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January 17, 2018
SPACE MEDICINE
Potential brain-machine interface for hand paralysis



Washington DC (SPX) Jan 16, 2018
A brain-machine interface that combines brain stimulation with a robotic device controlling hand movement increases the output of pathways connecting the brain and spinal cord, according to a study of healthy adults published in JNeurosci. This work could have implications for restoring function in stroke patients with hand paralysis. Alireza Gharabaghi and colleagues asked participants to imagine opening their hand without actually making any movement while their hand was placed in a device that ... read more

DISASTER MANAGEMENT
Tracing how disaster impacts escalate will improve emergency responses
London UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
Mapping common pathways along which the effects of natural and man-made disasters travel allows more flexible and resilient responses in the future, according to UCL researchers. Naturally occ ... more
UAV NEWS
Russia's army warns of 'terrorist' drones after attacks
Moscow (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
Russia's defence ministry on Thursday said it was concerned about the threat of drones used "for terrorist purposes" following recent attacks on Moscow's bases in Syria. ... more
UAV NEWS
Boeing unveils UAV prototype for cargo, logistics use
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2018
Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing, or eVTOL, cargo air vehicle prototype that it plans to use to test and evolve future autonomous technology. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Lockheed Martin demonstrates next generation Aegis Ashore Solution
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
In a landmark demonstration, Lockheed Martin connected key components of its Aegis Ashore and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) technologies, validating the ability to greatly increase operatio ... more
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ROBO SPACE
Old dog, new tricks: Sony unleashes 'intelligent' robot pet
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
As Japan celebrates the year of the dog, electronics giant Sony on Thursday unleashed its new robot canine companion, packed with artificial intelligence and internet connectivity. ... more
ENERGY TECH
The LECs now an efficient and bright device
Umea, Sweden (SPX) Jan 11, 2018
Researchers from Umea University and Linkoping University in Sweden have developed light-emitting electrochemical cells (LECs) that emit strong light at high efficiency. As such, the thin, flexible ... more
SPACE TRAVEL
NanoRacks Begins Third International Space Station External Platform Mission In Extreme Space Environment
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
This morning, the NanoRacks External Platform (NREP) was reinstalled on the outside of the International Space Station, initiating the commercial platform's third customer mission. The External Plat ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Champagne box-sized satellite launched to probe distant planet
Paris (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
France launched a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday to study a mysterious, juvenile planet system in our Milky Way galaxy, mission controllers said. ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
NASA fosters STEM education through CubeSat classes
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
NASA is on a mission to inspire young minds to become the next generation of critical thinkers. By engaging students in space exploration at the agency's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, ... more
MICROSAT BLITZ
Champagne box-sized satellite to probe distant planet
Paris (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
France is set to launch a champagne box-sized mini satellite into Earth orbit on Friday to study a mysterious, juvenile planet system in our Milky Way galaxy, mission controllers said. ... more
ENERGY TECH
Controlling superconductivity using spin currents
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 11, 2018
A KAIST research team has discovered a method to flip between superconducting and non-superconducting states within an iron-based superconductor using a type of electron microscopy. The team applied ... more


A French nano satellite to unveil the mysteries of Beta Pictoris

MISSILE DEFENSE
Air Force, ULA prepare to launch missile defense satellite SBIRS GEO 4
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2018
The modernization of the United States' missile monitoring and defense system is scheduled to meet another benchmark on Thursday with the launch of GEO-4, the fourth satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System, or SBIRS. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Raytheon awarded $641M for ballistic missile defense system testing
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2018
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon with a contract to test multiple radar platforms to support the Ballistic Missile Defense System. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Saudi Arabia intercepts new Yemen rebel missile attack
Riyadh (AFP) Jan 17, 2018
Saudi Arabia said Wednesday it had intercepted a fresh missile attack by Yemeni rebels on the south of the kingdom and renewed its accusations that arch-foe Iran had armed them. ... more

