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Mathematical framework prioritizes key patterns to accelerate scientific discovery
Jul 11, 2016 (SPX)
Networks are mathematical representations to explore and understand diverse, complex systems-everything from military logistics and global finance to air traffi...
Exploring inner space for outer space
Jul 06, 2016 (SPX)
An international team of six astronauts from China, Japan, USA, Spain and Russia have descended into the caves of Sardinia, Italy, to explore the depths and tra...
Quantum technologies to revolutionize 21st century
Jul 03, 2016 (SPX)
Is quantum technology the future of the 21st century? On the occasion of the 66th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, this is the key question to be explored today i...
Blue Origin has fourth successful rocket booster landing
Jun 19, 2016 (AFP)
US space firm Blue Origin conducted a successful fourth test Sunday of its reusable New Shepard rocket, which dropped back to Earth for a flawless upright landi...
TED Talks aim for wider global reach
Jun 17, 2016 (AFP)
TED Talks, known for "ideas worth spreading," are aiming for a wider global audience with a new mobile application that can be used in two dozen languages. The ...
Disney brings its brand to Shanghai with new theme park
Jun 15, 2016 (AFP)
Entertainment giant Disney brings the ultimate American cultural concept to Communist-ruled China on Thursday, opening a massive theme park in Shanghai catering...
Tech, beauty intersect in Silicon Valley
Jun 12, 2016 (AFP)
The beauty industry has long relied on creating a sense of mystery, magic even, around its creams, powders and potions. But now it has something else up its sle...
Second Starliner Begins Assembly in Florida Factory
Jun 09, 2016 (SPX)
Another major hardware component for Boeing's second Starliner spacecraft recently arrived at the company's assembly facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in ...
Mexican engineer extracts gas from urine to heat shower
Jun 09, 2016 (AFP)
Mexican engineer Gabriel Luna-Sandoval was urinating one day when he realized that the yellow liquid could be of "vital" use elsewhere. Nine years later, he inv...
What Does it Take to Become a NASA Astronaut?
Jun 07, 2016 (SPX)
For many aspiring space explorers around the world, becoming an astronaut is a childhood dream. But have you ever wondered how one becomes a NASA astronaut? As ...
India Presses Ahead With Space Ambitions
May 31, 2016 (VOA)
Indian scientists pronounced the testing of an indigenously developed reusable space rocket this week, "Mission accomplished successfully." Those words have bee...
International Partners Provide Science Satellites for first SLS mission
May 30, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's new Space Launch System (SLS) will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth's orbit. On its first flight, NASA will demo...
Fun LoL to Teach Machines How to Learn More Efficiently
May 30, 2016 (SPX)
It's not easy to put the intelligence in artificial intelligence. Current machine learning techniques generally rely on huge amounts of training data, vast comp...
'Metabolomics: You Are What You Eat' video
May 27, 2016 (SPX)
NASA's Human Research Program is releasing "Metabolomics: You Are What You Eat" video to highlight its Twins Study which uses omics to study Mark and Scott Kell...
ISS Astronauts Enjoy Dish Cooked Up by Students from Hampton, Virginia
May 27, 2016 (SPX)
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station recently feasted on a spicy Jamaican rice and beans with coconut milk entree cooked up by a team of culinary s...
Russia Helps Guatemalan Man Become His Country's First Cosmonaut
May 26, 2016 (Sputnik)
Vinicio Montoya de Leon, a 49-year old native of Guatemala, is set to become the first Central American astronaut in history by late 2018 - early 2019. The chai...
Space travel now in a parachute soon available
May 24, 2016 (XNA)
Traveling to space and returning to earth in a parachute will soon become available for the larger public in China. JHY Space Technology Co Ltd (Space Vision), ...
Airbus Defence and Space starts Orion service module assembly
May 20, 2016 (SPX)
Airbus Defence and Space, the world's second largest space company, has started assembling the European Service Module (ESM), a key element of NASA's next-gener...
Interns Make Archived NASA Planetary Science Data More Accessible
May 19, 2016 (SPX)
An internship program offered by NASA's Planetary Data System's Small Bodies Subnode hosted at the Planetary Science Institute is making archived scientific inf...
NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development
May 17, 2016 (SPX)
NASA has selected eight technology proposals for investment that have the potential to transform future aerospace missions, introduce new capabilities, and sign...
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