Paris (ESA) Feb 12, 2024 - ESA's deep-space communication station in Spain has received a 'cool' new upgrade. The 'antenna feed' connecting the physical Ka-band antenna to the station's electronic signal transmitter and
Dusseldorf, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - The production of aluminium generates around 180 million tonnes of toxic red mud every year. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut fur Eisenforschung, a centre for iron research, have now shown how
Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - The properties of normal materials, such as stiffness and flexibility, are determined by the molecular composition of the material, but the properties of metamaterials are determined by the geometry
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - In the coming decades, NASA plans to send human crews back to the Moon, build a space station in lunar orbit, establish a permanent base on the lunar surface and - hopefully - send astronauts to Mar
Paris (AFP) Feb 12, 2024 - The French government said Monday it was suspending a scheme to lease electric cars from just 100 euros ($109) a month after subsidising more than double the number of vehicles planned for 2024.
Paris (ESA) Feb 12, 2024 - The first commercial flights of a programme that uses Iris satellite technology to help modernise air traffic management and reduce carbon emissions have taken place. The ground-breaking Iris
Philadelphia, PA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - One of the most important components of satellites that enable telecommunication is the waveguide, which is a metal tube for guiding radio waves. It is also one of the heaviest payloads satellites c
Boston MA (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - An intricate, honeycomb-like structure of struts and beams could withstand a supersonic impact better than a solid slab of the same material. What's more, the specific structure matters, with some b
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) is a very precise, laser-based method for determining the distance between a satellite and Earth with an accuracy of a few millimetres. SLR is primarily used in geodesy
Fukuoka, Japan (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Researchers at Kyushu University have found that Japan's current policy of stopping the sale of gas vehicles by 2035 and transitioning only to hybrids and electric vehicles may be insufficient to re
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2024 - A Dutch appellate court ruled Monday it is illegal for the Netherlands to distribute American-made combat aircraft parts to Israel due to a clear risk of humanitarian law violations.
Huntsville AL (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - RWhen the second CLPS (Commercial Lunar Payload Services) delivery is launched to the Moon in mid-February, its NASA payloads will include an experiment that could change how human explorers, rovers
Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Research involving Oregon State University has shown that a swarm of more than 100 autonomous ground and aerial robots can be supervised by one person without subjecting the individual to an undue
New York NY (SPX) Feb 12, 2024 - Quantum computing has been hailed as a technology that can outperform classical computing in both speed and memory usage, potentially opening the way to making predictions of physical phenomena not
Tel Aviv (AFP) Feb 10, 2024 - Israel's army has deployed some AI-enabled military technology in combat for the first time in Gaza, raising fears about the use of autonomous weapons in modern warfare.
Solna, Sweden (SPX) Feb 10, 2024 - The United States Department of Defense (U.S. DOD) has placed the inaugural order for the Ovzon T7 mobile satellite terminal, marking a significant milestone for Ovzon as it delivers this industry-l
