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  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 NASA is leading the next steps into deep space near the moon, where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems needed for challenging missions to deep space destinations including Mars. The area of space near the moon offers a true deep space environment to gain experience for human missions that push farther into the solar system, access the lunar surface for robotic missions but with the ability to return to Earth if needed in days rather than weeks or months. The period of exploration ... read more |
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Happy Wanderer? Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Breaks Its Own Orbital RecordMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2017 The US Air Force's super-secret Boeing X-37B mini space shuttle just broke its own orbital record of 674 days in space. The landing date for the apparatus remains undetermined. The X-37B robotic spa ... more  
Tech world debate on robots and jobs heats upWashington (AFP) March 26, 2017 Are robots coming for your job? ... more 
Printable device points toward sensor-laden robot skinBoston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 In this age of smartphones and tablet computers, touch-sensitive surfaces are everywhere. They're also brittle, as people with cracked phone screens everywhere can attest. Covering a robot - or an a ... more  
Surviving the long dark night of the MoonParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving ... more |
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Quadruped robot exhibits spontaneous changes in step with speedSendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 The research group of Professor Akio Ishiguro and Assistant Professor Dai Owaki of Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated that by changing only its parameter related t ... more 
Kraken Sonar Systems gains funding for robotics projectWashington (UPI) Mar 22, 2017 Kraken Sonar Systems' underwater robotics program is receiving funding from the Canadian government's research organization. ... more 
Origami-inspired Robot Can Hitch a Ride with a RoverPasadena 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 i ... more 
'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 |
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 3D Pizza Printer to Feed Hungry Astronauts in Deep Space 
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 |
  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2017 
The US Air Force's super-secret Boeing X-37B mini space shuttle just broke its own orbital record of 674 days in space. The landing date for the apparatus remains undetermined. The X-37B robotic space plane's current machine incarnation, OTV-4, just broke its own record by staying in orbit for 675 days, at least one day longer than its predecessor, OTV-3.
The fourth of the X-37B unmanned s ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2017A novel hybrid UAV that may change the way people operate drones  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017General Atomics building ground control station for drones  Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017China to open first drone factory in Saudi Arabia |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
With the advent of laser technology in the 1960s, materials scientists gained a new tool to both study and modify materials. Today, lasers allow researchers to manipulate materials on atomic and subatomic levels, leading to new materials and a host of other applications.
For instance, by controlling laser wavelength, intensity, and pulse duration, researchers can modify metals to exhibit u ... more Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017'Ground Control' Arrives at Leicester University  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Turning to Chemistry for New "Computing" Concepts  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 23, 2017 
Organic light-emitting devices and printed electronics can be connected to a socket in the wall by way of a small, inexpensive organic converter, developed in a collaboration between Linkoping University and Umea University.
Printed electronics and organic light-emitting devices now perform at levels sufficient for a number of eco-friendly, energy-efficient applications. Previously the ide ... more Los Alamos NM (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Ultrafast measurements explain quantum dot voltage drop  Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 17, 2017Liquid fuel for future computers  Dallas TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Unexpected, star-spangled find may lead to advanced electronics |
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 Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017 
Toshiba's loss-hit US nuclear unit Westinghouse Electric Company has filed for bankruptcy protection, the companies said Wednesday, as the troubled division wrestles with huge losses and accounting fraud claims.
The Japanese conglomerate's board approved the Chapter 11 filing in a US court in New York, a step that temporarily shelters struggling firms as they try to restructure their affairs ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2017Japan high court rules nuclear reactors can restart  Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017Loss-hit Toshiba nosedives on fears about future  London, UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017The EIC and Nuclear AMRC sign MoU |
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 Montreal (AFP) March 28, 2017 
British and US bans on laptops and tablet computers in flight cabins are not sustainable in the long term, the head of the association representing airlines said Tuesday.
"The current measures are not acceptable as a long-term solution to whatever threat they are trying to mitigate," said Alexandre de Juniac, director general of the International Air Transport Association.
"Even in the s ... more Tehran (AFP) March 27, 2017IS releases video threatening Iran  Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017Smiths Detection tapped for airport security  Moscow (AFP) March 24, 2017Russian troops killed in IS-claimed attack on Chechen base |
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 Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017 
Voluntary efficiency programmes - including one targeted for elimination by the Trump administration - have led to energy savings of up to 30 percent in commercial buildings in Los Angeles, researchers have reported.
