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  Stanford CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of a collapsed building. Instead of digging through the debris by hand or having dogs sniff for signs of life, they bring out a small, air-tight cylinder. They place the device at the entrance of the debris and flip a switch. From one end of the cylinder, a tendril extends into the mass of stones and dirt, like a fast-climbing vine. A camera at the tip of the tendril gives rescuers a view of the otherwise unreachable places beneath the rubble. Th ... read more |
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A robot that growsSanta Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 At first glance, robots would appear to have exactly nothing in common with sweet peas or other climbing vines. Yet thanks to some innovative scientists, they now share at least one trait: the abili ... more 
A new method of cooperative control of multiple unmanned surface vehiclesBeijing, China (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 The 21st century is a century of ocean. Ocean contains rich resources such as biology, oil and gas, mineral products, and etc., and it becomes the strategic space and resource base for the survival ... more  
Three Good Reasons Why Russia May Not Actually Need a SupercarrierMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2017 Russia has adopted a new Navy Policy Framework up to the year 2030. The document devotes considerable attention to creating high-precision long-range cruise missiles, hypersonic weapons, robotics, a ... more  
Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactorTokyo (AFP) July 23, 2017 Lava-like rocks believed to be melted nuclear fuel have been spotted inside Japan's stricken Fukushima reactor by an underwater robot, the plant's operator said at the end of a three-day inspection. ... more |
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Australia's robo-footballers go for gold at world champsSydney (AFP) July 21, 2017 A roar rings out as a small, white robot wins a tussle for the ball and kicks it into the goal. ... more  
Making telescopes that curve and twistLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 A new tool for computational design allows users to turn any 3D shape into a collapsible telescoping structure. New mathematical methods developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University captur ... more  
Underwater robot probes inside Fukushima reactorTokyo (AFP) July 21, 2017 The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it is using an underwater robot in a renewed attempt to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown. ... more 
India's Infosys eyes artificial intelligence profitsBangalore, India (AFP) July 14, 2017 Indian IT giant Infosys said Friday that artificial intelligence was key to future profits as it bids to satisfy clients' demands for innovative new technologies. ... more 
Rovers drive through Tenerife darknessParis (ESA) Jul 20, 2017 A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and night during a nine-day test campaign, gathering terabytes of data for follow-up analysis. A team from ESA's P ... more 
Research makes robots better at following spoken instructionsProvidence RI (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 A new system based on research by Brown University computer scientists makes robots better at following spoken instructions, no matter how abstract or specific those instructions may be. The develop ... more |
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Soft and stretchy fabric-based sensors for wearable robotsBoston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Wearable technologies - from heart rate monitors to virtual reality headsets - are exploding in popularity in both the consumer and research spaces, but most of the electronic sensors that detect an ... more 
Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech showHong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2017 It was a spooky sight: two lifelike disembodied robot torsos discussing the pros and cons of humans in front of a nervously tittering audience in Hong Kong Wednesday. ... more 
Three European firms join in robot ship projectParis (AFP) July 11, 2017 Three European companies are to work on a pioneering project to build a fully-automated supply ship, the French member of the scheme announced on Tuesday. ... more 
Human pose estimation for care robots using deep learningToyohashi, Japan (SPX) Jul 12, 2017 Expectations for care robots are growing against the backdrop of declining birthrates, an aging population, and a lack of care staff. As an example, for care at nursing homes and other such faciliti ... more |
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  Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 
UAS-manufacturer AeroVironment formally signed contracts on Tuesday to deliver its Wasp AE unmanned aerial system to the Australian Defense Force, the company announced on Tuesday.
The WASP UAS will be delivered over a three-year period AeroVironment, with Australian partner XTEK, will provide local maintenance, training and field support for the aircraft.
