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Marine sponges inspire the next generation of skyscrapers and bridges
Sep 22, 2020 (SPX)
In a new paper published in Nature Materials, the researchers showed that the diagonally-reinforced square lattice-like skeletal structure of Euplectella asperg...
Microsoft steps up Xbox game with ZeniMax Media buy
Sep 21, 2020 (AFP)
The deal will give the US tech giant the parent-company of Bethesda Softworks, publisher of hit game franchises including Dishonored, Doom, Fallout and Elder Sc...
Palantir listing may shine light on secretive Big Data firm
Sep 20, 2020 (AFP)
Created after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks with initial funding from a CIA venture-capital unit, Palantir and its predictive analytics platform reporte...
Mesh reflector for shaped radio beams
Sep 18, 2020 (ESA)
"This is really a first for Europe," says ESA antenna engineer Jean-Christophe Angevain. "China and the US have also been working hard on similar shaped mesh re...
Could PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X be swan song for consoles?
Sep 18, 2020 (AFP)
Both companies have been dripping out information for months about the PlayStation 5 (PS5) and the Xbox Series X to build excitement, and now have announced the...
PlayStation 5 launch sets up Xbox head-to-head
Sep 17, 2020 (AFP)
The competing consoles will be released within two days of each other ahead of the Christmas rush, both aiming to capitalise on a rare bright spot in the econom...
How Algorithmic Darwinism is propelling space evolution
Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)
The key to unraveling this complexity lies in a phenomenon observed by Charles Darwin in the Galapagos Islands nearly 200 years ago; species evolve by mastering...
Physicists make electrical nanolasers even smaller
Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)
Light signals revolutionized information technologies in the 1980s, when optical fibers started to replace copper wires, making data transmission orders of magn...
Government backs UK companies tackling dangerous 'space junk'
Sep 17, 2020 (SPX)
The UK Space Agency and Ministry of Defence have also announced the next step in their joint initiative to enhance the UK's awareness of events in space. Estima...
Zombie satellites and rogue debris threatening existence of ISS
Sep 17, 2020 (Sputnik)
"If we don't take action now, low-Earth orbit could become too perilous for satellites or even humans on the International Space Station", warned the UK Busines...
Making waves in space
Sep 16, 2020 (ESA)
Developed by French space agency CNES and co-funded by Airbus Defense and Space, the Fluidics or Fluid Dynamics in Space experiment is probing how fluids behave...
Planets take virtual shape on Earth with NASA knowledge and imagery
Sep 15, 2020 (SPX)
PDS is a long-term archive of digital data products returned from NASA's planetary missions, actively managed by its scientists for the worldwide planetary scie...
Slippery when wet: Fish, seaweed to help cargo ships reduce fluid friction
Sep 15, 2020 (UPI)
To reduce drag, fish and seaweed secrete lubricants that form a slippery layer, helping their bodies move efficiently through the ocean. Researchers suggest car...
Announcing Homestead: satellite ground station coming soon to Chippewa County
Sep 15, 2020 (SPX)
The Homestead ground station, expected to be fully assembled by first-quarter 2021, will utilize a high-gain 5.5-meter parabolic dish antenna supporting S-band ...
Future Rocket Engines May Include Large-Scale 3D Printing
Sep 14, 2020 (SPX)
NASA's Rapid Analysis and Manufacturing Propulsion Technology project, or RAMPT, is advancing development of an additive manufacturing technique to 3D print roc...
Northrop's 'life extension' spacecraft heads to the rescue
Sep 14, 2020 (UPI)
The spacecraft is part of Northrop's new in-orbit services. Analysts and observers predict such services will grow into a multibillion-dollar market over the ne...
Giant particle accelerator in the sky
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
Now, a new study led by researchers from GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences shows that electrons in the radiation belts can be accelerated to very high ...
L3Harris Technologies awarded international sonar system program
Sep 11, 2020 (SPX)
L3Harris specifically designed the system to perform at a lower operating frequency against modern diesel-electric submarine threats. "This award represents our...
Virtual Air, Space and Cyber Conference
Sep 11, 2020 (AFNS)
Within AFRL, scientists and engineers collaborate to execute crosscutting R and D. External collaboration including partnerships with industry, academia and oth...
Aerospace's CT Scanning Lab uses x-rays to solve the hardest problems
Sep 10, 2020 (SPX)
At The Aerospace Corporation, a team of experts in the computed tomography scanning laboratory are at the forefront of using X-rays to peer deep inside space sy...
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