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Coca-Cola to sell soda in 100% recycled plastic in US
Feb 09, 2021 (AFP)
The initial items will be introduced this month in a group of states that includes California and Florida, for items such as Coke and Diet Coke in 13.2-ounce bo...
Russian cosmonauts to test new shielding material for radiation protection
Feb 09, 2021 (Sputnik)
"Space is known for its elevated radiation levels... The invention has already been tested in nuclear subs. If the space experiment proves to be equally success...
Existential threat to the space economy in 2021
Feb 09, 2021 (SPX)
When will this happen? No one knows the answer, but It could be soon. As the space capacity approaches its limit there will be a noticeable increase in disabled...
Electronic Arts buys mobile game maker Glu for $2.1 bn
Feb 08, 2021 (AFP)
The acquisition came with Glu's library of titles including MLB Tap Sports Baseball and was described as part of a move by EA to significantly beef up its offer...
Discoveries at the edge of the periodic table: first ever measurements of einsteinium
Feb 04, 2021 (SPX)
Published in the journal Nature, the study, "Structural and Spectroscopic Characterization of an Einsteinium Complex," was co-led by Berkeley Lab scientist Rebe...
Sony forecasts record profit after PlayStation 5 launch
Feb 03, 2021 (AFP)
Although the pandemic has hit many industries hard, the gaming sector has been one of the few to experience an unprecedented boom, with people seeking entertain...
Scientists figure out why food sometimes sticks to nonstick pans
Feb 02, 2021 (UPI)
That kind of performance is good enough for most home cooks, but researchers at the Czech Academy of Sciences found themselves perplexed by that tenth breakfast...
NASA's Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer prepares for environmental testing
Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)
"Reaching this milestone is a testament to the experience, commitment, and expertise of the IXPE team and our partners around the world," said IXPE principal in...
Earth will soon forever lose its 'second moon', astronomers say
Feb 01, 2021 (Sputnik)
Near-Earth orbiting object 2020 SO, informally dubbed by astronomers "the planet's second moon", is expected to pass at a relatively close distance to our plane...
Test paves way for new planetary radar
Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)
GBO's Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia - the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope - was outfitted with a new transmitter developed by Rayt...
MDA extends satellite operations capability through contract award by the Canadian Space Agency
Feb 01, 2021 (SPX)
MDA will provide spacecraft health monitoring and control, operational analysis, basic system maintenance, data order handling, image quality control and data p...
Simulating space at ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory
Jan 29, 2021 (SPX)
In ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory -one of a suite of labs based at the ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands -testing has c...
Ions in molten salts can go 'against the flow'
Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)
Research on the next-generation batteries is under way in numerous academic disciplines. Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala Un...
In search of stable liquids
Jan 27, 2021 (ESA)
Separating liquid mixtures can also be used to get rid of pollutants, or to collect nutrients, like scooping a layer of cream off the top of milk. Understanding...
Researchers construct molecular nanofibers that are stronger than steel
Jan 26, 2021 (SPX)
For the past couple of decades, scientists and engineers have been following nature's lead, designing molecules that assemble themselves in water, with the goal...
D-Orbit's ION satellite carrier rides SpaceX's Falcon 9 to orbit
Jan 26, 2021 (SPX)
The spacecraft, named ION SCV Laurentius, is an upgraded and enhanced version of the vehicle launched in the fall of 2020, which precisely deployed twelve satel...
U.S. military uses 3D printing to make N95 respirators
Jan 25, 2021 (UPI)
Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Williams, of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity's Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management...
GameStop extends wild ride on Wall Street
Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)
GameStop shares were up 70 percent at one point in morning trades, after ending last week with a surge in price and rocketing some 800 percent in the past three...
European team to collaborate in optical communication
Jan 25, 2021 (SPX)
One of the collaborative activities in developing this capability includes optical communication tests against the CubeLCT optical terminal on the Photo Images ...
NASA's Deep Space Network welcomes a new dish to the family
Jan 25, 2021 (JPL)
The new 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) dish has been under construction at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain since 2017. Existing antennas ar...
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