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  Miami (AFP) April 22, 2017 An unmanned Cygnus cargo ship carrying a load of supplies and science experiments arrived safely at the International Space Station on Saturday, according to live images broadcast on NASA television. Working from inside the orbiting lab, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and her French counterpart Thomas Pesquet operated the station's external robotic arm to grab the approaching spaceship at 6:05 am (1005 GMT). The Cygnus spacecraft is packed with 7,626 pounds (3,459 kilograms) of crew supplies, hardwa ... read more |
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Service Academies Swarm Challenge Live-Fly Competition BeginsWashington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other robots have become increasingly affordable, capable, and available to both the U.S. military and adversaries alike. Enabling UAVs and similar assets t ... more  
Human prejudices sneak into artificial intelligence systemsPrinceton NJ (SPX) Apr 19, 2017 In debates over the future of artificial intelligence, many experts think of the new systems as coldly logical and objectively rational. But in a new study, researchers have demonstrated how machine ... more 
Brane Craft Proposal Awarded Phase 2 by NASAEl Segundo CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2017 NASA has awarded Dr. Siegfried Janson of The Aerospace Corporation (Aerospace) with the 2017 NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase II grant award, worth approximately $500,000, for further ... more 
NASA Invests in 22 Visionary Exploration ConceptsPasadena CA (JPL) Apr 10, 2017 A mechanical rover inspired by a Dutch artist. A weather balloon that recharges its batteries in the clouds of Venus. These are just two of the five ideas that originated at NASA's Jet Propulsion La ... more |
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Lockheed Martin gets license for military exoskeleton techWashington (UPI) Apr 11, 2017 Lockheed Martin announced plans to explore the military exoskeleton market after licensing bionic augmentation technology from B-Temia. ... more 
Whiteflies provide insight into stabilizing manmade drones during takeoffTel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 When whiteflies take off, they don't just spread their wings and fly. Just .03 of an inch long, these tiny insects possess a variety of sophisticated techniques that provide them with exceptional st ... more  
Materials may lead to self-healing smartphonesSan Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 Taking a cue from the Marvel Universe, researchers report that they have developed a self-healing polymeric material with an eye toward electronics and soft robotics that can repair themselves. The ... more 
Facebook launches digital assistant 'M' in USWashington (AFP) April 6, 2017 Facebook on Thursday launched its digital assistant named "M" for US users of its Messenger application, ramping up the social network's efforts in artificial intelligence. ... more 
NASA Tests Robotic Ice Tools for Use on Ocean WorldsPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 31, 2017 Want to go ice fishing on Jupiter's moon Europa? There's no promising you'll catch anything, but a new set of robotic prototypes could help. Since 2015, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pas ... more  
Electronic control to ensure photovoltaic systems always work at maximum powerVitoria-Gasteiz, Spain (SPX) Apr 06, 2017 After having developed various algorithms and control systems and having applied them in a whole range of fields, such as robotics, control of motors in electric machines, and in wind generators, th ... more |
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 Electronic synapses that can learn: towards an artificial brain? 
NASA Robotic Refueling Mission Departs StationGreenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 The International Space Station serves as an orbiting test and demonstration laboratory for scientific experiments to be performed inside and outside the space station. The experiments are inherentl ... more  
Nanoscopic golden springs change color of twisted lightBath, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 University of Bath scientists have used gold spring-shaped coils 5,000 times thinner than human hairs with powerful lasers to enable the detection of twisted molecules, and the applications could im ... more 
Robot epigenetics: Adding complexity to embodied robot evolutionWashington DC (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 Evolutionary robotics is a new exciting area of research which draws on Darwinian evolutionary principles to automatically develop autonomous robots. In a new research article published in Frontiers ... more 
Robot Fedor to Guide Russia's Federation Spacecraft in Maiden Flight - RoscosmosMoscow (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. ... more |
  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other robots have become increasingly affordable, capable, and available to both the U.S. military and adversaries alike. Enabling UAVs and similar assets to perform useful tasks under human supervision-that is, carrying out swarm tactics in concert with human teammates-holds tremendous promise to extend the advantages U.S. warfighters have in field oper ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017MQ-8C Fire Scout takes first flight from littoral combat ship  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017MS-177 sensor completes test on Global Hawk  Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2017Swiss prisons getting drone-detection capability |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017 
The European Space Agency (ESA) has warned that man-made junk in space is getting out of hand. Radio Sputnik discussed the space debris problem with former head of the Space Debris Office of the European Space Agency, Dr. Heiner Klinkrad.
