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  Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem. This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a "perfect approach to the capture point," a NASA commentator said, and was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT). Astronauts Thomas Pesquet of France and Shane Kimbrough of the United States operated the 57-foot (18 meter) robotic arm to capture the D ... read more |
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Study: Even 'benevolent bots' fight, sometimes for yearsOxford, England (UPI) Feb 23, 2017 An analysis of bot behavior over the course of a decades shows even "benevolent" bots bicker. In fact, researchers found evidence of bot-versus-bot fights lasting several years. ... more  
Next SpaceX mission will deliver slew of experiment payloads to ISSKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Feb 17, 2017 NASA's first cargo resupply mission of 2017 is poised to lift off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida loaded with almost 5,500 pounds of science experiments, research equipment and supplies bound f ... more  
'Scorpion' robot mission inside Fukushima reactor abortedTokyo (AFP) Feb 16, 2017 A "scorpion" robot sent into a Japanese nuclear reactor to learn about the damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown had its mission aborted after the probe ran into trouble, Tokyo Electric Power company said Thursday. ... more 
Scientists invent new, faster gait for six-legged robotsLausanne, Switzerland (UPI) Feb 17, 2017 Robotics engineers often find their inspiration from nature. For six-legged robots, a nature-inspired gait proved an impediment to maximum speed. ... more |
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Now you can 'build your own' bio-botChicago IL (SPX) Feb 14, 2017 I'll bet you don't have one of these at home. For the past several years, researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have been developing a class of walking "bio-bots" powered by ... more 
Will androids dream of quantum sheep?Singapore (SPX) Feb 14, 2017 The word 'replicant' evokes thoughts of a sci-fi world where society has replaced common creatures with artificial machines that replicate their behaviour. Now researchers from Singapore have shown ... more 
Success by deceptionZurich, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 14, 2017 When computers independently identify bodies of water and their outlines in satellite images, or beat the world's best professional players at the board game Go, then adaptive algorithms are working ... more 
How algorithms secretly run the worldWashington (AFP) Feb 11, 2017 When you browse online for a new pair of shoes, pick a movie to stream on Netflix or apply for a car loan, an algorithm likely has its word to say on the outcome. ... more 
Algorithms: the managers of our digital livesParis (AFP) Feb 11, 2017 Algorithms are a crucial cog in the mechanics of our digital world, but also a nosy minder of our personal lives and a subtle, even insidious influence on our behaviour. ... more 
No sad endings for Japan's virtual romance fansTokyo (AFP) Feb 11, 2017 Japanese book editor Miho Takeshita is having an affair. But the recently married 30-year-old is not worried about getting caught - her boyfriend only exists on a smartphone. ... more |
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DARPA Selects SSL as Commercial Partner for Revolutionary Goal of Servicing Satellites in GEOWashington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2017 In an important step toward a new era of advanced, cost-effective robotic capabilities in space, DARPA has announced that it has selected Space Systems Loral (SSL), based in Palo Alto, CA, as its co ... more 
500 years of robots go on show in LondonLondon (AFP) Feb 7, 2017 Why do humans build machines that resemble them - and what does that say about us? A London exhibition opening on Tuesday is surveying 500 years of simple to sophisticated robots to find out. ... more 
Pentagon's robot satellite repair system sued by aerospace companyMoscow (Sputnik) Feb 10, 2017 American aerospace manufacturer Orbital ATK is leveling a lawsuit against the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to halt a robot-satellite repair system being developed by the agency ... more 
NASA Selects Top 20 Space Robotics Challenge TeamsHouston TX (SPX) Feb 08, 2017 NASA, in partnership with Space Center Houston - the official visitor center of NASA Johnson Space Center, and NineSigma, a global innovation consultant organization, has selected the top 20 teams i ... more |
  Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017  U.S. Navy research teams recently completed combat trials with the branch's Tactical Battle Manager system using unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Tactical Battle Manager system, or TBM, is a software platform designed to coordinate combat missions using "wingman" UAVs to assist manned and unmanned teams in combat. Researchers tested the system in a simulated beyond-visual-range combat scen ... more Washington (UPI) Feb 24, 2017U.S. Air Force to retire MQ-1 Predator drone in 2018  Jerusalem (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Israeli warplanes shoot down Hamas drone: army  Rome (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Leonardo supplying radars for Patroller drones |
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 Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a graduate student, his advisor gathered together everyone in his lab to "throw down the gauntlet" on a new challenge in the field.
