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  Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 As the NASA Curiosity rover roams the surface of Mars, its ChemCam captures the chemical makeup of its surroundings with a specially designed laser system. It is the most powerful laser to operate on the surface of another planet. The burst of infrared light it fires lasts only a few billionths of seconds, but it is powerful enough to vaporize the spot it hits at more than 8,000C. Even from a distance, the ChemCam can examines rocks and soil using a process called Laser Induced Breakdown Spectrosc ... read more |
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From self-folding robots to computer visionSan Diego CA (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 From self-folding robots, to robotic endoscopes, to better methods for computer vision and object detection, researchers at the University of California San Diego have a wide range of papers and wor ... more 
Sorting molecules with DNA robotsPasadena CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 Imagine a robot that could help you tidy your home: roving about, sorting stray socks into the laundry and dirty dishes into the dishwasher. While such a practical helper may still be the stuff of s ... more 
Northrop subsidiary unveils new unmanned ground vehicle(UPI) Sep 26, 2017 Nomad, a new unmanned ground vehicle, has been introduced by Remotec Inc. as part of its Andros line of UGVs. ... more 
Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robotsChampaign IL (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 Robots perform many tasks that humans can't or don't want to perform, getting around on intricately designed wheels and limbs. If they tip over, however, they are rendered almost useless. A team of ... more |
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Quantum machine learningWashington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 Language acquisition in young children is apparently connected with their ability to detect patterns. In their learning process, they search for patterns in the data set that help them identify and ... more 
Scientists create world's first 'molecular robot' capable of building moleculesManchester UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world's first 'molecular robot' that is capable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. The tiny robots, which ... more 
Robot 'conductor' steals the show from Italy's top tenorPisa, Italy (AFP) Sept 12, 2017 Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli's voice soars to the rafters of the Tuscan theatre, but all eyes are on the orchestral conductor beside him - a robot with an apparent penchant for Verdi. ... more  
NASA's Robotic 'Sniffer' Confirms Space Station Leak, RepairGreenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 In recent operations on the International Space Station, robotic operators were twice able to test and confirm the ability of the Robotic External Leak Locator (RELL) to "smell" in space. Using the ... more 
Artificial 'skin' gives robotic hand a sense of touchHouston TX (SPX) Sep 15, 2017 A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics that can serve as an artificial skin, allowing a robotic hand to sense the difference betw ... more  
Roboteam's unmanned logistics vehicle in full productionWashington (UPI) Sep 12, 2017 Roboteam Inc.'s Probot logistical carrier is in full production and being delivered to two U.S. government agencies and a foreign client. ... more |
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Orbital ATK Begins Assembly of Industry's First Commercial In-Space Satellite Servicing SystemDulles VA (SPX) Sep 13, 2017 Orbital ATK reports significant progress on the industry's first commercial in-space satellite servicing system. The (MEV-1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier th ... more 
NASA awards SSL new funding for Dragonfly on-orbit assembly programPalo Alto, CA (SPX) Sep 12, 2017 SSL reports that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its ground-breaking Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly program. The contract modification to move forward with the detailed d ... more  
X-37B Flies Again In First SpaceX LaunchSydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 08, 2017 The fifth launch of the X-37B robot spaceplane almost makes this vehicle look routine. This time, liftoff has come with a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX instead of an Atlas V, a change from old-school ... more
Chinese robotics artist makes real-life 'Transformers'Beijing (AFP) Sept 7, 2017 In the suburbs of China's capital, a 32-year-old engineer creates the kind of larger-than-life, shapeshifting robots that most have only seen in "Transformers" movies. ... more |
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  New Delhi (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 
Fighter jets, drone deals and shared concerns over Afghanistan's security look set to dominate the agenda when US Defense Secretary James Mattis visits India this week.
Mattis is scheduled to arrive late Monday and is set to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new defence minister, in the first visit by a top US official since Donald Trump became president in January.
"The United S ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Wanted: Novel Approaches for Detecting and Stopping Small Unmanned Air Systems  Washington (UPI) Sep 21, 2017General Atomics wins $27 million contract for Grey Eagle drone support  Dubai (AFP) Sept 25, 2017Driverless hover-taxi makes first 'concept' flight in Dubai |
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 Logan UT (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
If you drop an aluminum spoon in a sink full of water, the spoon will sink to the bottom. That's because aluminum, in its conventional form, is denser than water says Utah State University chemist Alexander Boldyrev.
