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  Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017 Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares for its long-term goal of putting humans on the moon. Four postgraduate students from the capital's astronautics research university Beihang entered the 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin - dubbed the "Yuegong-1", or "Lunar Palace" - on Wednesday, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The volunteers will live in the sealed lab to simulate a long-term, self-contained ... read more |
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NASA Completes Balloon Technology Test FlightPalestine TX (SPX) May 11, 2017 NASA completed its third mid-latitude Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) flight at 11:24 p.m. EDT, Saturday, May 6, after 12 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes aloft. Flight controllers at NASA's Columbia Scien ... more  
Testing Prepares NASA's Space Launch System for LiftoffHampton VA (SPX) May 11, 2017 The world's most powerful rocket - NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) - may experience ground wind gusts of up to 70 mph as it sits on the launch pad before and during lift off for future missions. Un ... more  
Lockheed Martin introduces quiet, lightweight variant of Indago droneWashington (UPI) May 9, 2017 Lockheed Martin is touting its newest variant of the Indago quadrotor drone for sensitive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. ... more  
China says it tested new missile in northeastern seaBeijing (AFP) May 9, 2017 China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections held amid regional tensions. ... more |
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Graphane could act as efficient and water-free hydrogen fuel cell membranePittsburgh PA (SPX) May 09, 2017 Hydrogen powered fuel cell cars, developed by almost every major car manufacturer, are ideal zero-emissions vehicles because they produce only water as exhaust. However, their reliability is limited ... more  
Astronauts experience decrease in blood vessel function during spaceflightManhattan KS (SPX) May 10, 2017 Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in the way oxygen moves through the body, according to a Kansas State University kinesiology s ... more  
Boeing demonstrates integrated aircraft communications systemWashington (UPI) May 9, 2017 U.S. Air Force F-15Cs have demonstrated the ability to securely communicate with other aircraft and ground stations using a Boeing-developed networking system, the company announced Monday. ... more  
External commercial ISS platform starts second missionHouston TX (SPX) May 09, 2017 NanoRacks has successfully completed the change out of the second round of its privately owned External Platform (NREP) payloads mounted on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). ... more 
Orbiting at 250 Statute Miles, Florida Tech Experiment TestedMelbourne FL (SPX) May 09, 2017 An instrument prototype from Florida Institute of Technology that may eventually help scientists spot Earth-like planets is being tested in the harsh conditions of space after it was successfully de ... more 
NASA Receives Proposals for Future Solar System MissionWashington DC (SPX) May 08, 2017 NASA has received and is reviewing 12 proposals for future unmanned solar system exploration. The proposed missions of discovery - submitted under NASA's New Frontiers program - will undergo scienti ... more |
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 'Road to Nowhere': Retired Cosmonaut Reveals How It Feels to Walk in Space 
Orion Motor Ready for Crewed MissionElkton MN (SPX) May 05, 2017 Engineers at Orbital ATK's facility in Elkton, Maryland, recently completed a successful test of the Orion Launch Abort System motor designed to steer the astronauts away to safety in the unlikely e ... more 
Airbus creates new commercial drone services start-up "Airbus Aerial"Dallas TX (SPX) May 11, 2017 Airbus has launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, named Airbus Aerial, at the AUVSI Xponential tradeshow and conference in Dallas. With bases both in the U.S. and ... more 
Russian engineers develop new surveillance, missile defense airshipsMoscow (Sputnik) May 10, 2017 Russian engineers are designing new advanced airships which may become a potent element of the country's anti-ballistic missile defenses. On May 6, 1937, the German passenger airship Hindenbur ... more 
Elbit Systems receives Brazilian contract for C4ISR(UPI) May 10, 2017 Elbit Systems has received a $40 million contract for the advanced C4ISR electronic warfare and communications system for the Brazilian marine corps, the company announced on Wednesday. ... more |
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  Osaka, Japan (SPX) May 02, 2017 
Depending on their solubility, solids can completely dissolve in liquids to form clear solutions, or form suspensions that still contain undissolved solid. Solutions of polymers often have a lower critical solution temperature; only below this temperature is the polymer completely soluble at all concentrations.
