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  Boston MA (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 A novel system developed at MIT uses RFID tags to help robots home in on moving objects with unprecedented speed and accuracy. The system could enable greater collaboration and precision by robots working on packaging and assembly, and by swarms of drones carrying out search-and-rescue missions. In a paper being presented next week at the USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, the researchers show that robots using the system can locate tagged objects within 7.5 milliseco ... read more |
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Weather on Mars: Chilly with a chance of 'dust devils'Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 If you're planning a trip to Elysium Planitia on Mars, pack a sweater. Starting this week, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will provide daily weather reports for Mars, courtesy of the red pla ... more 
Can we trust scientific discoveries made using machine learning?Washington DC (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 Rice University statistician Genevera Allen says scientists must keep questioning the accuracy and reproducibility of scientific discoveries made by machine-learning techniques until researchers dev ... more 
Teaching AI systems to adapt to dynamic environmentsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 Current AI systems excel at tasks defined by rigid rules - such as mastering the board games Go and chess with proficiency surpassing world-class human players. However, AI systems aren't very ... more 
Mars Rover Opportunity Ends Mission After 15 YearsIthaca NY (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 The Mars rover Opportunity, NASA's robotic geologist fitted with an array of tools to search for evidence of water, ended its mission Feb. 13 - three weeks after its 15th anniversary and long past i ... more |
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Psychology: Robot saved, people take the hitMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2019 Robots are now being employed not just for hazardous tasks, such as detecting and disarming mines. They are also finding application as household helps and as nursing assistants. As increasing numbe ... more 
Programming autonomous machines ahead of time promotes selfless decision-makingAberdeen Proving Ground MD (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 A new study suggests the use of autonomous machines increases cooperation among individuals. Researchers from the U.S. Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, the A ... more  
Robot probes radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima plantTokyo (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 A robot will attempt to examine radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant on Wednesday in a complex operation seen as key to clean-up efforts after the 2011 meltdown. ... more 
Trumps orders government to prioritize artificial intelligenceWashington (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the US administration to give greater priority to artificial intelligence, a move seen as firing up a battle for leadership with China. ... more 
Trump orders government to prioritize artificial intelligenceWashington (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 President Donald Trump on Monday ordered the US administration to give greater priority to artificial intelligence, a move seen as firing up a battle for leadership with China. ... more |
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NASA's MAVEN spacecraft shrinking its Mars orbit to prepare for Mars 2020 RoverGreenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 NASA's 4-year-old atmosphere-sniffing Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission is embarking on a new campaign to tighten its orbit around Mars. The operation will reduce the highest po ... more  |
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Developing a flight strategy to land heavier vehicles on MarsUrbana IL (SPX) Feb 12, 2019 The heaviest vehicle to successfully land on Mars is the Curiosity Rover at 1 metric ton, about 2,200 pounds. Sending more ambitious robotic missions to the surface of Mars, and eventually humans, w ... more 
Pope talks AI ethics with Microsoft head SmithVatican City (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 Pope Francis debated the potential threats artificial intelligence poses to humanity with the head of Microsoft on Wednesday, ahead of a robotics summit at the Vatican, it said. ... more  
SoftBank fund invests big in self-driving deliveriesSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 A Silicon Valley startup working on self-driving delivery vehicles on Monday announced nearly a billion dollars in fresh funding from the SoftBank Vision Fund. ... more  
Bezos, world's richest man, shows won't be pushed aroundSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 8, 2019 He built one of the world's most valuable companies from scratch, becoming the richest person on the planet. ... more  
Recreating space on Earth - two facilities join ESA's platforms for spaceflight researchHuman and Robotic Exploration Paris (ESA) Feb 07, 2019 Science is everywhere but opportunities to carry out research in space can be limited. To combat this, ESA works with institutes across Europe to maintain a network of grou ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 
NASA has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly complicated technical demonstrations involving small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), commonly known as drones.
The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems in Las Vegas and the Lone Star UAS Center for Excellence and Innovation in Corpus Christi, Texas, will host demonstrations to confirm NA ... more |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 
In a research breakthrough funded by NASA, scientists have synthesized a molecular system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information. This unprecedented feat suggests there could be an alternative to DNA-based life, as we know it on Earth - a genetic system for life that may be possible on other worlds.
This new molecular system, which is not a new life form, suggests scientists lo ... more |
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 Hiroshima, Japan (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 
Hiroshima University, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, and Panasonic Corporation announced the successful development of a terahertz (THz) transceiver that can transmit or receive digital data at 80 gigabits per second (Gbit/s).
