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Russian scientists improve 3D printing technology for aerospace composites using oil waste

Nov 26, 2020 (SPX)

Today, the main field of application for aluminum 3D printing is the creation of high-tech parts for the aviation and space industries. The presence of even the...

Using fabric to listen to space dust

Nov 26, 2020 (SPX)

The hope is that this work could lead to thermal blankets for spacecraft, that could act as sensitive detectors for impacting micrometeoroids and space debris. ...

Video games are 'under-regulated': EU anti-terror czar

Nov 26, 2020 (AFP)

The official, Gilles de Kerchove, made the argument ahead of the European Commission's presentation on December 9 of a proposed Digital Services Act that aims t...

Move over plastic: desktop 3D printing in metal or ceramics

Nov 26, 2020 (ESA)

ESA-supported startup TIWARI Scientific Instruments in Germany has developed a technique allowing low cost 3D printing using a variety of metals and ceramics. O...

Cracking the secrets of an emerging branch of physics

Nov 22, 2020 (SPX)

Thanh Nguyen is in the habit of breaking down barriers. Take languages, for instance: Nguyen, a third-year doctoral candidate in nuclear science and engineering...

China launches antenna array for Mars, moon missions

Nov 19, 2020 (XNA)

After nearly two years of construction, the deep-space antenna array system was built at the control center's Kashgar station in northwestern Xinjiang Uygur aut...

Astroscale announces March 2021 Launch Date for Debris Removal Demonstration

Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)

"We now have the launch in our sights," says Seita Iizuka, ELSA-d Project Manager. "Publicly announcing this significant milestone is possible thanks to years o...

The Workspace Of The Future, Carnegie's VizLab Will Unlock The Secrets Of The Universe

Nov 19, 2020 (SPX)

Imagine standing in front of a wave of data and probing the mysteries of the universe's most-ancient galaxies side-by-side with swirling, colorful simulations o...

Danger in sun-synchronous orbits

Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)

Since these orbits have inclinations that require satellite to pass over north and south polar regions of the Earth during each circuit around the planet the pr...

MDA receives commercial contracts for on-orbit servicing technologies

Nov 18, 2020 (SPX)

MDA has announced that it has signed multiple contracts with Maxar Technologies to provide advanced space robotics technologies for the Space Infrastructure Dex...

Smart concrete could pave the way for high-tech, cost-effective roads

Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)

Of the 614,387 bridges in the U.S., for example, 39% are older than their designed lifetimes, while nearly 10% are structurally deficient, meaning they could be...

Smaller than ever - exploring the unusual properties of quantum-sized materials

Nov 13, 2020 (SPX)

Moreover, as particles become smaller, exotic quantum phenomena become more prominent. This has enabled scientists to produce materials and devices with charact...

Earth may have recaptured a 1960s-era rocket booster

Nov 13, 2020 (JPL)

This story of celestial catch-and-release begins with the detection of an unknown object by the NASA-funded Pan-STARRS1 survey telescope on Maui in September. A...

New PlayStation hits market as console battle with Xbox begins

Nov 12, 2020 (AFP)

With pre-orders pointing to a record launch, market leader Sony is counting on big-ticket exclusive games like "Spider-Man: Miles Morales" to keep the edge over...

Chain reaction: virus darkens future of Albania's chromium miners

Nov 11, 2020 (AFP)

"When China and America have problems, we have even bigger problems in Bulqize," he says, referring to the region to the east where the blue-grey metal is mined...

Radiation Hard Lenses for Satellite UHD Video Cameras

Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)

Sen launched its first set of UHD video cameras into space in 2019 and successfully demonstrated the excellent performance of its video streaming platform. The ...

A chemical space mapping method helps crack the mystery of Mendeleev number

Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)

Yet the meaning and origin of MNs were unclear. Scientists from the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech) puzzled out the physical meaning of ...

Surrey helps to produce the world's first neutron-rich, radioactive tantalum ions

Nov 11, 2020 (SPX)

In a paper published in Physical Review Letters, the University of Surrey together with its partners detail how they used a new isotope-separation facility, cal...

Printing self-folding paper structures for future mechatronics

Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)

Surprisingly, it turns out that this type of motion could become the basis to produce new types of robots and mechatronic devices. In a recent study published i...

Exceptional ground and flight demonstrations lead way to further applicability across programs

Nov 10, 2020 (SPX)

For the demonstrations, an advanced Northrop Grumman wideband AESA sensor was connected to an OMS-compliant mission computing system provided by Boeing. After i...