However, it is rare for non-polymeric mixtures to have a lower critical solutio ... more Strathclyde UK (SPX) May 09, 2017Space radiation reproduced in the lab for better, safer missions  University Park PA (SPX) May 10, 2017Stenciling with atoms in 2-dimensional materials possible  Atlanta GA (SPX) May 10, 2017High temperature step-by-step process makes graphene from ethene |
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 Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017  U.S. Air Force F-15Cs have demonstrated the ability to securely communicate with other aircraft and ground stations using a Boeing-developed networking system, the company announced Monday.
The sharing of information took place during recent test flights at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., using Talon HATE airborne pods.
The pods enabled the F-15C pilots to share information through ... more (UPI) May 10, 2017Elbit Systems receives Brazilian contract for C4ISR  (UPI) May 10, 2017Genereal Dynamics stages successful test of military 4G network  Washington DC (UPI) May 8, 2017Israel orders satellite-on-the-go for military vehicles |
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At 25-years old, Global Positioning System Satellite Vehicle Number 27 completed its time in orbit before the 2nd Space Operations Squadron said goodbye via final command and disposal here April 18. SVN 27 was launched in 1992, meaning it performed more than triple its design life of 7.5 years.
"The most interesting thing about this process for me, was the ability to do some experimentatio ... more Houston TX (SPX) Apr 18, 2017Researchers working toward indoor location detection  Paris (ESA) Apr 10, 2017Galileo's search and rescue service in the spotlight  Managua (AFP) April 7, 2017Russia inaugurates GPS-type satellite station in Nicaragua |
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 Palestine TX (SPX) May 11, 2017 
NASA completed its third mid-latitude Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) flight at 11:24 p.m. EDT, Saturday, May 6, after 12 days, 4 hours and 34 minutes aloft. Flight controllers at NASA's Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility in Palestine, Texas, conducted a controlled flight termination of the balloon, which slowly descended back to Earth impacting in the South Pacific Ocean about 200 miles south of ... more (UPI) May 10, 2017Rolls-Royce to provide logistical, engineering support for the KC-130J Moscow (Sputnik) May 10, 2017Russian engineers develop new surveillance, missile defense airships  Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Leonardo partners with Britain for new aircraft decoy system |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) May 09, 2017 
Stacking thin layers of graphene and related materials (GRMs) leads to heterostructure devices with a variety of different electronic and optical properties, which can be tailored by careful design of the stack. Now, researchers from the Graphene Flagship have added a new option for tailoring the electronic properties, using molecular monolayers to create controllable periodic potentials on the ... more Raleigh NC (SPX) May 10, 2017'Persistent photoconductivity' offers new tool for bioelectronics  Raleigh, NC (SPX) May 05, 2017Hybrid circuits can increase computational power of chaos-based systems  Stanford CA (SPX) May 04, 2017A new wave of electronics that's flexible, organic and biodegradable |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) May 09, 2017 
A new analysis of 15 years of NASA satellite cloud measurements finds that clouds worldwide show no definitive trend during this period toward decreasing or increasing in height. The new study updates an earlier analysis of the first 10 years of the same data that suggested cloud heights might be getting lower.
Clouds are both Earth's cooling sunshade and its insulating blanket. Currently ... more Cambridge, Canada (SPX) May 09, 2017exactEarth Announces Two-Year $1.45 Million Commercial Customer Renewal  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 10, 2017NASA team pursues blobs and bubbles with new PetitSat mission  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 05, 2017AIRS: 15 Years of Seeing What's in the Air |
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 Fort Collins CO (SPX) May 09, 2017 
Protected areas in the United States, representing 14 percent of the land mass, provide places for respite, recreation, and natural resource conservation. However, noise pollution poses novel threats to these protected areas, according to a first-of-its-kind study from scientists at Colorado State University and the U.S. National Park Service.