"This contract to suppl ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2017Leonardo DRS, Moog receive counter-UAS weapons contract Singapore (AFP) July 19, 2017Singapore offers Manila drones, urban warfare training Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Explotrain develops drone-simulated IED training system |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 
Scientists at Nagoya University have developed a new way to make stimuli-responsive materials in a predictable manner. They used this method to design a new material, a mixture of carbon nanorings and iodine, which conducts electricity and emits white light when exposed to electricity. The team's new approach could help generate a range of reliable stimuli-responsive materials, which can be used ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Cleanup Time: Russia Launches Satellite to Remove Space Junk from Orbit  Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Using water displacement as the 3-D shape sensor for complex objects  Santa Barbara CW (SPX) Jul 21, 2017A plastic planet |
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 Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 
Researchers at Linkoping University have developed a method to increase by a factor of five the computing power of a standard algorithm when performed in one type of standard chip, FPGA. The new method is both simple and smart, but the road to publication has been long.
We are dealing with a programmable integrated circuit known as an "FPGA", which is an abbreviation for "field-programmabl ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Thinking thin brings new layering and thermal abilities to the semiconductor industry  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Pulses of electrons manipulate nanomagnets and store information  Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Hamburg researchers develop new transistor concept |
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 Tokyo (AFP) July 21, 2017 
The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear plant said Friday it is using an underwater robot in a renewed attempt to inspect damage suffered in a tsunami-induced meltdown.
A massive undersea earthquake on March 11, 2011 sent a huge wave barrelling into Japan's northeast coast, killing more than 18,500 people, and sending three reactors into meltdown at the plant in the worst such acc ... more Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017Laser-Armed Nuclear Icebreakers: What Russia Has in Store for Arctic  Helsinki (AFP) July 20, 2017Finland's TVO claims partial win in Areva nuclear dispute  Brussels (AFP) July 12, 2017Britain must leave EU nuclear body: Verhofstadt |
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 Bamako (AFP) July 25, 2017 
At least four civilians, including a child, were killed in an attack by suspected jihadist militants in northeast Mali on Tuesday, security and official sources said.
The ethnic Tuareg victims were sleeping when the attack happened in the early hours of Tuesday near the Niger border. Others there managed to flee the area, a local official said.
The Tuareg encampment, some 44 kilometres ( ... more Moscow (AFP) July 17, 2017Kremlin says 'contradictory' reports on Baghdadi death  Abuja (AFP) July 22, 2017Nigerian military blames homeless for botched air strike Washington (AFP) July 21, 2017Pentagon chief says he thinks IS leader Baghdadi is alive |
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 University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 
While most climate scientists, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, implicitly define "pre-industrial" to be in the late 1800's, a true non-industrially influenced baseline is probably further in the past, according to an international team of researchers who are concerned because it affects the available carbon budget for meeting the 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit ... more Lincoln UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017India must rethink infrastructure needs for 100 new 'smart' cities to be sustainable  Edinburgh UK (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Sparkling springs aid quest for underground heat energy sources  Washington (AFP) July 7, 2017Google's 'moonshot' factory spins off geothermal unit |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 
Engineers at the University of Maryland have invented an entirely new kind of battery. It is bio-compatible because it produces the same kind of ion-based electrical energy used by humans and other living things.
In our bodies, flowing ions (sodium, potassium and other electrolytes) are the electrical signals that power the brain and control the rhythm of the heart, the movement of muscles ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 25, 2017First basic physics simulation of impact of neutrals on turbulence  Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017High-temperature superconductivity in B-doped Q-carbon  Jerusalem (SPX) Jul 24, 2017First direct observation and measurement of ultra-fast moving vortices in superconductors |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017 
A yet unidentified space tourist from an Asian country will be sent to the International Space Station (ISS) as a member of the crew in 2019, Russia's Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia Director General Vladimir Solntsev said Tuesday.
