Physicists find new explanation for key experiment
Bielefeld, Germany (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 -
An experiment at Tohoku University (Japan) in 2008 laid the foundations for research on 'spin caloritronics' - a field that aims to develop more effective and energy-saving data processing in information technology. Since then, many new spincaloric effects have been studied, but the key experiment in Japan could not be replicated. Researchers at Bielefeld University's Faculty of Physics have now ...
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ORNL integrated energy demo connects 3-D printed building, vehicle
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 25, 2015 -
A research demonstration unveiled at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory combines clean energy technologies into a 3D-printed building and vehicle to showcase a new approach to energy use, storage and consumption.
The Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy (AMIE) demonstration, displayed at DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Industry Day event, is ...
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Spaceflight Purchases SpaceX Falcon 9 Flight For Small Satellite Industry
Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 -
Spaceflight, the company reinventing the model for launching small satellites into space, today announced the purchase of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and the expansion of its launch services to include dedicated rideshare missions. Spaceflight's first dedicated rideshare mission, named the "2017 Sun Synch Express," will launch in the second half of 2017 to a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit which is ...
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The Most Stable Source of Light in the World
Geneva, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 -
In order to be able to detect planets comparable to Earth, the CHEOPS satellite, which will be sent into orbit at the end of 2017, must be able to measure the luminosity of a star with inimitable accuracy. In order to test CHEOPS detectors researchers need a stable source of light.
However there was no instrument capable of producing a light source with sufficient stability to be used as a ...
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Ariane 5 orbits Sky Muster and ARSAT-2
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Oct 01, 2015 -
Two telecommunications satellites that will provide expanded relay capacity for Australia and Argentina were orbited today on Arianespace's ninth mission in 2015 - putting the company on track to perform a record 12 flights this year using its three-member launch vehicle family, which consists of the heavy-lift Ariane 5, medium-lift Soyuz and lightweight Vega.
Lifting off exactly on time d ...
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Dawn Team Shares New Maps and Insights about Ceres
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2015 -
Mysteries and insights about Ceres are being discussed this week at the European Planetary Science Conference in Nantes, France. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is providing scientists with tantalizing views and other data about the intriguing dwarf planet that they continue to analyze.
"Ceres continues to amaze, yet puzzle us, as we examine our multitude of images, spectra and now energetic partic ...
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A satellite launcher for the Middle East
Payerne, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 -
Swiss Space Systems (Holding) SA, trough its subsidiary S3 Middle East, announces major partnership with D&B Group to deliver access to space to the Middle East. The goal is to develop, manufacture, certify and operate unmanned suborbital shuttles to locally launch small satellites up to 250 kg by 2019.
Swiss Space Systems (Holding) SA has announced the signature of a major investment and ...
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Dawn Turns Eight
Pasadena CA (JPL) Oct 02, 2015 -
Eight years ago today, Dawn was gravitationally bound to a planet. It was conceived and built there by creatures curious and bold, with an insatiable yearning to reach out and know the cosmos. Under their guidance, it left Earth behind as its Delta rocket dispatched it on an ambitious mission to explore two of the last uncharted worlds in the inner solar system. As Earth continued circling the s ...
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Galileo satellites handed over to operator
Paris (ESA) Sep 28, 2015 -
Europe's latest pair of Galileo satellites has passed its initial check out in space, allowing control to be handed over to the main control centre and join the growing fleet.
"This was a beautifully smooth start to the mission," comments ESA mission director, Richard Lumb. "From liftoff through to handover to the constellation operator and beyond, this has been a textbook performance not ...
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Venus, Trojan asteroids shortlisted for next NASA mission
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2015 -
NASA's shortlist for the agency's next scientific mission includes five options, but only two destinations - Venus or asteroids.
NASA says it will ultimately choose one or two of the five missions, with a possible launch as early as 2020. Over the next 12 months, scientists will refine the five investigation concepts.
Three of the five missions are asteroid missions.
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Hitchhiking to Mars
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 -
Could some of the hardiest bacteria on Earth hitchhike on a Journey to Mars and survive after landing in a new world? NASA researchers intend to find out.
A helium-filled scientific balloon will soon carry bacteria to the edge of space - Earth's stratosphere - exposing them to conditions similar to those found on the surface of Mars. NASA researchers will measure how long the bacteria can ...
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Russian launches cargo spaceship to the ISS
Moscow (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Russia successfully launched an unmanned cargo spaceship bound for the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday night, redeeming itself after a string of failures that cast a shadow on its space programme.
The Progress M-29M ship took off at 7:49 pm local time (16:49 GMT) from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying 2.3 tonnes of material for the astronauts based at the ISS, the ...
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Search for Mars life stymied by contamination threat
Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
A multi-billion-dollar robot dispatched to Mars to search for life must steer clear of promising "hot spots" for fear of spreading microbes from Earth, NASA project scientists said Thursday.