The transceiver was implemented using silicon CMOS integrated circuit technology, which would have a great advantage for volume pro ... more |
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 Phoenix AZ (SPX) Feb 22, 2019 
Framatome has signed a contract to provide fuel fabrication and related services to Unit 2 at Palo Verde Generating Station near Phoenix, Arizona. Arizona Public Service (APS) operates and owns 29.1 percent of Palo Verde, the largest power producer in the U.S. The first reload of Framatome fuel will be delivered in the spring of 2020.
This is the first time Framatome will supply full reloa ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) Feb 21, 2019 
A top French Islamic State jihadist who became notorious after voicing an audio recording claiming responsibility for the November 2015 attacks in Paris has been killed in an overnight airstrike, security sources told AFP.
Fabien Clain, who is believed to have gone to Syria in March 2015, was killed in the terror group's last Syrian redoubt of Baghouz, the sources said on condition of anonym ... more |
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 Johannesburg (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 
South Africa on Monday introduced its most severe electricity rationing in nearly five years, presenting President Cyril Ramaphosa with a major political challenge just months ahead of a May general election.
The debt-laden state power utility Eskom is at the centre of the country's economic troubles and has been hit by allegations of government graft.
Ramaphosa who last week admitted th ... more |
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 Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 
Current lithium ion battery technology will probably not be able to handle the coming decades' huge demand for energy. It is estimated that by 2050, electricity will make up 50% of the world's energy mix. Today that rate is 18%. But installed capacity for renewable energy production is expected to increase fourfold. This will require batteries that are more efficient, cheaper and environmentally ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2019 
China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of the Long March-6 rocket to add four solid boosters to increase its carrying capacity.
The improved medium-left carrier rocket will be sent into space by 2020, according to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which designed the rocket.
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 Paris (ESA) Feb 20, 2019 
Europe's Columbus laboratory enters its eleventh year in space with steady operations, a few upgrades and several experiments in full swing.
The physical behaviour of particles, liquids and cells in microgravity was the focus of ESA's activities on the International Space Station during the first weeks of February.
The three astronauts from Expedition 58 living in space worked on e ... more |
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 Ithaca NY (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 
If you're planning a trip to Elysium Planitia on Mars, pack a sweater.
Starting this week, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory will provide daily weather reports for Mars, courtesy of the red planet's newest robotic resident, InSight.
"The InSight lander is close to the Martian equator - just north of the equator - so it is experiencing Martian winter," said Cornell's Don Banfield, the ... more |
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 Moscow (AFP) Feb 21, 2019 
Russia successfully launched an Egyptian telecommunications satellite on Thursday, the Russian space agency Roskosmos announced.
A Soyuz rocket took off with the Egyptsat-A satellite at 1647 GMT from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan,
The satellite will take high-definition images of the Earth's surface, Roskosmos said in a statement.
"The satellite has been placed in orbit, all ... more |
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 Wellington (AFP) Feb 21, 2019  The Pacific nation of Vanuatu has announced plans to ban disposable diapers in a move it says will significantly reduce pollution.
Foreign Minister Ralph Regenvanu announced the ban at a conference in Port Vila this week, saying plastic cutlery, polystyrene cups, plastic drinks stirrers and types of food packaging would also be outlawed.
He said research showed disposable diapers - or n ... more |
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 Brussels (AFP) Feb 19, 2019 
The EU approved unprecedented pollution limits on new trucks Tuesday, though critics complained they did not go far enough because of pressure from Germany.
The European Parliament and the European Council, which represents the 28 member states, struck the provisional agreement after months of tough negotiation.
The limits are intended as a key building block of the EU's efforts to achie ... more |
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 Jerusalem (SPX) Feb 20, 2019 
Professor Uri Banin, founder of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and his colleagues Professor Richard Robinson and Professor Tobias Hanrath at Cornell University have made a breakthrough nanoscience discovery. In their recent paper, "Chemically Reversible Isomerization of Inorganic Clusters" published in Science, the authors reveal that a "magic-siz ... more |
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Moffett Field CA (SPX) Feb 22, 2019
In a research breakthrough funded by NASA, scientists have synthesized a molecular system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information. This unprecedented feat suggests there could be an alternative to DNA-based life, as we know it on Earth - a genetic system for life that may be possible on other worlds.
This new molecular system, which is not a new life form, suggests scientists lo ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2019 
Australia is bleeding mammal species. The island continent's mammal extinction rate is the largest on Earth. But in Australia's desert, the return of indigenous hunters has helped restore ecological balance and slowed the loss of mammals.
According new research by Rebecca Bliege Bird, a professor of anthropology at Penn State University, the removal of humans from the landscape precipit ... more |
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