps upload speeds.

And with Telstra recently suffering a serious service outage due to a fire at a Sydney exchange, its worth remembering that even mobile 4G networks arent infallible...

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Morality and Murder Collide in Two New Horror Movies – Film School Rejects

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Its undeniably impressive just how well Dont Hang Up recovers from its irritatingly obnoxious and terribly-charactered first act to become a thrilling and suspenseful little morality tale that owes a minor debt to the likes of Saw and Scream. But good lord is it a rough beginning.

A woman is woken from a deep sleep by a ringing phone. A voice tells her its the police, that they have her house surrounded, and that multiple intruders are in her home. Shes understandably terrified, but its her fear for her young daughter that forces panic in her mind, especially as the voice says the daughter has been abducted and shotbefore its revealed that the callers are a group of pranksters making funny calls and uploading the clips to YouTube for lolz. They make people believe their loved ones are dead or cheating on them, and its hilarious.

These are not likable young men, and as the montage of calls over a period of months comes to an end we settle on the tightest and most dickish of the bros, Sam (Gregg Sulkin) and Brady (Garrett Clayton). The script (from Joe Johnson, The Skulls III) makes efforts to humanize the pair through their relationships to parents and a girlfriend, but they failthese are irredeemable pricks. So when a stranger calls them warning them not to hang up or face dire consequences, we cant help but root for the stranger.

And we keep doing so right through to the end.

Directors Damien Mac and Alexis Wajsbrot do serviceable work early on, but just as the script picks up during the second act so does the direction. Suspenseful beats are played well through close-ups, smart reveals, and an appreciation of genre expectations that still allows for a surprise or two. We have a vague suspicion of the killers motivations before theyre actually shared, but it doesnt hurt the films execution and momentum as it heads toward a solidly satisfying conclusion.

Both leads do good work despite the handicap of playing obnoxious characters deserving of almost everything heading their way, and the supporting players are equally fine. The killer is a curious one as once he finally appears Im still not entirely sure if hes wearing a mask or not. Its creepy regardless.

Dont Hang Up brings Saw-like judgement to a Scream-like scenario, but it succeeds in being its own creation by delivering some fun thrills, plenty of blood, and a smart turn or two. It touches on tech issues related to computer security too, and while its efforts pale beside the likes of The Den theyre enough to add some real-world scares to the proceedings. Ignore the cheesy title and give this one a shot next time youre home alone and looking for something to watch. Just trust me through the first twenty minutes or soit gets better.

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Chambersburg Council hears a presentation from Virdis Medicine at Monday’s council meeting – WHAG

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CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. - In Chambersburg, the council met Monday night where they had the chance to hear a presentation from Virdis Medicine, the medical marijuana industry that is seeking a permit to operate a medical marijuana dispensary in the borough.

During the meeting, the company briefly outlined what the process would be for them to come to Chambersburg. They also explained what serious conditions must be met for a person to use medical marijuana. The borough believes that facility could be very beneficial to the area.

This is one of several companies that have contacted the borough of Chambersburg. They seem to be further along with the other folks that we have talked to us and I believe they'll if anybody stands a pretty good chance at getting it will probably be them, said Allen Coffman, Borough council president.

Virdis Medicine will give a more detailed presentation Tuesday at 7p.m. at a town hall meeting at the Eugene C. Clarke Community Center in Chamberbsburg.

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Medical school in Joplin progressing toward June opening – Lebanon Daily Record

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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) With a June deadline quickly approaching, work on a Joplin campus of the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences is progressing smoothly, according to officials overseeing the work.

A ribbon-cutting for the new campus is scheduled for June and the first class of students is expected to begin classes on July 28, The Joplin Globe reported (http://bit.ly/2kr8Ju4 ).

"It's moving forward very quickly," said Paula Gregory, dean of the campus, which will be located at the site of the former temporary Mercy Hospital.

Hiring is continuing but faculty members who are already on board come from "all over" and are planning their classes, which will use the same curriculum as the Kansas City campus, Gregory said.

"They're a very experienced faculty," she said. "We're very fortunate that they're interested in coming to Joplin."

Gregory now is talking to local faculty and physicians to find people interested in teaching guest lectures or labs. And actors are being recruited to participate in simulations to give students experience in patient interactions.

