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March 27, 2018
MOON DAILY
India to Experiment With Igloo-like Structures on the Moon - Minister



New Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 23, 2018
Indian scientists will use robots and 3D printers to build igloo-like structures using lunar soil and other suitable materials. Indian space scientists have already finalized five designs for such lunar habitats, according to a central minister. n what could be India's biggest achievement in space exploration, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is experimenting with potential structures for lunar habitation, the Indian space minister informed the nation's parliament on Wednesday. ... read more

TECH SPACE
New 'AR' Mobile App Features 3-D NASA Spacecraft
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spac ... more
ROBO SPACE
Make way for the mini flying machines
New Orleans LA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
Tiny floating robots could be useful in all kinds of ways, for example, to probe the human gut for disease or to search the environment for pollutants. In a step toward such devices, researchers des ... more
ROBO SPACE
How accurate is your AI
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
As AI's role in society continues to expand, J B Brown of the Graduate School of Medicine reports on a new evaluation method for the type of AI that predicts yes/positive/true or no/negative/false a ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plan ... more
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TECH SPACE
A new way to combine soft materials
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 20, 2018
Every complex human tool, from the first spear to latest smartphone, has contained multiple materials wedged, tied, screwed, glued or soldered together. But the next generation of tools, from autono ... more
SPACE MEDICINE
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research
Research Triangle Park NC (SPX) Mar 18, 2018
U.S. Army-funded researchers at Brandeis University have discovered a process for engineering next-generation soft materials with embedded chemical networks that mimic the behavior of neural tissue. ... more
MARSDAILY
360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test Lab
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 12, 2018
NASA's InSight lander looks a bit like an oversized crane game: when it lands on Mars this November, its robotic arm will be used to grasp and move objects on another planet for the first time. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Tokyo Tech's six-legged robots get closer to nature
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2018
A study led by researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) has uncovered new ways of driving multi-legged robots by means of a two-level controller. The proposed controller uses a netw ... more
MARSDAILY
Next NASA Mars Rover Reaches Key Manufacturing Milestone
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 14, 2018
NASA's Mars 2020 mission has begun the assembly, test and launch operations (ATLO) phase of its development, on track for a July 2020 launch to Mars. The first planned ATLO activities will inv ... more
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MOON DAILY
Scientists Share Ideas for Gateway Activities Near the Moon
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 08, 2018
NASA is looking at how the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway can create value for both robotic and human exploration in deep space. In late 2017, the agency asked the global science community to submit ... more
WATER WORLD
Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbes
Honolulu HI (SPX) Mar 14, 2018
For the first time, scientists from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa (UH Manoa) and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) will deploy a small fleet of long-range autonomous underwat ... more
FARM NEWS
Ag robot speeds data collection, analyses of crops as they grow
Champaign IL (SPX) Mar 14, 2018
A new lightweight, low-cost agricultural robot could transform data collection and field scouting for agronomists, seed companies and farmers. The TerraSentia crop phenotyping robot, developed ... more
ROBO SPACE
Robotic spiders and bees: The rise of bioinspired microrobots
Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the ... more
ROBO SPACE
Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
Researchers at Harvard University have built soft robots inspired by nature that can crawl, swim, grasp delicate objects and even assist a beating heart, but none of these devices has been able to s ... more