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MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS
Grumman to support BACN airborne communications system
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has awarded $172 million to Northrop Grumman to manage the payload technology for a battlefield communications system. ... more
MISSILE DEFENSE
Japan broadcaster mistakenly flashes missile alert
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 16, 2018
Japan's public broadcaster on Tuesday mistakenly flashed that North Korea appeared to have launched a missile, warning people to take cover before apologising for the error only minutes later. ... more
ROBO SPACE
Army scientists improve human-agent teaming by making AI agents more transparent
Adelphi MD (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists developed ways to improve collaboration between humans and artificially intelligent agents in two projects recently completed for the Autonomy Research Pilot ... more
GPS NEWS
China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2018
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
Update from Mojave: VSS Unity successfully completes high speed glide flight
Mojave CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
January blues? Not a problem in Mojave as VSS Unity successfully completed her seventh glide flight! It's been a few months since our last flight, during which we worked through a planned peri ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
India launches country's 100th satellite and 30 microsats
New Delhi (Sputnik) Jan 12, 2018
The PSLV-C40 is to place 31 satellites, three Indian and 28 foreign including those of the UK, US, France, Canada, Finland and the Republic of Korea. The success of the launch comes as a big relief ... more
GPS NEWS
18 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
We have been working hard to bring into service the next nine real-time satellites into our continuously expanding exactView RT powered by Harris service. Now with 18 satellites in service, we are p ... more


Aerojet Rocketdyne Supports ULA Launch in Support of National Security

MISSILE NEWS
India likely to revive mega missile deal with Israel
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
The Indian army and the government are discussing ways to revive a $500 million order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel's state-owned defence contractor Rafael, military chief Bipin Rawat said Friday. ... more
MILTECH
UK army seeks recruits by offering emotional support
London (AFP) Jan 10, 2018
The British Army launched a campaign Wednesday highlighting the emotional support available to new recruits as it seeks to address falling soldier numbers - but drew accusations of political correctness. ... more
AEROSPACE
Saudi Arabia to receive 17 Blackhawk helicopters from Sikorsky
Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018
The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky a contract worth nearly $200 million for 17 unique UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for Saudi Arabia. ... more



3-D printing creates super soft structures that replicate brain and lungs
London, UK (SPX) Jan 11, 2018
A new 3D printing technique allows researchers to replicate biological structures, which could be used for tissue regeneration and replica organs. Imperial College London researchers have developed a new method for creating 3D structures using cryogenics (freezing) and 3D printing techniques. This builds on previous research, but is the first to create structures that are soft enough ... more
+ Novel 3-D printing technique yields high-performance composites
+ Gyroscopes lead scientists to unusual state of matter in a disorganized structure
+ Room-temperature multiferroic thin films and their properties
+ Space Traffic Management
+ NASA team first to demonstrate x-ray navigation in space
+ Breaking bad metals with neutrons
+ EU unveils supercomputer plan to rival China
Grumman to support BACN airborne communications system
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2018
The U.S. Air Force has awarded $172 million to Northrop Grumman to manage the payload technology for a battlefield communications system. This one-year contract, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, provides the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node with payload operation and support. The BACN system allows ground troops to reach needed support over mountainous terra ... more
+ Map of ionospheric disturbances to help improve radio network systems
+ Military defense market faces new challenges to acquiring SatCom platforms
+ Harris contracted by Army for radios for security force assistance brigades
+ Joint Hellas-Sat-4 and SaudiGeoSat-1 satellite ready for environmental tests
+ Government outsourcing disrupts space as SatComm services commercialised
+ A better way for governments to acquire the latest in satellite technologies
+ US Navy accepts 5th MUOS Satellite for global military cellular network


