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September 01, 2015

Progress for Tiangong 2
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 01, 2015
At some time in 2016, China will launch the Tiangong 2 space laboratory. The launch will break a fairly long period of inactivity for China's human spaceflight program, which underwent an uncommon surge of activity after Tiangong 1 was launched. 2014 and 2015 have been years without any Chinese astronaut launches, so we are keen to see some more action. Nothing is happening in space, but not much has happened recently in China's official state media, either. That's not surprising. In some ways, it ... read more

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				New Russian Spaceship to Be Ready Ahead of Schedule The first prototype of a new Russian manned spacecraft for launch to the International Space Station (ISS) and the Moon may be created ahead of schedule, president of Russian space manufacturer RSC ... more		Boeing introduces portable laser weapon capable of destroying drones Boeing this week introduced its Compact Laser Weapons System, a portable device capable of using an invisible laser to take down targets several hundreds of meters away. ... more

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Superlattice design realizes elusive multiferroic properties From the spinning disc of a computer's hard drive to the varying current in a transformer, many technological devices work by merging electricity and magnetism. But the search to find a single mater ... more		Scientists from NTU Singapore find electrifying solution to sticky problem Inspired by the limitations of biomimetic glues in wet environments, scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a glue that will harden when a voltage ... more		Record-high pressure reveals secrets of matter A research team at Linkoping University, together with colleagues in Europe and the United States, has shown that at extremely high pressure even the innermost electrons in the atomic nuclei of the ... more		Combined disciplines, computational programs determine atomic structure A team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Indiana University combined two techniques to determine the structure of cyanostar, a new abiological molecule that captures unwanted n ... more

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