"The new space tourist, who is set to travel to the ISS in 2019, is being trained already. He is a national of one of the Asian countries," Solntsev ... more Washington (Sputnik) Jul 25, 2017Russian sanctions won't affect cooperation in space  Washington (UPI) Jul 21, 2017Astronauts grow cucumbers in space to help scientists understand root growth  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in Washington |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 21, 2017 
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded a panoramic view before entering the upper end of a fluid-carved valley that descends the inner slope of a large crater's rim.
The scene includes a broad notch in the crest of the crater's rim, which may have been a spillway where water or ice or wind flowed over the rim and into the crater. Wheel tracks visible in the area of the notch we ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Hubble sees Martian moon orbiting the Red Planet  Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2017For Moratorium on Sending Commands to Mars, Blame the Sun  Paris (ESA) Jul 14, 2017Tributes to wetter times on Mars |
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 Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 26, 2017 
For its eighth launch of the year, and the 10th Vega mission since this launcher began its career at the Guiana Space Center in 2012, Arianespace will orbit two Earth observation satellites for civil and military applications: OPTSAT-3000 for the Italian Ministry of Defence; and Venus, a mission of the Israel Space Agency (ISA) - a government body sponsored by the country's Ministry of Science a ... more Washington (AFP) July 20, 2017Elon Musk says successful maiden flight for Falcon Heavy unlikely  Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Russia to Supply Largest Ever Number of Space Rocket Engines to US This Year  New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite Launches |
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 Taipei (AFP) July 23, 2017 
The sound of clanging cymbals and blaring horns filled downtown Taipei on Sunday as thousands marched in a colourful Taoist procession, protesting a government call to cut back on the burning of incense sticks.
About 100 temples took part in the demonstration, where performers carried statues of Taoist gods on their shoulders while others danced in larger-than-life costumes.
Taipei poli ... more Paris (AFP) July 24, 2017Pioneering Paris canal swimming spot closed due to pollution  Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 18, 2017Bavaria juggles support for diesel and clean city air  Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand |
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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 24, 2017 
German carmakers faced a brewing scandal Monday as suspicions grew they colluded illegally for decades, further damaging the industry's image and exposing it to massive financial risks.
News weekly Der Spiegel reported Friday that German carmakers Volkswagen, Audi, Porsche, BMW and Daimler secretly worked together from the 1990s on car development, construction and logistics - including how ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) July 21, 2017Audi voluntarily recalls up to 850,000 diesel vehicles  New York (AFP) July 20, 2017Volkswagen fined $154 mn more in US for dieselgate  Berlin (AFP) July 18, 2017Daimler announces emissions recall of 3 mln diesel cars in Europe |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017  In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even pave the way for invisibility cloaking devices, a team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a new technique that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors.
It's the first technique that can inexpensively grow metal nanoparticles both on and below the surface of semiconductors. The p ... more Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle?  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Nanostructures taste the rainbow |
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Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Jul 25, 2017
Scientists at Nagoya University have developed a new way to make stimuli-responsive materials in a predictable manner. They used this method to design a new material, a mixture of carbon nanorings and iodine, which conducts electricity and emits white light when exposed to electricity. The team's new approach could help generate a range of reliable stimuli-responsive materials, which can be used ... moreMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Cleanup Time: Russia Launches Satellite to Remove Space Junk from Orbit Chicago IL (SPX) Jul 24, 2017Using water displacement as the 3-D shape sensor for complex objects Santa Barbara CW (SPX) Jul 21, 2017A plastic planet |
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 Paris (AFP) July 22, 2017 
Knocked off course by a cold spring snap, French wine production from Bordeaux to Alsace has dropped dramatically this year and could hit "a historic low", according to the agriculture ministry.
"At 37.6 million hectolitres (993.3 million gallons) the 2017 harvest is set to come in 17 percent lower than in 2016, and 16 percent below the average of the past five years," the ministry's statist ... more Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Crocodile Jaw Bridge, Kenya (AFP) July 20, 2017Kenyan cattle herders defend 'necessary' land invasions  Sede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Using treated graywater for irrigation is better for arid environments |
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