Someone had predicted that if one could grow colloidal crystals that had the same structure as carbon atom ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions  Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems  London (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Kelvin Hughes to provide SharpEye radars for U.K. OPVs |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017 
For all the improvements in computer technology over the years, we still struggle to recreate the low-energy, elegant processing of the human brain. Now, researchers at Stanford University and Sandia National Laboratories have made an advance that could help computers mimic one piece of the brain's efficient design - an artificial version of the space over which neurons communicate, called a syn ... more Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Combining the ultra-fast with the ultra-small  Nashville TN (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Particles from outer space are wreaking low-grade havoc on personal electronics  Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 17, 2017A new spin on electronics |
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 Tehran (AFP) Feb 25, 2017 
Iran's nuclear chief said Saturday that the country had requested to buy 950 tonnes of uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan over the next three years to help develop its civil reactor programme.
The request has been made to the body that oversees the nuclear deal signed between Iran and world powers in 2015.
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, told the ISNA news ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Feb 22, 2017German energy giant RWE posts 5.7-bln-euro loss in 2016  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Russia's Rosatom Subsidiaries Produced 7,900 Tonnes of Uranium in 2016  Paris (AFP) Feb 21, 2017China delays nuclear reactor start again |
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 Baghdad (AFP) Feb 24, 2017  The Iraqi air force struck members of the Islamic State group inside neighbouring Syria on Friday, officials said, adding that the targeted militants were responsible for recent bombings in Baghdad.
The strike was announced by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi in a statement and is believed to be the first of its kind by Iraqi jets on Syrian territory.
"We ordered the air force command to s ... more Washington (AFP) Feb 23, 2017IS forcing children, disabled into suicide cars: US general  Beirut (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Syria rebels say Al-Bab captured from IS jihadists  London (AFP) Feb 22, 2017British IS bomber was ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee: report |
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 Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017  Even with international praise for its renewable energy strategy, New Zealand's government said there is room for improvement.
An annual review of the New Zealand energy sector from the International Energy Agency described the country as a "success story" for its ability to advance on low-carbon options like hydro-electric power and geothermal energy, all without government subsidies. ... more Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017EU parliament backs draft carbon trading reforms  Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2017Taiwan lantern makers go green for festival of lights  Washington (AFP) Feb 8, 2017Republican ex-top diplomats propose a carbon tax |
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As devices become smaller and more powerful, they require faster, smaller, more stable batteries. University of Illinois chemists have developed a superionic solid that could be the basis of next-generation lithium-ion batteries.
Chemistry professor Prashant Jain and graduate students Sarah White and Progna Banerjee described the material - ultrasmall nanoclusters of copper selenide - in t ... more Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 22, 2017New hydronium-ion battery presents opportunity for more sustainable energy storage  Sendai, Japan (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Waste silicon sawdust recycled into anode for lithium-ion battery  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Stabilizing energy storage |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 21, 2017 
China plans to launch Shijian-13, its first high-throughput communications satellite, in April, the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) said Friday.
The 4.6-tonne satellite, with a message capacity of more than 20 GB, will be carried into orbit by a Long March-3B carrier rocket, according to the CAST.
An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 15, 2017Chinese cargo spacecraft set for liftoff in April  Beijing (XNA) Jan 31, 2017China looks to Mars, Jupiter exploration Beijing (XNA) Jan 18, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft to leave factory |
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 Honolulu HI (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Research at the University of Hawai?i at Manoa could play a major role in NASA's goal to travel to Mars in the 2030s, including what the astronauts could eat during that historic mission.
A trip to Mars and back is estimated to take about two and half years, and ideally, their diet would be healthy while requiring minimal effort and energy. UH Manoa mechanical engineering student Aleca Bor ... more Gabreski ANGB NY (SPX) Feb 27, 2017Guardsmen to test space capsule recovery systems  Moscow (AFP) Feb 24, 2017Russian cargo ship docks with space station  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 21, 2017Mystery surrounds return of Pentagon's secretive X-37B spaceplane |
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Opportunity is located on the rim of Endeavour crater, about to leave the rim and get back on the plains of Meridiani.
