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  San Francisco (AFP) March 28, 2017 Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds. In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface directly with computers, accessing processing power and perhaps even downloading memories for storage. "Long Neuralink piece coming out on (blog platform) @waitbutwhy in about a week. Difficult to dedi ... read more |
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'Ground Control' Arrives at Leicester UniversityLeicester, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Scientists at the University of Leicester will be step closer to controlling their own satellite missions after a new satellite ground station dish is installed on 28 March. The University is ... more  
Deep space gateway to open opportunities for distant destinationsWashington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 NASA is leading the next steps into deep space near the moon, where astronauts will build and begin testing the systems needed for challenging missions to deep space destinations including Mars. The ... more  
ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroidLittleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 NASA has awarded ExoTerra Corporation a $2.5M contract to demonstrate a novel solar electric propulsion system for CubeSats that will enable the shoebox-sized spacecraft to triple their available po ... more  
The electric sands of TitanAtlanta GA (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Experiments led by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology suggest the particles that cover the surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, are "electrically charged." When the wind blows ha ... more |
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X-Hab working seventh season of academic-aided innovationKennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Some of the newest tech that will make living on other worlds possible may come in part from research and imagination of college students working with NASA through a project called X-Hab that is ent ... more  
Researchers create artificial materials atom-by-atomHelsinki, Finland (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 Researchers at Aalto University have manufactured artificial materials with engineered electronic properties. By moving individual atoms under their microscope, the scientists were able to create at ... more  
Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sunBoulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017 The same kind of large-scale planetary waves that meander through the atmosphere high above Earth's surface may also exist on the Sun, according to a new study led by a scientist at the National Cen ... more  
Final two ExoMars landing sites chosenParis (ESA) Mar 29, 2017 Two ancient sites on Mars that hosted an abundance of water in the planet's early history have been recommended as the final candidates for the landing site of the 2020 ExoMars rover and surface sci ... more  
Extreme space weather: Protecting our critical infrastructureMunich, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 Extreme space weather has a global footprint and the potential to damage critical infrastructure on the ground and in space. A new report from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) c ... more  
Satellites shed new light on earthquakesParis (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 Satellite radar scans of last year's earthquake in New Zealand are changing the way we are thinking about earthquake hazards in regions where our planet's tectonic plates meet. The 7.8-magnitu ... more |
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U.S. Army studies 'third arm' device for soldiersWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 The U.S. Army Research Laboratory is studying the use of a body-worn weapons mount for soldiers to carry and fire their weapons. ... more  
U.S. Air Force buys additional laser materialsWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 UES Inc. received a $48.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to research and develop laser materials. ... more  
China to open first drone factory in Saudi ArabiaWashington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 China will soon construct the first unmanned aerial vehicle factory in the Middle East following a meeting with Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. ... more  
Scientists respond to criticisms of a new geological epochLeicester, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 A team of academics led by the University of Leicester has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene. Geological critics of a formalised An ... more |
  Miami (AFP) March 24, 2017 
A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday for a spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting outpost for the arrival of future space crews.
The spacewalk by France's Thomas Pesquet, 39, and American Shane Kimbrough, 49, officially began at 7:24 am (1124 GMT) when the duo switched their spacesuits to internal battery power.
Pesquet and Kimbrough worked ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 29, 2017X-Hab working seventh season of academic-aided innovation  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Deep space gateway to open opportunities for distant destinations  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's hybrid computer enables Raven's autonomous rendezvous capability |
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Not content to reach for Mars and dethrone fossil fuels, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk on Tuesday is turning his focus to delving into people's minds.
