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  Corvallis OR (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 Robots as inconspicuous as they are ubiquitous represent the vision of researchers in the new and burgeoning field of material robotics. In an invited perspective paper published in Science Robotics, Oregon State University researcher Yi?it Menguc and three co-authors argue against looking at robotics as a "dichotomy of brain versus body." Menguc and collaborators from the University of Colorado, Yale University and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne take a view that seeks to dissolve ... read more |
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Scientists developed a new sensor for future missions to the Moon and MarsMoscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 A team of scientists from the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University and their colleagues developed a compact spectral polarimeter for carrying outmineralogical investigations on th ... more 
NASA builds its next Mars rover missionPasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017 In just a few years, NASA's next Mars rover mission will be flying to the Red Planet. At a glance, it looks a lot like its predecessor, the Curiosity Mars rover. But there's no doubt it's a souped-u ... more 
Amazon brings Alexa from the home to the office in a new AI pushWashington (AFP) Nov 30, 2017 Amazon announced Thursday it is bringing its Alexa digital assistant to the workplace, expanding artificial intelligence efforts that have gained traction in the home market. ... more  
Artificial muscles give 'superpower' to robotsMiami (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 Inspired by the folding technique of origami, US researchers said Monday they have crafted cheap, artificial muscles for robots that give them the power to lift up to 1,000 times their own weight. ... more |
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Facebook trains artificial intelligence to spot suicidal signsSan Francisco (AFP) Nov 27, 2017 Facebook on Monday said stepping up the use of artificial intelligence to identify members of the leading social network who may be thinking of suicide. ... more  
Zwicky Transient Facility sees "First Light"College Park MD (SPX) Nov 16, 2017 A new robotic camera with the ability to capture hundreds of thousands of stars and galaxies in a single shot has taken its first image of the sky - an event astronomers refer to as "first light." ... more 
Speedy collision detector could make robots better human assistantsSan Diego CA (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 Electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a faster collision detection algorithm that uses machine learning to help robots avoid moving objects and weave through ... more 
New technology makes artificial intelligence more private and portableWaterloo, Canada (SPX) Nov 22, 2017 Technology developed at the University of Waterloo is paving the way for artificial intelligence (AI) to break free of the internet and cloud computing. New deep-learning AI software produced ... more 
Calls mount for action on 'killer robots' after UN talksGeneva (AFP) Nov 17, 2017 "Robots are not taking over the world", the diplomat leading the first official talks on autonomous weapons assured Friday, seeking to ease criticism over slow progress towards restricting the use of so-called "killer robots". ... more 
New Challenges Await Competitors in NASA's 25th Annual Human Exploration Rover ChallengeWashington DC (SPX) Nov 21, 2017 Six minutes of air, 14 obstacles and five mission tasks lay ahead of the intrepid explorers. Decisions on which obstacles and tasks to complete and which to bypass must be made by them and their tea ... more |
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 Mars 2020 Mission performs first supersonic parachute test  
Robotic arm reaches out and grapples CygnusHouston TX (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 At 5:04 a.m., Expedition 53 Flight Engineers Paolo Nespoli of ESA (European Space Agency) and Randy Bresnik of NASA successfully captured Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo spacecraft using the Internationa ... more 
Cars and speakers: Baidu speeds up AI progressBeijing (AFP) Nov 16, 2017 Chinese web giant Baidu unveiled Thursday a smart speaker model and plans for a self-driving mini-bus, its latest foray into the hyper-competitive field of artificial intelligence. ... more 
FORTIS K-SRD exoskeleton could help soldiers cover inclined terrain quicklyOrlando FL (SPX) Nov 15, 2017 A study by the University of Michigan Human Neuromechanics Laboratory suggests that battle-equipped soldiers would be less fatigued if they wore Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] FORTIS Knee-Stress Reli ... more 
UN to host first talks on use of 'killer robots'Geneva (AFP) Nov 10, 2017 The United Nations is set to host the first-ever talks on the use of autonomous weapons, but those hoping for a ban on the machines dubbed killer robots will be disappointed, the ambassador leading the discussions said Friday. ... more |
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  Paris (ESA) Nov 29, 2017 
ESA is considering extending its activities to a new region of the sky via a novel type of aerial vehicle, a 'missing link' between drones and satellites.
