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  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast. "It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement. Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fall into the ocean or somewhere on land, but the chances of human injury are vanishingly small, said Stijn Lemme ... read more |
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What the first American astronauts taught us about living in spaceHouston TX (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 NASA's Project Mercury was the United States' first human-in-space program. Between 1961 and 1963, six astronauts carried out successful one-person spaceflights that offered physicians and scientist ... more 
NASA accepting applications for mission control leadersWashington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 How would you like to sit at the helm of human spaceflight, responsible for the success of missions and the highly trained teams of engineers and scientists that make them possible? NASA is hiring n ... more  
Superconductivity in an alloy with quasicrystal structureNagoya, Japan (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Extraordinary things happen at low temperatures. One of the best examples is surely superconductivity. This phenomenon, wherein the electrical resistance of a solid drops to zero below a critical te ... more  
Kuang-Chi and NanoRacks team up for near space 'Traveler' programHaikou, China (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 Kuang-Chi Science LTD and NanoRacks LLC are pleased to announce a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi's Near Space helium spacecraft the 'Traveler.' The partnership will focus on the development o ... more |
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India testing locally developed metal-based origami payloadNew Delhi (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 The Indian Nano Satellite-1C (INS-1C) is an experimental satellite launched by PSLV-C40 on Jan 12, 2018 as a co-passenger payload. It is the third satellite in the Indian Nano Satellite (INS) series ... more 
Rooting for Answers: Simulating G-Force to Test Plant Gravity Perception in Mustard SeedlingsHouston TX (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 When plants on Earth search for nutrients and water, what drives their direction? Very simply, gravitational force helps them find the easiest path to the substances they need to grow and thrive. Wh ... more 
Inspired by ASU NASA mission, students create space artTempe AZ (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 Four years after NASA was established, administrator James Webb was so inspired by a portrait of an astronaut, he ordered the creation of an agency art program. The idea was to capture the emotion o ... more  
Raytheon to begin modernizing missile defenseWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 Raytheon announced this week that the company has begun work on a contract from the U.S. Army to sustain and modernize missile defense for both military commands and government agencies. ... more  
Tactical Communications Market worth over $30bn by 2024Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 Tactical Communications Market size is set to exceed USD 30 billion by 2024; as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Global shipments are projected to witness more than 3% CAGR ... more |
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Harris Corp. tapped to provide electronic warfare technology to KuwaitWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2018 The Harris Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for electronic countermeasures and onboard jamming systems. ... more  |
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Saudis intercept seven Yemen rebel missiles in deadly escalationRiyadh (AFP) March 26, 2018 Saudi forces intercepted seven Yemeni rebel missiles on Sunday, including over the capital Riyadh, in a deadly escalation on the eve of the third anniversary of the Saudi-led coalition's intervention in Yemen. ... more 
How USSR Rose Victorious in Reagan's Star Wars RaceWashington DC (Sputnik) Mar 26, 2018 The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) kicked off by the Reagan administration on March 23, 1983 still prompts a heated debate, Sputnik military observer Vadim Saranov writes, revealing how Washingt ... more 
UN chief condemns Yemen missile attacks on Saudi ArabiaUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 26, 2018 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia from rebel-held territory in Yemen and said military escalation was not the solution to ending the three-year war. ... more 
Lightweight metal foam blocks blastwave, debris from high-explosive roundsRaleigh NC (SPX) Mar 27, 2018 New research from North Carolina State University and the U.S. Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate shows that stainless steel composite metal foam (CMF) can block blast pressure and fragm ... more  
Air Force taps Raytheon for AMRAAMs for foreign military salesWashington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs. ... more |
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 Raleigh NC (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
Researchers have now demonstrated the ability to create amorphous metal, or metallic glass, alloys using three-dimensional (3-D) printing technology, opening the door to a variety of applications - such as more efficient electric motors, better wear-resistant materials, higher strength materials, and lighter weight structures.
