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High level of artificial radioactivity on glaciers surprises physicists
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
Ionising radiation is an integral part of the human environment. Naturally occurring radioactive isotopes, such as lead-210, actinium-229, bismuth-214 or potass...
Roof of the satnav world
Feb 04, 2022 (SPX)
"The antenna is a critical component of any Global Navigation Satellite System user segment, capturing power from the electromagnetic waves it receives, then co...
Turion Space and NanoAvionics to build a satellite for orbital reconnaissance mission
Feb 03, 2022 (SPX)
Using its onboard sensors, Turion Space's satellite will be able to take extremely accurate measurements of spacecraft and objects in orbit. The data will give ...
Nintendo raises profit forecast but cuts Switch sales outlook
Feb 03, 2022 (AFP)
The Japanese giant posted its highest-ever annual profit in 2020-21, buoyed by a surge in gaming as the coronavirus pandemic forced people indoors. Even as rest...
New lightweight material is stronger than steel
Feb 03, 2022 (SPX)
The new material is a two-dimensional polymer that self-assembles into sheets, unlike all other polymers, which form one-dimensional, spaghetti-like chains. Unt...
Incoming! Debris enroute to the Moon
Feb 03, 2022 (ESA)
In 2015 the Falcon 9 placed NOAA's DSCOVR climate observatory around the L1 Lagrange point, one of five such gravitationally-stable points between Earth and the...
Space Sustainability - It's Time for Action
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
The group toured the ELSA-d Mission Control Centre and met with a group of young engineers from Astroscale who are breaking new ground to provide a solution to ...
Fast-tracking the search for energy-efficient materials
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
"Architecture is both a creative and technical field, where you try to optimize features you want for certain kinds of functionality, like the size of a buildin...
Scientists identify geological 'Goldilocks zone' for the formation of metal ore deposits
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
The metals in question - most notably copper, cobalt, tellurium and platinum - are highly-sought after due to their use in electrical wiring and technologies su...
D-Orbit merges with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp. to become Publicly Company
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
In connection with the transaction and to help drive D-Orbit's next phase of growth, Breeze Holdings and D-Orbit are partnering with The Charles F. Bolden Group...
The impacts of impacts
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
Also important for understanding shock waves is the process of cavitation. The pressure exerted by a gas on an evaporating liquid is known as the vapor pressure...
3D-printed bio-plaster
Feb 02, 2022 (SPX)
"With Bioprint FirstAid, this innovative technology has now been tested under space conditions for the first time," says Michael Becker, Bioprint FirstAid Proje...
New funding to support sustainable future of space
Feb 01, 2022 (SPX)
The 13 new projects will help track and remove dangerous debris in space. They include an AI-based tool which can take autonomous action to avoid a collision an...
Chinese satellite reportedly grappled, moved another spacecraft away from orbit
Feb 01, 2022 (Sputnik)
Last week, China reportedly demonstrated yet another advancement in space-based technology and capabilities as an analytics firm claimed to have seen a satellit...
Space Power to revolutionize satellite power using laser beaming
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Wireless power beaming is a critical and disruptive technology for space infrastructure and will provide auxiliary power to increase the baseline efficiency of ...
New DAF software factory aims to digitally transform AFRL
Jan 28, 2022 (SPX)
Matthew Jacobsen, director of Hangar 18, cited Roper's articles "There is no spoon" and "Bending the spoon" as significant in the formation of the software fact...
NASA aims to make observations from space junk collision with Moon
Jan 27, 2022 (AFP)
The rocket was deployed in 2015 to put a NASA satellite into orbit and its second stage, or booster, has been floating in the cosmos ever since, a common fate f...
ESA has the tension on the pull
Jan 27, 2022 (ESA)
This tensile testing machine (otherwise known as a universal testing machine) does exactly that: a test sample is placed between its two sets of 'jaws' and subj...
A leap forward for terahertz lasers
Jan 27, 2022 (SPX)
The laser could be used in a range of applications, such as skin and breast cancer imaging, drug detection, airport security and ultrahigh-capacity optical wire...
China releases new-generation spacecraft OS
Jan 26, 2022 (XNA)
Developed by the Beijing Institute of Control Engineering under China Academy of Space Technology, the operating system has independent intellectual property ri...
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