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February 16, 2016

SSL Advances Solar Electric Propulsion Capabilities
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Feb 16, 2016
Space Systems Loral (SSL) has announced that it is collaborating with a U.S. technology innovator, Busek Co, Inc. to advance the current capability of solar electric propulsion systems. SSL and Busek plan to build on the current collaboration specifically to address the future needs of NASA and other U.S. government agencies. Busek developed the first U.S. built Hall Effect thruster to ever fly in space and regularly collaborates with U.S. government agencies such as NASA and the Department of Def ... read more

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				Somewhere between Earth and Mars Science Fiction Became Science Fact The little boy screamed at the top of his lungs when Bill Nye, the Science Guy, said standup and speak-up. A cute rambling question was deciphered as, yes, NASA can make you an X-man by an excited D ... more		Proto-planet has 2 masters A Rice University researcher will discuss images that may show the formation of a planet - or a planetary system - around a distant binary star at the annual meeting of the American Association for ... more

Dark matter scientists on brink of discovering elusive particles Technological advances are ushering in a new era of understanding in the search for fundamental physical particles - including dark matter - scientists will tell a public event. Researchers ar ... more		Volcanoes Light Up Atmospheres of Small Exoplanets Geologic activity on a planet is believed to be very important for life, but it can be hard to spot its signs from far away - especially on smaller, rocky planets akin to Earth. What if there ... more		Romania says Russian drone breached its airspace MSBAI wins DoD contract to accelerate OrbitGuard for space situational awarenes Next-Gen Automotive Innovation: Smarter, Safer, More Connected		Planet formation around binary star Using ALMA, astronomers have taken a new, detailed look at the very early stages of planet formation around a binary star. Embedded in the outer reaches of a double star's protoplanetary disk, the r ... more
				All dressed up with somewhere to go Yesterday, a 'team of teams' working at ESA's control centre conducted a final rehearsal for tomorrow's launch of Sentinel-3A. The rehearsal was the culmination of almost six months' intensive train ... more		Russia Developing Remote Controlled Robot for Space Tasks Russia is developing a remote controlled robot to carry out tasks at Russia's planned national space station, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Saturday. "A combat robot may be ... more

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GPS tracking down to the centimeter Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a new, more computationally efficient way to process data from the Global Positioning System (GPS), to enhance location accuracy ... more		Headwall Introduces Ultra-Compact Data System for UAV Airborne Applications Headwall Photonics has introduced a new, powerful data processing unit specifically designed for UAV airborne applications requiring sensor fusion. The small size and weight of HyperCore combi ... more		Ash improves methane yield and fertilizer value in biogas systems Bio-oil from agricultural and forest waste could help seal abandoned oil wells and store carbon Rice researchers turn wasted data center heat into clean power		Clean energy from water Fuel cells generate electrical energy through a chemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. To obtain clean energy, the splitting of water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen is critical. Resea ... more
Researchers present new findings on magnetic spin waves An international team of researchers gained new insights into magnetic spin waves. Spin waves can evolve in electrically non-conducting materials given a specific temperature gradient and then be co ... more		Rising Seas Slowed by Increasing Water on Land New measurements from a NASA satellite have allowed researchers to identify and quantify, for the first time, how climate-driven increases of liquid water storage on land have affected the rate of s ... more		A metal that behaves like water Graphene is going to change the world - or so we've been told. Since its discovery a decade ago, scientists and tech gurus have hailed graphene as the wonder material that could replace silicon in e ... more		Silicon chip with integrated laser: Light from a nanowire Physicists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a nanolaser, a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Thanks to an ingenious process, the nanowire lasers grow right on a sil ... more

	Bumpy liquid films could simplify fabrication of microlenses Have you ever noticed that when heated a film of oil in a pan doesn't remain completely flat? Instead, it forms a wavy pattern that resembles the exterior of an orange. These sorts of deformations i ... more		Chiral magnetic effect generates quantum current Scientists at the U.S Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University have discovered a new way to generate very low-resistance electric current in a new class ... more

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