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  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2017 NASA is developing technology which could enable autonomous navigation of future underwater drones studying subsurface oceans on icy moons like Jupiter's Europa. The agency is working on artificial intelligence (AI) that would allow submersibles to make their own decisions during exploration of extraterrestrial water worlds. Space exploration missions and astronomical observations in recent years have shown that our Solar System is abundant in water and could host at least several subsurface liqui ... read more |
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Japan launches satellite to modernise military communicationsJapan on Tuesday launched a satellite to modernise its military communications and reportedly to better monitor North Korean missile launches. ... more  
S. Korea's acting president urges 'swift' THAAD deploymentNorth Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities are accelerating at an "unprecedented" pace, the South's acting president said Monday, urging the swift deployment of a US anti-missile system that has infuriated Beijing. ... more 
Making AI systems that see the world as humans doA Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence ... more 
S-500 to strengthen Russia's 'air defense system for the 21 Century'Russia is in the process of creating an integrated national air defense system, which is expected to become fully operational once the cutting-edge S-500 Prometey surface-to-air missile system, also ... more |
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New design strategy for longer lasting batteriesIt's always exciting to bring home a new smartphone that seems to do anything, but it can be all downhill from there. With every charge and discharge cycle, the device's battery capacity lowers a li ... more 
Physicist uncovers clues to mechanism behind magnetic reconnectionPhysicist Fatima Ebrahimi at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has published a paper showing that magnetic reconnection - the process in which magnetic ... more  
Airbus Safran Launchers in 2016: we keep our promises2016 was a fundamental year for Airbus Safran Launchers: the construction of the company was finalized on 1st July, with integration of all its personnel, activities and sites in France and Germany. ... more  
Russia to Construct Glonass Satellite Navigation Station in NicaraguaExperts from the Russian Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash) will construct a ground Glonass satellite navigation tracking station in Nicaragua, the TsNIIMash's press service ... more  
From School to Space: Satellite Built by Brazilian Students Launched in OrbitA satellite built by students of a Brazilian middle school was launched into space from aboard the International Space Station on Monday, January 16. The Tancredo-1 satellite, developed by the ... more |
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 2017 Rocket Campaign Begins in Alaska 
For white-collar staff, AI threatens new workplace revolutionIf your job involves inputting reams of data for a company, you might want to think about retraining in a more specialised field. Or as a plumber. ... more 
When One launch is not enough: SpaceX Return To FlightSpaceX celebrated the first flight of its Falcon 9 rocket in over four and a half months on Saturday, with a remarkably smooth launch of the vehicle from California. The Falcon 9 had previously been ... more |
  
China's quantum communication satellite, launched last August, is officially operational after four months of in-orbit testing, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Wednesday.
Testing of the satellite, payloads and space-ground links have been completed, the CAS said, adding that everything was operating properly.
The Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS) satellite is the ... more A new invisibility cloak to conceal objects in diffusive atmospheres is devised First European-built all-electric satellite EUTELSAT 172B getting ready to fly Breaking the optical bandwidth record of stable pulsed lasers |
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Japan on Tuesday launched a satellite to modernise its military communications and reportedly to better monitor North Korean missile launches.
The Kirameki-2 will enable ground, sea and air units of the military - known as the Self-Defense Forces - to communicate directly with each other, a defence ministry official said.
"We'll be able to exchange a large amount of data more quickly," ... more Airbus to supply French satellite communication systems Phasor teams with Thales to develop advanced broadband Smart Terminal Northrop Grumman receives $140m BACN contract modification |
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In the decade to come Russia will face strong competition from China for the commercial launch of satellites for developing countries, according to Ivan Moiseev, director of the Institute of Space Policy."China is trying to expand its space launching services, developing new boosters for different segments of the market," Moiseev told RIA Novosti.
"It has constructed a new spacecraft launc ... more Vega And Gokturk-1A are present for next Arianespace lightweight mission Antares Rides Again Four Galileo satellites are "topped off" for Arianespace's milestone Ariane 5 launch from the Spaceport |
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Experts from the Russian Central Research Institute of Machine Building (TsNIIMash) will construct a ground Glonass satellite navigation tracking station in Nicaragua, the TsNIIMash's press service said Monday.
"The TsNIIMash's specialists will construct a station for tracking data of the Glonass and other global satellite navigation systems in Nicaragua," the press release reads.
Ac ... more Clocks 'failed' onboard Europe's navigation satellites: ESA Russia, China Work on Joint High-Precision Satellite Navigation System Raytheon completes qualification testing of next-gen GPS Launch and Checkout System |
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  Northrop Grumman and Lufthansa Technik have signed a pact to cooperate on the Royal Australian Air Force's KC-30A tanker Through-Life Support program.
