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Astroscale Brings Total Capital Raised to U.S. $191 Million, Closing Series E Funding Round
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
The significant investment raised since its founding in 2013 has allowed Astroscale to establish a global footprint across five countries and grow to over 140 t...
Laser technology used to measure biomass of giant Californian redwood trees
Oct 15, 2020 (UPI)
Researchers detailed the feat in a new paper published Thursday in the journal Scientific Reports. California's giant redwood trees play an outsized role in abo...
Zortrax develops 3D printing technology with support of ESA
Oct 15, 2020 (SPX)
After nearly a year of research and development efforts, we have reached a major milestone. The first prototype composite parts made out of standard PEEK and ex...
Natural fibres threaded into satellites for safer missions
Oct 14, 2020 (ESA)
ESA's detailed testing of this natural-fibre composite has helped it find wider terrestrial uses in turn, including inside McLaren Racing's Formula 1 cars. Fibr...
GESTRA space radar ready to begin operations
Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)
Satellites and other space infrastructure such as the International Space Station (ISS) need to be continuously monitored to avoid collisions. Active objects ca...
Northrop Grumman's next generation digital antenna passes key milestone
Oct 14, 2020 (SPX)
Aether Spy advances multifunction wideband digital Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) technology based on the advanced microelectronics created on the D...
Apple's rare earth recycling steps up environmental response
Oct 13, 2020 (AFP)
Announced as part of a series of sustainability actions, Apple said the move builds on prior initiatives including its pledge to become "100 percent carbon neut...
The current state of Space Debris
Oct 13, 2020 (ESA)
On average over the last two decades, 12 accidental 'fragmentations' have occured in space every year - and this trend is unfortunately increasing. While not al...
No bull: India claims cow dung chip protects against radiation
Oct 13, 2020 (AFP)
Without explaining how the technology works, the head of the National Cow Commission -- set up last year -- said the device could simply be placed inside a mobi...
Multi-state data storage leaving binary behind
Oct 13, 2020 (SPX)
The total amount of data stored in data centres around the globe is of the order of ten zettabytes (a zettabyte is a trillion gigabytes), and we estimate that a...
Ikea to buy back used furniture to reduce waste
Oct 13, 2020 (AFP)
The "Buy Back Friday" scheme, timed to coincide with the "Black Friday" pre-Christmas retail frenzy, will run from November 24 and until December 3 in 27 countr...
Geologists solve puzzle that could predict valuable rare earth element deposits
Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)
A team of geologists, led by Professor Frances Wall from the Camborne School of Mines, have discovered a new hypothesis to predict where rare earth elements neo...
'Universal law of touch' will enable new advances in virtual reality
Oct 11, 2020 (SPX)
The researchers are part of a European consortium (H-Reality) that are already using the theory to develop new Virtual Reality technologies that incorporate the...
Mobile games thrive, even as pandemic keeps players home
Oct 09, 2020 (AFP)
"Being stuck at home has not stopped people from playing games on their phones," said SensorTower mobile insights strategist Craig Chapple. "To the contrary, mo...
ArcelorMittal shuts Poland blast furnace on virus slump
Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)
"The Covid-19 pandemic has huge consequences for the European steel industry... demand for steel is still significantly lower than before the pandemic," said Sa...
IBM reorganizes to focus on cloud computing
Oct 08, 2020 (AFP)
The move will create two separate, publicly traded firms by the end of 2021, according to the US computing giant. "IBM is laser-focused on the $1 trillion hybri...
On the trail of causes of radiation events during space flight
Oct 07, 2020 (SPX)
These hazards motivate the question of whether REP events can be forecasted in order to avoid unnecessary human exposure to radiation. In order to predict REP e...
NASA, space industry seek new ways to cope with space debris
Oct 07, 2020 (UPI)
Members of NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel said during a regular meeting last week that the agency has made some progress, but it needs to focus on space...
Augmented reality goggles could help military dogs find bombs, chemicals
Oct 06, 2020 (UPI)
The military often uses dogs to scout areas for explosive devices and hazardous materials and to assist in rescue operations. But working dogs need handlers who...
New study on the space durability of 3D-printed nanocomposites
Oct 05, 2020 (SPX)
However, these materials are known to degrade with prolonged exposure to the harsh conditions of space. A new study by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champai...
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