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  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 The intriguing X-37B robot spaceplane just can't stay grounded. Barely months after landing from a mission lasting more than two years, the next X-37B will blast off in August 2017. That's a quick turnaround, but it seems probable that the next spaceplane to fly won't be the same one that recently landed. The US Air Force, owners of the semi-secret spacecraft, has two vehicles, both with long missions to their credit. It's fair to say that the US Air Force is now running X-37B flights routinely. T ... read more |
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Autonomous machines edge towards greater independenceWashington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 Cars that can drive autonomously have recently made Autonomous machines edge towards greater independences. In the near future, machines that can learn autonomously will become increasingly present ... more  
Scientists design laser to kill weedsWashington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 In a quest to become heroes to yard workers everywhere, a team of German researchers are developing a laser gun to kill weeds. ... more 
AI 'good for the world'... says ultra-lifelike robotGeneva (AFP) June 8, 2017 Sophia smiles mischievously, bats her eyelids and tells a joke. Without the mess of cables that make up the back of her head, you could almost mistake her for a human. ... more 
AI gets so-so grade in Chinese university entrance examBeijing (AFP) June 8, 2017 An AI machine has taken the maths section of China's annual university entrance exam, finishing it faster than students but with a below average grade. ... more |
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Apple wants to rock the market with HomePod, faces challengesSan Francisco (AFP) June 7, 2017 Apple's new HomePod speaker may be music to the ears of its loyal fans, but how much it can crank up volume in the smart speaker market remains to be heard. ... more 
Tactile sensor gives robots new capabilitiesBoston MA (SPX) Jun 07, 2017 Eight years ago, Ted Adelson's research group at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact w ... more 
Meet the most nimble-fingered robot ever builtBerkeley CA (SPX) Jun 06, 2017 Grabbing the awkwardly shaped items that people pick up in their day-to-day lives is a slippery task for robots. Irregularly shaped items such as shoes, spray bottles, open boxes, even rubber duckie ... more  
SpaceX's first recycled Dragon arrives at space stationMiami (AFP) June 5, 2017 SpaceX's first-ever recycled spaceship arrived Monday at the International Space Station, two days after the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule launched atop a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. ... more 
Muscle grafts could help amputees sense and control artificial limbsBoston MA (SPX) Jun 05, 2017 A new surgical technique devised by MIT researchers could allow prosthetic limbs to feel much more like natural limbs. Through coordination of the patient's prosthetic limb, existing nerves, and mus ... more 
Apple 'HomePod' speaker to take on Amazon, GoogleSan Jose, United States (AFP) June 6, 2017 Apple will later this year release a "HomePod" music-centric smart home speaker, challenging a market currently dominated by Amazon and Google in its latest move to weave deeper into people's lives. ... more |
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 Configuration and manipulation of soft robotics for on-orbit servicing 
Teaching robots good mannersWashington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2017 Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are making virtual and robotic assistants increasingly capable in performing complex tasks. For these "smart" machines to be considered safe and trustworthy ... more 
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environmentsSan Diego CA (SPX) May 31, 2017 Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they interact with virtual reality environments. The resear ... more 
CMU's interactive tool helps novices and experts make custom robotsPittsburgh PA (SPX) May 31, 2017 A new interactive design tool developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute enables both novices and experts to build customized legged or wheeled robots using 3D-printed components a ... more  
Student-Made Mars Rover Concepts Lift OffHampton VA (SPX) May 28, 2017 Witnessing a rocket launch is a special occasion. Watching a rocket launch with materials you made go up into the sky is priceless. That's how it felt for researchers from NASA's Langley Resea ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Jun 5, 2017 
The Defense of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is partnering with BAE Systems to develop a new line of multi-role unmanned aerial systems.They are designed to be modular and able to mount different sensor, radio-frequency, and weapons packages.
The contract provides $5.4 million to develop small multifunction UAVs that can conduct multiple missions with a single payl ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Falcon Flight for X-37B  Washington (AFP) June 8, 2017Pro-Syria regime drone shot down after it fires on coalition  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Netherlands to replace ScanEagle UAV with Integrator |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 07, 2017 
Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017.
Their study, published in the new journal Quantum Science and Technology, demonstrates the first quantum key distribution transmissions from a ground transmitter to a quantum payload on a moving aircraft.
