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  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017 First flight of the Russian next-generation Federation spacecraft will be unmanned, the space vehicle will be guided by a robot named Fedor, Russia's Roscosmos State Space Corporation said Friday. The Federation spacecraft has been designed to deliver up to four people and cargo to the Moon and space stations in low Earth orbits. The spacecraft's autonomous flight period is estimated at up to 30 days, with the capacity to stay attached to a space station for up to a year. The unmanned launch ... read more |
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Deep space gateway to open opportunities for distant destinationsWashington 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 ... more  
AM General, Army to test autonomous vehicle systemWashington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017 An autonomous vehicle for transporting personnel and equipment within U.S. military facilities is being developed by AM General and the Army. ... more  
Robotics aid in the study of corn and drought toleranceColumbia MO (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 Developing drought tolerant corn that makes efficient use of available water will be vital to sustain the estimated 9 billion global population by 2050. In March 2014, the National Science Foundatio ... 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 |
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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  
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 
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 |
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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 
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 |
  Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 
Two PhD students in National University of Singapore, Unmanned System Research Group spent four years in developing the novel hybrid unmanned aerial vehicles(UAV), U-Lion as shown in Figure 1. U-Lion is a hybrid UAV which can take-off and land vertically like helicopter UAVs, and transit to cruise flight like normal airplanes.
The wings can be fully retracted or expended, to favor the stab ... more 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  Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2017Happy Wanderer? Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Breaks Its Own Orbital Record |
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The idea is intriguing: if only a single atom or small molecule was needed for a single unit of data (a zero or a one in the case of binary digital technology), massive volumes of data could be stored in the tiniest amount of space. This is theoretically possible, because certain atoms can be magnetised in only one of two possible directions: "spin up" or "spin down". Information could then be s ... more Sapporo, Japan (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Atomic 're-packing' behind metallic glass mystery  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Modern alchemy creates luminescent iron molecules  Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2017The beginning of the end of order |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
Nowadays we communicate via radio signals and send electrical pulses through long cables. This could change soon, however: Scientists have been working intensely on developing methods for quantum information transfer. This would enable tap-proof data transfer or, one day, even the linking of quantum computers.
Quantum information transfer requires reliable information transfer from one qua ... more Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Information storage with a nanoscale twist  Boston MA (SPX) Mar 30, 2017A big leap toward tinier lines  Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Organic electronics can use power from socket |
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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 Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017Toshiba execs under fire as loss forecast balloons  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017Westinghouse's woes spotlight US nuclear sector's decline  Tokyo (AFP) March 28, 2017Japan high court rules nuclear reactors can restart |
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 Moscow (AFP) April 1, 2017 
Russia said Saturday it had detained one of the attackers who carried out a deadly strike on a military base in Chechnya.
The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said its North Caucasus regional branch had detained a 21-year-old local man over last week's attack, in which six soldiers and six rebels died.
"One of the attackers has been detained - a resident of Chechnya's ... more Cairo (AFP) April 2, 2017Egypt military says top Islamist killed in Sinai  Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017IS propaganda team killed in Iraq air strike: coalition  Montreal (AFP) March 28, 2017Electronics ban on flights not a longterm solution: IATA boss |
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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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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Fuel cells use a simple chemical reaction, such as the combination of oxygen and hydrogen to form water, to generate electricity. The question of which is the best material to use when making ceramic fuel cells is not a straightforward one, however. New materials are required that act as a catalyst for the chemical reaction required with maximum efficiency, but that also last as long as possible ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries  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 |
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 Nanjing (XNA) Mar 31, 2017 
Yuanwang space tracking ships, which follows the progress of satellites and other space-bound craft, will carry out 19 maritime space monitoring missions in 2017, according to the maritime satellite measurement and control authority on Wednesday.
Yuanwang-5 left port Wednesday and Yuanwang-6 started its journey Monday.