The spectre of a missed opportunity was thrown into sharp relief by smoking-gun evidence unveiled this week that liquid water, a prerequisite for life, existed not only in a distant Martian past, but is ...
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Pluto's Big Moon Charon Reveals a Colorful and Violent History
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2015 -
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft has returned the best color and the highest resolution images yet of Pluto's largest moon, Charon - and these pictures show a surprisingly complex and violent history.
At half the diameter of Pluto, Charon is the largest satellite relative to its planet in the solar system. Many New Horizons scientists expected Charon to be a monotonous, crater-battered world ...
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Israel PM calls for peace talks with Palestinians
United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Israel's prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians and to savage the international community's nuclear deal with Iran.
"I am prepared to immediately, immediately resume direct peace negotiations with the Palestinians without any preconditions whatsoever," Benjamin Netanyahu told the General Assembly.
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Fresh blast rocks Chinese town: state media
Beijing (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
A fresh explosion rocked a Chinese town Thursday, a day after 17 parcel bombs killed at least seven people and wounded scores more, state media reported.
No injuries were reported in the latest blast, which came hours after apartment buildings were brought down and a supermarket was shattered in a wave of bombings in southwest Guangxi.
Police were quick to rule out a "terrorist act", say ...
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Iran rejects claims of sending arms to Yemen in boat
Tehran (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Iran rejected as "propaganda" on Thursday claims that a seized fishing boat loaded with weapons heading to Yemen was Iranian, the official IRNA news agency reported.
The Saudi-led coalition said on Wednesday that it had seized an Iranian fishing boat in the Arabian Sea loaded with weapons and destined for Shiite rebels it is fighting in Yemen.
A coalition statement said 14 Iranians as we ...
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Saab to support Australia's C-RAM components
Adelaide, Australia (UPI) Oct 1, 2015 -
Saab is providing support services for the Australian Defense Force's Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar System capability under a new $18.5 million contract.
The contract, which includes five one-year options, could run until 2024.
Saab said the C-RAM capability components to be supported under this contact are Saab's Giraffe agile multi-beam radar, Giraffe training simulator ...
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BAE Systems developing new, digital EW system for F-15s
Nashua, N.H. (UPI) Oct 1, 2015 -
A new, all-digital electronic warfare system for U.S. Air Force F-15s is to be developed by BAE Systems under a contract received from Boeing.
BAE Systems said the system is part of a multi-billion dollar program to develop the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System, or EPAWSS, an integrated system to provide enhanced aircraft protection and improved situational awareness. ...
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Japan seeking to build submarines in Australian shipyards
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2015 -
Japan's Ministry of Defense will submit a proposal to the Australian government to construct submarines and train engineers at local shipyards.
The proposal outlines a plan supporting Australia's construction of Japan's Soryu-class submarine, a leading bid for the Royal Australian Navy's requirement for Future submarines. The Soryu class is Japan's first air-independent propulsion subma ...
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Israel PM imposes silence on UN over Iran deal
United Nations, United States (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Israel's prime minister savaged the nuclear deal with Iran, falling silent for nearly a minute at the United Nations Thursday in protest and offering to resume direct peace talks with the Palestinians.
Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the General Assembly as he seeks to repair ties with President Barack Obama, damaged by the Iran deal and the Israeli leader's rejection, while seeking re-election ...
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Pentagon concerned about defense industry mergers
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2015 -
The Pentagon's top weapons buyer has voiced concern that major security industry deals like Lockheed Martin's purchase of Sikorsky could hinder innovation.
U.S. regulators approved Lockheed Martin's $9 billion acquisition of Sikorsky Aircraft in September, finding the deal did not violate any antitrust laws. The Defense Department did not attempt to block the deal, however Under Secreta ...
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Austrian Army receiving Saab training system
Linkoping, Sweden (UPI) Sep 30, 2015 -
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Defense has contracted Saab of Sweden to supply the Austrian Army with a new advanced training system.
The contract, valued at more than $23 million, includes Saab's next generation of soldier training systems with new add-on equipment that will extend the Saab system currently in use and also Austria's existing vehicle and anti-tank training systems. ...
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Pakistan kills 25 militants in northwest: military
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Pakistan's military said it had killed 25 militants in air strikes along its restive border with Afghanistan on Thursday as part of a major offensive to clear Taliban and Al-Qaeda strongholds that began last year.
The strikes were carried out close to the Datta Khel area of the North Waziristan tribal region, the main bastion of Islamist militants who rose up against the state in 2004.
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Russia rejects Western criticism of Syria strikes
Moscow (AFP) Oct 1, 2015 -
Russia on Thursday rejected accusations its air strikes in Syria targeted moderate rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad instead of Islamic State militants, as it prepared for urgent military talks with the United States to head off possible clashes.
Senior US officials had expressed alarm after Russian warplanes began their first military engagement outside the former Soviet Union since ...
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