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  Columbia MD (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 To train future explorers to support NASA's mission to return to the Moon's surface, scientists use similar environments found on the Earth. Last week, a group of domestic and international students traveled to Barringer Meteorite Crater (aka Meteor Crater), Arizona, to learn necessary skills that could help NASA implement its plans for human and robotic missions to the lunar surface. Dr. David Kring, a Universities Space Research Association scientist at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), c ... read more |
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NASA calls for instruments, technologies for delivery to the MoonWashington DC (SPX) Oct 22, 2018 NASA has announced a call for Lunar Surface Instrument and Technology Payloads that will fly to the Moon on commercial lunar landers as early as next year or 2020. The agency is working with U.S. in ... more  
Postman, shopper, builder: In Japan, there's a robot for thatTokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 Forget the flashy humanoids with their gymnastics skills: at the World Robot Summit in Tokyo, the focus was on down-to-earth robots that can deliver post, do the shopping and build a house. ... more  
The claw game on Mars: NASA InSight plays to winPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 19, 2018 If you've ever played the claw machine at an arcade, you know how hard it can be to maneuver the metal "hand" to pick up a prize. Imagine trying to play that game when the claw is on Mars, the objec ... more  
New infrared telescope first to monitor entire northern skyCanberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 A new infrared telescope designed and built by astronomers at The Australian National University (ANU) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in the US will be the first of its kind to ... more |
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MIT unveils new $1 bn college for artificial intelligenceWashington (AFP) Oct 15, 2018 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced plans Monday to create a new college of artificial intelligence with an initial $1 billion commitment for the program focusing on "responsible and ethical" uses of the technology. ... more  
Army researchers' technique locates robots, soldiers in GPS-challenged areasAdelphi MD (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 Scientists at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory have developed a novel algorithm that enables localization of humans and robots in areas where GPS is unavailable. According to ARL researchers ... more 
No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic armsBoston MA (SPX) Oct 10, 2018 The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a lock to gently stroking a puppy's fur. The robotic "arms" on underwater research subma ... more 
Painting cars for MarsPasadena CA (JPL) Oct 10, 2018 When John Campanella's friend wanted his beloved Ferrari painted, he knew exactly who to call. After all, Campanella had been painting, pinstriping and even airbrushing flames on to cars, motorcycle ... more 
Model helps robots navigate more like humans doBoston MA (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 When moving through a crowd to reach some end goal, humans can usually navigate the space safely without thinking too much. They can learn from the behavior of others and note any obstacles to avoid ... more |
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 See the future at ESA's IAC Start-up Space Zone
Increasingly human-like robots spark fascination and fearMadrid (AFP) Oct 6, 2018 Sporting a trendy brown bob, a humanoid robot named Erica chats to a man in front of stunned audience members in Madrid. ... more  |
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NTU Singapore scientists develop smart technology for synchronized 3D printing of concreteSingapore (SPX) Oct 04, 2018 Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a technology where two robots can work in unison to 3D-print a concrete structure. This method of concurren ... more 
Lockheed Martin to marry machine learning with 3-D printingDenver CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2018 Today, 3-D printing generates parts used in ships, planes, vehicles and spacecraft, but it also requires a lot of babysitting. High-value and intricate parts sometimes require constant monitoring by ... more  
Touchdown! Japan space probe lands new robot on asteroidTokyo (AFP) Oct 3, 2018 A Japanese probe landed a new observation robot on an asteroid on Wednesday as it pursues a mission to shed light on the origins of the solar system. ... more 
Japan Deploys Jumping Robots on Distant AsteroidWashington DC (VOA) Oct 01, 2018 Two small Japanese robots landed on a distant asteroid last weekend. The robots took small jumps, making it the first time that any device from our planet has moved on the surface of an asteroid. ... more 
Machine learning could help regulators identify environmental violationsWashington (UPI) Oct 1, 2018 Regulatory agencies tasked with protecting environmental and public health are regularly understaffed and underfunded, but new research suggests machine learning could help officials more effectively monitor potential violators. ... more |
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 Washington DC (Sputnik) Oct 22, 2018 
The US Air Force's unmanned X-37B space plane has passed its 400-day mark, inching its way toward setting a new flight duration record for the Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) mission.
The spacecraft, the fifth of its kind, was initially rocketed into orbit on September 7, 2017, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, according to Space.com. All previous OTV missions established new flight records, wit ... more |
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 Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
A quantum internet may very well be the first quantum information technology to become reality. Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have published a comprehensive guide towards this goal in Science. It describes six phases, starting with simple networks of qubits that could already enable secure quantum communications - a phase that could be reality in the near future.
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
For many years, quantum computers were not much more than an idea.