In a message fired off Tuesday on Twitter, Musk appeared to confirm he is creating a startup called Neuralink devoted to enabling brains to interface directly with computers, accessing processing power and perhaps even downloading memories for s ... more Stennis Space Center, MS (SPX) Mar 27, 2017The "Brain" of the Space Launch System RS-25 Engine Passes Critical Test  Spaceport America NM (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Spaceport America sets new record for student launched sounding rocket  Paris (AFP) March 23, 2017Satellite launch shelved over strikes |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017 
Opportunity is just outside the rim of Endeavour Crater, heading to the gully, named 'Perseverance Valley.' The large regional dust storm to the west of the rover's site has started to abate, although there is still a lot of dust in the atmosphere and rover energy levels are affected.
On Sol 4672 (March 16, 2017), Opportunity drove over 141 feet (43 meters) to the south. Owning to the elev ... more Paris (ESA) Mar 29, 2017Final two ExoMars landing sites chosen  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Breaks observed in Curiosity rover wheel treads  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 21, 2017Mars Volcano, Earth's Dinosaurs Went Extinct About the Same Time |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Chinese state media is reporting that the country's space program has developed a craft capable of both landing on the moon and flying in low-Earth orbit.
The new spacecraft is claimed to be able to accommodate multiple astronauts, according to spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian, who Science and Technology Daily cited as comparing the forthcoming ship to the Orion craft currently in developm ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 07, 2017Riding an asteroid: China's next space goal |
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 Hanoi (XNA) Mar 27, 2017 
Vietnam targets to self-develop Lotusat-2 by 2022 when its technical facilities for satellite research, assembly, integration and testing are ready to operate, according to the Vietnam National Satellite Center (VNSC).
Pham Anh Tuan, director of VNSC, was quoted by local Nhan Dan (People) newspaper as saying on Friday that after developing one-kilogram PicoDragon, the first Vietnamese self ... more Davie FL (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Globalsat Sky and Space Global sign MoU for testing and offering satellite service in Latin America  Exploration Park FL (SPX) Mar 21, 2017OneWeb Satellites breaks ground on high-volume satellite manufacturing facility  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Start-Ups at the Final Frontier |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
There are few ways for astronauts to know exactly when the outside of their spacecraft has been damaged, but that may change in the future with an invention that acts like a sensory skin to pick up signs of damage in real-time. The invention uses a series of several technologies to create circuits printed on thin layers and that can be embedded in a spacecraft's structure, scientists behind the ... more Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 29, 2017'Ground Control' Arrives at Leicester University  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Argon is not the 'dope' for metallic hydrogen  Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017A simple route to developing new sensors |
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An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf (a star too small for nuclear fusion) with the 'purest' composition and the highest mass yet known. The object, known as SDSS J0104+1535, is a member of the so-called halo - the outermost reaches - of our Galaxy, made up of the most ancient stars. The scientists report the discovery in Monthly Notices of the Royal ... more London, UK (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Fledgling stars try to prevent their neighbors from birthing planets  Tallahassee FL (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Fossil or inorganic structure? Scientists dig into early life forms  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 16, 2017Gigantic Jupiter-type planet reveals insights into how planets evolve |
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 Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 27, 2017  The Australian National University (ANU) is launching a search for a new major planet within our solar system, inviting anyone around the world with access to the Internet to help make the historic discovery.
Anyone who helps find the so-called Planet X will work with ANU astronomers to validate the discovery through the International Astronomical Union.
ANU astrophysicist Dr. Brad T ... more Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 27, 2017Juno Spacecraft Set for Fifth Jupiter Flyby  Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 21, 2017Scientists make the case to restore Pluto's planet status  Paris (ESA) Mar 17, 2017ESA's Jupiter mission moves off the drawing board |
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Important microscopic creatures which produce half of the oxygen in the atmosphere can rapidly adapt to global warming, new research suggests. Phytoplankton, which also act as an essential food supply for fish, can increase the rate at which they take in carbon dioxide and release oxygen while in warmer water temperatures, a long-running experiment shows.
Monitoring of one species, a green ... more Brussels (AFP) March 26, 2017Brexit plunges EU fishing into troubled waters  Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Corals die as global warming collides with local weather in the South China Sea  London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Chance find has big implications for water treatment's costs |
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Using a satnav to get to your destination 'switches off' parts of the brain that would otherwise be used to simulate different routes, reveals new UCL research.
