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  Cardiff UK (SPX) Mar 10, 2022 Leading launch company Virgin Orbit (Nasdaq: VORB) and European in-space manufacturing tech start-up Space Forge has announced an agreement to launch the first satellite developed in Wales in summer 2022. In a historic moment for UK space, the satellite will be launched as part of a broader joint UK-US mission to open the country's first domestic space port in summer 2022 out of Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, Cornwall. With shared values of democratising space and pioneering responsive and r ... read more |
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ElevationSpace raises $2.7M in seed-fundingSendai, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 ElevationSpace Inc. (Headquartered: Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, Co-Founder and CEO: Ryohei Kobayashi), a space startup company that originated at Tohoku University in Japan and develops a spac ... more 
SpaceX launches 48 Starlink satellites amid Ukraine crisisWashington DC (UPI) Mar 9, 2021 SpaceX launched 48 more of the company's Starlink broadband Internet satellites on Wednesday morning from Florida. ... more  
Space Station to host 'self-healing' quantum communications tech demoPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 08, 2022 The NASA-funded experiment will test two technologies that could eventually enable quantum computers to communicate with each other no matter where they are located. A tiny experiment launching to t ... more  
China launches seven new satellitesXichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday. Six satellites produced by Beijing-based Galaxy ... more |
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Selecting the right structural materials for fusion reactorsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 Do two promising structural materials corrode at very high temperatures when in contact with "liquid metal fuel breeders" in fusion reactors? Researchers of Tokyo Tech, YNU and QST now have the answ ... more  
Galileo 2nd generation satellites ready to navigate into the futureFriedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' propose ... more  
The benefits of peripheral vision for machinesBoston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 Perhaps computer vision and human vision have more in common than meets the eye? Research from MIT suggests that a certain type of robust computer-vision model perceives visual representations ... more  
Repellent wrap shown to shed all viruses and bacteriaHamilton, Canada (SPX) Mar 01, 2022 New research by the inventors of a promising pathogen-repellent wrap has confirmed that it sheds not only bacteria, as previously proven, but also viruses, boosting its potential usefulness for inte ... more |
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The physics of fire ant rafts could help engineers design swarming robotsBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of i ... more 
UCF and NASA researchers design charged 'power suits' for electric vehicles and spacecraftOrlando FL (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 Like the charged power suit worn by Black Panther of Marvel Comics, UCF researchers have advanced NASA technologies to develop a power suit for an electric car that is as strong as steel, lighter th ... more 
Technology demonstration satellite to be launched soonBeijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2022 China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, a major defense contractor, plans to launch a technology demonstration satellite in the coming months, according to a senior researcher overseeing the proj ... more 
Australian startups join forces to test AI computing in spaceAdelaide, Australia (SPX) Mar 02, 2022 Two emerging Australian space startups - AICRAFT and Antaris Space Space - have signed of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to test new Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) models ... more |
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How to help humans understand robotsBoston MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 Scientists who study human-robot interaction often focus on understanding human intentions from a robot's perspective, so the robot learns to cooperate with people more effectively. But human-robot ... more  
'Big threat': air defences take centre stage at Saudi arms showRiyadh (AFP) March 9, 2022 Air defence systems have been front and centre at Saudi Arabia's first defence show as drone and missile attacks increase in the energy-rich Gulf. ... more  
US sends two Patriot missile batteries to Poland: PentagonWashington (AFP) March 9, 2022 The United States has sent two Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland to defend against any "potential threat" to US or NATO forces in the alliance's territory, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday, as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on. ... more  
UK readies more missiles for Ukraine to resist RussiansLondon (AFP) March 9, 2022 Britain said Wednesday it was preparing to send more portable missile systems to help Ukrainian forces destroy Russian tanks and aircraft, but denied it was escalating the conflict. ... more  
Radioactive fuel, contaminated water: the Fukushima clean-upFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan (AFP) March 11, 2022 Eleven years after a devastating tsunami hit Japan's northeast, thousands of workers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are involved in the complex and decades-long process of decommissioning the site. ... more |
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 San Jose CA (SPX) Mar 08, 2022 
NeoPhotonics Corporation (NYSE: NPTN), a leading developer of silicon photonics and advanced hybrid photonic integrated circuit-based lasers, modules and subsystems for bandwidth-intensive, high-speed communications networks, has announced its new Radiation Tolerant version of its industry leading Nano ultra-pure light tunable laser which has been designed for use in low earth orbit satellite co ... more |
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 Washington DC (UPI) Mar 2, 2021 
Russia's invasion of Ukraine hit the space industry harder Wednesday after Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said it would hold up the launch of satellites for a company with British ownership.
