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  Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 North Carolina State University researchers have developed a fiber that combines the elasticity of rubber with the strength of a metal, resulting in a tougher material that could be incorporated into soft robotics, packaging materials or next-generation textiles. "A good way of explaining the material is to think of rubber bands and metal wires," says Michael Dickey, corresponding author of a paper on the work and Alcoa Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at NC State. "A rubbe ... read more |
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Will artificial intelligence be the future of music?Austin (AFP) March 12, 2019 They may never be able to fill a stadium for a rock concert, but computers are making inroads in the music industry, capable of producing songs - and convincingly so - as illustrated at the South by Southwest festival in Texas. ... more 
Business with human and robotic explorationParis (ESA) Mar 12, 2019 Space is profitable - each euro spent on the International Space Station produces 1.8 euros added value to European economies. Research in low Earth orbit has already contributed to the econom ... more  
Gateway to the MoonParis (ESA) Mar 12, 2019 The International Space Station partners have endorsed plans to continue the development of the Gateway, an outpost around the Moon that will act as a base to support both robots and astronauts expl ... more 
Progress on lifelong learning machines shows potential for bio-inspired algorithmsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Today's machine learning systems are restricted by their inability to continuously learn or adapt as they encounter new situations; their programs are fixed after training, leaving them unable to re ... more |
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How intelligent is artificial intelligence?Singapore (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning algorithms such as Deep Learning have become integral parts of our daily lives: they enable digital speech assistants or translation services, impro ... more 
Faster robots demoralize co-workersIthaca NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 It's not whether you win or lose; it's how hard the robot is working. A Cornell University-led team has found that when robots are beating humans in contests for cash prizes, people consider themsel ... more 
A robotic leg, born without prior knowledge, learns to walkLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 For a newborn giraffe or wildebeest, being born can be a perilous introduction to the world - predators lie in wait for an opportunity to make a meal of the herd's weakest member. This is why many s ... more  
Waymo to sell its self-driving tech to outside firmsSan Francisco (AFP) March 6, 2019 Waymo, the former Google car division developing self-driving technology, said Wednesday it would sell a key innovation to companies that don't compete with its autonomous cars. ... more 
Moon shot: Toyota, Japan space agency plan lunar missionTokyo (AFP) March 6, 2019 Toyota is teaming up with Japan's space agency on a planned mission to the Moon, with the Japanese auto giant expected to develop a lunar rover, officials and local media said Wednesday. ... more |
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Mini cheetah is the first four-legged robot to do a backflipBoston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 MIT's new mini cheetah robot is springy and light on its feet, with a range of motion that rivals a champion gymnast. The four-legged powerpack can bend and swing its legs wide, enabling it to walk ... more  |
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FedEx to test 'SameDay Bot' for local deliveries San Francisco (AFP) Feb 27, 2019 Global courier service FedEx on Wednesday announced plans to test a "SameDay Bot" autonomous delivery device designed to carry purchases from retail shops to local customers. ... more 
GMV achieves important breakthroughs in robotics systems and autonomyMadrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 GMV has recently presented the results obtained in ERGO and ESROCOS, two robotic-technology building blocks led by GMV within the European Commission's H2020 Space Robotics Technologies Strategic Re ... more 
Spider silk could be used as robotic muscleBoston MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2019 Spider silk, already known as one of the strongest materials for its weight, turns out to have another unusual property that might lead to new kinds of artificial muscles or robotic actuators, resea ... more  
Clues to Martian Life Found in Chilean DesertLausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 A robotic rover deployed in the most Mars-like environment on Earth, the Atacama Desert in Chile, has successfully recovered subsurface soil samples during a trial mission to find signs of life. ... more 
Prototype Mars Rover Gets Workout Controlled from 6,000 Miles AwaySwindon UK (SPX) Mar 01, 2019 A space control centre in the UK has been used to test-drive a prototype Mars rover thousands of miles away in Chile's Atacama desert. Experts at the European Space Agency's centre in Oxfordsh ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
World ATM Congress - Today, AirMap, the leading global airspace management platform for drones, and Honeywell announced the development of a cost-effective drone tracking solution to provide airspace safety authorities with situational awareness of manned and unmanned aircraft operations within an airspace system.
Together, the companies will develop a cost-effective hardware device to all ... more |
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 Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019 
Future technologies based on the principles of quantum mechanics could revolutionize information technology. But to realize the devices of tomorrow, today's physicists must develop precise and reliable platforms to trap and manipulate quantum-mechanical particles.
