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Mars Rover Yielding New Clues While Lodged In Martian Soil
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009
NASA's Mars rover Spirit, lodged in Martian soil that is causing traction trouble, is taking advantage of the situation by learning more about the Red Planet's environmental history. In April, Spirit entered an area composed of three or more layers of soil with differing pastel hues hiding beneath a darker sand blanket. Scientists dubbed the site "Troy." Spirit's rotating wheels ... read more

NASA Partners With California Space Authority
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2009
NASA has announced that it has signed an agreement with the California Space Authority, Inc., (CSA) to collaborate on participatory science and public outreach using a simulated lunar surface environment. Under the terms of a Space Act Agreement, CSA will establish an office at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., in NASA Research Park. This fall, NASA Ames and CSA, along ... more
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    New Instrument Could Detect Water Deep Underground On Mars
    San Antonio TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2009
    With the whoosh of compressed gas and the whir of unspooling wire, a team of Boulder scientists and engineers tested a new instrument prototype that might be used to detect groundwater deep inside Mars. The Mars Time Domain Electromagnetic Sounder (MTDEM) uses induction to generate electrical currents in the ground, whose secondary magnetic fields are in turn detected at the planetary ... more

    4Frontiers Team Members Lead Simulated Mars Mission
    Tampa FL (SPX) Jun 25, 2009
    4Frontiers Corporation is pleased to announce that it is spearheading this summer's expedition to the Mars Society's Flashline Mars Arctic Research Station (FMARS) on Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic. 4Frontiers consultant Walter Vernon Kramer has been selected as commander of a crew of six, the 12th crew to inhabit the station. He will be assisted by 4Frontiers Vice President Joseph ... more

    Spirit Undertaking More Soil Investigation
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2009
    Spirit remains stationary on the west side of Home Plate in the location called "Troy". The rover continues to be busy with an ambitious observation campaign employing both remote sensing and in-situ (contact) science with the robotic arm (instrument deployment device, IDD). The soil disturbed by the rover's embedding has been the subject of extensive science investigation. Five out of the ... more

    Opportunity Clearing The Dust
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 25, 2009
    Opportunity has been stationary this week resting the right-front drive actuator. During this time, the rover is conducting a series of robotic arm (IDD) activities. On Sol 1913 (June 11, 2009), the rover collected a set of microscopic imager (MI) sky flats to calibrate the camera images. Opportunity also began a mitigation effort for apparent dust on the elevation mirror of its ... more

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    Microsoft says will foot AI's massive power bill as emissions soar in 2025
    San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 13, 2026
    Microsoft said Tuesday it will shoulder the full electricity costs of its US data centers to prevent American households from facing higher power bills driven by surging AI energy demand. ... more
    France climate goals off track as emissions cuts slow again
    Paris, France Jan 13, 2026
    France's cuts to greenhouse gas emissions slowed for a second straight year in 2025 and remain well off track to meeting its climate goals, according to provisional government-commissioned estimates published on Tuesday. ... more
    Understanding ammonia energy's tradeoffs around the world
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    Many people are optimistic about ammonia's potential as an energy source and carrier of hydrogen, and though large-scale adoption would require major changes to the way it is currently manufactured, ... more

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    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
    Nullspace Inc. has released a new version of its electromagnetic simulation suite that targets large-scale antenna and radar applications with faster frequency analysis and streamlined CAD preparati ... more
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    Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2026
    Diffraqtion, a space startup spun out of MIT and the University of Maryland, has closed a pre-seed funding round to advance satellite constellations and telescope systems powered by a novel quantum ... more
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    Stringent quality control is essential in the pharmaceutical industry, as both cosmetics and pharmaceutical products must maintain a high standard of quality. Any deviation from these standards poses a significant threat to their market survival. ... more

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    Musk vs OpenAI trial set for April 27
    San Francisco, United States (AFP) Jan 13, 2026
    A trial in the lawsuit brought by Elon Musk against OpenAI CEO Samuel Altman and other defendants - including tech giant Microsoft - is scheduled to begin April 27, according to a federal court order issued Tuesday. ... more
    From sci-fi to sidewalk: exoskeletons go mainstream
    Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 8, 2026
    Exoskeletons are shedding their bulky, sci-fi image to become lightweight, AI-powered consumer devices that manufacturers hope will become as commonplace as smartwatches, targeting everyone from hikers to seniors seeking to stay active. ... more
    Brew, smell, and serve: AI steals the show at CES 2026
    Las Vegas (AFP) Jan 9, 2026
    AI took over CES 2026, powering coffee machines to brew the perfect espresso, a device to create your perfect scent, and ball-hitting tennis robots that make you forget it's human against machine. ... more

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    Professor Prepares For America's Return To The Moon
    Tempe AZ (SPX) Jun 19, 2009
    The Interdisciplinary A building on the Tempe campus looks rather average from the outside. There isn't anything that hints at the excitement, talent and innovation hidden behind its nondescript doors, and there is certainly no indication that the first steps of a great journey are taking place inside. For nearly two years, professor Mark Robinson and his team have called this building ... more

    Spirit Observes Its Surroundings At Troy
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 19, 2009
    Spirit remains stationary on the west side of Home Plate. Work continues on developing the ground testing to assist the rover in extracting itself from the embedding in this location, called "Troy". The rover has been busy with an ambitious observation campaign employing both remote sensing and in-situ (contact) science with the robotic arm (instrument deployment device, IDD). The soil ... more

    JPL Instrument Set For Lunar Orbiter Mission
    Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 18, 2009
    NASA is scheduled to launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, an unmanned mission to comprehensively map the entire moon,. One of the instruments aboard, the Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment, will make the first global survey of the temperature of the lunar surface while the orbiter circles some 50 kilometers (31 miles) above the moon. "The terrain on the far side of the moon is quite ... more

    Unique Sky Survey Brings New Objects Into Focus
    San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2009
    An innovative sky survey has begun returning images that will be used to detect unprecedented numbers of powerful cosmic explosions - called supernovae - in distant galaxies, and variable brightness stars in our own Milky Way. The survey also may soon reveal new classes of astronomical objects. All of these discoveries will stem from the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF) survey, which combin ... more

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