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UTSA researchers want to teach computers to learn like humans
San Antonio TX (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
A new study by Paul Rad, assistant director of the UTSA Open Cloud Institute, and Nicole Beebe, Melvin Lachman Distinguished Professor in Entrepreneurship and director of the UTSA Cyber Center for S ... more
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Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulations
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
An international group of researchers has made a decisive step towards creating the technology to achieve simulations of brain-scale networks on future supercomputers of the exascale class. The brea ... more
ROBO SPACE
Don't want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a hand
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
Every year thousands of carpenters injure their hands and fingers doing dangerous tasks like sawing. In an effort to minimize injury and let carpenters focus on design and other bigger-picture ... more
ROBO SPACE
Modified, 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics, soft robots
Corvallis OR (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
Researchers in Oregon State University's College of Engineering have taken a key step toward the rapid manufacture of flexible computer screens and other stretchable electronic devices, including so ... more
CHIP TECH
Going with the DNA flow: Molecule of life finds new uses in microelectronics
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 06, 2018
For sheer versatility, there's no molecule quite like DNA. The iconic double-helix carries the genetic blueprint for living forms ranging from single-celled organisms to human beings. Recently ... more
ROBO SPACE
Beware of replicating sexism in AI, experts warn
Barcelona (AFP) March 1, 2018
Artificial intelligence could emulate human bias, including sexism, if there is no oversight on data used to create it, experts at the world's largest mobile phone fair in Barcelona warned Thursday. ... more
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CPI Antenna receives new contract for UAV comms from Cubic Mission
Plano TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2018
The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications and Power Industries reports it has received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic Corporation. Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and com ... more
+ Swift Navigation introduces Skylark for high-precision GNSS services
+ AeroVironment to supply Egypt with unmanned aerial systems
+ MicroPilot chooses Simlat
+ Bell tapped for services to support MQ-8 Fire Scout
+ US State Dept approves Kratos tactial UAV system for international sales
+ Google guru Page tests flying taxis in New Zealand
+ US gives Philippine air force first drones
New 'AR' Mobile App Features 3-D NASA Spacecraft
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spacecraft AR, uses the latest augmented reality (AR) technology to put virtual 3-D models of NASA's robotic space explorers into any environment with a flat surface. JPL developed the Spacecraft AR ... more
+ Reconsidering damage production and radiation mixing in materials
+ Researchers use 3-D printing to create metallic glass alloys
+ Diamond powers first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser
+ Predicting the Lifespan of Materials in Space
+ NASA Marshall advances 3-D printed rocket engine nozzle technology
+ On The Horizon: A Space Renaissance
+ Raytheon contracted for Cobra Dane radar support


Intel says chips addressing flaws set for release this year
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2018
Intel Corp. said Thursday new computer chips designed to address vulnerabilities disclosed earlier this year would be shipped in the second half of 2018. Chief executive Brian Krzanich said the new chips would guard against hardware flaws dubbed Meltdown and Spectre which could leave millions of computing device vulnerable to hackers. Krzanich said the next-generation Intel Xeon Scalable ... more
+ Toshiba awaits regulator approval for key chip unit sale
+ Precision atom qubits achieve major quantum computing milestone
+ Largest molecular spin found close to a quantum phase transition
+ Researchers find 'critical' security flaws in AMD chips
+ New speed record for trapped-ion 'building blocks' of quantum computers
+ Practical spin wave transistor one step closer
+ Concern over China influence shadows chip sector deal
Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facility
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
A pair of autonomous robots developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute will soon be driving through miles of pipes at the U.S. Department of Energy's former uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio, to identify uranium deposits on pipe walls. The CMU robot has demonstrated it can measure radiation levels more accurately from inside the pipe than is possible with external ... more
+ UAE says its first nuclear reactor complete
+ Business expansion of the Fuel business unit with technology transfer project in Kazakhstan
+ Swiss reopen world's oldest nuclear plant after repairs
+ Framatome upgraded Borssele nuclear power plant's digital instrumentation and control system
+ Canada to boost nuclear power to help meet climate target
+ Areva settles nuclear dispute with Finland's TVO
+ Taiwanese protesters rally for 'nuclear-free homeland'
Hero French policeman dies after jihadist shooting spree
Tr�bes, France (AFP) March 24, 2018
A French policeman who offered himself as a hostage to help end what President Emmanuel Macron branded an "Islamist terrorist attack" died of his wounds Saturday, becoming the fourth victim of the shooting spree and supermarket siege. Lieutenant-Colonel Arnaud Beltrame, 45, was among a group of officers who rushed to the scene in the town of Trebes in southwest France on Friday after the att ... more
+ New laser technique may help detect chemical warfare in atmosphere
+ UK says to invest more in chemical weapons defence after spy poisoning
+ Tunisian man chased by police 'blows himself up': ministry
+ Thirty years on, gas attack still poisons Iraq's Halabja
+ Vienna knife attacker 'had Islamist sympathies'
+ Last Argentine 'Dirty War' junta leader Reynaldo Bignone dies
+ Fight against Islamic State evolves following battlefield wins
Lights out for world landmarks in nod to nature
Paris (AFP) March 22, 2018
World landmarks from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building will go dark this weekend to support the fight against climate change and highlight the dangers mankind poses to nature. The 11th edition of Earth Hour, an annual bid to raise awareness about climate change caused by burning fossil fuels, will see iconic structures cut the lights at a time when global temperatures are the hig ... more
+ Puerto Rico power grid snaps, nearly 1 million in the dark
+ Grids from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Pakistan could be connected
+ Coal phase-out: Announcing CO2-pricing triggers divestment
+ State utilities called to pass U.S. tax benefits to consumers
+ Magnetic liquids improve energy efficiency of buildings
+ US energy watchdog rejects plan to subsidize coal, nuclear sectors
+ U.S. utility regulator ponders grid reliability