Today, companies, governments and intelligence agencies are investing in the development of quantum technology. Robert Konig, professor for the theory of complex quantum systems at the TUM, in collaboration with David Gosset from the Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo and Sergey Bravyi from IBM, h ... more |
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 Tashkent (AFP) Oct 19, 2018 
Russia and Uzbekistan on Friday hailed the construction of an $11 billion nuclear power plant that should help solve an energy deficit in the Central Asian country while binding it tighter to Moscow politically.
Russian President Vladimir Putin was paying a first state visit to Uzbek counterpart Shavkat Mirziyoyev since Mirziyoyev replaced the late Islam Karimov, who ruled for nearly three d ... more |
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 London (AFP) Oct 19, 2018 
Radical cleric Anjem Choudary, a long-time thorn in the side of British authorities, was released from prison on Friday having served half his sentence for encouraging support for the Islamic State group.
The 51-year-old was jailed for five-and-a-half years in 2016, and will serve the rest of his sentence under strict supervision orders having been released from Belmarsh top-security prison ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Oct 16, 2018 
Spain's Iberdola, an electricity generation company that also operates in the U.K., U.S., Brazil and Mexico, said Tuesday that it was selling to the U.K.-based Drax group $929 million worth of hydro- and gas-powered assets.
Iberdrola's President Ignacio Galan said the company's energy production in the U.K. - where it owns the unit Scottish Power-- is now completely emission free.
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 Ames IA (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
Measuring the properties of superconducting materials in magnetic fields at close to absolute zero temperatures is difficult, but necessary to understand their quantum properties.
How cold? Lower than 0.05 Kelvin (-272C).
"For many modern (quantum) materials, to properly study the fine details of their quantum mechanical behavior you need to be cool. Cooler than was formerly thought ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018 
Many new companies have entered the commercial aerospace industry in China, supported by the government. Most of the CEOs come from government aerospace agencies or national scientific institutions. These companies still have a long way to go to catch up with Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The aerospace industry used to be a battleground for superpowers. Space agencies were all sponsored by governmen ... more |
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 Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
With scarce nutrients and weak gravity, growing potatoes on the Moon or on other planets seems unimaginable. But the plant hormone strigolactone could make it possible, plant biologists from the University of Zurich have shown. The hormone supports the symbiosis between fungi and plant roots, thus encouraging plants' growth - even under the challenging conditions found in space.
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 Paris (ESA) Oct 22, 2018 
Imagine you are on Mars and you stumble upon an interesting rock. The colours, the shape of the crystals and the place where you find it all tell you: there is more to it than meets the eye. Tool in hand, you analyse how light scatters through it. Seconds later you read the following description on the screen:
Jarosite is a potassium and iron bearing hydrated sulphate. It crystallises with ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Oct 19, 2018  NASA astronaut Nick Hague told NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine that he was impressed by the teamwork of the rescue crew that helped him and Russian cosmonaut Alexey Ovchinin to get out of the rescue capsule after their recent emergency return to Earth over launch vehicle failure.
"They had three pararescue jumpers. As soon as they had found where we were at... they jumped in to get to u ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2018 
Japan said Thursday it was facing a growing sea of plastic waste with limited capacity to process it after China stopped accepting foreign waste imports.
The environment ministry said about a quarter of major regional and municipal governments surveyed reported seeing accumulating plastic waste, sometimes going beyond sanitary standards.
The costs of processing waste plastic were rising, ... more |
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 Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 19, 2018 
A study led by Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, has shown that carbon fibres can work as battery electrodes, storing energy directly. This opens up new opportunities for structural batteries, where the carbon fibre becomes part of the energy system. The use of this type of multifunctional material can contribute to a significant weight-reduction in the aircraft and vehicles of the futu ... more |
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 Newark DE (SPX) Oct 09, 2018 
From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of the future. However, there are still gaps in understanding the properties of these tiny plastic-like particles.
Now, Hojin Kim, a graduate student in chemical and biomolecular engineering at the University of Delaware, together with a team of collaborating scientists at the Max Planck ... more |
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Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 19, 2018
A quantum internet may very well be the first quantum information technology to become reality. Researchers at QuTech in Delft, The Netherlands, have published a comprehensive guide towards this goal in Science. It describes six phases, starting with simple networks of qubits that could already enable secure quantum communications - a phase that could be reality in the near future.
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Oct 18, 2018 
Climate change influences plant growth, with springtime growth beginning earlier each year. Up to now, it was thought that this phenomenon was slowing climate change, as scientists believed this process led to more carbon being absorbed from the atmosphere for photosynthesis and more biomass production.
However, as evaluations of satellite data undertaken at TU Wien have now shown, this is ... more |
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