China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space
Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 15, 2018
China on Friday sent twin satellites into space on a single carrier rocket to help its BeiDou system provide navigation and positioning services to countries along the Belt and Road by late 2018. The Long March-3B carrier rocket took off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan at 7:18 a.m. The twin satellites are coded as the 26th and 27th satelli ... more
+ 18 satellites in exactEarth's real-time constellation now in service
+ 'Quantum radio' may aid communications and mapping indoors, underground and underwater
+ Raytheon to provide GPS-guided artillery shells
+ DARPA Subterranean Challenge Aims to Revolutionize Underground Capabilities
+ New satellite tracking of in-flight aircraft to improve safety
+ US military imagines war without GPS
+ First GPS 3 satellite receives commands from new OCX ground control segment
Saudi Arabia to receive 17 Blackhawk helicopters from Sikorsky
Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2018
The U.S. Army has awarded Sikorsky a contract worth nearly $200 million for 17 unique UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters for Saudi Arabia. The terms of the deal were announced Thursday by the Department of Defense. The agreement reached between the Army and Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is worth more than $193.8 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price foreign military sale. ... more
+ China orders 184 Airbus A320 planes: France
+ ASECNA to Deploy Space-Based ADS-B in Western and Central Africa
+ Firm to receive up to $70 mn if MH370 found in new hunt
+ Navy awards contract for V-22 Osprey repairs
+ US military chopper makes second emergency landing in Okinawa
+ Navy taps Northrop Grumman to support E-2D Hawkeye
+ US firm seals deal to resume MH370 hunt: Malaysia
Scientists manage to observe the inner structure of photonic crystals
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jan 10, 2018
With the help of electronic microcopy, scientists have managed to track defects in the surface of two-dimensional photonic crystals, but there was a problem with bulk photonic crystals. There was no way for scientists to research the inner parts of these unusual crystals, in which the order occurred at a tenth of a nanometer, or even in substances - the order arose at a tenth and a hundredth of ... more
+ New oxide and semiconductor combination builds new device potential
+ Nanostructure boosts stability of organic thin-film transistors
+ Quantum leap: computational approach launches new paradigm in electronic structure theory
+ Mysteries of a promising spintronic material revealed
+ A major step forward in organic electronics
+ New discovery could improve brain-like memory and computing
+ Intel chief says chip flaw damage contained by industry


Jet stream changes since 1960s linked to more extreme weather
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
Increased fluctuations in the path of the North Atlantic jet stream since the 1960s coincide with more extreme weather events in Europe such as heat waves, droughts, wildfires and flooding, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The research is the first reconstruction of historical changes in the North Atlantic jet stream prior to the 20th century. By studying tree rings from trees in ... more
+ Scientists examine how aerosol types influence cloud formation
+ Earth-i launches prototype of world's first full-colour, full-motion video satellite constellation
+ Frequent growth events and fast growth rates of fine aerosol particles in Beijing
+ NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission surpasses expectations flying to new heights in 2017
+ NASA Calculated Heavy Rainfall Leading to California Mudslides
+ GeoCarb: A New View of Carbon Over the Americas
+ Unexpected environmental source of methane discovered
Bulgaria's smoggy capital cleans up to host EU presidency
Sofia (AFP) Jan 10, 2018
Bulgaria's capital Sofia was all done-up to host incoming European Union officials for the opening of its EU Council presidency on Thursday, but it remained blanketed by smog. The bloc's poorest but most euro-optimistic member state completed a costly refurbishment of its National Palace of Culture, built in 1981 during the country's communist era, to host meetings of the six-month revolving ... more
+ Campaigners slam UK plans on cutting plastic waste
+ Blue skies in China's capital spark joy, scepticism
+ UK plans to eliminate avoidable plastic waste by 2042
+ Alpine air at work? Delhi eyes novel ways to battle smog
+ Suspect in murder of Philippine environmentalist freed
+ 25 tonnes of toxic waste found dumped near Belgrade
+ Beijing records best air quality in five years in 2017