Under the program, both defense contractors will provide the Australian armed forces with a larger access to a global inventory network, landing gear services, and aim to reduce repair times. Northrop Grumman officials say the deal provid ... more State Dept. approves $525 million aerostat sale to Saudi Arabia Safran to buy Zodiac Aerospace for $9 billion BAE Systems providing digital head-up display for F-22 |
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Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a theory that gives the possibility to precisely predict the level of noise caused by the amplification of photonic and plasmonic signals in nanoscale optoelectronic circuits.
In their research published in Physical Review Applied, the scientists propose an approach that can be used to evaluate the ultimate data t ... more Apple antitrust suit: Qualcomm overcharged 'billions' China's largest chip company to build $30 billion semiconductor factory Theorists propose new class of topological metals with exotic electronic properties |
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Approximately 345,000 or fewer chimpanzees remain in the wild, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, a substantial decline from the more than two million that existed a hundred years ago. Humans' closest genetic cousins, chimpanzees are an endangered species, and scientists and conservationists are turning to the NASA-U.S. Geological Survey Landsat satellites to he ... more NASA's Terra Satellite Sees Alaskan Volcanic Eruption Wrapped in White World's First Weather-Cracking Wind Satellite Aeolus to Improve Future Forecasts China to launch electromagnetic monitoring satellite for earthquake study |
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that while advanced wood-burning cookstoves can provide benefits to the environment and climate, these benefits are less than expected due to higher emissions measured in the field compared to laboratory settings. The study, conducted in rural Malawi, found that pollutant emissions from thes ... more Cookware made with scrap metal contaminates food Indonesian province declares alert as haze fears grow Europe chokes under freezing smog |
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China's first cargo spacecraft will leave the factory, according to the website of China's manned space mission.
A review meeting was convened last Thursday, during which officials and experts unanimously concluded that the Tianzhou-1 cargo spacecraft had met all the requirements to leave the factory.
The take-off weight of Tianzhou-1 is 13 tonnes and it can ship material of up to si ... more China launches commercial rocket mission Kuaizhou-1A China Space Plan to Develop "Strength and Size" Beijing's space program soars in 2016 |
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  North Korea's nuclear and missile capabilities are accelerating at an "unprecedented" pace, the South's acting president said Monday, urging the swift deployment of a US anti-missile system that has infuriated Beijing.
Seoul and Washington agreed last year to install the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in the South after a string of North Korean nuclear and missile tests - ... more S-500 to strengthen Russia's 'air defense system for the 21 Century' SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite Responding to Ground Control Israel Introduces Arrow-3 Missile Interceptor System |
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  Pakistan's armed forces have completed the first flight test with their Ababeel surface-to-surface ballistic missile.
The missile has a maximum range of 1,367 miles, and is capable of carrying multiple warheads using the Multiple Independent Re-entry Vehicle technology. According to Inter Service Public Relations, the media arm of Pakistan's military, the test was conducted to validate ... more Raytheon wins $235 million SM-6 production contract B-52 bomber drops unarmed nuclear cruise missiles in demo Russian Smerch, Uragan Rocket Launchers to Get Stealth Cloaks |
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A simple technique for producing oxide nanowires directly from bulk materials could dramatically lower the cost of producing the one-dimensional (1D) nanostructures. That could open the door for a broad range of uses in lightweight structural composites, advanced sensors, electronic devices - and thermally-stable and strong battery membranes able to withstand temperatures of more than 1,000 degr ... more Creating atomic scale nanoribbons Ultra-precise chip-scale sensor detects unprecedentedly small changes at the nanoscale Nanocavity and atomically thin materials advance tech for chip-scale light sources |
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A Northwestern University team developed a new computational model that performs at human levels on a standard intelligence test. This work is an important step toward making artificial intelligence systems that see and understand the world as humans do.
"The model performs in the 75th percentile for American adults, making it better than average," said Northwestern Engineering's Ken Forbu ... more NASA develops AI for future exploration of extraterrestrial subsurface oceans For white-collar staff, AI threatens new workplace revolution Swarm of underwater robots mimics ocean life |
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Access to space has long been an interest area of space agencies. In this domain, China became a force to be reckoned with as several Chinese space companies made great strides in the space race.For several years China's space program has been kept secret.
But earlier this year China launched its Long March 7 rocket, developed by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp, marking "a mome ... more Aerojet Rocketdyne to supply electric power system for Dream Chaser |
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This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreOrbital cargo ship arrives at space station New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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Blighter Surveillance Systems' AUDS counter-UAV defense system recently achieved TRL-9 status following deployment with the U.S. armed forces.
The achievement places the unmanned aircraft detection device at the highest technology readiness level, or TRL. The scale, used by the U.S. Department of Defense and NASA, ranges from 1 to 9 with 9 referring the most technology mature devices. / ... more GenDyn offers Bluefin SandShark mini-drone for sale online UAV performs first ever perched landing using machine learning algorithmsLiteye, Tribalco to deliver AUDS systems to U.S. armed forces |
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