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  Winnipeg, Canada (SPX) May 08, 2018 NanoRacks is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded the launch services and deployment contract for the Canadian CubeSat Project - a nationwide small satellite development program sponsored by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The project provides funding to post-secondary institutions in Canada as part of a challenge to design, build, launch, and operate their own satellites which will be deployed from the International Space Station. The contract is for the launch and deployment of ... read more |
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Highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bioprinting of new tissuesArlington TX (SPX) May 04, 2018 Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have developed a highly elastic biodegradable hydrogel for bio-printing of materials that mimic natural human soft tissues. Bio-printing uses live ... more  
Making new layered superconductors using high entropy alloysTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 07, 2018 Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created new superconductors made of layers of bismuth sulfide (BiS2) and a high entropy rare earth alloy oxyfluoride, containing five different ra ... more  
Researchers selected to develop novel approaches to lifelong machine learningWashington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018 Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically de ... more 
3D batteries pack power into tiny footprintsWashington DC (SPX) May 04, 2018 Batteries might seem like they come in every shape and size that you can imagine. But as electronic devices become tinier and skinnier without reducing their power and energy demands, they challenge ... more |
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Iran's ballistic missiles: bone of contention with WestTehran (AFP) May 8, 2018 Iran's ballistic missile programme has poisoned relations between Tehran and Western powers for years but for the Islamic republic the issue is staunchly non-negotiable. ... more  
Boeing says it will follow US policy on IranNew York (AFP) May 8, 2018 Boeing said Tuesday it will continue to take its cue from US government policy on sales to Iran after President Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Iran nuclear pact. ... more 
Israel orders Golan shelters open over Iran 'activity' in SyriaJerusalem (AFP) May 8, 2018 The Israeli army said Tuesday it has asked authorities in the occupied Golan Heights to open and prepare missile shelters over "irregular activity by Iranian forces in Syria", across the demarcation line. ... more 
BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missiles to Feature Indian Quad LaunchersNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 08, 2018 Furthering its quest to localize the production of the world's deadliest missile, India has successfully designed and built a rototype of the 'Quadruple Canisterized Inclined Launcher' or Quad Launc ... more  
Aerojet completes hot fire propulsion test for redesigned Kill VehicleSacramento CA (SPX) May 08, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne, a subsidiary of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., announced that in collaboration with The Boeing Company and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, its Divert and Attitude Control Sy ... more |
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 Raytheon tapped for upgrades on Gray Eagle drones  
Reduce, Reuse, Rockets?Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 07, 2018 Conor Cimo can trace his interest in engineering back to his second-grade classroom in a Chicago suburb where he watched in awe as an F16 fighter aircraft broke the sound barrier. The video was pres ... more  |
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Air Force picks three bases for B-21 RaidersWashington DC (UPI) May 04, 2018 The U.S. Air Force announced Friday the B-21 Raider will replace the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit ... more 
As US military air crash toll rises, lawmaker calls for probeWashington (AFP) May 7, 2018 A senior US lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to create a panel looking into military aviation mishaps, following a string of deadly incidents including one last week that killed nine airmen. ... more 
Arianespace to launch the first STRIVING small satellite for SITAEL on Vega's SSMS POC flightParis, France (SPX) May 04, 2018 Arianespace has been selected by SITAEL to launch the first small satellite for delivery of STRIVING services, to be conducted using a Vega as part of the launcher's Small Spacecraft Mission Service ... more 
NASA's swarmathon improves student skills in robotics, computer scienceKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) May 01, 2018 Students from universities and community colleges across the nation recently participated in third annual Swarmathon. The robotic programming competition took place at NASA Kennedy Space Center's Vi ... more 
X-ray navigation considered for possible CubeSat missionGreenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2018 Now that NASA has shown the viability of autonomous X-ray navigation in space, a team led by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory plans to include the technology on a proposed CubeSat mission t ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018 
For years, manufacturers have offered computers with increasing amounts of memory packed into smaller devices. But semiconductor companies can't reduce the size of memory components as quickly as they used to, and current designs are not energy-efficient. Conventional memory devices use transistors and rely on electric fields to store and read out information.