During a conference on space debris, held in Germany this week, the ESA expressed concerns over the increasing danger of orbiting space trash. Some exper ... more Luxembourg (SPX) Apr 26, 2017SES Offers Panoramic Glimpse into the Future of TV with Live Virtual Reality Demo  Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Nature: 3-D-printing of glass now possible  Oxford, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Engineering technique is damaging materials research reveals |
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 Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 
Physicists at the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech have discovered the first three-dimensional quantum liquid crystal - a new state of matter that may have applications in ultrafast quantum computers of the future.
"We have detected the existence of a fundamentally new state of matter that can be regarded as a quantum analog of a liquid crystal," says Caltech assista ... more Frankfurt, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Molecular libraries for organic light-emitting diodes  Boston MA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Graphene 'copy machine' may produce cheap semiconductor wafers  Boston MA (SPX) Apr 19, 2017New form of matter may hold the key to developing quantum machines |
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 Paris, France (SPX) Apr 21, 2017 
AREVA, represented by its subsidiary STMI, has won the call for tenders to provide its services as industrial operator of the French National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management's Aube surface disposal facility. The contract, worth several million euros, covers the period from 2017 to 2022.
As industrial operator of the site, AREVA's main responsibilities will be:
+ Acceptance, i ... more Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Apr 19, 2017The critical importance of Predictive Power when building NPPs  Washington DC (SPX) Apr 13, 2017AREVA NP Signs Contract for Outage Services at Farley Nuclear Generating Station  Paris, France (SPX) Apr 12, 2017AREVA and KAZATOMPROM sign a strategic agreement |
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 Athens (AFP) April 24, 2017 
Ten countries formed a new group Monday aimed at protecting ancient heritage from extremism of the kind that saw the Islamic State group lay waste to Syria's historic Palmyra.
Iraq, Iran, Egypt, Greece, Italy, China, India, Bolivia, Mexico and Peru - all home to some of the world's most cherished archaeological sites - have signed up to the "forum" launched in Athens by ministers and ambas ... more Washington (AFP) April 21, 2017US forces kill IS leader blamed for nightclub attack  Washington (UPI) Apr 17, 2017New system to destroy chemical warfare agents announced Baghdad (AFP) April 13, 2017Anti-IS strike rules unchanged under Trump: general |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 10, 2017 
The only U.S. sector where emissions of carbon dioxide increased last year was in the transportation sector, an Energy Department division reported.
A daily brief from the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported CO2 emissions from the transportation sector increased 1.9 percent from 2015 levels. Emissions directly from motor gasoline increased 1.8 percent and the overall sector ... more Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017World Bank urges more investment for developing global electricity  New York (AFP) April 3, 2017US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay  Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2017 
How do internal short circuit? Researcher Minho Kim has published his paper "A fast and efficient pre-doping approach to high energy density lithium-ion hybrid capacitors".
Internal short-circuit method (ISC) is also called direct contact (DC) method. The pre-lithiated can achieved through direct physical contact between negative electrode and lithium metal with electrolyte in pressure. ... more Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Stanford scientist's new approach may accelerate design of high-power batteries  Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Making batteries from waste glass bottles  Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 26, 2017Clarifying the mechanism for suppressing turbulence through ion mass |
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 Beijing (XNA) Apr 23, 2017 
As astronauts continue to break records for time spent in space and manned Mars exploration is under discussion, scientists in China have begun a groundbreaking study to determine if humans can reproduce in space.
Scientists will for the first time conduct an experiment to induce the differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into germ cells on China's first cargo spacecraft, Tianzhou-1 ... more Beijing (AFP) April 22, 2017China's first cargo spacecraft docks with space lab  Wenchang, China (AFP) April 20, 2017China launches first cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-1 Wenchang, China (Sputnik) Apr 21, 2017Tianzhou-1 space truck soars into orbit |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Apr 25, 2017 
While astronauts have successfully grown plants and vegetables aboard the International Space Station, NASA scientists at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida are collaborating with a university team to develop long-term methods that could help sustain pioneers working in deep space.
