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  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 The next rovers to explore another planet might bring along a scout. The Pop-Up Flat Folding Explorer Robot (PUFFER) in development at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, was inspired by origami. Its lightweight design is capable of flattening itself, tucking in its wheels and crawling into places rovers can't fit. Over the past year and a half, PUFFER has been tested in a range of rugged terrains, from the Mojave Desert in California to the snowy hills of Antarctica. The ide ... read more |
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'Tree-on-a-chip' passively pumps water for daysBoston MA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 Trees and other plants, from towering redwoods to diminutive daisies, are nature's hydraulic pumps. They are constantly pulling water up from their roots to the topmost leaves, and pumping sugars pr ... more 
Toward Machines that Improve with ExperienceWashington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 Self-driving taxis. Cell phones that react appropriately to spoken requests. Computers that outcompete world-class chess and Go players. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming part and parcel of t ... more  
Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High DesertMoffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Due to its extreme dryness, the Atacama Desert in Chile is one of the most important environments on Earth for researchers who need to approximate the conditions of Mars. Working in 90-plus-de ... more  
3D Pizza Printer to Feed Hungry Astronauts in Deep SpaceWashington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 Has this ever happened to you? You're drifting through the vacuum of space, millions of miles from Earth, when suddenly you have a craving for pizza. To satisfy this probable demand, a startup has r ... more |
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Songs that make robots cryOsaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Music, more than any art, is a beautiful mix of science and emotion. It follows a set of patterns almost mathematically to extract feelings from its audience. Machines that make music focus on these ... more 
DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalledBethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 DARPA has been developing a program that will leverage successes in space robotics in order to accelerate in-orbit servicing of satellites. Of particular interest are the satellites that populate th ... more  
'Global startup' vows autonomous car by 2020 in USWashington (AFP) March 10, 2017 A "global startup" which makes electric racing vehicles unveiled plans Friday to sell a fully autonomous electric car in the US market by 2020. ... more 
Rafael completes test firing with Protector USVTel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a test firing demonstration using its Protector unmanned surface vehicle, or USV. ... more 
Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligentlyProvidence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 If someone asks you to hand them a wrench from a table full of different sized wrenches, you'd probably pause and ask, "which one?" Robotics researchers from Brown University have now developed an a ... more 
Shape-shifting molecular robots respond to DNA signalsSendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 A research group at Tohoku University and Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has developed a molecular robot consisting of biomolecules, such as DNA and protein. The molecular robot ... more |
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 Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system 
Tracking the movement of cyborg cockroachesRaleigh, NC (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 New research from North Carolina State University offers insights into how far and how fast cyborg cockroaches - or biobots - move when exploring new spaces. The work moves researchers closer to the ... more  
Next generation of nuclear robots will go where none have gone beforeManchester UK (SPX) Feb 28, 2017 The University of Manchester is to lead a consortium to build the next generation of robots that are more durable and perceptive for use in nuclear sites. The cost of cleaning up the UK's existing n ... more  
SpaceX cargo ship arrives at space stationMiami (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. ... more 
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 |
  McLean VA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
arlier this year there was an announcement that could usher in a new era for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in the United States. The Northern Plains UAS Test Site in North Dakota became the first such facility authorized to conduct beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operations for UAS.
By giving Northern Plains its stamp of approval, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is helping ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017X-37B Space Plane Soon to Break Orbital Record  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Rakuten and AirMap announce joint venture to bring unmanned traffic management platform to Japan  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Progress Toward an Ability to Recover Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the Fly |
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In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions (DPTs).
Such anomalies do not exist in corresponding thermodynamic phase transitions (TPTs), and thus, they constitute a distinct difference between DPTs and TPTs, even though their equivalen ... more Moscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017How fullerite becomes harder than diamond  Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Ecosystem For Near-Earth Space Control  Warwick UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Why water splashes: New theory reveals secrets |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017 
Since the advent of microelectronics in the mid-20th century, humanity has been on a nonstop sprint to eke more speed, power efficiency, and computational power from the sextillions (1021) of ever more miniaturized transistors that have come to underlie so much of the modern technoscape.
Even so, the materials scientists, electrical engineers, and other specialists who are leading this dec ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Bonding chips using inkjet printers  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Liquid fuel for future computers  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Simultaneous detection of multiple spin states in a single quantum dot |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Toshiba shares plunged Wednesday as fears grow about the future of one of Japan's best-known firms, hit by massive losses and accounting fraud allegations at its US nuclear unit.
The Tokyo-listed stock dropped as much as 13.62 percent at one point, with concerns that the embattled company's shares could be delisted from the bourse.
Toshiba ended the day at 189.5 yen ($1.65), down 12.22 p ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success  Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 21, 2017 
An Arab Israeli who took her young family to Iraq and joined the Islamic State group was sentenced to more than four years in prison Tuesday, the justice ministry said.
Sabreen Zbedat spent months in the jihadists' Iraqi stronghold Mosul with her husband and three children, in the first known case of an entire Arab Israeli family joining IS, Israel's domestic security agency Shin Bet said. ... more Washington (AFP) March 22, 2017Coalition gathers to hear Trump Islamic State plan  Ansongo, Mali (AFP) March 13, 2017'Jihadists' kill civilians, soldiers in north Mali  Washington (AFP) March 10, 2017January raid in Yemen killed 4 to 12 civilians: US |
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Through the use of more natural gas and renewables, the United States and China, the lead world economies, helped keep global emissions flat, the IEA said.
