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October 27, 2016

New lettuce crop begins growing aboard ISS
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Oct 27, 2016
Just as farmers on Earth are planting leafy greens for the fall growing season, astronauts aboard the International Space Station are planting their third on-orbit crop of red romaine lettuce. Early this morning, NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough initiated the Veg-03 experiment, one of his first science assignments as a new crew member aboard the orbiting laboratory. As Kimbrough worked, members of the Veggie team watched from their consoles in the Experiment Monitoring Area located in Space Station ... read more

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				Airbus Helicopters, DCNS team for future helicopter drone French naval defense company DCNS and Airbus Helicopters are to pool their expertise to design a future helicopter drone system for the French navy. ... more		Lockheed Martin gets $92 million military satellite contract modification Lockheed Martin Space Systems has received a $92 million U.S. Navy contract modification for work on the Mobile User Objective System, or MUOS. ... more

Russia develops new satellite communication system for military use Russia has started the development and engineering of a unified satellite communication system for military use; when completed the system will give the country's Ground Forces considerable superior ... more		Scientists find static 'stripes' of electrical charge in copper-oxide superconductor Cuprates, or compounds made of copper and oxygen, can conduct electricity without resistance by being "doped" with other chemical elements and cooled to temperatures below minus 210 degrees Fahrenhe ... more		Trump and Putin likely to discuss Ukraine war cease-fire this week North Korea rejects G7 call for denuclearization, vows to 'strengthen' nuclear forces Taiwanese president calls for 'proactive measures' against increased Chinese threat		Urine may be the X factor to exploring deep space Astronauts have been known to joke about how they turn yesterday's coffee into tomorrow's coffee. (Hint: It involves urine.) While this may seem like a gross scenario, it has become a reality on the ... more
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6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

Nuclear Plant Digitalization Conference - Nov 15-16 - Charlotte NC USA

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Artificial photosynthesis breakthrough replicates early plant processes

Researchers achieve Bose-Einstein condensation of bound magnon pairs in triangular lattice material

U.S. military launches 'decisive and powerful' strikes against Houthis

China to enhance space capabilities with launch of Shenzhou-11		US to deploy missile defense to South Korea 'soon'		Iran unveils 'suicide drone'		US warned against Chinese takeover of German firm: report		Raytheon receives Rolling Airframe Missile contract modification
Joint Strike Fighter an instrument of Power Projection, not just another fighter		Antares Rides Again		General Atomics to provide Gray Eagle drone support		Lithuania signs missile agreement with Norway		Safran's Sigma 40 integrates with Harpoon missile system

BAE receives max $600 million U.S. Navy contract for laser-guided rockets

Northrop Grumman gets $35 million MQ-25 drone support contract

N. Korea conducts another failed missile launch

GenDyn receives $170 million Hydra-70 rocket contracts

Navy selects radar for unmanned MQ-8C Fire Scout

Quantum leap in the reliability of mass spectrometry-based proteomics

Canada parliament votes to take in Yazidi refugees

Colombia landslide kills at least six

Radioactive leak at Norway nuclear reactor

'Inhumane' conditions at Haiti hurricane shelters: UN expert

Death sentence for Heathrow demolition village

Bio-inspired lower-limb 'wearing robotic exoskeleton' for human gait rehab

New method increases energy density in lithium batteries

Improved water splitting advances renewable energy conversion

Belgian leaders near consensus for EU-Canada trade deal

Inspiration from the ocean

Ultralow power transistors could function for years without a battery

Development of a new thermoelectric material for a sustainable society

Robotic cleaning technique could automate neuroscience research

Britain backs Heathrow airport expansion despite splits

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