The rover is not leaving the crater, just setting up for faster progress south along the rim toward the next major scientific objective, the gully now less than a kilometer away.
Opportunity completed the last in-situ (contact) measurements on Sol 4638 (Feb. 9, 2017) ... more Miami (AFP) Feb 25, 2017NASA mulls putting astronauts on deep space test flight  Baton Rouge LA (SPX) Feb 27, 2017More Earth-like than moon-like  Dublin, Ireland (UPI) Feb 15, 2017Scientists say Mars valley was flooded with water not long ago |
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 Miami (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  An unmanned cargo ship packed with food and supplies for astronauts arrived safely at the International Space Station Thursday, a day after SpaceX aborted the process due to a GPS problem.
This time, the Dragon cargo ship made a "perfect approach to the capture point," a NASA commentator said, and was grabbed by the station's robotic arm at 5:44 am (1044 GMT).
Astronauts Thomas Pesquet o ... more Hawthorne CA (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Spacex To Send Privately Crewed Dragon Spacecraft Beyond The Moon Next Year  Poker Flat Research Range AK (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Sounding Rocket Flies in Alaska to Study Auroras  Moscow (Sputnik) Feb 22, 2017Energia to make 2 modifications of Federatsiya spaceship |
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 Manila (AFP) Feb 23, 2017  After two decades as a yoga missionary, Philippine Environment Secretary Regina Lopez is unleashing her inner rage on the mining industry while aiming for Bhutan-style gross national happiness.
Lopez has in recent months moved global commodity markets with a campaign to close roughly two-thirds of the existing mines in the Philippines, which is the world's biggest supplier of nickel ore and ... more Hanoi (AFP) Feb 22, 2017Vietnam to punish officials over mass fish deaths  Stockholm (UPI) Feb 24, 2017Study finds high levels of toxic chemicals in house cats  Geneva (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Tiny plastic particles from clothing, tyres clogging oceans: report |
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 Redmond WA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
Kymeta, has announced that its 20 cm mTenna satellite antenna subsystem module (ASM) for the consumer connected car industry, successfully connected to the Intelsat satellite constellation. This successful test continues Kymeta's progress toward bringing high throughput, secure mobile connectivity to the automotive industry and follows the partnership announced with Toyota Motor Corporation at t ... more San Francisco (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Tesla slips back into red but revenue grows  Hanover NH (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environment  Atlanta GA (SPX) Feb 17, 2017Four-stroke engine cycle produces hydrogen from methane and captures CO2 |
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 Ramat Gan, Israel (SPX) Feb 24, 2017 
A research group from Bar-Ilan University, in collaboration with French colleagues at CNRS Grenoble, has developed a unique experiment to detect quantum events in ultra-thin films. This novel research, to be published in the scientific journal Nature Communications, enhances the understanding of basic phenomena that occur in nano-sized systems close to absolute zero temperature.
A phase tr ... more Lincoln NB (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle's shell  Tempe AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2017Switched-on DNA spark nano-electronic applications  Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Feb 21, 2017Liquid metal nano printing set to revolutionize electronics |
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Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 22, 2017
When John Crocker, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering in the University of Pennsylvania's School of Engineering and Applied Science was a graduate student, his advisor gathered together everyone in his lab to "throw down the gauntlet" on a new challenge in the field.
Someone had predicted that if one could grow colloidal crystals that had the same structure as carbon atom ... moreGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 27, 2017NASA team develops modular avionics systems for small missions Washington (UPI) Feb 23, 2017Raytheon gets contract for Silent Knight radar systems London (UPI) Feb 21, 2017Kelvin Hughes to provide SharpEye radars for U.K. OPVs |
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 Boca Raton FL (SPX) Feb 27, 2017 
Zero Gravity Solutions, Inc., an agricultural biotechnology public company commercializing its technology derived from and designed for Space with significant applications for agriculture on Earth, announced that its research experiment using its BAM-FXmicronutrient product was successfully delivered today to the International Space Station (ISS) on the SpaceXCRS-10 Dragon cargo resupply mission ... more Mumbai (AFP) Feb 23, 2017Mumbai's original inhabitants fear world's tallest statue  Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Researchers unravel powerful tool in maize breeding  University Park PA (SPX) Feb 24, 2017Widely accepted vision for agriculture may be inaccurate, misleading |
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