Scientist reveals what is so special about Chines's next moon mission
Moscow (Sputnik) Jan 08, 2018
China is poised to begin a comprehensive lunar exploration program which is expected to kick off with the launch of the Long March 5 rocket in June. Professor Heino Falcke, an astrophysicist at Radboud University in the Netherlands, explained during an interview with Radio Sputnik why this mission is so important. Radio Sputnik: Please tell us about your radio telescope, which you are plan ... more
+ China's Kuaizhou-11 rocket scheduled to launch in first half of 2018
+ Nation 'leads world' in remote sensing technology
+ China plans for nuclear-powered interplanetary capacity by 2040
+ China plans first sea based launch by 2018
+ China's reusable spacecraft to be launched in 2020
+ Space will see Communist loyalty: Chinese astronaut
+ China launches three satellites
Lockheed Martin demonstrates next generation Aegis Ashore Solution
Moorestown NJ (SPX) Jan 12, 2018
In a landmark demonstration, Lockheed Martin connected key components of its Aegis Ashore and Long Range Discrimination Radar (LRDR) technologies, validating the ability to greatly increase operational performance, efficiency and reliability of Aegis Ashore. "Connecting these systems is more than a technological advantage - it's a way to provide the warfighter with earlier intelligence and ... more
+ Hawaii 'missile alert' sparks anger, demands for answers
+ Raytheon awarded $641M for ballistic missile defense system testing
+ Air Force, ULA prepare to launch missile defense satellite SBIRS GEO 4
+ Japan broadcaster mistakenly flashes missile alert
+ US official defends early-warning systems after Hawaii 'failure'
+ Saudi Arabia intercepts new Yemen rebel missile attack
+ SBIRS GEO Flight-4 missile warning satellite encapsulated for launch


India likely to revive mega missile deal with Israel
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 12, 2018
The Indian army and the government are discussing ways to revive a $500 million order to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles from Israel's state-owned defence contractor Rafael, military chief Bipin Rawat said Friday. India recently called off the deal to procure 8,000 missiles, souring the build up to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the country this week. Rawat said ... more
+ State Department approves $133.3M missile sale to Japan
+ Navy awards Raytheon with $27M contract for SM-2 missiles
+ Raytheon to support Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile for U.S., NATO partners
+ Raytheon awarded contracts for missiles in support of foreign countries
+ India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visit
+ Navy contracts Raytheon for changes to Sidewinder missiles
+ Lockheed joins Gray Wolf missile development program
Nanotube fibers in a jiffy
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 15, 2018
The terms "handmade" and "high tech" are not commonly found in the same sentence, but they both apply to a Rice University method to quickly produce fibers from carbon nanotubes. The method developed by the Rice lab of chemist Matteo Pasquali allows researchers to make short lengths of strong, conductive fibers from small samples of bulk nanotubes in about an hour. The work complements Pas ... more
+ Silver nanoparticles take spectroscopy to new dimension
+ Researchers find simpler way to deposit magnetic iron oxide onto gold nanorods
+ Discovery sets new world standard in nano generators
+ A 100-fold leap to GigaDalton DNA nanotech
+ New nanowires are just a few atoms thick
+ Physicists explain metallic conductivity of thin carbon nanotube films
+ Ceria nanoparticles: It is the surface that matters


Old dog, new tricks: Sony unleashes 'intelligent' robot pet
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 11, 2018
As Japan celebrates the year of the dog, electronics giant Sony on Thursday unleashed its new robot canine companion, packed with artificial intelligence and internet connectivity. The sleek ivory-white puppy-sized "aibo" robot shook its head and wagged its tail as if waking from a nap when it was taken out of a cocoon-shaped case at a "birthday ceremony" held in Tokyo. Seven-year-old bo ... more
+ Army scientists improve human-agent teaming by making AI agents more transparent
+ Artificial muscles power up with new gel-based robotics
+ Digital assistants duel for dominance at major electronics show
+ Stingray soft robot could lead to bio-inspired robotics
+ New 'emotional' robots aim to read human feelings
+ Virtual aide market a "wildfire" at CES gadget show
+ Scientists teach robots how to respect personal space


Boeing unveils UAV prototype for cargo, logistics use
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2018
Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing, or eVTOL, cargo air vehicle prototype that it plans to use to test and evolve future autonomous technology. "This flying cargo air vehicle represents another major step in our Boeing eVTOL strategy," Boeing Chief Technology Officer Greg Hyslop said in a company press release "We have an opportunity to really chang ... more
+ Russia's army warns of 'terrorist' drones after attacks
+ Air Force to upgrade Reaper drone fleet as the Predator begins retirement
+ DARPA working on collaborative autonomy for UAVs and Drones
+ Drone attack on Russian bases in Syria, no casualties: Moscow
+ Northrop Grumman tapped to deliver three Triton UAVs
+ General Atomics receives more than $328.8M for drone systems
+ Boeing unveils entry in unmanned aerial tanker competition for the Navy
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