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  Washington (AFP) March 13, 2019 China is poised to overtake the United States in artificial intelligence with a surge in academic research on the key technology, an analysis published Wednesday showed. The analysis by the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence showed China has already surpassed the US in published papers on AI - although many of these were considered "medium-quality" or "low-quality." But the researchers said China is likely to top the US in the most-cited 50 percent of papers this year, the most-cited 1 ... 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 
New cell-sized micro robots might make incredible journeysWashington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 Researchers have harnessed the latest nanofabrication techniques to create bug-shaped robots that are wirelessly powered, able to walk, able to survive harsh environments and tiny enough to be injec ... more 
Mathematics of sea slug movement points to future robotsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 11, 2019 What do pizza slices, sea slugs and one possible design for future soft-bodied robots have in common? They all have frilly surfaces, and new insights about the surprising geometry of frilly surfaces ... 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 
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  
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 |
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 Moon shot: Toyota, Japan space agency plan lunar mission 
Assembly in the air: Using sound to defy gravityBath UK (SPX) Mar 05, 2019 Scientists at the University of Bath have levitated particles using sound in an experiment which could have applications in so-called "soft robotics" and help reveal how planets start to form. ... 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
FedEx to test 'SameDay Bot' for local deliveriesSan 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 |
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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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 Austin, TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
CesiumAstro, Inc., pioneer of "out-of-the-box" high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures.
Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and Analog Devices ... 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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 Frankfurt Am Main (AFP) March 14, 2019 
German energy giant RWE reported Thursday falling profits in 2018, but said this year should bring completion of a massive deal sealed that will see it buy up the renewable and nuclear activities from its rival EON.
Essen-based RWE made adjusted net profits of 591 million euros ($669.3 million) last year, down from 973 million in 2017.
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 The Hague (AFP) March 13, 2019 
A new chemical weapons investigation team with the power to assign blame for attacks such as those in Syria will start work in weeks, the head of the world's toxic arms organisation said.
Member countries of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons agreed in June to allow the body to identify the perpetrators of chemical attacks, but the new powers are strongly opposed by Mos ... 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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 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2019 
The US space agency NASA on Wednesday cast a shadow on the future of its new heavy-lift rocket, the SLS - acknowledging development delays on a project that is already years behind.
The Space Launch System program is being run much as the Apollo and space shuttle mission were handled in the days of old.
But Wednesday's announcement illustrates how quickly NASA has embraced a new era dom ... 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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 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2019 
Fiat Chrysler will recall nearly 863,000 SUVs and sedans that failed to meet federal emissions standards, US regulators announced Wednesday.
The voluntary recall involves models of the Dodge Journey, Avenger and Caliber and Chrysler 200 sedans as well as the Jeep Compass and Patriot SUVs produced for model years 2011 and 2016, according to a statement from the US Environmental Protection Age ... more |
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 Houston TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019 
Cleaning pollutants from water with a defective filter sounds like a non-starter, but a recent study by chemical engineers at Rice University found that the right-sized defects helped a molecular sieve soak up more perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in less time.
In a study in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, Rice University researchers Mich ... more |
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Austin, TX (SPX) Mar 14, 2019
CesiumAstro, Inc., pioneer of "out-of-the-box" high-performance multi-beam active phased array communication systems for space and airborne platforms, has announced the closing of a $12.4 million Series A funding round led by Airbus Ventures.
Additional investors in the round include Kleiner Perkins, Franklin Templeton Venture Fund, Lavrock Ventures, Honeywell Ventures, and Analog Devices ... 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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