The International Energy Agency reported Friday that global energy-related emissions of carbon dioxide, a potent greenhouse gas, were flat in 2016 for the third year in a row, even as the global economy grew.
"These three year ... more Paris (AFP) March 17, 2017CO2 stable for 3rd year despite global growth: IEA  Sussex, UK (SPX) Mar 15, 2017New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies  Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain |
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 Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Like a potter shaping clay as it spins on a wheel, physicists use magnetic fields and powerful particle beams to control and shape the plasma as it twists and turns through a fusion device. Now a physicist has created a new system that will let scientists control the energy and rotation of plasma in real time in a doughnut-shaped machine known as a tokamak.
"When designing fusion machines, ... more Graz, Austria (SPX) Mar 21, 2017TU Graz researchers show that enzyme function inhibits battery ageing Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Exhaust fumes as a resource  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Non-toxic material that generates electricity through hot and cold |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Washington (AFP) March 21, 2017 
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a law that said manned missions to deep space, including to Mars, would be the US space agency's main goal in the decades to come.
According to the text - adopted by a rare unanimous vote in the Senate and House of Representatives - NASA will work toward the goal of "a crewed mission to Mars in the 2030s."
The law also highlights the importance ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 21, 2017Russia to Build First New-Generation 'Federation' Spacecraft by 2021  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 21, 2017COBALT Flight Demonstrations Fuse Technologies to Gain Precision Landing Results  Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017NASA Selects New Research Teams to Further Solar System Research |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017 
New NASA research reveals that the giant Martian volcano Arsia Mons produced one new lava flow at its summit every 1 to 3 million years during the final peak of activity. The last volcanic activity there ceased about 50 million years ago - around the time of Earth's Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction, when large numbers of our planet's plant and animal species (including dinosaurs) went extinct. ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017Does Mars Have Rings? Not Right Now, But Maybe One Day  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017ExoMars: science checkout completed and aerobraking begins  Moffett Field Ca (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Mars Rover Tests Driving, Drilling and Detecting Life in Chile's High Desert |
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 Seoul (AFP) March 20, 2017  North Korea's latest rocket engine test showed "meaningful progress" in its missile capabilities, Seoul said Monday, as the nuclear-armed state steps up its controversial weapons development programmes.
The North's leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw the "successful" test of the powerful new rocket engine, state media said Sunday, in a move apparently timed to coincide with a trip to Asia by new US ... more Washington (SPX) March 20, 2017SpaceX cargo ship returns to Earth  Seoul (AFP) March 19, 2017N. Korea's Kim hails engine test as 'new birth' for rocket industry  Paris (AFP) March 21, 2017Delayed European rocket launch to go ahead after strike |
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 Jakarta (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Indonesia summoned the British ambassador Friday after a cruise ship on a voyage organised by a London-based company smashed into coral reefs in a popular tourist spot and caused extensive damage.
Raja Ampat in eastern Indonesia is one of the most biodiverse marine habitats on Earth, and attracts intrepid travellers and divers to its palm-fringed islands surrounded by coral and fish.
Th ... more Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 17, 2017China's severe winter haze tied to effects of global climate change  Miami (AFP) March 16, 2017Trump budget 'cripples' environment, science, critics say  Sorong, Indonesia (AFP) March 14, 2017UK cruise ship damages pristine Indonesian coral reef |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 17, 2017 
Intel's $15-billion purchase of Israeli firm Mobileye could help fuel the country's rise in the driverless car industry - not as a builder of vehicles, but as the brains behind them.
Monday's deal, the largest ever in Israel's tech sector, could help boost trade despite the fact no commercial cars are assembled in the country.
The self-styled "startup nation" has no real tradition of au ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 20, 2017Germany pushing e-mobility options  New York (AFP) March 16, 2017More gas guzzlers due to Trump? Not necessarily  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 15, 2017German prosecutors search Audi offices over 'dieselgate' |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Mar 21, 2017 
Rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the smallest of scales. Yet at such small dimensions, molecular motors can complete this work in only one direction.
Researchers from the CNRS's Institut Charles Sadron, led by Nicolas Giuseppone, a professor at the Universite de Strasbourg, working in collaboration with the Laboratoire de mathematiqu ... more Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Scientists created nanopowders for the synthesis of new aluminum alloys  Akron OH (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Researchers develop new method to program nanoparticle organization in polymer thin films  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 15, 2017The world's first international race for molecule-cars, the Nanocar Race is on |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017
In a recent article published in Physical Review Letters (PRL 118, 117202 (2017)), researchers from the Nanomagnetism group at nanoGUNE reported so-far unknown anomalies near dynamic phase transitions (DPTs).
Such anomalies do not exist in corresponding thermodynamic phase transitions (TPTs), and thus, they constitute a distinct difference between DPTs and TPTs, even though their equivalen ... moreMoscow, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017How fullerite becomes harder than diamond Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Ecosystem For Near-Earth Space Control Warwick UK (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Why water splashes: New theory reveals secrets |
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 Mogosani, South Africa (AFP) March 21, 2017 
Under a cloudless sky in South Africa's northwestern farming region, donkeys still amble along muddy paths, pausing to nibble on grass, oblivious to the threat from a demand for Chinese medicine.
The gelatin found in the animals' skin has made them a target, leading to a growing wave of donkey slaughtering in several African countries, as gangs seek to fuel a lucrative, and in South Africa i ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Wild sunflowers provide resilient diversity  Wellington (AFP) March 21, 2017New Zealand's 'green' image under threat: OECD  Bras�lia (AFP) March 20, 2017China bans Brazil meat in health scare: Brasilia |
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