But if you restructure the common household metal at the molecular level, as Boldyrev and colleagues did using computational modeling, you could produce an ultra-light crystal ... more Houston TX (SPX) Sep 24, 2017Positive, negative or neutral, it all matters: NASA explains space radiation  Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 22, 2017The doubly magic nucleus of lead-208 it spins, though it shouldn't  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Aeroices: Newly discovered ultralow-density ice |
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 Nuremberg, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
Controlling electronic current is essential to modern electronics, as data and signals are transferred by streams of electrons which are controlled at high speed. Demands on transmission speeds are also increasing as technology develops.
Scientists from the Chair of Laser Physics and the Chair of Applied Physics at Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) have succeeded in s ... more Basel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 15, 2017Quantum sensors decipher magnetic ordering in semiconducting material  Eindhoven, Netherlands (SPX) Sep 15, 2017The dark side of quantum computers  Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2017Trump blocks Chinese acquisition of US semiconductor firm |
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 Saint Petersburg (AFP) Sept 22, 2017 
Russia on Friday held a launching ceremony for a powerful nuclear icebreaker, called Sibir (Siberia), in its drive to prepare a fleet for navigating the Northern Passage and hauling goods, particularly energy, to Asian markets.
The massive new ship measures 173 metres in length and has two nuclear reactors with the propulsion power of 60 megawatts.
It can crush ice up to three metres thi ... more Abu Dhabi (AFP) Sept 25, 2017UAE to open Arab Gulf's first nuclear reactor in 2018  London (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Against rising headwinds, UK pushes ahead with nuclear projects  Princeton NJ (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Russia's use and stockpiles of highly enriched uranium pose significant nuclear risks |
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 Moscow (AFP) Sept 27, 2017  President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that Russia was destroying its last chemical weapons, hailing the move as a "historic event" and accusing the United States of not following suit.
The world's global chemical weapons watchdog praised the step as a "major milestone", ridding Russia of one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.
"Today the last chemical ammunition from Russia's ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 21, 2017BTO Lays Foundation for a New Generation of Biotech Ventures  Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2017US strikes IS camp in Libya, killing 17: official  Beirut (AFP) Sept 20, 2017US-backed force says in 'final stages' of defeating IS in Raqa |
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 Menlo Park CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017 
A project led by the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory will combine artificial intelligence with massive amounts of data and industry experience from a dozen U.S. partners to identify places where the electric grid is vulnerable to disruption, reinforce those spots in advance and recover faster when failures do occur.
The eventual goal is an autonomous grid that s ... more Beojing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2017Scientists propose method to improve microgrid stability and reliability  Washington (UPI) Aug 29, 2017ADB: New finance model needed for low-carbon shift in Asia  Beijing (AFP) Aug 28, 2017China merges energy giants into global leader |
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 Belfast UK (SPX) Sep 22, 2017 
Experts at Queen's University Belfast have designed a flexible and organic alternative to the rigid batteries that power up medical implants.
Currently, devices such as pacemakers and defibrillators are fitted with rigid and metal based batteries, which can cause patient discomfort.
Dr Geetha Srinivasan and a team of young researchers from Queen's University Ionic Liquid Laboratories ... more Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Research led by PPPL provides reassurance that heat flux will be manageable in ITER  New York NY (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Energy harvested from evaporation could power much of US, says study  Oslo, Norway (SPX) Sep 25, 2017Stopping problem ice - by cracking it |
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Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017
China's Mars probe will carry 13 types of payload, including six rovers, in its first mission to the planet, scheduled for 2020.
"The Mars exploration program is well underway," said Zhang Rongqiao, chief architect of the Mars mission, at the Beijing International Forum on Lunar and Deep-space Exploration, which opened Wednesday. "The payloads will be used to co ... more Beijing (XNA) Sep 22, 2017China's cargo spacecraft separates from Tiangong-2 space lab  Beijing (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Work on China's mission to Mars 'well underway'  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Chinese company eyes development of reusable launch vehicle |
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 Adelaide, Australian (XNA) Sep 22, 2017 
The second Australian to ever venture into space has called for the country to establish its own space agency.
Andrew Thomas, an Australian-born National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut, told the 68th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide that Australia should look to play a leading role in space tourism.
"I hope Australia will seize the opportu ... more Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Mapping NASA's Space Missions  Greenbelt, MD (SPX) Sep 27, 2017NASA's New Hubble E-Book Series Dives into the Solar System and Beyond  San Francisco (AFP) Sept 21, 2017Tech dreams live or die on startup battlefields |
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 Hampton VA (SPX) Sep 21, 2017 
NASA heat shield material that could one day be used on an inflatable aeroshell during atmospheric entry on Mars recently underwent testing at Boeing's Large Core Arc Tunnel in St. Louis, Missouri.