High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites, or HAPS, are platforms that float or fly at high altitude like conventional aircraft but operate more like satellites - except that rather than working from space they can remain in position inside the at ... more Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Drone photos offer faster, cheaper data on key Antarctic species  Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 23, 2017Drone Race: Human Versus Artificial Intelligence  Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2017Pentagon steps up Somalia drone strikes |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 
An international research group together with scientists from the MSU have developed a time-resolved spectroscopy method that allows studying fast processes in samples. The new method works by analyzing quantized light transmitted through a sample, without the use of femtosecond lasers and complex detection systems. This design is much cheaper than the one used currently and, moreover, allows yo ... more Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Spin current from heat: New material increases efficiency  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017New catalyst controls activation of a carbon-hydrogen bond  Houston TX (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Math gets real in strong, lightweight structures |
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 College Park MD (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
Two independent teams of scientists, including one from the University of Maryland (UMD) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have used more than 50 interacting atomic qubits to mimic magnetic quantum matter, blowing past the complexity of previous demonstrations. The results appear in this week's issue of Nature.
As the basis for its quantum simulation, the UMD-N ... more Lemont, IL (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Argonne to install Comanche system to explore ARM technology for HPC  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Strain-free epitaxy of germanium film on mica  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Microwave-based test method can help keep 3-D chip designers' eyes open |
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 Mounana, Gabon (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
"We are all sick. It's our health, and we are being conned," Moise Massala says angrily.
The 82-year-old is a retired geochemist who used to work in a uranium mine in Gabon owned by French nuclear giant Areva.
He and hundreds of other former workers say they fell ill from their work to extract the uranium - a source of nuclear power and warheads, but toxic and potentially carcinogenic. ... more Ostrovets, Belarus (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Belarus nuclear power plant stirs fears in Lithuania  Charlotte NC (SPX) Nov 22, 2017Lightbridge and AREVA NP Sign Agreements to Immediately Advance Fuel Development  London (AFP) Nov 22, 2017UK made grave errors over Hinkley nuclear project: MPs |
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 Buenos Aires (AFP) Nov 30, 2017 
An Argentine court sentenced 48 former military personnel to prison on Wednesday for involvement in so-called "death flights" and other crimes committed at a notorious torture center when a junta ruled the country.
The trial is part of an effort to probe torture and crimes against humanity committed at the ESMA Naval Mechanics School. Only a fraction of an estimated 5,000 opponents of the re ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017US coalition conduct 11 strikes on ISIS over Thanksgiving weekend  Cairo (AFP) Nov 25, 2017Egypt mourns 235 victims of Sinai mosque attack  Riyadh (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Saudi vows new Islamic alliance 'will wipe terrorists from the earth' |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 08, 2017 
Electrical physicists from Czech Technical University have provided additional evidence that new current sensors introduce errors when assessing current through iron conductors. It's crucial to correct this flaw in the new sensors so that operators of the electrical grid can correctly respond to threats to the system.
The researchers show how a difference in a conductor's magnetic permeabi ... more Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2017Japan faces challenges in cutting CO2, Moody's finds  Washington (UPI) Oct 19, 2017IEA: An electrified world would cost $31B per year to achieve  Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2017'Fuel-secure' steps in Washington counterintuitive, green group says |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017 
A team of leading computer scientists has developed a novel computational system to aid the design and fabrication of wind-up toys, focusing on automating the intricate interior machinery responsible for the toys' wind-up motion.
The new computational system includes analytic modeling of a wide variety of elemental mechanisms found in common wide-up toys, including their geometry and kinem ... more Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2017Statoil: Batteries can address wind power variability  Sydney (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Musk beats deadline for building world's biggest battery Adelaide, Australia (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Musk's record-breaking battery officially launches in Australia |
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 Beijing (XNA) Nov 27, 2017 
China is now the world leader in remote sensing technologies for scientific purposes and is able to provide an unprecedented amount of data to support research and development for the world, officials said on Tuesday.
Remote sensing refers to aerial or satellite-based technologies to detect and measure objects on Earth's surface, atmosphere and oceans.
On Tuesday, the Ministry of Sci ... more Beijing (XNA) Nov 19, 2017China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040  Beijing (Sputnik) Nov 16, 2017China plans first sea based launch by 2018  Beijing (XNA) Nov 02, 2017China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020 |
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 Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
Since the dawn of the human race, mankind has looked up at the night sky and wondered 'what's out there?' The ancient Greeks and Romans saw the constellations and wove them into their myths of warring gods. The native Americans' creation story is based on the movements of the sky. The past few hundred years brought with them the birth of a new age, an age of science and deeper understanding of t ... more Wageningen, Netherlands (Sputnik) Nov 30, 2017Space Farms: 'Mark Watney in The Martian Was Right to Add Poop to the Soil'  Washington (AFP) Dec 2, 2017NASA successfully fires Voyager 1 thrusters after 37 years  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 29, 2017New motion sensors major step towards cheaper wearable technology |
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 Washington (UPI) Nov 27, 2017 
A pair of newborn earthworms in a Dutch lab suggests earthworms can reproduce in Martian soil.