Chirping is welcome in birds but not in fusion devices
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Mar 20, 2018
Birds do it and so do doughnut-shaped fusion facilities called "tokamaks." But tokamak chirping - a rapidly changing frequency wave that can be far above what the human ear can detect - is hardly welcome to researchers who seek to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth. Such chirping signals a loss of heat that can slow fusion reactions, a loss that has long puzzled scientists. ... more
+ Superconductivity in an alloy with quasicrystal structure
+ Mapping battery materials with atomic precision
+ New valve technology promises cheaper, greener engines
+ Thermally driven spin current in DNA
+ Quantum spin liquid prepared for the first time
+ Study IDs 'white graphene' architecture with unprecedented hydrogen storage capacity
+ Physicists discover new quantum electronic material
Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe will Reach the Far Side of the Moon
Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 22, 2018
The mission of Chang'e-4 lunar probe will proceed in two phases this year, and Chang'e-4 lunar probe will reach the far side of the Moon for the first time, said an official from China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). "We plan to launch Chang'e-4 lunar probe in the second half of 2018. This will be the first time for a lunar probe to land on the far side of the Moon. Chang'e-4 lunar pro ... more
+ China to launch Long March-5B rocket next year
+ China plans to develop a multipurpose, reusable space plane
+ China moving ahead with plans for next-generation X-ray observatory
+ China to launch Long March-5B rocket in 2019
+ Satellite will test plan for global China led satcom network
+ China plans rocket sea-launch
+ China speeds up research, commercialization of space shuttles


Inspired by ASU NASA mission, students create space art
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
Four years after NASA was established, administrator James Webb was so inspired by a portrait of an astronaut, he ordered the creation of an agency art program. The idea was to capture the emotion of exploration so future generations could look back on what the agency achieved. The NASA Art Program began by granting artists behind-the-scenes access to witness launches, suit-ups and meeting ... more
+ Fifty years on, Yuri Gagarin's death still shrouded in mystery
+ Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard Seedlings
+ Tribal College and University Student Conference to host NASA competition
+ Two Americans, one Russian blast off for ISS
+ 60 years in orbit for 'grapefruit satellite' - the oldest human object in space
+ Airbus delivers new life support system for the ISS
+ China to become top patent filer within three years: UN
Elon Musk's vision to colonize Mars updated in New Space
New Rochelle, NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2018
In "Making Life Multi-Planetary" Elon Musk, CEO and Lead Designer at SpaceX, presents the updated design for the Big Falcon Rocket (BFR), the powerful rocket intended to propel a newly modified space vehicle to the International Space Station and beyond to fulfill his vision for establishing a human presence on Mars. The article, a summary of Mr. Musk's presentation at the 68th Internation ... more
+ Instruments for next NASA mission to Mars being tested under Germany's Black Forest
+ Martian oceans formed earlier but weren't as deep as previously thought, study finds
+ Sol 2000: Roving for 2000 Martian Days
+ Mars Curiosity Celebrates Sol 2,000
+ Opportunity Mars Rover brushes a new rock target
+ Mars' oceans formed early, possibly aided by massive volcanic eruptions
+ 360 Video: Tour a Mars Robot Test Lab