Researchers found that noise pollution was twi ... more Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (AFP) May 7, 2017Human rights, environment activist killed in Mexico  Oslo (AFP) May 5, 2017Norway wealth fund drops Indian group over environment concerns  London (AFP) May 5, 2017Britain publishes long-awaited air pollution plan |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 11, 2017 
Chinese students will live in a laboratory simulating a lunar-like environment for up to 200 days as Beijing prepares for its long-term goal of putting humans on the moon.
Four postgraduate students from the capital's astronautics research university Beihang entered the 160-square-metre (1,720-square-foot) cabin - dubbed the "Yuegong-1", or "Lunar Palace" - on Wednesday, the official Xinhu ... more Beijing (XNA) May 01, 2017China to conduct several manned space flights around 2020  Beijing (Sputnik) May 01, 2017Reach for the Stars: China Plans to Ramp Up Space Flight Activity  Beijing (XNA) Apr 28, 2017China's cargo spacecraft completes in-orbit refueling |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2017 
With its state-of-art heavy liquid-propelled RS-28 Sarmat ICBM the Russian military has obviously surpassed their US counterparts, Russian military expert Alexei Leonkov told Radio Sputnik, adding that the cutting-edge weaponry is due to enter into service in 2018.
Russia is 10-15 years ahead of the US with its cutting-edge heavy liquid-propelled RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic mis ... more Beijing (AFP) May 2, 2017China demands halt to US missile shield in S.Korea Washington (AFP) May 2, 2017THAAD missile defense system now operational in S. Korea Seoul (AFP) April 28, 2017Seoul rejects Trump demand it pays for missile system |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 9, 2017 
China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence ministry said Tuesday, hours after South Korean elections held amid regional tensions.
The test in the Bohai Sea was conducted to "raise the operational capability of the armed forces and effectively respond to threats to national security," the ministry said in a brief stateme ... more Moscow (Sputnik) May 08, 2017Purchase of S-400 From Russia 'Might Signal Turkey's Estrangement From NATO'  Tokyo (AFP) April 29, 2017Tokyo subway halt for 10 minutes over NKorea scare  Washington (UPI) Apr 28, 2017Sweden orders additional anti-ship missiles from Saab |
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 Upton, NY (SPX) May 02, 2017 
The ability to pattern materials at ever-smaller sizes - using electron-beam lithography (EBL), in which an electron-sensitive material is exposed to a focused beam of electrons, as a primary method - is driving advances in nanotechnology. When the feature size of materials is reduced from the macroscale to the nanoscale, individual atoms and molecules can be manipulated to dramatically alter ma ... more Osaka, Japan (SPX) May 04, 2017X-ray microscope optics resolve 50-nm features while eliminating chromatic aberrations  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 27, 2017Self-assembled nanostructures can be selectively controlled  Lund, Sweden (SPX) Apr 20, 2017Nanotubes that build themselves |
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 Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017 
Lionfish populations are rapidly expanding along the East Coast of the United States and in the Caribbean, decimating native species and depleting the ecological diversity surrounding already vulnerable coral reefs.
A variety of groups are working on curbing the spread of the invasive species, but a pair of conservation teams are taking a unique problem-solving approach - an approach t ... more Washington (AFP) May 9, 2017Amazon's new Alexa speaker has a screen too  Minneapolis MN (SPX) May 11, 20173-D-printed 'bionic skin' could give robots the sense of touch  Helsinki, Finland (SPX) May 04, 2017Computers learn to understand humans better by modelling them |
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 Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017 
Lockheed Martin is touting its newest variant of the Indago quadrotor drone for sensitive intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
Indago 3's Enhanced ISR capability comes with the addition of TrellisWare Technologies MANET software, Lockheed Martin said.
"Indago 3 gives our customers a quiet, durable, long-range system to complete sensitive operations with a small ... more Sydney, Australia (SPX) May 08, 2017US Air Force Space Shuttle X-37B Finally Unmasked  Kennedy Space Center FL (Sputnik) May 08, 2017Newest Secret US Spacecraft Returns to Earth After Over 700 Days in Space  Washington (AFP) May 9, 2017US drone back on Earth after nearly two years in space |
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