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December 10, 2013

Mars lake may have been friendly to microbes: NASA
Washington (AFP) Dec 09, 2013
A US space agency rover tooling around on the surface of Mars has found remnants of an ancient freshwater lake that may have supported tiny life forms, scientists said Monday. There is no water left in it, but drill tests and a chemical analysis of its fine-grained rocks by the Curiosity robot's science instruments suggest microbial life could have thrived there billions of years ago. The rocks contain signs of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, and "would provide perfect conditions ... read more

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Decommissioning of nuclear installations: world first for the robot CHARLI With the aid of a new robot, called CHARLI*, AREVA carried out innovative laser cutting operations in the reactor vessel of the Superphenix fast neutron reactor in Creys-Malville, France. It i ... more		More Moon Missions For China China's upcoming Chang'e-3 Moon mission is a major step in their rapidly advancing space program. A four-legged lander will touch down and release a six-wheeled rover onto the Moon in December. That ... more		Robot herder brings the cows in for milking in Australia A four-wheeled robot known as Rover has been successfully tested as a cattle herder in Australia, easily moving a herd from a field to a dairy, researchers say. ... more
				December Expedition to Explore Life in Hydrothermal Vent While most Americans shop for holiday gifts and break out festive decorations, a team of 18 researchers will spend their holiday season at sea, using underwater robots to explore the extreme habitat ... more		Opportunity Rover Robotic Arm Within Reach of Rock Outcrop Opportunity is ascending 'Solander Point' at the rim of 'Endeavour Crater.' The rover is maintaining favorable northerly tilts for improved energy production. On Sol 3496 (Nov. 23, 2013), the ... more

X-37B Marks One Year On Orbit On December 11, 2013, the secretive X-37B robot spaceplane celebrates one year in orbit. This controversial spacecraft has been out of the limelight for a long time, attracting almost no media cover ... more		Russian android may take on outer space operations at ISS Russia has presented a new humanlike robot, which may be delivered to the International Space Station to perform 90 percent of risky operations in open space instead of cosmonauts. The SAR- 40 ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		Droids dance, dogs nuzzle, humanoids speak at Madrid robot museum A white robotic beagle sits wagging its tail and nuzzling anyone who pets it, while six pint-sized robots, flashing blue, pump their fists as they dance to the pop hit "Gangnam Style". ... more
				Japanese firm describes proposed 'power belt' for the moon A Japanese company has unveiled its concept of a lunar solar power generation installation that could send 13,000 continuous terawatts of power back to Earth. ... more		Curiosity Resumes Science After Analysis of Voltage Issue NASA's Mars rover Curiosity resumed full science operations on Saturday, Nov. 23. Activities over the weekend included use of Curiosity's robotic arm to deliver portions of powdered rock to a labora ... more

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Spotlight on China's Moon Rover The upcoming launch of China's Chang'e-3 Moon lander and rover follows a busy year for the Chinese space program. Awareness of China's growing strength in spaceflight is rising throughout the world. ... more		Spanish scientists are designing a robot for inspecting tunnels Currently, maintenance and safety inspection of tunnels used for vehicular traffic is carried out by direct in situ observation. This process, which is slow and requires intensive labor, requires th ... more		Eutelsat orders 340 new OneWeb LEO satellites from Airbus Planet secures multi year satellite contract with Swedish Armed Forces EU should consider forming combined military force: defence chief		A new, flying jellyfish-like machine Up, up in the sky: It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a . . . jellyfish? That's what researchers have built - a small vehicle whose flying motion resembles the movements of those boneless, pulsating, w ... more
				NASA Sees 'Watershed' Cosmic Blast in Unique Detail On April 27, a blast of light from a dying star in a distant galaxy became the focus of astronomers around the world. The explosion, known as a gamma-ray burst and designated GRB 130427A, tops the c ... more		Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains of Mars soil Researchers develop algorithm to identify individual grains in planetary regolith. Instruments on the Curiosity Mars rover not only measure the chemistry of rocks, elemental abundances of soils and ... more

Northrop starts production of Global Hawk UAS for NATO

US Air Force has secretly built a new stealth drone

Pentagon chief talks drones with Pakistan PM

Making a gem of a tiny crystal

SST Australia: Signed, Sealed and Ready for Delivery

Scientists build a low-cost, open-source 3D metal printer

Next-generation semiconductors synthesis

A step closer to composite-based electronics

50 Meters of Optical Fiber Shrunk to the Size of Microchips

Niger says seeks better uranium terms from French Areva

Australian government orders uranium mine to close

China, France to jointly target nuclear power markets

	Penguin-inspired propulsion system Back in 1991, Nature published a picture from the IMAX movie Antarctica, along with the caption: "Emperor penguins may be waddling jokes on land, but underwater they can turn into regular rockets... ... more		Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots A new device capable of pumping human waste into the "engine room" of a self-sustaining robot has been created by a group of researchers from Bristol. Modelled on the human heart, the artifici ... more		Quantum world record smashed A normally fragile quantum state has been shown to survive at room temperature for a world record 39 minutes, overcoming a key barrier towards building ultrafast quantum computers. An internat ... more		UC Research Brings a Future of Mind-Reading Robots Ever Closer If you think with the release of every new i-device the world is getting closer to thought-controlled smart tech and robotic personal assistants, you might be right. And thanks in part to work led b ... more

SwRI tests rooftop solar fire behavior and mitigation options

Fast FPGA pulse shaping clears neutron gamma pile ups in nuclear detectors

Bayesian neural net sharpens thorium 232 fission yield data

Distant artificial atoms cooperate by sharing light, international research team shows		The secrets of a bug's flight		Building Block for Exoskeleton Could Lead to More Independence Among the Elderly		Artificial heart to pump human waste into future robots		An intersection of math and biology: Clams and snails inspire robotic diggers and crawlers
Opportunity Maneuvering Around A Dune Field		Prolific NASA Mars Orbiter Passes Big Data Milestone		SUSI Robot used in reactor lifetime extension project		Robots from Space Lead to One-Stop Cancer Diagnosis Treatment		UCF Lands NASA-Funded Center, Linchpin for Future Space Missions

Advances promise prosthetic limbs that can emulate healthy ones

Robots to help elderly or paint nails at Tokyo expo

Multiple Missions Will Get China Moving On Mars

Gimball: A crash-happy flying robot

Gravity and the robot satellite attitude problem

Scientists study 'fishy' behavior to solve an animal locomotion mystery

The Secret's in the (Robotic) Stroke

Japan's robot astronaut awaiting 'compatriot' spaceman

Martian box of delights

Seeking the Sun's Rays as Winter Approaches

US unveils bionic man with 'Russian intellect'

Hi-tech aqueduct explorers map Rome's 'final frontier'

US military targeted Shebab in drone strike: official

China Moon Rover A New Opportunity To Explore Our Nearest Neighbor

Walking robots: it's all in the hips, say Japan researchers

AeroVironment Unveils Four-Ounce Pocket DDL

Robot challenge: unload a spacecraft

Armed ground drones to take over battlefields in five years

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Michigan Tech Researchers Developing an Artificial Leg with a Natural Gait

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