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OMG developing new standard for interface for Software Defined Radios
Oct 30, 2019 (SPX)
"For space missions, Software Defined Radio (SDR) systems are deployed in environmental conditions that require unique provisions in order to accommodate such c...
Las Cumbres helping to develope a Cyberinfrastructure Institute for Astronomical Data
Oct 28, 2019 (SPX)
Multi-messenger astrophysics combines observations of light, gravitational waves, and particles to understand some of the most extreme events in the Universe. A...
New procedure for obtaining a cheap ultra-hard material that is resistant to radioactivity
Oct 28, 2019 (SPX)
This scientific-technological advance will make it possible to provide a cheap, ultra-resistant material for the design of planes, cars and other means of trans...
What About Space Traffic Management?
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Unfortunately, space traffic has many more degrees of freedom and much less control capability. Add to this the completely uncontrolled nature of space debris a...
NASA taps telecommunications technology to develop more capable, miniaturized spectrometer
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Although its critical component is the size of a computer chip, the instrument promises to exceed the performance of a similar-type, but significantly larger in...
Rethinking the science of plastic recycling
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
Yet, today, we throw away over three-quarters of our plastics after one-time use. Left untreated in landfills or the environment, this waste can take thousands ...
Magnets sustainably separate mixtures of rare earth metals
Oct 25, 2019 (SPX)
With the goal of developing better ways to recycle these metals, new research from the lab of Eric Schelter describes a new approach for separating mixtures of ...
Cloud computing gains drive up profit for Microsoft
Oct 24, 2019 (AFP)
Profits rose 21 percent to $10.7 billion in the recently ended quarter as revenue increased 14 percent to $33.1 billion compared with the same period a year ear...
Space collisions a growing concern as Earth orbit gets more crowded
Oct 24, 2019 (UPI)
It's an ambitious plan to boost Internet service around the world. It will also contribute to growing congestion in Earth's orbit, where tens of thousands of sa...
Automating collision avoidance
Oct 23, 2019 (ESA)
The Agency is developing a collision avoidance system that will automatically assess the risk and likelihood of in-space collisions, improve the decision making...
World's fastest supercomputer prepares for mega-telescope project
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers from ICRAR in Perth, Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the US and Shanghai Astronomical Observatory in China used the world's most powerful supercomp...
DARPA picks teams for Virtual Air Combat Competition
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
The Trials aim to energize and expand a base of AI developers and potential proposers prior to an anticipated algorithm-development solicitation to be released ...
Integrating living cells into fine structures created in a 3D printer
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
However, this involves a number of challenges: Some methods are very imprecise or only allow a very short time window in which the cells can be processed withou...
It takes a two-atom catalyst to make oxygen from water
Oct 23, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers say rust has long been seen as a potentially attractive material for solar water splitting, a key process that plants employ in photosynthesis. Plan...
Raytheon nabs $128M Air Force contract for Cobra King, Gray Star radars
Oct 22, 2019 (UPI)
The upgrade applies to Cobra King and Gray Star's radar platforms in use by the U.S. military and will ensure that all data collection opportunities that pass t...
Turning plastic waste back into high-quality plastic with advanced steam cracking
Oct 19, 2019 (SPX)
The fact that plastics do not break down, and therefore accumulate in our ecosystems, is one of our major environmental problems. But at Chalmers, a research gr...
Sounding rocket tech could enable simultaneous, multi-point measurements
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
With such technology, sounding rockets could deploy multiple soda can-sized sub-payloads to varying altitudes where their onboard miniaturized instruments could...
Ten highlights from NASA's Van Allen Probes mission
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
"This mission spent seven years in the radiation belts, and broke all the records for a spacecraft to tolerate and operate in that hazardous region, all with no...
Space Traffic Controller Not A Job, But An Adventure
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
It is likely that these positions will be located in an international metropolis such as Washington, Paris, London, Hong Kong, Rome or Moscow. Applicants must p...
Highest throughput 3D printer is the future of manufacturing
Oct 18, 2019 (SPX)
Called HARP (high-area rapid printing), the new technology enables a record-breaking throughput that can manufacture products on demand. Over the last 30 years,...
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