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  Providence RI (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 Using an army of small satellites, researchers have shown that water levels in small lakes across northern Canada and Alaska are far more variable during the summer than previously thought. The findings, published in Geophysical Research Letters, could have implications for how scientists calculate the natural greenhouse gas emissions from these northern lakes. The study used images taken by a network of more than 150 CubeSats - small satellites about the size of shoeboxes - which made nearly dail ... read more |
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The first walking robot that moves without GPSPris, France (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 Human eyes are insensitive to polarized light and ultraviolet radiation, but that is not the case for ants, who use it to locate themselves in space. Cataglyphis desert ants in particular can cover ... more 
Getting a grip on human-robot cooperationPisa, Italy (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 There is a time when a successful cooperation between humans and robots has decisive importance: it is in the precise moment that one "actor" is required to hand an object to another "actor" and, th ... more 
NanoRacks completes sixth cubesat deployment from Cygnus spacecraftDulles VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 NanoRacks has completed the Company's sixth CubeSat deployment mission from Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft. Cygnus (S.S. John Young) departed the International Space Station on February 8th, 2 ... more  
Five future astronauts and a teacher you need to knowWashington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 All five of the women in NASA's latest class of astronaut candidates followed a passion for adventure and science to get where they are today and are inspirations for the next generation of NASA sci ... more |
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Amid border wall debate, 'smart' tech raises questions tooWashington (AFP) Feb 12, 2019 As congressional Democrats counter President Donald Trump's border wall plan with a high-tech solution, the idea of a "smart" security barrier is raising fresh questions over the potential for intrusive surveillance. ... more  
Pence hails $414 mn deal on US rockets for PolandWarsaw (AFP) Feb 13, 2019 The US and Poland finalised a deal on Wednesday for Warsaw to buy American mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) as it lobbies Washington to boost troops on Polish soil. ... more 
Launch of rocket from high-altitude balloon makes space more accessible to microsatsWest Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 A startup that plans to use high-altitude balloons to deploy rockets has successfully fired a test launch, moving closer to its goal of helping end the backlog of microsatellites that wait months or ... more 
Arianespace to launch satellite deployment solution from Open CosmosKourou, French Guiana (ESA) Feb 13, 2019 Arianespace and Open Cosmos report that they have signed a contract for the launch of an innovative CubeSat deployment solution. Launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana using a ... more  
State Dept. approves possible engine sale for Israeli armored vehiclesWashington (UPI) Feb 13, 2019 The U.S. State Department has approved a possible sale of Namer armored vehicle power packs and related equipment to Israel for an estimated $238 million. ... more |
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How the US military could build Trump's border wallWashington (AFP) Feb 15, 2019 President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency to address what he called an "invasion" of drugs, gangs, human traffickers and undocumented migrants over the US border with Mexico. ... more  |
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Psychology: Robot saved, people take the hitMunich, Germany (SPX) Feb 11, 2019 Robots are now being employed not just for hazardous tasks, such as detecting and disarming mines. They are also finding application as household helps and as nursing assistants. As increasing numbe ... more  
Upcycling plastic bags into battery partsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 Plastic bag pollution has become a huge environmental problem, prompting some cities and countries to heavily tax or ban the sacks. But what if used plastic bags could be made into higher-value prod ... more 
Improving geothermal HVAC systems with mathematicsWashington DC (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 Extreme weather events, water shortages, and other consequences of climate change have challenged - and compromised - energy infrastructure around the world. Increased energy consumption is threaten ... more 
Robot lifts bits of melted fuel at Japan's Fukushima plantTokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 A robot arm has successfully picked up pebble-sized pieces of radioactive fuel at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant in a complex operation seen as key to clean-up efforts after the 2011 meltdown, officials said Thursday. ... more 
Lithium-air batteries can store energy for cars, houses and industrySao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Feb 18, 2019 Current lithium ion battery technology will probably not be able to handle the coming decades' huge demand for energy. It is estimated that by 2050, electricity will make up 50% of the world's energ ... more |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 13, 2019 
An aluminum alloy developed in the 1940s has long held promise for use in automobile manufacturing, except for one key obstacle. Although it's nearly as strong as steel and just one-third the weight, it is almost impossible to weld together using the technique commonly used to assemble body panels or engine parts.
