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  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley. Opportunity is engaged in an extensive in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target called "Aguas Calientes," an exposed rock outcrop. After previously brushing the surface, on Sol 5026 (March 14, 2018), the rover used the robotic arm (IDD) to collect a Microscopic Imager (MI) mosai ... read more |
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India to Experiment With Igloo-like Structures on the Moon - MinisterNew 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 l ... more  
Make way for the mini flying machinesNew 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 
How accurate is your AIKyoto, 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  
Pipe-crawling robot will help decommission DOE nuclear facilityPittsburgh 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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Next NASA Mars Rover Reaches Key Manufacturing MilestonePasadena 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 
Scientists Share Ideas for Gateway Activities Near the MoonWashington 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  
Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbesHonolulu 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  
Ag robot speeds data collection, analyses of crops as they growChampaign 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 
Robotic spiders and bees: The rise of bioinspired microrobotsManchester 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 |
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Opportunity collects more 'Selfie' framesPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 07, 2018 Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater. The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200 meter) valle ... more  |
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UTSA researchers want to teach computers to learn like humansSan 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 
Researchers find algorithm for large-scale brain simulationsWashington 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 
Don't want to lose a finger? Let a robot give a handBoston 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 
Modified, 3D-printable alloy shows promise for flexible electronics, soft robotsCorvallis 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  
Going with the DNA flow: Molecule of life finds new uses in microelectronicsTempe 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 |
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 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 |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
Researchers have now demonstrated the ability to create amorphous metal, or metallic glass, alloys using three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology, opening the door to a variety of applications - such as more efficient electric motors, better wear-resistant materials, higher strength materials, and lighter weight structures.
"Metallic glasses lack the crystalline structures of most metal ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Monday it was still waiting for regulators to approve the key sale of its chip unit, a delay that could stymie plans to complete the deal this month.
The firm agreed in September to sell its memory chip business to a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital, which was seen as crucial to keeping it afloat after multi-billion-dollar losses.
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 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 |
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 Washington (AFP) March 27, 2018 
A 43-year-old man has been arrested after around a dozen packages containing potentially explosive material were posted to military and intelligence facilities around the US capital, the FBI said Tuesday.
Thanh Cong Phan, who lives near the northwestern city of Seattle, was taken into custody after the FBI "determined that the packages contained potential destructive devices and appeared to ... more |
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 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 |
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 Nagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 
Extraordinary things happen at low temperatures. One of the best examples is surely superconductivity. This phenomenon, wherein the electrical resistance of a solid drops to zero below a critical temperature, has been known for a century, and now has applications in science and industry. Physics and chemistry students can even make their own levitating magnets from superconducting alloys.
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possible? NASA is hiring new flight directors for just this job at its mission control at Johnson Space Center in Houston.
"Flight directors play a critical role in the success of our nation's human spaceflight missions, ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Opportunity is continuing the exploration of "Perseverance Valley" on the west rim of Endeavour Crater.
The rover is positioned about half way down the approximately 656 feet (200-meter) valley.
Opportunity is engaged in an extensive in-situ (contact) science campaign on the surface target called "Aguas Calientes," an exposed rock outcrop.
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 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 |
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 Medellin, Colombia (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Scientists warned Monday that land degradation imperils the health and well-being of billions of people, threatening food and water supplies while fuelling conflict, mass migration and disease spread.
But all is not lost, said the mammoth report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Humanity can still turn the tide of destruction ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 27, 2018 
The governor of Arizona on Monday put the brakes on Uber's self-driving car program in that state, citing "disturbing and alarming" dashcam footage from a fatal crash in that state.
Arizona governor Doug Ducey sent Uber chief executive Dara Khosrowshahi a letter saying he has directed transportation department officials to suspend Uber's ability to test or operate self-driving vehicles on p ... more |
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 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 |
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Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018
Researchers have now demonstrated the ability to create amorphous metal, or metallic glass, alloys using three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology, opening the door to a variety of applications - such as more efficient electric motors, better wear-resistant materials, higher strength materials, and lighter weight structures.
"Metallic glasses lack the crystalline structures of most metal ... more |
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 Exeter UK (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Scientists have found a way to stop the spread of rice blast, a fungus that destroys up to 30% of the world's rice crop each year.
An international team led by the University of Exeter showed that chemical genetic inhibition of a single protein in the fungus stops it spreading inside a rice leaf - leaving it trapped within a single plant cell.
The finding is a breakthrough in terms o ... more |
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