OneWeb, a communications satellite company partly owned by the British government, intended to launch 36 satellites Friday on a Russian Soyuz rocket. But Roscosmos issued a statement Tuesday s ... more |
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 Friedrichshafen, Germany (SPX) Mar 09, 2022 
Airbus has successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for its system concept for the second generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus' proposed preliminary design and the customer's system requirements have been fully reviewed and agreed.
This paves the way for further verification, acceptance and qualification at equipment and module ... more |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific on Wednesday posted a loss of just over US$703 million for last year, a massive improvement on the record loss suffered in 2020 even as the airline struggled with tough travel restrictions.
Chairman Patrick Healy said the company "continued to face serious challenges" and the overall loss for the year was "substantial" despite a considerable improvement in t ... more |
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 Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Just as electrons flow through an electrical conductor, magnetic excitations can travel through certain materials. Such excitations, known in physics as "magnons" in analogy to the electron, could transport information much more easily than electrical conductors. An international research team has now made an important discovery on the road to such components, which could be highly energy-effici ... more |
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 Redlands CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2022 
Governments and businesses across the world are pledging to adopt more sustainable and equitable practices. Many are also working to limit activities that contribute to climate change. To support these efforts, Esri, the global leader in location intelligence, in partnership with Impact Observatory and Microsoft, is releasing a globally consistent 2017-2021 global land-use and land-cover map of ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Back in 2006, US National Guard sergeant Heath Robinson oversaw the burning of waste at a military base in Iraq.
Fourteen years later, he died of lung cancer, leaving his family to advocate for veterans like him who were exposed to toxic fumes while in uniform.
These so-called burn pits have been commonly used by the US military in post-September 11 conflicts, and are lit to get rid of ... more |
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 Xichang (XNA) Mar 08, 2022 
China has successfully sent seven satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province Saturday.
Six satellites produced by Beijing-based GalaxySpace and a commercial remote sensing satellite were launched by a Long March-2C carrier rocket at 2:01 p.m. (Beijing Time) and have entered their planned orbit.
The satellites will verify the n ... more |
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 Washington (AFP) March 9, 2022 
The United States has sent two Patriot surface-to-air missile batteries to Poland to defend against any "potential threat" to US or NATO forces in the alliance's territory, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday, as Russia's war in Ukraine grinds on.
The missile batteries, normally stationed in Germany, were repositioned at Poland's "invitation," the official said on condition of anonymit ... more |
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 London (AFP) March 9, 2022 
Britain said Wednesday it was preparing to send more portable missile systems to help Ukrainian forces destroy Russian tanks and aircraft, but denied it was escalating the conflict.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said the UK had so far delivered 3,615 Next Generation Light Anti-tank Weapons (NLAWs) "and continue(s) to deliver more".
"We will shortly be starting the delivery of a small co ... more |
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 Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2022 
Nanoparticles (which have sizes ranging between 3-500 nm), and sub-nanoclusters (which are around 1 nm in diameter) are utilized in many fields, including medicine, robotics, materials science, and engineering. Their small size and large surface-area-to-volume ratios give them unique properties, rendering them valuable in a variety of applications, ranging from pollution control to chemical synt ... more |
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 Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 04, 2022 
Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of individual insects.
A new study by engineers at the University of Colorado Boulder lays out the simple physics-based rules that govern how these ant rafts morph over time: shrinking, expanding or ... more |
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 Riyadh (AFP) March 9, 2022  Air defence systems have been front and centre at Saudi Arabia's first defence show as drone and missile attacks increase in the energy-rich Gulf.
Deadly strikes on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates claimed by Yemeni rebels have been the talk of shows held in the two countries in recent weeks.
Six hundred companies from about 40 countries showed off the latest military technolog ... more |
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