"Metallic glasses lack the crystalline structures of most metal ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Mar 28, 2018 
Tactical Communications Market size is set to exceed USD 30 billion by 2024; as per a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc. Global shipments are projected to witness more than 3% CAGR between 2017 and 2024.
The need for advanced systems having high-quality audio capabilities to replace the legacy systems in the military is anticipated to drive the tactical communications mark ... more |
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 Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 15, 2018 
Indra has been awarded a contract for implementing four new Uplink Stations (ULS), thus expanding the ground segment of the European global positioning system, Galileo. Awarded by the company Thales Alenia Space (France), this contract also includes maintenance and upgrades for all Uplink stations.
The new stations will join the ten uplink stations that Indra has already put into service a ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 23, 2018 
Bell Boeing JPO was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for services in support of the V-22 Osprey aircraft.
The deal, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $102.8 million under the terms of a modified contract that definitize delivery order.
The agreement between the Navy and Bell Boeing JPO enables the company to provide repair of various par ... more |
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 Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Embattled Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Monday it was still waiting for regulators to approve the key sale of its chip unit, a delay that could stymie plans to complete the deal this month.
The firm agreed in September to sell its memory chip business to a consortium led by US investor Bain Capital, which was seen as crucial to keeping it afloat after multi-billion-dollar losses.
Un ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2018 
Lightning triggers powerful electrical bursts in Earth's atmosphere almost every second. The inner workings of these magnificent forces of nature are still unknown, but a rare observation by an ESA astronaut gave a boost to the science community. A European detector will take on the challenge of hunting for thunderstorms from space next week.
As he flew over India at 28 800 km/h on the Int ... more |
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 Medellin, Colombia (AFP) March 26, 2018 
Scientists warned Monday that land degradation imperils the health and well-being of billions of people, threatening food and water supplies while fuelling conflict, mass migration and disease spread.
But all is not lost, said the mammoth report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES).
Humanity can still turn the tide of destruction ... more |
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 Paris (AFP) March 27, 2018 
An uncontrolled Chinese space station weighing at least seven tonnes is set to break up as it hurtles to Earth on or around April 1, the European Space Agency has forecast.
"It will mostly burn up due to the extreme heat generated by its high-speed passage through the atmosphere," it said in a statement.
Some debris from the Tiangong-1 - or "Heavenly Palace" - spacelab will likely fal ... more |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 26, 2018  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday strongly condemned missile attacks on Saudi Arabia from rebel-held territory in Yemen and said military escalation was not the solution to ending the three-year war.
Saudi forces on Sunday intercepted seven missiles fired by Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels into Saudi Arabia, killing one person and wounding two others.
Guterres "strongly ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2018 
Raytheon was awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for advanced medium range air to air missiles, also known as AMRAAMs.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $523.1 million under the terms of a fixed-price incentive contract, which is a modification to a previous award.
The agreement enables Raytheon to to provide AMRAAMs, along wit ... more |
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 Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
2D materials, which consist of a few layers of atoms, may well be the future of nanotechnology. They offer potential new applications and could be used in small, higher-performance and more energy-efficient devices. 2D materials were first discovered almost 15 years ago, but only a few dozen of them have been synthesized so far.
Now, thanks to an approach developed by researchers from EPFL ... more |
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 Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Mar 23, 2018 
As AI's role in society continues to expand, J B Brown of the Graduate School of Medicine reports on a new evaluation method for the type of AI that predicts yes/positive/true or no/negative/false answers.
Brown's paper, published in Molecular Informatics, deconstructs the utilization of AI and analyzes the nature of the statistics used to report an AI program's ability. The new technique ... more |
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 Plano TX (SPX) Mar 21, 2018 
The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications and Power Industries reports it has received multiple contract awards from Cubic Mission Solutions, a business division of Cubic Corporation.
Cubic Mission Solutions provide networked Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities for defense, intelligence, security and com ... more |
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