The study, published in Nature Communications and funded by Wellcome, involved 24 volunteers navigating a simulation of Soho in central London while undergoing brain scans. The researchers investigated activity in the hippocampus, ... more London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Technology can reduce GPS outages from Northern Lights, researchers say  Los Angeles CA (UPI) Mar 07, 2017DevOps process reduces GPS OCX development time for Raytheon  Beijing (AFP) Feb 21, 2017Police in China's restive Xinjiang to track cars by GPS |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 27, 2017 
Designers of future Moon missions and bases have to contend with a chilling challenge: how might their creations endure the fortnight-long lunar night? ESA has arrived at a low-cost way of surviving.
During prolonged night, when the surface is lit only by blue Earthlight, temperatures dip below -170+ C. Some locations at higher latitudes have shorter nights, though others have much longer ... more Bengaluru, India (IANS) Mar 17, 2017Team Indus To Send Seven Experiments To The Moon Including Three From India  Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Sun Devils working for a chance to induce photosynthesis on our lunar neighbor  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017NASA finds missing LRO, Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiters |
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During an almost two-week search, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission team activated the spacecraft's MapCam imager and scanned part of the surrounding space for elusive Earth-Trojan asteroids - objects that scientists believe may exist in one of the stable regions that co-orbits the sun with Earth. Although no Earth-Trojans were discovered, the spacecraft's camera operated flawlessly and demonstrated tha ... more Littleton CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017ExoTerra to become first privately owned space company to fly to an asteroid  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Ice in Ceres' shadowed craters linked to tilt history  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017The many faces of Rosetta's comet 67P |
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 Leicester, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
A team of academics led by the University of Leicester has responded to criticisms of the proposal to formalise a new geological epoch - the Anthropocene.
Geological critics of a formalised Anthropocene have alleged that the idea did not arise from geology; that there is simply not enough physical evidence for it as strata; that it is based more on the future than on the past; that it is m ... more Beijing (XNA) Mar 27, 2017China to launch new weather satellite in second half of 2017  Paris (AFP) March 27, 2017Climate-addled jet streams boost drought, flood: study  Durham NC (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Satellites reveal bird habitat loss in California |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 27, 2017 
Scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research have discovered Rossby waves on the sun. The large-scale planetary waves were first discovered on Earth.
On Earth, Rossby waves are correlated with local weather events. On the sun, scientists suggest the waves could influence solar activity and related phenomena, like sunspots and solar flares.
"The discovery of magnetiz ... more Gottingen, Germany (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Sunrise 2: A Second Look At The Sun  Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Planetary waves, first found on Earth, are discovered on sun  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 23, 2017NASA's SDO sees a stretch of spotless Sun |
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 Amherst MA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017 
Pushing the limits of the largest single-aperture millimeter telescope in the world, and coupling it with gravitational lensing, University of Massachusetts Amherst astronomer Alexandra Pope and colleagues report that they have detected a surprising rate of star formation, four times higher than previously detected, in a dust-obscured galaxy behind a Frontier Fields cluster.
As Pope explai ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 28, 2017New portal to unveil the dark sector of the universe  Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Astronomers Observe Early Stages of Milky Way-like Galaxies  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 28, 2017Andromeda Galaxy's Bright X-ray Mystery Solved by NuSTAR |
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 St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 27, 2017 
Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body temperature and alertness, focused on neurons, those electrically excitable cells that are the divas of the central nervous system.
Asked to define the body's master clock, biologists would say it is two small spheres - the suprachiasmatic nuclei, or SCN - in the brain that ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 28, 2017Gravitational wave kicks monster black hole out of galactic core  Madrid, Spain (SPX) Mar 23, 2017Scientists evade the Heisenberg uncertainty principle  Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2017Futuristic clock prepared for space |
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