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Philippine coastguard accuses Chinese ship of using 'laser light'

Feb 13, 2023 (AFP)

The incident happened on February 6 nearly 20 kilometres (12 miles) from Second Thomas Shoal in the Spratly Islands, where Philippine marines are stationed, the...

Turkey's once mighty developers under fire after quake

Feb 12, 2023 (AFP)

The traumatised country's social media users are calling for their heads. Turkish officials are turning them into the focus of public outrage at the shoddy busi...

Meta completes virtual reality deal after US court win

Feb 09, 2023 (AFP)

A spokesperson for the Federal Trade Commission told AFP on Thursday that it would not appeal the February 1 decision. The courtroom loss was seen as a setback ...

Automating the math for decision-making under uncertainty

Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)

The equations used to adjust the parameters in each tuning step used to be derived painstakingly by hand. Deep learning platforms use a method called automatic ...

Understanding laser accelerated electron radiation through terahertz emissions

Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)

Such sources can also provide natural synchronization with the driving laser, allowing ultrafast time-resolved spectroscopy and imaging. Recently, high-power fe...

Momentus Vigoride-5 Status Update #2

Feb 08, 2023 (SPX)

Recent activities have focused on tuning the performance of the attitude determination system and beginning pressurization of the vehicle's propulsion system. T...

AWE completes space environment tests

Feb 07, 2023 (SPX)

From its unique vantage point on the International Space Station, AWE will look directly down into Earth's atmosphere to study how gravity waves travel through ...

High-Gain Antenna for NASA's Roman Mission Clears Environmental Tests

Feb 07, 2023 (SPX)

Pictured above in a test chamber, the antenna will provide the primary communication link between the Roman spacecraft and the ground. It will downlink the high...

Rescuing small plastics from the waste stream

Feb 07, 2023 (SPX)

But for companies that make large numbers of small, disposable plastics, these pocket-sized objects are a major barrier to realizing their recycling goals. "Thi...

International group of scientists warns nuclear radiation has devastating impacts on ecosystems

Feb 07, 2023 (SPX)

The authors are members of the International Biodiversity Network, an organization of globally recognized experts in biodiversity, climate change, ecosystem hea...

IBM and NASA collaborate to research impact of climate change with AI

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

Foundation models are types of AI models that are trained on a broad set of unlabeled data, can be used for different tasks, and can apply information about one...

Purdue uncovers a new method for generating spinning thermal radiation

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

The team, led by Zubin Jacob, Purdue's Elmore Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, has published findings in the journal Science Advances...

Matrix multiplications at the speed of light

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

Progressively, operations between scalars (numbers) were parallelized into operations between vectors and, subsequently, matrices. Multiplication between matric...

Development of 100% biodegradable paper straws that do not become soggy

Feb 03, 2023 (SPX)

The paper straws that are currently available are not entirely made of paper alone. Straws made with 100% paper become too soggy when they come in contact with ...

To decarbonize the chemical industry, electrify it

Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)

"When it comes to climate action and dealing with the emissions that come from the chemical sector, the slow pace of progress is partly technical and partly dri...

Judge denies US bid to block Meta virtual reality deal: reports

Feb 01, 2023 (AFP)

The Federal Trade Commission filed a complaint in federal court in July, arguing that Meta is trying to unfairly buy advantage in the virtual reality market wit...

Ghostly mirrors for high-power lasers

Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)

They have potential to be developed into a variety of plasma-based, high damage-threshold optical elements that could lead to small footprint, ultra-high-power,...

D-Orbit launches ION's first mission into a midinclination orbit

Feb 01, 2023 (SPX)

The OTV lifted off January 31st, 2023, at 8:15 a.m. PT (16:15 UTC) aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from the Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Fo...

AI voice tool 'misused' as deepfakes flood web forum

Jan 31, 2023 (AFP)

Eleven Labs tweeted on Monday that it had been a "crazy weekend" and admitted to finding "an increasing number of voice cloning misuse cases" just days after it...

AAC Clyde Space to be part of first ESA situational awareness GEO Satellite program

Jan 31, 2023 (SPX)

With its expertise in attitude determination and control systems, AAC Hyperion will provide components for the prototype. As a consortium partner, AAC Hyperion ...