Researchers at Wageningen University introduced earthworms to pots of Mars-like soil featuring arugula plants and organic matter. Early results suggest the earthworms were able to successfully reproduce.
If humans are to establish permanent colonies on Mars, they'll need to grow their o ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017Opportunity Greets Winter Solstice Pasadena CA (JPL) Nov 29, 2017NASA builds its next Mars rover mission Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Scientists developed a new sensor for future missions to the Moon and Mars |
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 New Delhi (IANS) Nov 30, 2017 
India plans to have at least one rocket launch every month in 2018 from its spaceport at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh to deploy satellites in orbit, said a top space official on Tuesday. "We are planning to have at least one launch mission a month in 2018 to deploy satellites in the earth's orbit for various applications," said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman A.S. Kiran Kumar ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Nov 29, 2017Russia to build launch pad for super heavy-lift carrier by 2028  Bethesda MD (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Mechanisms are critical to all space vehicles  Vostochny, Russia (AFP) Nov 28, 2017Russia loses contact with satellite after launch from new spaceport |
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 Warwick UK (SPX) Nov 29, 2017 
The smallest microplastics in our oceans - which go largely undetected and are potentially harmful - could be more effectively identified using an innovative and inexpensive new method, developed by researchers at the University of Warwick.
New research, led by Gabriel Erni-Cassola and Dr. Joseph A. Christie-Oleza from Warwick's School of Life Sciences, has established a pioneering way to ... more Hanoi (AFP) Nov 27, 2017Vietnam jails activist for 7 years over toxic leak protests  Tabarja, Lebanon (AFP) Nov 26, 2017Clean-up dives, recycling: Lebanese respond to garbage crisis  Omoa, Honduras (AFP) Nov 24, 2017'Trash islands' off Central America indicate ocean pollution problem |
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 Oslo (AFP) Nov 23, 2017 
Norway, a world leader of zero-emission vehicles, has abandoned plans for a proposed "Tesla tax", a controversial measure that would have cut a tax rebate granted to heavy electric cars.
Plans for the tax, which was to have entered into force in 2018, were halted after a budget compromise was reached between the right-wing government and its centre-right allies, which they presented on Wedne ... more Washington (AFP) Nov 28, 2017SoftBank offer for Uber shares to cut valuation: reports  Shanghai (AFP) Dec 1, 2017Traffic-weary Chinese man fined for repainting road lines  London (AFP) Nov 23, 2017Driverless, electric future just round the corner for urban cars |
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 Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 30, 2017 
An international team of researchers from MIPT; Lebedev Physical Institute, RAS; Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS; Skoltech; and Aalto University (Finland) has examined the optical and dielectric properties of thin macroscopic films based on single-walled carbon nanotubes and obtained an explanation for the metallic nature of their conductivity using infrared and terahertz spectroscopy. ... more Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) ov 27, 2017Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that matters  Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Semiconducting carbon nanotubes can reduce noise in interconnects  Joensuu, Finland (SPX) Nov 17, 2017Manganese dioxide shows potential in micromotors |
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Moscow, Russia (SPX) Nov 29, 2017
An international research group together with scientists from the MSU have developed a time-resolved spectroscopy method that allows studying fast processes in samples. The new method works by analyzing quantized light transmitted through a sample, without the use of femtosecond lasers and complex detection systems. This design is much cheaper than the one used currently and, moreover, allows yo ... moreBielefeld, Germany (SPX) Nov 27, 2017Spin current from heat: New material increases efficiency Washington DC (SPX) Nov 27, 2017New catalyst controls activation of a carbon-hydrogen bond Houston TX (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Math gets real in strong, lightweight structures |
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 Istanbul (AFP) Nov 29, 2017 
After half a century of fishing, 65-year-old Fuat, a retired Turkish civil servant, is nostalgic for the good old days when the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul teemed with fish.
Wearing a black woolly hat, Fuat is one of hundreds of amateur anglers passing their spare time on the Galata Bridge on the European side of Istanbul, trying to fill their buckets.
"I've been fishing since I was 15 ... more Davis CA (SPX) Nov 28, 2017Gene discovery may halt worldwide wheat epidemic  Davis CA (SPX) Nov 30, 2017Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced  East Lansing (SPX) Nov 29, 2017Fighting plant disease at warm temperatures keeps food on the table |
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