Describing their study as the first large-scale analysis of green certification schemes for big buildings, a pair of researchers from the University of California at Los Angel ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy  New York (AFP) March 26, 2017New York skyscrapers adapt to climate change  Washington (UPI) Mar 17, 2017Emissions flat for three years in a row, IEA says |
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 Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Although most of our electronic devices, like mobile phones, laptops and electric vehicles use lithium rechargeable batteries, what is going on inside them is not fully understood. Researchers from the Center for Molecular Spectroscopy and Dynamics, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) succeeded in observing in realtime the ultrafast dynamics of lithium ions with femtosecond time resolut ... more New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Building a market for renewable thermal technologies  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries  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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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Some of the newest tech that will make living on other worlds possible may come in part from research and imagination of college students working with NASA through a project called X-Hab that is entering its seventh year fostering cooperation between the space agency and universities around the country.
Short for eXploration Systems and Habitation Academic Innovation Challenge, the X-Hab c ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Deep space gateway to open opportunities for distant destinations  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA unveils new searchable multimedia library  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA partnerships open the path from ground to space |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017 
Opportunity is just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading to the gully, named 'Perseverance Valley.' The large regional dust storm to the west of the rover's site has started to abate, although there is still a lot of dust in the atmosphere and rover energy levels are affected.
On Sol 4672 (March 16, 2017), Opportunity drove over 141 feet (43 meters) to the south. Owning to the elev ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2017Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Breaks observed in Curiosity rover wheel treads  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 28, 2017 
Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds.
In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface directly with computers, accessing processing power and perhaps even downloading memories for s ... more Miami (AFP) March 30, 2017SpaceX poised to launch first recycled rocket  Stennis Space Center, MS (SPX) Mar 27, 2017The "Brain" of the Space Launch System RS-25 Engine Passes Critical Test  Spaceport America NM (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Spaceport America sets new record for student launched sounding rocket |
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017 
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Monday unveiled a grand plan to clean up the French capital, putting teeth into the campaign by stepping up enforcement operations.
The city will be "uncompromising with those who sully the public space," she said, addressing one of the main complaints of residents and tourists alike.
The Socialist mayor said the squad of police handing out fines - dubbed the ... more Bogota (AFP) March 27, 2017Colombian town votes against gold mine, in vain  Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Rocks that tell our industrial history  Los Angeles (AFP) March 29, 2017California prepares for war with Trump over environment |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2017 
Uber on Monday said its self-driving cars were being put back in action on roads after a weekend crash prompted the ridesharing giant to halt testing.
Self-driving Uber cars went back to work in San Francisco in the morning there and were to return to streets in Arizona and Pennsylvania later in the day, Uber said an email response to an AFP inquiry.
The on-demand ride service grounded i ... more Beijing (AFP) March 29, 2017Mercedes, VW recall million vehicles in China  New Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2017India court bans sale of 800,000 vehicles over emission levels  Paris (AFP) March 29, 2017London, Paris, Seoul launch 'name-and-shame' polluting car index |
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 Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Behind its thick swirling clouds, Venus is hiding a hot surface pelted with sulfuric acid rains. At 480C, the planet's atmosphere would fry any of today's electronics, posing a challenge to scientists hoping to study this extreme environment.
Researchers at the Stanford Extreme Environment Microsystems Laboratory, or the XLab, are on a mission to conquer these conditions. By developing hea ... more Hanover NH (SPX) Mar 23, 20173-D printing turns nanomachines into life-size workers  Krasnoyarsk, Russia (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Scientists created nanopowders for the synthesis of new aluminum alloys  Paris, France (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachines |
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Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 29, 2017
With the advent of laser technology in the 1960s, materials scientists gained a new tool to both study and modify materials. Today, lasers allow researchers to manipulate materials on atomic and subatomic levels, leading to new materials and a host of other applications.
For instance, by controlling laser wavelength, intensity, and pulse duration, researchers can modify metals to exhibit u ... moreLeicester, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017'Ground Control' Arrives at Leicester University Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Turning to Chemistry for New "Computing" Concepts Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices |
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 Brasilia (AFP) March 28, 2017 
Brazil sought to swallow the last of the scandal surrounding its tainted meat exports Tuesday as top beef buyer Hong Kong resumed imports - the final major market to lift its ban, the government said.
Instead of a blanket ban, Hong Kong will now only block imports from 21 companies being investigated for passing off expired meat as fresh, the Brazilian government said in a statement.
Th ... more Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Unique wheat passes the test  Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017WSU findings point way to more nutritious crops  Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists are trying to make cows more eco-friendly |
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