That's because when the alloy is heated during welding, its molecular struct ... more |
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Raytheon was awarded a four-year contract for hardware and support services for a radio system to be used by the U.S. Army for helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
The contract includes repair, logistical, engineering and technical support for the Army's AN/ARC-231 Multiple-Mode Aviation Radio Suite, the Department of Defense said Thursday.
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 Oslo (AFP) Feb 11, 2019 
Norway's foreign intelligence unit on Monday expressed renewed concerns that its GPS signals in the country's Far North were being jammed, as Oslo again blamed Russia for the "unacceptable" acts.
In its annual national risk assessment report, the intelligence service said that in repeated incidents since 2017, GPS signals have been blocked from Russian territory in Norwegian regions near the ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Feb 15, 2019 
Bell Boeing was awarded a $10.7 million contract for upgrades to the V-22 Osprey helicopter.
The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, exercises an option for 12 A-Kits to retrofit legacy aircraft with the AN/APR-39D(V)2, AN/AAQ-24B(V)27, and the ALE-47 Power Performance Computing systems to upgrade the MV-22 from Configuration A to Configuration C, the Navy announc ... more |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
In a finding that runs counter to a common assumption in physics, researchers at the University of Michigan ran a light emitting diode (LED) with electrodes reversed in order to cool another device mere nanometers away.
The approach could lead to new solid-state cooling technology for future microprocessors, which will have so many transistors packed into a small space that current methods ... more |
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 Cambridge UK (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
exactEarth Ltd. reports that the final six payloads for its second-generation constellation, exactView RT, are now operational, which completes the roll-out of world's first global, real-time Satellite-AIS service.
This revolutionary capability is expected to enable a wide variety of new service capabilities for the global maritime community and to contribute strongly over the next 15 year ... more |
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 New York (AFP) Feb 14, 2019 
The fashion industry generates tons of fabric waste each year, notably in New York - one of the world's shopping capitals and host twice a year to runway shows, a major contributor to the wider problem.
Enter Fabscrap, a non-profit organization dedicated to recycling and reusing textiles that are unsuitable for donation.
Every day, 3,000 pounds (some 1,350 kilos) of scraps arrive at the ... more |
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 Beijing (XNA) Feb 12, 2019 
China announced Monday that it is developing the modified version of the Long March-6 rocket to add four solid boosters to increase its carrying capacity.
The improved medium-left carrier rocket will be sent into space by 2020, according to the Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, which designed the rocket.
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 Warsaw (AFP) Feb 10, 2019 
Poland said Sunday it will buy mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) from the United States, as Warsaw seeks closer ties with Washington amid concerns over a resurgent Russia.
The deal, due to be signed Wednesday, will "significantly increase the Polish army's capacities," Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak told journalists Sunday, adding that delivery was expected b ... more |
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 Warsaw (AFP) Feb 13, 2019
The US and Poland finalised a deal on Wednesday for Warsaw to buy American mobile rocket launchers worth $414 million (365 million euros) as it lobbies Washington to boost troops on Polish soil.
"We are pleased to partner with you in Poland's national defence," US Vice President Mike Pence said in Warsaw as the deal was inked in an air hangar filled with Polish and US troops.
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 Karlsruher, Germany (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
Three-dimensional structures on the micrometer and nanometer scales have a great potential for many applications. An efficient and precise process to print such structures from different materials is now presented by researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Carl Zeiss AG in Science Advances: they integrated a microfluidic chamber into a 3D laser lithography device. Then, they u ... more |
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 Pris, France (SPX) Feb 14, 2019 
Human eyes are insensitive to polarized light and ultraviolet radiation, but that is not the case for ants, who use it to locate themselves in space. Cataglyphis desert ants in particular can cover several hundreds of meters in direct sunlight in the desert to find food, then return in a straight line to the nest, without getting lost. They cannot use pheromones: they come out when the temperatu ... more |
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 Alexandria VA (SPX) Feb 15, 2019 
U.S. aviation is courting catastrophe by making drones so accessible to untrained, unskilled, less-than-serious "pilots" who treat them as toys, veteran LeClairRyan aviation attorney Mark A. Dombroff warns in a new column at AviationPros.com.
"My fear is that, sooner or later, an illegally operated drone will cause a catastrophic aviation accident," writes Dombroff, an Alexandria-based mem ... more |
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