To en ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 07, 2017Indian Space Agency to Work on Electric Propulsion for Large Satellites  London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Liquids are capable of supporting waves with short wavelengths only  Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Metal-ion catalysts and hydrogen peroxide could green up plastics production |
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 Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
An engineer with the Erik Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Texas at Dallas has designed a novel computing system made solely from carbon that might one day replace the silicon transistors that power today's electronic devices.
"The concept brings together an assortment of existing nanoscale technologies and combines them in a new way," said Dr. Joseph ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Nitrides in Transition  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Beyond Scaling: An Electronics Resurgence Initiative  Basel, Switzerland (SPX) May 30, 2017Wafer-thin magnetic materials developed for future quantum technologies |
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a method for the remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances. With the help of this newly-developed detection device, the detection of various types of radioactive materials can be done from a remote distance.
In their study, published in the May issue of the prestigious journal, Nature Communications, Professor Eunmi Choi of Na ... more Berlin (AFP) June 7, 2017German court nukes tax on power firms  Tokyo (AFP) June 13, 2017Japan court clears way for nuclear reactor restarts  Paris, France (SPX) Jun 12, 2017AREVA-EWN consortium to dismantle the Reactor Pressure Vessel at Brunsbuttel |
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 Beijing (AFP) June 12, 2017 
China supports the Philippine government's "anti-terrorism" operations against Islamist militants, the Chinese foreign ministry said Monday after US special forces provided support to Filipino troops.
The US embassy in Manila said Saturday that special forces were assisting the Philippine military with ongoing operations in the southern city of Marawi, which insurgents overran on May 23.
... more Washington (AFP) June 11, 2017US forces conduct strike against Somalia's Al-Shabaab: Pentagon  Arbil , Iraq (AFP) June 10, 2017Iraqi girl reunited with family 3 years after IS abduction  Marawi, Philippines (AFP) June 10, 2017US forces back Philippine troops in Islamist held city |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 
British energy company Centrica said Friday it was now a pure-European player after selling off parts of its Canadian partnership.
Centrica holds a 60 percent stake in the Canadian exploration and production joint venture, CQ Energy Canada Partnership, and said it was now sold to a consortium led by Asian investors.
"In line with its strategy announced in July 2015, the divestmen ... more (UPI) Jun 12, 2017Low-carbon trajectory is the only option, European leaders say  Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017New ultrathin material for splitting water could make hydrogen production cheaper  Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Keeping the hydrogen coming |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
The "clean-energy economy" always seems a few steps away but never quite here. Fossil fuels still power transportation, heating and cooling, and manufacturing, but a team of scientists from Penn State and Florida State University have come one step closer to inexpensive, clean hydrogen fuel with a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy wate ... more West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jun 06, 2017'Instantly rechargeable' battery could change the future of electric and hybrid automobiles  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Batteries from scrap metal  Beijing, China (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Scientists develop divide and conquer approach for more stable power generation |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 13, 2017 
Experts told Sputnik they believe China's space ambitions are driven not only by the goal of space exploration itself but also by politics. Tommy Yang - China's commitment to its space exploration programs is driven by the same sense of national pride that fueled the "space race" between the Soviet Union and the United States in the 1960s, experts told Sputnik.
China's space programs toppe ... more Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017Reusable craft are in CASIC's plans  Beijing (XNA) Jun 08, 2017China's 1st astronaut details projects for orbital station, manned lunar visit  Beijing (XNA) Jun 12, 2017Moon or Mars - humanity's next stop |
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 Miami (AFP) June 7, 2017 
Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed 12 new NASA astronauts as "the best of us," after they were selected from a record-breaking pool of more than 18,000 applicants.
The seven men and five women who will be part of the US space program as it presses on to Mars and other deep-space destinations in the coming decades include military pilots, emergency physicians and marine biologists. ... more Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 07, 2017Additional Astronaut on the Space Station Means Dozens of New Team Members on the Ground  Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 12, 2017To Be or Not to Be: At 20 ISS Goes Strong, But for How Long  St. Petersburg (Sputnik) Jun 07, 2017Russia's New 'Federation' Spacecraft to be Launched from Baikonur in 2022 |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017 
Opportunity is at the top of "Perseverance Valley" on the rim of Endeavour Crater. The plan before proceeding down the valley is to perform a walk-about survey above the valley.