Several staff positions, such as housekeeping, food services and the library remain open and Gregory hopes to find those employees in the Joplin area.

Enrollment also is progressing, Gregory said, with the first class of 150 students about half-filled. Gregory said applicants have come from across the country.

"The admissions team has made sure we look carefully at local applicants because we know local interest will keep people here over time," she said.

Pete Stobie, director of strategic initiatives, said about 150 people work at the KCU Joplin site every day and the project is "on time and budget."

The campus has been funded largely through an investment by the Regional Medical School Alliance, which had pledged $30 million toward the project.

At Missouri Southern State University, officials have interviewed 21 applicants to the Yours to Lose program, an advanced medical school acceptance program that guarantees up to 25 slots at KCU Joplin each year to Missouri Southern graduates. The program is designed to encourage high-performing students to obtain their pre-med bachelor's degree in three years, rather than the traditional four.

About two-thirds of program applicants are regional students, although some are from Chicago and Memphis, Tennessee, according to university officials.

Yours to Lose will begin in the fall, with its first graduates entering KCU Joplin program in 2020.

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Penn partners with medical schools and hospitals for brain tumor research and treatment – The Daily Pennsylvanian

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The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will partner with the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, the Drexel University College of Medicine, the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, the Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the Childrens Hospital of Orange County.

Penns Perelman School of Medicine is partnering with the medical schools at Temple University, Drexel University, Thomas Jefferson University and Rowan University, as well as two pediatric hospitals, to form the Philadelphia Coalition for a Cure, a collaboration that will streamline brain tumor research and individualized treatment.

On Feb. 3, the neurosurgery departments of the cooperating universities announced their plans to work alongside the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia and the Childrens Hospital of Orange County to provide children and adults with GPS Cancer screenings personalized molecular profiling technology provided by NantHealth, Inc.that allows doctors at participating locations to skip the first line of general treatment and immediately diagnose the best plan of action for each patient.

CHOP served as the coordinating site of PC4C, with founding Directors Adam Resnick and Jay Storm, chief of the Division of Neurosurgery at CHOP, leading the cause.

It was their mission and their goal to create a coalition in Philadelphia which included each of the major medical institutions and create an atmosphere where we can bridge across these different academic and medical institutions to improve the treatment and care for patients here in Philadelphia, CHOPs Outreach Liaison Robert Moulder said. I think this is a unique, new opportunity to allow Philadelphia to be a test case for the way that precision medicine can work.

Independence Blue Cross will cover the charges of GPS Cancer tests for all insurance holders, and the members of PC4C hope to be able to offer the service to anybody in need.

Christina Maxwell, research director at the Drexel Neurosciences Institute and coordinator of PC4C research activities, said she feels members are taking the correct approach by working collectively.

Neurosurgery is such a small field in general that the only way to be successful for neurosurgery research is to collaborate, Maxwell said. I dont think that there is a competition among the regions neurosurgeons where they are against collaboration. I think its a very open and very collaborative environment because they all have the patients best interests in mind as their primary goal.

For Michael Weaver, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Temple Universitys Lewis Katz School of Medicine, the decision of whether to join the consortium did not take long to make.

Neurosurgery is a pretty small community, and we all get along pretty well, Weaver said. So when one of our colleagues comes to us and says, listen, Ive got this really interesting idea, I think we go out of our way to support that.

Though partnership increases the volume of data available to neurosurgeons and researchers, it poses its own challenges.

Its a difficult logistical project because youre getting tissue material from many different institutions, said Donald ORourke, neurosurgery professor at the Perelman School of Medicine.

Nonetheless, many PC4C leaders are hopeful for what the future will bring.

Im hoping that eventually [the coalition] will become commonplace. This is a huge deal that theyre using this testing, Maxwell said. Someday it wont be a big deal, it will just be what we do.

Brain tumors are the leading cause of disease-related death in children and more than 20,000 adults are diagnosed each year,Storm said in a press release. Together were embarking on an incredibly exciting journey toward revolutionizing cancer care.

Moulder shared his own hopes for the future.

Ideally the goal is to not have any patients, to prevent these things from happening, he said.

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