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Preventing infection on long flightsProvidence RI (SPX) Oct 19, 2012 The cabin of a spacecraft halfway to Mars would be the least convenient place - one cannot say "on earth" - for a Salmonella or Pneumococcus outbreak, but a wide-ranging new paper suggests that microgravity and prolonged space flight could give unique advantages to germs. What's a space agency to do? Brown University and Rhode Island Hospital infectious disease expert Dr. Leonard Mermel offers several ideas. And no, they are not to add more Vitamin C to the Tang, or to give each crew member a bott ... read more |
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  NASA must reinvest in nanotechnology research, according to new Rice University paper The United States may lose its leadership role in space to other countries unless it makes research and development funding and processes - especially in nanotechnology - a renewed and urgent priori ... more | .. |
  New paper reveals fundamental chemistry of plasma/liquid interactions Though not often considered beyond the plasma television, small-scale microplasmas have great utility in a wide variety of applications. Recently, new developments have begun to capitalize on how th ... more | .. |
  $15M order for Harris tactical radios An unidentified Latin American country has ordered public safety and tactical radios, plus accessories, in a $15 million deal with Harris Corp. ... more | .. |
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  Jacobs supports Patriot Excalibur system The Jacobs Engineering Group has been contracted for software engineering and sustainment services for the U.S. Air Force's Patriot Excalibur system. ... more | .. |
  Iran capable of launching nano-satellites weighing below 10 kg: official Iran Space Agency (ISA) Director Hamid Fazeli said the Islamic republic has the capability to launch nano-satellites weighing below 10 kg into space, Tehran Times daily reported Thursday. Some ... more | .. |
 Kennedy Supporting Effort to Develop Satellite Servicing Capabilities With satellites playing increasingly important roles in everyday life, NASA is developing the technology to build Earth-orbiting, roving "service stations" capable of extending the life of these spa ... more | .. |
 SPAWAR Atlantic taps Engility The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Atlantic has added Engility Holdings Inc. to its roll of prime contractors for C4ISR support. ... more |
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China launches international association to boost global access to deep space research
Planet secures 240 million euro satellite services contract with German government
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  Space Launch System Providing Engine 'Brains' With an Upgrade America's next heavy-lift rocket needs a strong and reliable engine to launch humans beyond low Earth orbit. That's why engineers with NASA's Space Launch System program, managed at the Marshall Spa ... more | .. |
  Space Systems Loral-Built Satellite for Echostar Delivered to Baikonur Launch Base Space Systems/Loral has announced that the EchoStar XVI satellite, designed and built for EchoStar Corporation, has arrived at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to be la ... more | .. |
 New radiation treatment significantly increases survival rate A novel drug that mimics a naturally occurring molecule found in coffee and blueberries has been developed to treat radiation exposure. Charles R. Yates, Pharm.D., Ph.D., and colleagues Duane Miller ... more | .. |
 Blue Origin Tests Rocket Engine Thrust Chamber NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Blue Origin has successfully fired the thrust chamber assembly for its new 100,000 pound thrust BE-3 liquid oxygen, liquid hydrogen rocket engine. As par ... more |
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  Northrop Grumman Remotec to Begin Delivering Titus Robot in December Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) subsidiary Remotec Inc. will begin deliveries in December of Titus TM, the newest and smallest member of its Andros TM line of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV ... more | .. |
  Raytheon UK awarded a 15-year logistic support contract by NATS Raytheon UK has been awarded a contract for the logistic support of NATS en route surveillance infrastructure, covering 23 radar sites throughout the UK, including those at London's three major airp ... more | .. |
 Raytheon awarded $45 million MK 54 torpedo contract Raytheon has been awarded a $45.3 million U.S. Navy contract to provide MK 54 lightweight torpedo hardware, test equipment, spares and related engineering and repair services for U.S. fleet inventor ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Modernizes Distributed Common Ground System Imagery Testbed The mobile testbed used by the U.S. Department of Defense to assess new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies prior to their introduction into an operational environment ... more |
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Consortium plans global shift toward net negative carbon economy
Six satellites launched for ICEYE as constellation expansion gains momentum
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 Lockheed Martin Receives Contract for Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits Lockheed Martin has received a $34.1 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for follow-on production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-10, GBU-12 and GBU-16 guidance kits. With ... more | .. |
  F-35A Completes First In-Flight Weapons Release An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) aircraft completed the first in-flight weapons release of a 2,000 pound GBU-31 BLU-109 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) from a 5th Generation figh ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes F-35 Full Mission Simulator Installation at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma Lockheed Martin marked the completion of the first F-35 Lightning II Full Mission Simulators (FMS) at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Ariz. The air station will be home to the first operational Mari ... more | .. |
 U.S. Army Awards Northrop Grumman Contract to Modernize Joint Tactical Ground Station Northrop Grumman has received a $31.2 million contract from the U.S. Army to modernize the Joint Tactical Ground Station (JTAGS) and improve the warfighter's theater missile warning capability. ... more |
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 Ceradyne and Threat4 Introduce the MOHAWK Combat Helmet Ceradyne, in conjunction with Threat4, is showing a new concept, next generation Combat Helmet with integrated radio communication headset and hearing protection utilizing Ceradyne's advanced Seamle ... more | .. |
 Peru begins de-mining operations An international team of experts has begun clearing mines along Peru's borders with Chile and Ecuador after Norway pledged additional cash to make the area explosive-free. ... more | .. |
  Bus service for qubits Qubit-based computing exploiting spooky quantum effects like entanglement and superposition will speed up factoring and searching calculations far above what can be done with mere zero-or-one bits. ... more | .. |
 Developing the next generation of microsensors Imagine navigating through a grocery store with your cell phone. As you turn down the bread aisle, ads and coupons for hot dog buns and English muffins pop up on your screen. The electronics industr ... more |
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Bezos-backed methane-tracking satellite lost in space
Blackout at refinery highlights Venezuela's oil industry crisis
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 ORNL study confirms magnetic properties of silicon nano-ribbons Nano-ribbons of silicon configured so the atoms resemble chicken wire could hold the key to ultrahigh density data storage and information processing systems of the future. This was a key find ... more | .. |
  New cobalt-graphene catalyst could challenge platinum for use in fuel cells There's a new contender in the race to find an inexpensive alternative to platinum catalysts for use in hydrogen fuel cells. Brown University chemist Shouheng Sun and his students have developed a n ... more | .. |
  China to test driverless cars for 75 miles Engineers in China say unmanned automobiles will travel from Beijing to Tianjin, a distance of 75 miles, sometime next year in a test of driverless technology. ... more | .. |
  Microsoft profit tops forecasts but revenue weak US computing giant Microsoft on Thursday blamed a slowdown in personal computer sales for a fall in earnings and revenues for its fiscal first quarter. ... more |
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 Optical vortices on a chip An international research group led by scientists from the University of Bristol and the Universities of Glasgow (UK) and Sun Yat-sen and Fudan in China, have demonstrated integrated arrays of emitt ... more | .. |
 France backs Croatia's 2013 EU date France said this week it still backs Croatia's bid for a 2013 accession to the European Union despite misgivings from leaders of the German Parliament. ... more | .. |
 Nissan to build 'steer-by-wire' cars Japanese carmaker Nissan says it plans to sell cars with "steer-by-wire" technology within a year. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela escalates Mercosur Paraguay row Venezuela escalated its diplomatic row with Paraguay, expelling the remaining embassy staff of the landlocked country in a further blow to prospects for healing Mercosur divisions, caused by a June suspension of Paraguay and Venezuela's admission to the trade bloc. ... more |
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