To start the walkabout, on Sol 4746 (May 31, 2017) Opportunity drove about 82 feet (24.9 meters) mostly south toward a chosen waypoint. Images for extensive panoramas were collected with the Navigation Camera (Navc ... more Paris (ESA) Jun 09, 2017Window to a watery past on Mars  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 12, 2017NASA Finds Evidence of Diverse Environments in Curiosity Samples  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 08, 2017Opportunity Surveying the spillway into Perseverance Valley |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jun 08, 2017 
NASA has selected Dynetics, Inc. of Huntsville, Alabama, to develop and build a universal stage adapter for the agency's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. The adapter will connect NASA's Orion spacecraft and provide additional cargo space for the future configurations of the rocket containing an exploration upper stage (EUS).
Under the contract, Dynetics will design, develop, test, evaluat ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jun 09, 2017Proton returns to flight with US satellite after 12 month hiatus  Moscow (AFP) June 8, 2017Russian rocket returns to service with launch of US satellite  Paris (ESA) Jun 05, 2017Ariane 5 launches its heaviest telecom payload |
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 The Hague (AFP) June 8, 2017 
Plastic that is dumped in rivers and then ends up in the world's oceans is one of the major sources of marine pollution, a new study said this week, with Asian waterways the main culprits.
Researchers at The Ocean Cleanup - a Dutch foundation developing new technologies for ridding the oceans of plastic - say rivers carry an estimated 1.15-2.41 million tonnes of plastic into the sea every ... more Austin TX (SPX) Jun 07, 2017A new hyper-local air pollution map  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Americans' caffeine habit may be harming waterways, wildlife  Paris (AFP) June 7, 2017Woman sues France over Paris pollution health damage |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 
A goal of 30 percent new electrical vehicle sales by 2030 could help make a dent in the emissions from the transportation sector, leaders said from Beijing.
A campaign steered by North American, European and Asian powers aims to drive the sale of electrical vehicles higher under plan outlined at a clean-energy conference in Beijing.
Fatih Briol, the head of the International Ener ... more San Francisco (AFP) June 8, 2017Uber woes mount ahead of workplace probe report  Washington (UPI) Jun 7, 2017Electric vehicle sales up, but incentives needed to drive growth  Hiroshima, Japan (SPX) Jun 08, 2017New millimeter-wave technology could make future vehicles much safer |
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 Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Jun 12, 2017 
A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has engineered a new type of carbon nanomaterials, capable of changing shapes and colors depending on the type of solvents used. Such materials have attracted much attention owing to their unique optical properties and structures.
In the study, the joint research team, led by Professor Byung Soo kim and Professor Oh Hoon Kwon has presented a unique des ... more New York NY (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Sensing the nanoscale with visible light, and the fundamentals of disordered waves  Saint Petersburg, Russia (SPX) Jun 05, 2017Nanosized silicon heater and thermometer combined to fight cancer  Munich, Germany (SPX) May 30, 2017Ultrafast nanophotonics: Turmoil in sluggish electrons' existence |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 07, 2017
Researchers in Canada have taken a significant step towards enabling secure quantum communication via moving satellites, as announced by the Canadian Government in April 2017.
Their study, published in the new journal Quantum Science and Technology, demonstrates the first quantum key distribution transmissions from a ground transmitter to a quantum payload on a moving aircraft.
To en ... moreNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jun 07, 2017Indian Space Agency to Work on Electric Propulsion for Large Satellites London, UK (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Liquids are capable of supporting waves with short wavelengths only Champaign IL (SPX) Jun 08, 2017Metal-ion catalysts and hydrogen peroxide could green up plastics production |
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 Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017 
In a quest to become heroes to yard workers everywhere, a team of German researchers are developing a laser gun to kill weeds.
In reality, the new laser system is unlikely to be coming to a yard near you. But it could prove a boon to farmers and the environment.
The system's promising ability relies on robotic software, which is being tested and improved by computer scientists at ... more Jabugo, Spain (AFP) June 11, 2017Spain's 'jamon' conquers China  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 12, 2017Bee buzzes could help determine how to save their decreasing population  Washington (UPI) Jun 8, 2017Study predicts where global warming is likely to spark food violence |
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