In a paper published Feb. 25 in the journal Nature, a team of physicists from the University of Washington, the University of H ... more |
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 West Lafayette IN (SPX) Mar 06, 2019 
Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researchers believe that topological qubits, which are tougher and less susceptible to environmental noise than other kinds, may be the best medium for pushing quantum computing forward.
Qubits, the units used to encode information in quantum computing, are not all created equal. Some researc ... more |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
An international collaboration including scientists at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) solved a 50-year-old puzzle that explains why beta decays of atomic nuclei are slower than what is expected based on the beta decays of free neutrons.
The findings, published in Nature Physics, fill a long-standing gap in physicists' understanding of beta decay, an ... more |
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 Damascus (AFP) March 7, 2019 
The Syrian regime on Thursday rejected a report by the world's chemical weapons watchdog confirming chlorine was used in an attack against the Syrian town of Douma in April 2018.
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said last Friday that there were "reasonable grounds" to believe toxic chemicals containing "reactive chlorine" had been used in the attack, which witnesses s ... more |
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 Norwich UK (SPX) Feb 27, 2019 
Efforts to cut emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and tackle climate change in developed economies are beginning to pay off according to research led by the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia (UEA).
The study suggests that policies supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency are helping to reduce emissions in 18 developed economies. The group of countries represents 28 pe ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
A research team of experts in atomic physics, nuclear fusion science, and astronomy succeeded in computing millions of highly accurate atomic data of neodymium ions in the Japan-Lithuania international collaboration. This research accelerates studies of a long-standing mystery regarding the origin of precious metals such as gold and platinum in our universe.
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
Chinese scientists are designing what is expected to be the world's most powerful rocket, according to a senior researcher.
Li Hong, deputy general manager at China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, said the Long March 9 super heavy-lift carrier rocket will be capable of lifting 140 metric tons of payload into a low-Earth orbit, or a 50-ton spacecraft to a lunar transfer orbit. The gi ... more |
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 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
Today, March 12, ILV Soyuz was rolled out from the processing facility to the launch pad. The medium launch vehicle Soyuz-FG integrated with the Crew Transportation spacecraft (CTS) Soyuz MS-12 is erected on the launch pad of Area No.1 ("Gagarin's launch pad") of the Baikonur Cosmodrome.
Activities under the program of the first launch day have begun.
Specialists of RSC Energia and o ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 13, 2019 
According to the 1958 law that established NASA, where the first "A" in NASA stands for aeronautics, the agency is charged with solving the problems of flight within the atmosphere.
But the law doesn't say which planet's atmosphere.
In that spirit, when the decision was made to add a small helicopter to the Mars 2020 rover mission to the Red Planet, experts at NASA's Jet Propulsion L ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 12, 2019 
China has made significant progress in the development of the key technologies of the heavy-lift carrier rocket, the Long March-9, which is expected to make its maiden flight around 2030.
The development of the heavy-lift rocket will greatly improve China's capacity of entering outer space. The Long March-9 rocket will support China's space industry development, utilization of space resour ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 11, 2019 
China's air quality improved substantially last year, the environment ministry said Monday, following a government crackdown on pollution and a weakening economy.
Thick smog clouds have plagued China's cities for years and represent the dark side of rapid development that has lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty.
The country's economic miracle has rested firmly on the output of goo ... more |
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 San Francisco (AFP) March 13, 2019 
Uber has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the ride-share service of classifying drivers as contractors to avoid paying them minimum wage and providing benefits.
The settlement filed late Monday noted that parties involved in the six-year-old suit still have a "bona fide" dispute regarding whether any specific amount of wages are due to drivers.
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Feb 25, 2019 
Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in diameter (a nanometer is a millionth of a millimeter), these tiny, needle-shaped crystalline structures can alter how electricity or light passes through them.
They can emit, concentrate and absorb light and could therefore be used to add optical functionalities to electronic chips. T ... more |
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Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 08, 2019
Future technologies based on the principles of quantum mechanics could revolutionize information technology. But to realize the devices of tomorrow, today's physicists must develop precise and reliable platforms to trap and manipulate quantum-mechanical particles.
In a paper published Feb. 25 in the journal Nature, a team of physicists from the University of Washington, the University of H ... more |
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 New York (AFP) March 12, 2019 
Starting in September, New York city's 1.1 million school students will eat vegetarian meals on "Meatless Mondays," Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday.
"Cutting back on meat a little will improve New Yorkers' health and reduce greenhouse gas emissions," Democrat de Blasio said.
The program, which began in 15 Brooklyn schools almost a year ago with vegetarian breakfasts and lunches on ... more |
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