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  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 Scientists are utilizing the International Space Station's microgravity in the search for improved antidotes for chemical agents like sarin and VX. "With increasing worldwide concern about the use of chemical weapons, there is significant interest in developing better counteragents," David A. Jett, director of the CounterACT program at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said in a news release. The toxic nerve agents sarin and VX are part of a group of chemicals ... read more |
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Norway Launches Microsatellites built by Toronto's Space Flight LaboratoryToronto, Canada (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) has announced the successful launch of two Norwegian microsatellites developed and built by SFL for the Norwegian Space Centre with support from the Norwegian Coast ... more  
NASA Awards Mission Systems Operations ContractWashington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 NASA has awarded a contract to Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc., of Greenbelt, Maryland, for support of mission operations systems at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The Mission S ... more  
ISRO Develops Ship-Based Antenna System to Track Satellite LaunchesNew Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully designed and developed a ship-borne transportable antenna terminal to fulfill the telemetry tracking and command requirements for all s ... more  
Flying cars and no more pilots in flight revolution: AirbusHong Kong (AFP) July 13, 2017 Pilotless aircraft, flying electric vehicles and bespoke air cabins are the future of flight, Airbus said Thursday. ... more |
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Russia launches 73 satellites into orbitMoscow (AFP) July 14, 2017 An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and research centre Glavcosmos announced. ... more  
IAI, Honeywell Aerospace team for GPS anti-jam systemWashington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday. ... more  
Using the stairs just got easier with energy-recycling stepsAtlanta GA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Researchers at Georgia Tech and Emory University have created a device that makes walking up and down stairs easier. They've built energy-recycling stairs that store a user's energy during descent a ... more 
Giant charge reversal observed for the first timeWashington DC (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Charged surfaces submerged in an electrolyte solution can sometimes become oppositely charged. This nonintuitive phenomenon, known as charge inversion, happens when excess counter ions adsorb, or ad ... more 
NASA Offers Space Station as Catalyst for Discovery in WashingtonWashington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 NASA astronauts, scientists and engineers will join industry and academia for a three-day, in-depth conversation about the International Space Station (ISS) as a catalyst for discovery during the si ... more 
$30 Billion Market Value for Small Satellites over Coming DecadeWashington DC (SPX) Jul 17, 2017 According to Euroconsult's latest report, Prospects for the Small Satellite Market, significant expansion in terms of capabilities and demand is underway in the smallsat market. Over 6,200 smallsats ... more |
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North Dakota UAS Training Center Depends on IGC Satellite ConnectivityMcLean, VA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have played an important role in the U.S. military's operations in the Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia in recent years, using ever-more-sophisticated on-board ... more 
PPPL researchers demonstrate first hot plasma edge in a fusion facilityPlainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Two major issues confronting magnetic-confinement fusion energy are enabling the walls of devices that house fusion reactions to survive bombardment by energetic particles, and improving confinement ... more 
Hypersonic Travel Possibility Heats Up Massively After New Material DiscoveryMoscow (Sputnik) Jul 10, 2017 Researchers at The University of Manchester, in collaboration with Central South University (CSU), China, have created an innovative ceramic coating that could revolutionize hypersonic travel - for ... more 
Counting calories in spaceParis (ESA) Jul 10, 2017 Rockets and spacecraft may get us to Mars, but food must nourish us on the journey. Now researchers are using the International Space Station to look at how much food will be needed on a spacecraft ... more |
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  Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2017 
Noise is low-frequency random fluctuation that occurs in many systems, including electronics, environments, and organisms. Noise can obscure signals, so it is often removed from electronics and radio transmissions. The origin of noise in nanoscale electronics is currently of much interest, and devices that operate using noise have been proposed.
Materials with a high surface-to-volume rati ... more London, Uk (Spx) Jul 07, 2017Long Duration Experiments Reach 1,000th Day  London, UK (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Spacepath Communications Announces Innovative Frequency Converter Systems  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Sorting complicated knots |
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Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) have played an important role in the U.S. military's operations in the Middle East, Africa and Southwest Asia in recent years, using ever-more-sophisticated on-board sensors and cameras to provide valuable intelligence to troops on the ground. As the UAS technology has evolved, companies serving government customers have introduced a range of non-military applicat ... more McLean, VA (SPX) Jul 07, 2017First UAVs, Now Ships - Connectivity for the next generation of remote naval operations  Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Northrop Grumman receives Australian satellite ground station contract  Washington (UPI) Jul 5, 2017DISA extends Comtech satellite services to Marines |
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An advance GPS anti-jam navigation system is to be jointly developed and manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries and Honeywell Aerospace, the companies announced on Monday.