Agency researchers believe while there are many challenges for human exploration beyond Earth, they are conv ... more Washington (AFP) April 24, 2017'Better you than me,' Trump tells record-breaking astronaut  Houston TX (SPX) Apr 23, 2017Cygnus docks with ISS, delivering 28 Cubesats from multiple customers  Miami (AFP) April 22, 2017Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 
From the earliest days of our solar system's history, collisions between astronomical objects have shaped the planets and changed the course of their evolution. Studying the early bombardment history of Mars, scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and the University of Arizona have discovered a 400-million-year lull in large impacts early in Martian history.
This discovery is pu ... more Copenhagen (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017Danish Martian Experts Get Their Hands on a Piece of 'Black Beauty'  Pasadena CA (JPL) Apr 24, 2017New Look at 2004's Martian Hole-in-One Site  Providence RI (SPX) Apr 21, 2017Researchers Produce Detailed Map of Potential Mars Rover Landing Site |
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 New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017 
Aiming to lower the cost of access to space, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar has said the space agency is aiming to increase the number of satellite launches from the existing seven to 12 per year. Experts said that increasing the number of launches will help India tap a fast-growing commercial space market.
"Earlier, we were doing 2-3 (launches) ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017India to Launch Carrier Rocket With Higher Payload Capacity in May  Sacramento CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Aerojet Rocketdyne completes qualification tests on reusable rocket engine  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 24, 2017Russian MoD to Further Develop Plesetsk Cosmodrome Infrastructure |
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 Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 
Around 2010, the deep waters of Utah's Great Salt Lake contained high levels of toxic methylmercury. Mercury measurements in waterfowl surrounding the lake led to a rare human consumption advisory for ducks. But by 2015, 90 percent of the deep mercury was gone.
The disappearance of the mercury was not due to aggressive environmental policies or a wide-ranging cleanup effort. Instead, it's ... more London (AFP) April 24, 2017UK could face legal battle over air pollution delay  Paris (ESA) Apr 18, 2017ESA helps faster cleaner shipping  Colombo (AFP) April 21, 2017Sri Lanka bans anti-garbage protests after dump disaster |
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 Shanghai (AFP) April 20, 2017  Southeast Asia's potential beckons as global automakers look beyond China's massive market to extend their sales boom in the region, but executives say they face a struggle to match the explosive Chinese growth.
Chinese passenger-car sales have quadrupled over the past 10 years to 24.38 million last year, having become the world's biggest market in 2009.
But with Chinese economic growth ... more Shanghai (AFP) April 19, 2017Automakers see promise in China car-sharing  Shanghai (AFP) April 23, 2017China's quota threat charges up electric car market  Shanghai (AFP) April 21, 2017Imitation Game: China carmakers ape foreign brands at Shanghai show |
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 Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017 
Researchers from Lund University in Sweden have succeeded in producing nanotubes from a single building block using so-called molecular self-recognition. The tube can also change shape depending on the surrounding environment. The results can contribute to the future development of transport channels for drugs through the cell membrane.
In the present study, researchers from Lund Universit ... more Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanoparticles remain unpredictable  Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 19, 2017Better living through pressure: Functional nanomaterials made easy  Lemont IL (SPX) Apr 13, 2017Self-assembling polymers provide thin nanowire template |
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Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 26, 2017
The European Space Agency (ESA) has warned that man-made junk in space is getting out of hand. Radio Sputnik discussed the space debris problem with former head of the Space Debris Office of the European Space Agency, Dr. Heiner Klinkrad.
During a conference on space debris, held in Germany this week, the ESA expressed concerns over the increasing danger of orbiting space trash. Some exper ... moreLuxembourg (SPX) Apr 26, 2017SES Offers Panoramic Glimpse into the Future of TV with Live Virtual Reality Demo Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Nature: 3-D-printing of glass now possible Oxford, UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Engineering technique is damaging materials research reveals |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 26, 2017 
Around 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from iron deficiency, with women worse affected than men. In Europe, one in five women around the age of 20 suffers from iron deficiency. Typical symptoms include diminished work performance, fatigue, anaemia and headaches.
Boosting iron levels through the diet or supplements is tricky, as the iron must be in a form that the body is able to absorb ... more Ithaca NY (SPX) Apr 24, 2017New data unearths pesticide peril in beehives  Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 24, 2017Climatic effect of irrigation over the Yellow River basin  Stanford CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2017A better way to predict the environmental impacts of agricultural production |
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