An alternative approach being ... more |
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 Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar (SPX) Apr 30, 2018  More than 20,000 above the Earth's surface, communication satellites orbit the planet, listening for a signal. Once they receive a signal, they repeat it and send it back down to the surface.
The U.S. Air Force uses many types of satellite communications to transmit data all around the globe. With the encryption of data, the U.S. Air Force denies prying eyes the ability to read critical in ... more |
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 London (AFP) May 1, 2018  Britain will explore developing and launching its own satellite navigation system, Downing Street announced on Tuesday, amid doubt over its future inclusion in a key European project after Brexit.
Prime Minister Theresa May has created a taskforce of engineering and aerospace experts led by the UK Space Agency "to develop options for a British Global Navigation Satellite System that would gu ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) May 7, 2018 
A senior US lawmaker introduced legislation Monday to create a panel looking into military aviation mishaps, following a string of deadly incidents including one last week that killed nine airmen.
The US military has been beset by a series of air accidents and crashes in recent years, and the rise has been shown to correlate with budget cuts introduced in 2013.
The most recent incident o ... more |
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 Singapore (SPX) May 04, 2018  The Internet of Things (IoT), while still in its infancy, is shaping the future of many industries and will also impact our daily lives in significant ways. One of the key challenges of moving IoT devices from concept to reality is to have long-lasting operation under tightly constrained energy sources, thus demanding extreme power efficiency. IoT devices - such as sensors - are often deployed o ... more |
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 Paris (ESA) May 03, 2018  While ESA's CryoSat continues to provide clear insight into how much sea ice is being lost and how the Antarctic and Greenlandic ice sheets are changing, the mission has again surpassed its original scope by revealing exactly how mountain glaciers are also succumbing to change.
Glaciers all over the globe are retreating - and for the last 15 years, glacial ice has been the main cause of se ... more |
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 Lucknow, India (AFP) May 2, 2018 
Residents of Kanpur reacted with dismay Wednesday after the Indian city was found to have the worst air quality in a global World Health Organization survey that urged the nation to clean up its act.
Fourteen Indian cities, led by the northern metropolis known for its leather and shoe industries, feature in the 15 cities with the dirtiest air in the WHO's global list.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) May 07, 2018 
China is developing its first space rocket with a reusable first stage that could see its trial launch as early as 2020, SpaceNews reported, citing a senior Chinese rocket designer.
Long Lehao of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), revealed the new plans for the Long March 8 medium-lift launcher during a space industry conference in Harbin on April 24.
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 Buckley AFB CO (SPX) May 03, 2018 
The U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite transmitted its first images back to Earth. The milestone, known as "first light," occurred in February when the SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, turned on its powerful sensors for the first time during space vehicle checkout.
SBIRS GEO Flight-4 is the latest satellite to join the Air Force's o ... more |
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 Tehran (AFP) May 8, 2018 
Iran's ballistic missile programme has poisoned relations between Tehran and Western powers for years but for the Islamic republic the issue is staunchly non-negotiable.
A recent report by London's International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) says Iran is developing a dozen ballistic missiles that can fly up to 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) and deliver a 450-1,200 kilo (990-2,640 po ... more |
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 Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Apr 22, 2018 
Nearly a hundred years ago, Albert Einstein and Satyendra Nath Bose predicted that quantum mechanics can force a large number of particles to behave in concert as if they were only a single particle. The phenomenon is called Bose-Einstein condensation, and it took until 1995 to create the first such condensate of a gas of alkali atoms.
Although Bose-Einstein condensation has been observed ... more |
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 Washington DC (SPX) May 07, 2018 
Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) systems have significantly advanced in recent years. However, they are currently limited to executing only those tasks they are specifically designed to perform and are unable to adapt when encountering situations outside their programming or training.
DARPA's Lifelong Learning Machines (L2M) program, drawing inspiration from biologica ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) May 7, 2018 
Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for common sensor payloads for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system.
The deal, announced Friday by the Department of Defense, is valued at more than $28.5 million under the terms of a firm-fixed-price, definitive contract.
The contract award by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division enables Raythe ... more |
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