A Burial Plot for the International Space Station
Sometime in the next 10 years or so, ISS will be deorbited into a remote area of the Earth's surface. Most experts expect that location will be the South Pacific Ocean. The specific area is well-kno ... more
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Lockheed gets $331.8 million GMLRS rocket contract
Lockheed Martin has received a $331.8 million U.S. Army contract for Lot 11 production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rockets, the company said Wednesday. ... more
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'Just staggering': UN says households waste 1 bn meals a day
Global Initiative by Astronomers Without Borders to Recycle Eclipse Glasses
Exoskeletons Step Into Daily Life
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'Hack the Pentagon' program reveals 138 security flaws: US
Hackers invited by the US government as part of a pilot program to find flaws with five Pentagon websites discovered 138 security vulnerabilities, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday. ... more
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Efficient hydrogen production made easy
In the 2015 movie "The Martian," stranded astronaut Matt Damon turns to the chemistry of rocket fuel, hydrazine and hydrogen, to create lifesaving water and nearly blows himself up. But if you turn ... more
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Physicists deploy magnetic vortex to control electron spin
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have developed a way to swiftly and precisely control electron spins at room temperature. The technology, described in Nature Communications, offers a ... more
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Fighting virtual reality sickness
Columbia Engineering Professor Steven K. Feiner and Ajoy Fernandes MS'16 have developed a method of combating virtual reality (VR) sickness that can be applied to consumer head-worn VR displays, suc ... more
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Physicists measured something new in the radioactive decay of neutrons
A physics experiment performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has enhanced scientists' understanding of how free neutrons decay into other particles. The work provides ... more
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