Yuanwang-7 and the rocket transporting fleet will set sail in Apr ... more Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017China Develops Spaceship Capable of Moon Landing  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 |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
Expedition 50 Commander Shane Kimbrough and Flight Engineer Peggy Whitson of NASA concluded their spacewalk at 2:33 p.m. EDT. During the spacewalk, which lasted just over seven hours, the two astronauts successfully reconnected cables and electrical connections on the Pressurized Mating Adapter-3.
PMA-3 will provide the pressurized interface between the station and the second of two intern ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017Robot Fedor to Guide Russia's Federation Spacecraft in Maiden Flight - Roscosmos  College Park MD (SPX) Mar 31, 2017CRESST Signs $87M Cooperative Agreement with NASA Goddard  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 03, 2017Mission Control Team Finds Answers During Spacewalk |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
Solar wind and radiation are responsible for stripping the Martian atmosphere, transforming Mars from a planet that could have supported life billions of years ago into a frigid desert world, according to new results from NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission) spacecraft led by the University of Colorado Boulder.
"We've determined that most of the gas ever present in ... more Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Potential Mars Airplane Resumes Flight  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017Prolific Mars Orbiter Completes 50,000 Orbits  Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2017Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen |
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 Paris (SPX) Mar 31, 2017 
Arianespace shareholders voted unanimously to convert the launch operator and subsidiary of Airbus Safran Launchers to an SAS (simplified joint-stock company) at the company's Annual General Meeting, held in Paris on Monday, March 27.
The modification aims to streamline and modernize Arianespace's governance to achieve greater responsiveness, facilitate relationships with industrial prime ... more Houston TX (SPX) Mar 31, 2017'Fuzzy' fibers can take rockets' heat  Miami (AFP) March 31, 2017SpaceX hails 'revolution' after recycled rocket launch, landing  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017Flight Tests of Super-Heavy Angara-A5V Carrier Rocket May Start in 2027 |
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 Buenos Aires (AFP) March 30, 2017 
Argentina suspended Canadian mining company Barrick Gold on Thursday after the firm admitted to a new spill at a mine in the Andes mountains, its third in two years.
Barrick said Wednesday that a pipeline at its Veladero gold and silver mine had sprung a leak the day before, spilling liquid used in the mining process.
It insisted there were no toxic chemicals in the spill, but environmen ... more Los Angeles (AFP) March 29, 2017California prepares for war with Trump over environment  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017Paris mayor orders cleanliness blitz  Basque Country, Spain (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Rocks that tell our industrial history |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 29, 2017 
German automakers Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen will recall nearly one million vehicles in China, according to the country's quality regulator.
Mercedes Benz will recall nearly 400,000 vehicles of different models produced between May 2015 and February 2017 due to concerns that parts of the ignition circuitry could overheat under some extreme conditions, according to a statement posted on the ... more New Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2017India court bans sale of 800,000 vehicles over emission levels  Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2017NASA Kennedy Partners to Help Develop Self-driving Cars  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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Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 31, 2017
The idea is intriguing: if only a single atom or small molecule was needed for a single unit of data (a zero or a one in the case of binary digital technology), massive volumes of data could be stored in the tiniest amount of space. This is theoretically possible, because certain atoms can be magnetised in only one of two possible directions: "spin up" or "spin down". Information could then be s ... moreSapporo, Japan (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Atomic 're-packing' behind metallic glass mystery Lund, Sweden (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Modern alchemy creates luminescent iron molecules Konstanz, Germany (SPX) Mar 31, 2017The beginning of the end of order |
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 Washington (AFP) March 31, 2017 
US chemical giant DuPont said Friday it will sell off some of its pesticide business in exchange for FMC's health and nutrition business as a step towards clearing regulatory hurdles to its merger with Dow.
The deal follows Monday's approval by EU competition authorities for the $130 billion mega merger, which require DuPont to sell "major parts" of its global pesticides business. But it sti ... more Kew, UK (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Making cows more environmentally friendly  Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Unique wheat passes the test  New York NY (SPX) Mar 30, 2017Biodiversity loss shifts flowering phenology at same magnitude as global warming |
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