The technology, covered under a recent memorandum of understanding between the two companies, will combine IAI's existing ADA GPS Anti-Jamming system together with Honeywell's embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Sys ... more New Delhi (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017India Plans to Roll Out National GPS Next Year  Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017Orbital Alliance Techsystems receives contract for GPS artillery  Paris (AFP) July 4, 2017Europe's Galileo satnav identifies problems behind failing clocks |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) July 13, 2017 
Pilotless aircraft, flying electric vehicles and bespoke air cabins are the future of flight, Airbus said Thursday.
Paul Eremenko, the European plane-maker's chief technological officer, painted a picture of skies buzzing with new flight forms at the RISE tech conference held in Hong Kong.
Airbus is already testing out what it calls a "module" cabin concept - passenger planes being ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Honeywell, Pratt and Whitney contracted by Air Force for power system support  Singapore (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Singapore developing space-based VHF communications for air traffic management  Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017France and Germany announce new joint fighter program |
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When it comes to efficiency, sometimes it helps to look to Mother Nature for advice - even in technology as advanced as printable, flexible electronics. Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed bio-inspired dynamic templates used to manufacture organic semiconductor materials that produce printable electronics.
It uses a process similar to biomineralization - the way that b ... more Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Harnessing hopping hydrogens for high-efficiency OLEDs  Linkoping, Sweden (SPX) Jul 07, 2017High-precision control of printed electronics  Orlando FL (SPX) Jul 07, 2017Molecular electronics scientists shatter 'impossible' record |
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. reports that its subsidiary Space Systems Loral (SSL) was selected to provide a next-generation satellite constellation for high-resolution Earth imaging to DigitalGlobe, the global leader in Earth imagery and information about our changing planet.
Called WorldView Legion, the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites will more than double DigitalGlobe's hig ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Wurzburg, Denmark (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Quantum mechanics inside Earth's core  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2017Computer vision techniques shed light on urban change |
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 Paris (AFP) July 13, 2017  At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors - 40 percent from indigenous tribes - were murdered around the world in 2016, the deadliest year on record, the watchdog organisation Global Witness said Thursday.
The grim tally, double the number slain two years earlier, is the largest since the NGO began tracking such violence in 2002, it reported.
The real number is probably hig ... more Phnom Penh (AFP) July 13, 2017Cambodia bans overseas exports of coastal sand  Lowell MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Study finds toxic mercury is accumulating in the Arctic tundra  Beijing, China (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Human activities worsen air quality in Dunhuang, a desert basin in China |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control has been awarded a $130.3 million foreign military sales contract for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 anti-ballistic missile systems, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
The contract will provide for 35 missile segment enhancements, 100 launcher modifications kits, parts, software, and missile round trainers. Recipients of the systems inclu ... more Vilnius (AFP) July 11, 2017US deploys Patriots in Lithuania for NATO war games  Seoul (AFP) July 11, 2017San Diego 'likely' in range of N.Korea ICBM in 2 years: US monitor  Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017US conducts successful missile intercept test amid NKorea tensions |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 18, 2017 
A Russian MiG-31 interceptor has successfully intercepted and destroyed a simulated supersonic cruise missile flying in the stratosphere during a drill in the Russian Far East.
The press service of Russian Pacific Fleet reported that a pair of MiG-31s, stationed in Kamchatka, successfully locked onto and destroyed a simulated cruise missile target launched from a ship in the Sea of Okhotsk ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 14, 2017UK Eurofighter Typhoon successfully fires MDBA Brimstone missile  Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Netherlands seeks missile warning system for its helicopters  Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Lockheed awarded $471 million contract for MLRS rocket production |
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 Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
In order to store information in the conventional magnetic memories of electronic devices, the materials' small magnetic domains work by pointing up or down according to the magnetic fields. To generate these fields it is necessary to produce electric currents, but these currents heat up materials and a large amount of energy is spent cooling them. Practically 40% of the electrical energy going ... more Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle?  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Nanostructures taste the rainbow  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 16, 2017Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles |
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 Providence RI (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 
A new system based on research by Brown University computer scientists makes robots better at following spoken instructions, no matter how abstract or specific those instructions may be. The development, which was presented this week at the Robotics: Science and Systems 2017 conference in Boston, is a step toward robots that are able to more seamlessly communicate with human collaborators.
... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2017Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech show  Boston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Soft and stretchy fabric-based sensors for wearable robots  Paris (AFP) July 11, 2017Three European firms join in robot ship project |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017 
A functional drone, together with a simulated IED device, has been developed by Explotrain LLC, a Florida-based small business for the training of troops.
ExploDrone features a reusable drone carrying lightweight pneumatic-based Explosive Blast Simulators used in the Kamikaze-like crash of the drone into a target area.
The system also uses smaller drones that carry simulations of ... more Washington (UPI) Jun 30, 2017New Reaper drone variant performs first combat mission  Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2017Smart Quadcopters Find their Way without Human Help or GPS  Washington DC (UPI) Jun 24, 2017Rafael unveils Drone Dome anti-drone system |
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