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Simulating space at ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory

Jan 29, 2021 (SPX)

In ESA's Materials and Electrical Components Laboratory -one of a suite of labs based at the ESTEC technical centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands -testing has c...

Ions in molten salts can go 'against the flow'

Jan 28, 2021 (SPX)

Research on the next-generation batteries is under way in numerous academic disciplines. Researchers at the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala Un...

In search of stable liquids

Jan 27, 2021 (ESA)

Separating liquid mixtures can also be used to get rid of pollutants, or to collect nutrients, like scooping a layer of cream off the top of milk. Understanding...

Researchers construct molecular nanofibers that are stronger than steel

Jan 26, 2021 (SPX)

For the past couple of decades, scientists and engineers have been following nature's lead, designing molecules that assemble themselves in water, with the goal...

D-Orbit's ION satellite carrier rides SpaceX's Falcon 9 to orbit

Jan 26, 2021 (SPX)

The spacecraft, named ION SCV Laurentius, is an upgraded and enhanced version of the vehicle launched in the fall of 2020, which precisely deployed twelve satel...

European team to collaborate in optical communication

Jan 25, 2021 (SPX)

One of the collaborative activities in developing this capability includes optical communication tests against the CubeLCT optical terminal on the Photo Images ...

U.S. military uses 3D printing to make N95 respirators

Jan 25, 2021 (UPI)

Air Force Maj. Gen. Daniel Williams, of the U.S. Army Medical Materiel Development Activity's Warfighter Expeditionary Medicine and Treatment Project Management...

NASA's Deep Space Network welcomes a new dish to the family

Jan 25, 2021 (JPL)

The new 34-meter-wide (112-foot-wide) dish has been under construction at the Madrid Deep Space Communications Complex in Spain since 2017. Existing antennas ar...

GameStop extends wild ride on Wall Street

Jan 25, 2021 (AFP)

GameStop shares were up 70 percent at one point in morning trades, after ending last week with a surge in price and rocketing some 800 percent in the past three...

3D printing to pave the way for Moon colonization

Jan 22, 2021 (SPX)

Their paper published in the journal Acta Astronautica contains a comprehensive description of the geological composition of the lunar surface and the propertie...

Record-breaking laser may help test Einstein's theory of relativity

Jan 22, 2021 (UPI)

The record transmission was made possible by a new "phase-stabilization" technology, which utilizes free-space, self-guiding optical terminals featuring mirrors...

Physicists propose a new theory to explain one dimensional quantum liquids formation

Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)

Recently, a new type of quantum droplets has been experimentally observed in ultracold atomic systems. These ones are made of alkaline atoms which are cooled do...

Astroscale's ELSA-d debris buster ready for a March launch

Jan 21, 2021 (SPX)

"We can now begin the final phase of pre-launch activities, including integration of the satellite on the rocket and operational control testing from our In-Orb...

Keep this surface dirty

Jan 21, 2021 (ESA)

Bacteria are a big problem in space as they tend to build up in the constantly-recycled atmosphere of the Space Station. For the six astronauts living in humani...

Seeing in a flash

Jan 21, 2021 (ESA)

This image was acquired by the CECILE prototype lidar, developed with the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, CESM, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, FBK,...

Saffire Ignites New Discoveries in Space

Jan 20, 2021 (SPX)

After Cygnus departed the station on Jan. 6, operators on the ground, for the first time on a Saffire mission, lowered the pressure inside the spacecraft and ba...

Sintavia expands rocket manufacturing with two M4K-4 Printers from AMCM GmbH

Jan 19, 2021 (SPX)

Each of the two new M4K-4s, which are stretched versions of the commercially successful EOS M400-4 printer, uses four 1kW lasers to print single-unit components...

DARPA opens door to producing unimaginable designs for DoD

Jan 18, 2021 (SPX)

The program recently concluded having successfully developed new mathematics and computational techniques, including artificial intelligence and machine learnin...

Kaman KD-5600 Family of Digital Differential Measuring Systems Ideal for Wide Range of Applications, Industries

Jan 18, 2021 (SPX)

Customers in the small satellite, semi-conductors, military/aerospace, high precision metal working and UAV/drone sectors benefit from the KD-5600 system's host...

Tech show offers transport solutions for Covid-changed world

Jan 14, 2021 (AFP)

New options on display at the all-digital 2021 Consumer Electronics Show underscore the changes in mobility during the global health crisis, with more personal ...