The inflatable aeroshell, using high temperature advanced flexible material systems, will enable atmospheric entry to planetary bodies and the landing of heavy payloads. The Hypersonic Inflatabl ... more Riga Latvia (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Devilish Source of Dust in Atmosphere of Earth and Mars  Lawrence KS (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Hope to discover sure signs of life on Mars  Bristol UK (SPX) Sep 28, 2017Research sheds new light on how Earth and Mars were created |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 24, 2017 
An ancient art form has taken on new shape at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
Origami, the Japanese tradition of paper-folding, has inspired a number of unique spacecraft designs here. It's little wonder that it fascinates NASA engineers: origami can seem deceptively simple, hiding complex math within its creases.
Besides aesthetic beauty, it addresses a per ... more Las Cruces NM (SPX) Sep 21, 2017Demonstrator 3 linear aerospike ready to start tests  New Delhi (IANS) Sep 21, 2017ISRO to resume satellite launches by December  Bethesda MD (SPX) Sep 19, 2017Mechanisms are Critical to Space Vehicle Flight Success |
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 Washington (UPI) Sep 25, 2017 
Fish may be suffering brain damage as a result of plastic pollution. New research shows plastic nanoparticles can end up inside the brains of fish.
"Our study is the first to show that nanosized plastic particles can accumulate in fish brains," Tommy Cedervall, a chemistry researcher at Lund University in Sweden, said in a news release.
Cedervall and his colleagues tracked the pa ... more Amsterdam (AFP) Sept 27, 2017I.Coast toxic spill victims launch new Dutch court bid  Nantes, France (AFP) Sept 25, 2017The waste-collecting cyclists who caught the UN's eye  Manila (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Nestle tackles 'ocean-polluter' tag in Philippines |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Sep 18, 2017 
The quest for a greener economy demands unlikely sources of energy. How about traffic?
Researchers at Lancaster University in England are working to develop materials that can be incorporated into asphalt and convert the rumbling vibrations of passing vehicles into usable electricity.
The "piezolectric" ceramics developed by engineers could potentially generate more than 1 megawa ... more Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) Sept 22, 2017Carmakers face billions in European CO2 fines from 2021: study  Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2017Dockless bike-share hits US capital, following craze in China  London (AFP) Sept 26, 2017James Dyson: Vacuum cleaner king turns to electric cars |
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 Tomsk, Russia (SPX) Sep 25, 2017 
A research group consisting of scientists from Tomsk Polytechnic University, Germany and Venezuela proved vulnerability of a two-dimensional semiconductor gallium selenide in air. This discovery will allow manufacturing superconducting nanoelectronics based on gallium selenide, which has never been previously achieved by any research team in the world.
The study was published in Semiconduc ... more Washington DC (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Creative use of noise brings bio-inspired electronic improvement  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Sep 27, 2017Assembly of nanoparticles proceeds like a zipper  Washington DC (SPX) Sep 19, 2017A new kind of optical nanosensor uses torque for signal processing |
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Logan UT (SPX) Sep 25, 2017
If you drop an aluminum spoon in a sink full of water, the spoon will sink to the bottom. That's because aluminum, in its conventional form, is denser than water says Utah State University chemist Alexander Boldyrev.
But if you restructure the common household metal at the molecular level, as Boldyrev and colleagues did using computational modeling, you could produce an ultra-light crystal ... moreHouston TX (SPX) Sep 24, 2017Positive, negative or neutral, it all matters: NASA explains space radiation Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Sep 22, 2017The doubly magic nucleus of lead-208 it spins, though it shouldn't Washington DC (SPX) Sep 22, 2017Aeroices: Newly discovered ultralow-density ice |
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 Leipzig, Germany (SPX) Sep 26, 2017 
Internationally subsidised agricultural insurance is intended to protect farmers in developing countries from the effects of climate change. However, it can also lead to undesirable ecological and social side effects, as UFZ researchers and their US colleagues at the University of Oregon have explained in a review article in the latest issue of Global Environmental Change. The article also conta ... more Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Study identifies likely scenarios for global spread of devastating crop disease  Cambridge UK (SPX) Sep 26, 2017Global network of botanical gardens contain a third of all known plant species  Momchilovtsi, Bulgaria (AFP) Sept 26, 2017Bulgarian village goes Chinese in yoghurt craze |
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