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  Paris (ESA) Apr 23, 2019 Incoming asteroids have been scarring our home planet for billions of years. This month humankind left our own mark on an asteroid for the first time: Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped a copper projectile at very high speed in an attempt to form a crater on asteroid Ryugu. A much bigger asteroid impact is planned for the coming decade, involving an international double-spacecraft mission. On 5 April, Hayabusa2 released an experiment called the 'Small Carry-on Impactor' or SCI for short, carryin ... read more |
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NKorea's Kim heads to Russia to revive old friendshipPyongyang (AFP) April 22, 2019 On the neighbouring mound to Mansu hill, where giant statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il look out over North Korea's capital, stands the Liberation Tower. ... more  
Japan, US struggle to find crashed jet and its 'secrets'Tokyo (AFP) April 16, 2019 One week after an F-35A stealth fighter jet crashed off the northeastern coast of Japan, US and Japanese military vessels are struggling to find the wreckage and protect its valuable "secrets." ... more  
Snake-inspired robot slithers even better than predecessorBoston MA (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 Bad news for ophiophobes: Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new and improved snake-inspired soft robot that is faster an ... more  
Green plastic production made easySapporo, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 A one-step method enables scalable and more environmentally friendly production of plant-derived plastic monomers, paving the way towards the mass production of a sustainable alternative to petroleu ... more |
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Japan turns to foreigners to decommission Fukushima plantTokyo (AFP) April 18, 2019 Foreign labourers with sufficient Japanese language skills will for the first time be enlisted to decommission the reactors at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant under new visa rules, the station's operator said Thursday. ... more 
Japan's F-35As had 7 emergency landings before crashWashington (UPI) Apr 17, 2019 In the months before Japan's first F-35A stealth fighter jets crashed in the Pacific Ocean, the country's air force made seven emergency landings of the aircraft, Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said. ... more  
BMW to recall 360,000 China cars over Takata airbagsShanghai (AFP) April 17, 2019 Germany's BMW will recall 360,000 vehicles in China as part of the worldwide effort to root out defective airbags made by now-defunct Japanese supplier Takata, regulators in Beijing said. ... more 
Ridding space of old satellites and debrisColorado Springs (AFP) April 11, 2019 With constellations of thousands of telecommunication mini satellites expected to orbit Earth in the near future, the risk of space-debris collisions will grow. For Nobu Okada, it's an opportunity. ... more  
Bridgestone Joins International Space Exploration Mission with JAXA and ToyotaColorado Springs CO (SPX) Apr 12, 2019 Bridgestone Corporation has announced that it will take part in an international space exploration mission together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Toyota Motor Corporation. R ... more |
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 Wreckage of missing Japan fighter jet found, pilot missing  
Japan slams WTO ruling on S. Korea Fukushima food rowTokyo (AFP) April 12, 2019 Japan Friday attacked an "extremely regrettable" ruling by the World Trade Organization that upheld a ban by South Korea on some seafood from Fukushima imposed after the 2011 nuclear disaster. ... more  |
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State Dept. approves $1.1B sale of SM-3 anti-ballistic missiles to JapanWashington (UPI) Apr 10, 2019 The State Department approved the sale of anti-ballistic missiles to Japan, pending Congressional approval, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. ... more
Wreckage of missing Japan fighter jet found, pilot missingTokyo (AFP) April 10, 2019 Wreckage from a Japanese F-35A stealth fighter jet has been found a day after it disappeared off the radar over the Pacific, the country's defence minister said Wednesday. ... more 
Japan probe blasts asteroid, seeking clues to life's originsTokyo (AFP) April 5, 2019 A Japanese probe on Friday launched an explosive device at an asteroid, aiming to blast a crater in the surface and scoop up material that could shed light on how the solar system evolved. ... more 
Making a dent: Japan probe prepares to blast asteroidTokyo (AFP) April 4, 2019 A Japanese probe began descending towards an asteroid on Thursday on a mission to blast a crater into its surface and collect material that could shed light on the solar system's evolution. ... more 
Japan probe sends 'impactor' to blast asteroidTokyo (AFP) April 5, 2019 A Japanese probe on Friday launched an explosive device at an asteroid, aiming to blast a crater in the surface and scoop up material that could shed light on how the solar system evolved. ... more |
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 Yangon (AFP) April 24, 2019 
Recovery teams in Myanmar fought against a huge lake of sludge on Wednesday in their search for bodies after a landslide engulfed more than 50 jade miners - the latest fatal accident in a notoriously dangerous but highly-lucrative industry.
Dozens die each year in landslides caused by jade mining, a poorly regulated industry rife with corruption.
