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Multi-Object Spectroscopy on Subaru Telescope Moves ForwardTokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 02, 2012 The Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS), a proposed multi-object spectrograph for a major astronomical observation program on the Subaru Telescope to address nature of dark energy, formation and evolution of galaxies, and assembly history of our own Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies, has successfully passed the Conceptual Design Review by an international review committee to move ahead to the next phase of preliminary design and construction. The review panel consisted of an international group of astro ... read more |
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  Slight Drop Of Left-Front Wheel Opportunity is positioned on the north end of Cape York on the rim of Endeavour Crater with an approximate 15-degree northerly tilt for favorable solar energy production. Radio Doppler trackin ... more | .. |
  Robotic Refueling Mission: Fueling up in Space Satellites are designed to withstand a variety of challenges to ensure that the sensitive electronics on board can survive the effects of launch and perform for years in the harsh conditions of spac ... more | .. |
 Oscillating Gel Acts Like Artificial Skin, Giving Robots Potential Ability to "Feel" Sooner than later, robots may have the ability to "feel." In a paper published online in Advanced Functional Materials, a team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the Massachusetts ... more | .. |
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  European cargo vessel docks with space station An unmanned European craft docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday 2233 GMT, laden with tonnes of fuel, water, oxygen and other supplies, France's CNES space agency said. ... more | .. |
  Swarming and transporting On its own, an ant is not particularly clever. But in a community, the insects can solve complicated tasks. Researchers intend to put this "swarm intelligence" to use in the logistics field. Lots of ... more | .. |
  Biofuel cell generates electricity when implanted in False Death's Head Cockroach The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series describes an advance in biofuel technology using a living cockroach. ... more | .. |
  ICAP Ocean Tomo Auctions NASA Software Patent Portfolios The Innovative Partnership Program Office of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will hold a March 29 auction with ICAP Ocean Tomo LLC of Chicago to sell three NASA-developed techn ... more |
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Heavy snow in US strands drivers in 100-vehicle crash
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  Study by Haverford College professor reveals unprecedented impact of Deepwater Horizon on deep ocean Scientists report they have "compelling evidence" that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill has impacted deep-sea corals. Their study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Scie ... more | .. |
  'Buckliball' opens new avenue in design of foldable engineering structures Motivated by the desire to determine the simplest 3-D structure that could take advantage of mechanical instability to collapse reversibly, a group of engineers at MIT and Harvard University were st ... more | .. |
  Materials inspired by Mother Nature: A 1-pound boat that could float 1,000 pounds Combining the secrets that enable water striders to walk on water and give wood its lightness and great strength has yielded an amazing new material so buoyant that, in everyday terms, a boat made f ... more | .. |
 ESA Cargo Ship Carries Research and Technology Investigations to ISS When the European Space Agency's third Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ship arrives at the International Space Station on March 28, it will be packed with more than seven tons of supplies, includin ... more |
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  'Titanic' director dives to Earth's deepest point "Titanic" director James Cameron returned to the surface Monday after a solo submarine dive to the deepest point in the world's oceans that was hailed as the ultimate test of "man and his machine." ... more | .. |
 Robotic Technology Lends More Than Just a Helping Hand While Robonaut 2 has been busy testing its technology in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, NASA and General Motors have been working together on the ground to find new ways those ... more | .. |
  New NEO Website Tool Now Available Observers, mission planners, and other interested users are invited to use a new website tool to view a list of near-Earth asteroids that are among the most accessible for future robotic or human sp ... more | .. |
 Jellyfish inspires latest ocean-powered robot American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at l ... more |
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Almost half of Kyiv without heat, power, after Russian attack
Denmark proposes NATO surveillance mission for Greenland
Military aircraft to arrive in Greenland for 'long-planned' activities: US-Canadian command | .. |
 Ecliptic RocketCams Capture Action on ISS During Initial Phase of Robotic Refueling Mission Demo Six rugged RocketCam color video cameras captured close-up views of the first phase of NASA's teleoperated Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) demonstration, conducted March 7-9 on the exterior of the I ... more | .. |
  NRL Tests Robotic Fueling of Unmanned Surface Vessels Engineers from the NRL Spacecraft Engineering Department (SED) successfully demonstrate the robotic fluids transfer from a stationary platform to an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) in wave heights gr ... more | .. |
  China's Lunar Docking Manufacturing has begun on China's first lunar lander, Chang'e 3, which is expected to launch in 2013. This spacecraft will release a rover onto the surface. If all goes well, we can expect the Ch ... more | .. |
  SpaceX, NASA readies for April 30 launch to ISS Preparations for the April 30 launch of the SpaceX's Dragon commercial spacecraft to the International Space Station are underway without major problems, a top NASA official said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Students and Robots Take to the Courts in Competition If you had chosen Cimarron Memorial High School, Orcutt Academy High School and Dos Pueblos High School Engineering Academy as your top picks in this past weekend's "Robotics March Madness Bracket," ... more | .. |
 Astrium: double delivery for ATV-3 Edoardo Amaldi launch Astrium, Europe's leading space company, is completing the mission preparation for the Automated Transfer Vehicle ATV-3. On March 23, 2012, the unmanned cargo resupply spacecraft named after the Ita ... more | .. |
  Ethical considerations of military-funded neuroscience The United States military and intelligence communities have developed a close relationship with the scientific establishment. In particular, they fund and utilize an array of neuroscience applicati ... more | .. |
 NASA and CSA Robotic Operations Advance Satellite Servicing NASA's Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM) experiment aboard the International Space Station has demonstrated remotely controlled robots and specialized tools can perform precise satellite-servicing tas ... more |
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Russia says US has not released crew from detained tanker
Inside China's buzzing AI scene year after DeepSeek shock
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  Call for a Small mission opportunity in ESA's Science Programme Through the present Call the Director of Science and Robotic Exploration solicits from the broad scientific community in ESA's Member States proposals for the competitive selection of mission concep ... more | .. |
 DARPA Makes Room On ISS For Programmers Students, professionals, public sought to create algorithm enabling capture of objects in space. The absence of gravity presents a significant challenge for precision robotic maneuvering and operati ... more | .. |
 Robots in record-distance ocean swim Four wave-powered robots have set a record by swimming more than 3,200 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean, their U.S.-based developer said. ... more | .. |
 UMass Amherst polymer scientists, physicists develop new way to shape thin gel sheets Inspired by nature's ability to shape a petal, and building on simple techniques used in photolithography and printing, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have developed a new to ... more |
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 Roboticists Gear Up For Horizon 2020 THE European Robotics Forum, the largest Robot industry and academia gathering in the EU, was held this year at Odense, Denmark. Delegates heard a renewed commitment to Robotic R and D from the Euro ... more | .. |
  NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting In both war and peacetime scenarios, fire in the shipboard environment is serious and frequently results in excessive damage and high repair costs because the fire is not detected or controlled adeq ... more | .. |
  Investigation of Earth Catastrophes From the ISS: Uragan Program The Uragan program aboard the Russian segment of the International Space Station uses digital photography to study Earth's natural resources by monitoring catastrophes, both natural and human made. ... more | .. |
 UUAV conducts 7-hour mission Germany's Atlas Elektronik reports that its SeaCat autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle has successfully completed a seven-hour mission. ... more |
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