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Launching the idea of data centers in space
San Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Tech firms are floating the idea of building data centers in space and tapping into the sun's energy to meet out-of-this-world power demands in a fierce artificial intelligence race. Elon Musk's decision to have his rocket company SpaceX take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI has added fuel to the debate about whether orbiting data centers are feasible or foolish. - Who are the players? - SpaceX has set the pace in the rocket launch market and Musk has spoken of putting data center ... read more |
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Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats upSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 5, 2026 Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race. ... more
Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more 
NTU Singapore boosts agile space access with trio of new projectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is launching three new space projects under Singapore's Space Technology Development Programme, a national initiative to accelerate the commercialisation ... more 
ESA adjusts Cluster orbits for rare twin reentry campaignParis, France (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 When satellites fall back to Earth, most of their structure burns up in the atmosphere, but engineers still lack detailed data on how real spacecraft actually break apart during reentry and which co ... more |
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Abundant element alloy enables rare earth free cryogenic coolingTokyo, Japan (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 In collaboration with the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Oshima College, the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has developed a new regenerator material composed solely of ab ... more 
Terran Orbital to supply Nebula satellite platform for Mitsubishi Electric LEO missionLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Terran Orbital has announced it will provide its Nebula satellite platform for the Mitsubishi Electric LEO Demo Mission, a new project developed with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi E ... more 
Lockheed Martin delivers second lot Sentinel A4 radar to US ArmyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 03, 2026 Lockheed Martin has delivered the first Sentinel A4 radar from the second Low Rate Initial Production tranche to the US Army, marking a key step toward full rate production of the new air and missil ... more 
Scaling rules for metamaterials promise better implants and safer devicesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Metamaterials are engineered composites whose internal architecture, rather than their base substances, governs how they respond to forces and deformation. In these systems, repeating building block ... more 
Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checksLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 06, 2026 Prompt, individual dose assessment is a critical part of protecting people after large scale nuclear or radiological incidents, but traditional dosimetry relies on expensive instruments or laborator ... more |
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Desert sand mix points to new path for greener concreteBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 02, 2026 Concrete is the most widely used building material in the world and relies on vast quantities of suitable sand, but common sources such as crushed rock and river sand are becoming scarce and cause m ... more 
Autonomous AI network boosts materials discovery efficiencyTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 A joint research team from the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) and the University of Tsukuba has developed an autonomous AI network technology that allows multiple autonomous AI syst ... more 
EU will struggle to secure key raw materials supply, warns reportBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 The European Union must step up its efforts to secure supplies of critical raw materials by 2030 if it wants to break its dependence on foreign countries and meet its climate goals, a watchdog warned on Monday. ... more 
German software giant SAP's shares plunge on AI worriesFrankfurt, Germany (AFP) Jan 29, 2026 Shares in the German software giant SAP suffered their biggest one-day drop in five years Thursday after disappointing earnings, extending a months-long slide driven by fears that AI could disrupt its business. ... more
EU to show Google how to open up to rival AI services; Microsoft shares slide as AI spending surgesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Jan 27, 2026 Google must provide rival AI services equal access to its features and other search engine platforms access to data, the EU said on Tuesday, as it said it would help the giant over six months to comply with rules. ... more |
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Seismic networks offer new way to track space junk reentering atmosphere
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 26, 2026 Space debris, the thousands of fragments of human made hardware abandoned in Earth orbit, can threaten people and infrastructure when it falls out of the sky and reaches the ground. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University and Imperial College London have now shown that existing networks of earthquake detecting seismometers can also detect and track falling space junk in near real time, offering a new tool for locating potential impact zones and recovering debris. The team focused on the April 2, 2 ... read more 
Orion to advance IARPA system for tracking small space debrisLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 21, 2026 Orion Space Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Arcfield, has received a follow-on subcontract from Advanced Space to support Phase 2 of the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity Spac ... more |
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