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Europe delighted as new rocket notches up successKourou, French Guiana (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 Europe on Monday successfully launched a new lightweight rocket carrying a test payload, culminating a more than 12-year quest to master the entire range of space launchers. Cheers, tears of relief and even a soccer-style chant greeted the maiden flight of Vega, a billion-dollar bid for a stake in the market to launch small satellites. The 81-minute mission was a "qualification" flight carrying nine scientific satellites, aimed at proving a rocket incorporating several major innovations, enginee ... read more |
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 ESA's new Vega launcher scores success on maiden flight Vega, ESA's new launch vehicle, is ready to operate alongside the Ariane 5 and Soyuz launchers after a successful qualification flight this morning from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ... more | .. |
  PW-Sat, Poland's first satellite launched into orbit On the 13th of February 2012, the first Polish satellite - PW-Sat - was successfully deployed on orbit. The first Polish satellite, built by students, was successfully launched on the 13th of Februa ... more | .. |
  India says missile shield test a success India successfully tested on Friday an interceptor defence shield developed to detect and destroy incoming ballistic missiles, a government official said. ... more | .. |
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 Israel conducts 'final test' on Arrow anti-missile system Israel and the United States recently carried out a successful test of the Arrow anti-missile system over the Mediterranean Sea, the Israeli defence ministry said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  Iceland promotes clean-energy data centers Icelandic officials say they are tapping the country's abundance of green energy resources to establish it as a global player in data storage center industry. ... more | .. |
 NASA Seeks Game Changing Technology Payloads for Suborbital Research Flights NASA is seeking proposals for small technology payloads that could fly on future NASA-sponsored suborbital flights. These future flights will travel to the edge of space and back, testing the innova ... more | .. |
  GPS court ruling leaves US phone tracking unclear A US Supreme Court decision requiring a warrant to place a GPS device on the car of a criminal suspect leaves unresolved the bigger issue of police tracking using mobile phones, legal experts say. ... more |
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BlackSky to deliver advanced Gen-3 tactical ISR capabilities to international customer
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 Russia to build powerful laser facility Russia intends to build the world's most powerful laser research station at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion, a Russian nuclear official said. ... more | .. |
  Europe stakes billion-dollar bet on new rocket A pencil-slim rocket is scheduled to lift into space from South America on Monday, carrying a billion-dollar bet that Europe can grab a juicy slice of the market to place satellites in low orbit. ... more | .. |
 April new date for SpaceX capsule launch Private space company SpaceX says late April is its new target for a launch of its Falcon 9 rocket and a Dragon capsule to the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan says US drone attacks "counter productive" Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said US drone strikes targeting Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants were counter productive and his country had not given permission for such attacks. ... more |
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  Dark plasmons transmit energy Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via "dark plasmons," according to researchers at Rice University. ... more | .. |
 Innovation promises expanded roles for microsensors Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food p ... more | .. |
 Model analyzes shape-memory alloys for use in earthquake-resistant structures Recent earthquake damage has exposed the vulnerability of existing structures to strong ground movement. At the Georgia Institute of Technology, researchers are analyzing shape-memory alloys for the ... more | .. |
 Heat recovery and energy efficiency, improves profitability and reduces CO footprint Using latest technology in combustion of oil and gas can provide significant savings in overall energy consumption. Modern oxygen control that compensates changes in ambient temperature and fuel qua ... more |
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No picnic: How to survive a bear encounter; as Japan battles spike in attacks
COP30: Indigenous peoples vital to humanity's future
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  Outside View: New economic optimism Optimism is afoot that U.S. economic activity and jobs creation are picking up from the anemic pace that so far has characterized the economic recovery. ... more | .. |
  Music service gives Myspace second wind Faded online social network Myspace said Monday it was getting a second wind due to the popularity of a freshly launched online music player. ... more | .. |
 Watchdog group begins China Apple inspections Apple, following reports of harsh working conditions, said the watchdog Fair Labor Association began inspections Monday at a Foxconn plant in China that makes products for the California gadget-maker. ... more | .. |
  China leader-in-waiting on key US visit China's Vice President Xi Jinping on Monday started a week-long tour of the United States in a key test of relations with the man on course to lead the rising Asian power for the next decade. ... more |
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  London Heathrow suffers monthly drop in China traffic: BAA London's Heathrow airport suffered a drop in Chinese traffic last month and is losing ground to European competitors owing to a lack of capacity, Spanish-owned operator BAA revealed on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Aviation industry warns of trade war over EU carbon tax World aviation bosses warned Monday of a potential trade war over a carbon tax imposed by the European Union, which expressed readiness to compromise while insisting on its environmental agenda. ... more | .. |
 Greece backs austerity measures, Athens counts cost Global markets rose on Monday after Greek lawmakers approved radical budget cuts to secure fresh aid and avoid bankruptcy after a day of street battles left dozens injured and buildings ablaze. ... more | .. |
  Hong Kong reacts to protests over mainland cars Hong Kong's government on Monday sought to placate concerns about a scheme to allow mainland Chinese visitors to bring their cars into the semi-autonomous southern city. ... more |
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Oxford team unveils air-powered robots that synchronize without electronics
Teaching robots to map large environments
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 Scientists develop MRI for batteries Scientists have now unravelled a tool of medical diagnostics to improve a battery's performance and its safe internal workings, a study reveals. ... more | .. |
 Novelists open new chapter for booming China film industry Acclaimed Chinese novelist Geling Yan has become accustomed to reaching a wide audience both at home and abroad. ... more | .. |
 Electrical engineers build 'no-waste' laser A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, "thresholdless" las ... more | .. |
 Developing a Potential Low Cost Alternative to Platinum for Splitting Water A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the U.S. ... more |
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 New technology platform for molecule-based electronics Researchers at the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components using the wonder mate ... more | .. |
 NIST provides octagonal window of opportunity for carbon capture Filtering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive part of many manufacturing processes. However, a collaborative research team from the National Inst ... more | .. |
 Unusual 'collapsing' iron superconductor sets record for its class A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has found an iron-based superconductor that operates at the highest known temperature for a mater ... more | .. |
 Engineers Boost Computer Processor Performance By Over 20 Percent Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate - boo ... more |
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