University student projects launch from NASA Wallops
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018
Four university student projects were successfully launched at 6:51:30 a.m. EDT, March 25, 2018, on a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the agency's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The two-stage Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket carried the projects to an altitude of 107 miles. The projects then descended by parachute, landing in the Atlantic Ocean. The projects were recove ... more
+ Chinese scientists developing bee-inspired aerospace vehicle
+ 3D printing rocket engines in SPAIN
+ Soyuz rocket rolled out for launch
+ SpaceX launches innovative secondary payload dispenser along side Hispasat
+ Air Force Chief of Staff: US 'On Track' to Replace Russian RD-180 Rocket Engine
+ Air Force awards launch contracts to SpaceX and ULA
+ Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships Starliner Re-entry Thrusters
Researchers create new low-cost, sustainable material for reducing air and water pollution
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
A new class of low-cost and sustainable hybrid materials could possibly displace activated carbon as the preferred choice for reducing wastewater and air pollution. The material, described in Frontiers in Chemistry, is synthesized inexpensively from solid wastes and a naturally abundant polymer - and can cut down pollutants in air and wastewater with more success than activated carbon, the curre ... more
+ Five ways to halt 'critical' land decay
+ New solution to harmful algal blooms raises hope of economic and environmental benefits
+ EU considers financial system alignment with green goals
+ Gambian activists take action against polluting Chinese firm
+ Ships in the English Channel have highest rate of sulphur violations in northern Europe
+ Researchers create a protein 'mat' that can soak up pollution
+ Paris to study pollution-busting free transport


Electric vehicle use in Norway accelerating
Washington (UPI) Mar 22, 2018
The number of electric vehicles registered by Norwegian drivers has increased by more than 40 percent from the previous year, the government said. Statistics Norway, the government's record-keeping agency, reported there were 142,490 total electric cars registered in the country at the beginning of the year, up more than 40 percent from one year ago. Passenger vehicles made up 97 percen ... more
+ German prosecutors raid BMW in diesel emissions probe
+ Arizona puts brakes on Uber self-driving car tests
+ Pedestrian's death raises concerns over driverless cars
+ China's bike-share app Ofo raises $850 mn to expand overseas
+ VW boss 'convinced of diesel renaissance'
+ VWs using more diesel, failing pollution tests after recalls: study
+ Japan car giants team up to build hydrogen stations
A treasure trove for nanotechnology experts
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far. Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more
+ UCLA researchers develop a new class of two-dimensional materials
+ Nanostructures made of previously impossible material
+ Mining hardware helps scientists gain insight into silicon nanoparticles
+ Big steps toward control of production of tiny building blocks
+ New technique allows printing of flexible, stretchable silver nanowire circuits
+ Nanomaterials: What are the environmental and health risks?
+ UT Dallas team's microscopic solution may save researchers big time


New 'AR' Mobile App Features 3-D NASA Spacecraft
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2018
NASA spacecraft travel to far-off destinations in space, but a new mobile app produced by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, brings spacecraft to users. The new app, called Spacecraft AR, uses the latest augmented reality (AR) technology to put virtual 3-D models of NASA's robotic space explorers into any environment with a flat surface. JPL developed the Spacecraft AR ... more
+ Reconsidering damage production and radiation mixing in materials
+ Researchers use 3-D printing to create metallic glass alloys
+ Diamond powers first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser
+ Predicting the Lifespan of Materials in Space
+ NASA Marshall advances 3-D printed rocket engine nozzle technology
+ On The Horizon: A Space Renaissance
+ Raytheon contracted for Cobra Dane radar support
Scientists to publish first-ever land health report
Medell�n, Colombia (AFP) March 26, 2018
Scientists will publish the first-ever analysis Monday of the global state of land and its ability to sustain a fast-growing human population that relies on it for 95 percent of all food. The diagnosis is likely to be dire, providing a comprehensive overview of what other reports have already warned: unsustainable farming, mining, factory production, and climate change is pushing Earth to br ... more
+ Absence of ants suggests first Saharan farming 10,000 years ago
+ French food fest wants to whet the world's appetite
+ UN and EU say food insecurity worsens as conflicts rage
+ NZ dairy giant Fonterra posts loss on China writedown, CEO to go
+ Agriculture must make water use go further: experts
+ Algorithm could streamline harvesting of hand-picked crops
+ Background radiation in UAE's agricultural topsoil found to be lower than global average
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