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 23, 2019 
When India tested its anti-satellite weapons, more than 100 fragments of destroyed spacecraft were created; in the future, these fragments could pose a threat to the ISS, the Russian Defence Ministry said.
"On 27 March, India successfully tested anti-satellite weapons, as a result of the destruction of the spacecraft, more than 100 fragments were formed in the altitude range from 100 to 1, ... more |
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 Manoa HI (SPX) Apr 24, 2019 
Climate change and ocean warming threaten coral reefs and disrupt the harmonious relationship between corals and their symbiotic algae, a process known as "coral bleaching." However, a new study conducted by scientists at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa and the California Academy of Sciences revealed soft tissues that cover the rocky coral skeleton promote the recovery of corals followin ... more |
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 Houghton, MI (SPX) Apr 17, 2019 
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are promising for quantum computing and future electronics. Now, researchers can convert metallic gold into semiconductor and customize the material atom-by-atom on boron nitride nanotubes.
Gold is a conductive material already widely used as interconnects in electronic devices. As electronics have gotten smaller and more powerful, the semiconducting mat ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 11, 2019 
The United States will temporarily deploy its THAAD anti-missile protection system in Romania this summer, U.S. European Command said Thursday.
The land-based THAAD system, which stands for Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, will be used by NATO for its Ballistic Missile Defense systems while the international alliance's existing Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System goes through mainte ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 
Beijing plans to send a manned mission to the moon and to build a research station there within the next decade, state media reported Wednesday, citing a top space official.
China aims to achieve space superpower status and took a major step towards that goal when it became the first nation to land a rover on the far side of the moon in January.
It now plans to build a scientific researc ... more |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 15, 2019 
Russian State Space Corporation Roscosmos and Rocket and Space Corporation Energia have received FEDOR (Final Experimental Demonstration Object Research) anthropomorphic robot for its potential use in manned space missions, Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday.
"FEDOR - anthropomorphic rescue robot developed by the Android Technology R and D Company as well as the Rus ... more |
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 Beijing (AFP) April 24, 2019 
China has formally arrested former Interpol chief Meng Hongwei on suspicion of accepting bribes, prosecutors announced Wednesday, as he faces possible corruption charges.
In a remarkable fall from grace, Meng - who had also served as vice minister of public security - vanished last September during a visit to China from France, where Interpol is based, and was later accused of accepting br ... more |
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 Paris (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
Synspective and Arianespace have signed a contract to launch the satellite StriX-a, Synspective's first SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) demonstrator satellite.
On April 18, 2019, Arianespace announced the signing of a launch service contract with Synspective for the launch of the satellite StriX-a (with a liftoff mass of approximately 150 kg.) into a Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) in 2020.
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 19, 2019 
The study of an ancient microbrewery in Peru and its supply of a sour beer has provided scientists new insights into the stability of the Wari empire.
For several years, researchers have been studying the remains of a brewing site at Cerro Baúl, an ancient city in southern Peru and the political center of the Wari empire, which lasted from 600 to 1100 AD - a long time for an ancient d ... more |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 12, 2019 
Scientists have discovered oil-eating bacteria in the planet's deepest oceanic trench, the Mariana Trench.
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Britain, China and Russia, used a submersible to collect microbial samples from the trench, which bottoms out at 6.8 miles below sea level. For reference, the peak of Mount Everest is 5.5 miles above sea level.
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 Beijing (AFP) April 17, 2019 
A Chinese health activist has been detained for more than a month, her husband said Wednesday, after she participated in a protest over faulty vaccines - a re-occurring issue in China.
According to police documents posted online by Li Xin, his wife He Fangmei is under "criminal detention" at the Xinxiang detention centre in central Henan province.
He, 33, who had said her daughter was d ... more |
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 Khartoum (AFP) April 22, 2019 
Sudan's army rulers on Monday demanded protesters remove blockades on roads leading to the military headquarters where thousands of demonstrators have camped for days calling on them to step down.
The order came a day after protest leaders suspended talks with the ruling military council about transferring power to a civilian administration - the key demand of demonstrators.
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 Toyohashi, Japan (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
A research team in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Toyohashi University of Technology has developed new concept of fire extinguisher optimized for space-use; named Vacuum Extinguish Method (VEM).
VEM is based on the completely "reverse" operation of widely-used fire extinguisher, namely, spraying extinguisher agent(s) into the firing point. VEM is sucking the flame as well as c ... more |
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 Traverse City MI (SPX) Apr 23, 2019 
ATLAS Space Operations, Inc., a leading innovator in ground communications for the space industry, has announced an agreement to develop its LINKS platform with the Department of Defense's Defense Innovation Unit (DIU).
The competitively awarded rapid prototyping program will run for 12 months, and will deliver a complete satellite communications platform tailored to the Air Force's Multi- ... more |
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