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  Washington (UPI) Jul 20, 2017 The Japanese government plans to equip its F-2 fighters from next fiscal year with a new air-to-ship missile now under development, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Wednesday. Quoting unnamed sources, the newspaper said the new missile - the first supersonic air-to-ship type missile developed by Japan - will replace the Air Self-Defense Force's Type 80 and Type 93 missiles. The speed of the new missile is roughly Mach 3, or three times the speed of sound and about three-times faster tha ... read more |
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ASTROSCALE Raises a Total of $25 Million in Series C Led by Private CompaniesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 18, 2017 ASTROSCALE completed a Series C round and raised $53 million in total to date. Private companies, ANA Holdings Inc. (ANA - parent company of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS Co., Ltd.) and OSG Corporation, join r ... more  
World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleachedTokyo (AFP) July 18, 2017 Bleaching has damaged the world's northernmost coral reef in Japan, a researcher said Tuesday, the latest example of a global phenomenon scientists have attributed to high ocean temperatures. ... more 
Japanese seaweed is welcome invader on US coasts: studyMiami (AFP) July 17, 2017 A kind of Japanese seaweed that is considered an invasive species in the United States is actually serving an important role in restoring barren and vulnerable coastlines, US researchers said Monday. ... more  
Japanese engineers develop headset-less VR systemTokyo (AFP) July 18, 2017 A virtual reality "space ride" in which viewers feel as if they are flying through the air inside a giant glass ball has been developed in Japan. ... more |
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Japan Abe sees devastation in flood-hit areaTokyo (AFP) July 12, 2017 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday visited southern regions devastated by torrential rains and flooding that killed two dozen people as the toll was likely to rise. ... more  
India holds naval exercises with US, JapanNew Delhi (AFP) July 10, 2017 India began holding naval exercises with the United States and Japan off its south coast on Monday, seeking to forge closer military ties to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. ... more
Japan floods death toll rises to 20Tokyo (AFP) July 9, 2017 The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Japan's south has risen to 20, local media reported Sunday, as rescue teams continued their search for survivors. ... more  
Mitsubishi, Assystem take stakes in France's nuclear reactors firmParis (AFP) July 10, 2017 Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi and French engineering consulting firm Assystem have taken stakes in French nuclear reactor business New NP, created from Areva, electricity firm EDF said Monday. ... more  
U.S., Japan, India start Malabar 2017 joint naval exercisesWashington (UPI) Jul 7, 2017 The United States, Japan and India have started a week-long series of joint naval exercises involving ships and aircraft from all three nations, the U.S. Navy announced Friday. ... more  
Spacecraft unveiled for first Europe mission to MercuryThe Hague (AFP) July 6, 2017 European and Japanese scientists Thursday proudly unveiled the BepiColombo spacecraft ahead of its seven-year journey to Mercury, to explore one of the Solar System's most enigmatic planets. ... more |
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Preparing for Mercury: BepiColombo stack completes testingParis (ESA) Jul 07, 2017 ESA's Mercury spacecraft has passed its final test in launch configuration, the last time it will be stacked like this before being reassembled at the launch site next year. BepiColombo's two ... more 
US warplanes fly over disputed South China SeaBeijing (AFP) July 7, 2017 US warplanes have flown over the disputed South China Sea, the US Air Force said Friday, a move aimed at asserting freedom of navigation rights in the hotly-contested area. ... more  
US bombers drill near Korea DMZ in show of forceSeoul (AFP) July 8, 2017 US bombers carried out a rare live fire drill in South Korea Saturday, flying close to the DMZ in a show of force after Pyongyang's latest missile test, the South's defence ministry said. ... more  
Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noiseWashington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2017 Owls' wings could hold the key to beating wind turbine noise A new study has revealed how inspiration from owls' wings could allow aircraft and wind turbines to become quieter. Researche ... more |
  Debaga, Iraq (AFP) July 18, 2017  Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of Islamic State group jihadists in his northern Iraqi hometown.
"I miss my family, nine months is too long," said the teenager, among hundreds of youngsters separated from their parents because of IS and the months-long battle that has expelled the jihadists from Mosul, the ma ... more Leogane, Haiti (AFP) July 18, 2017Haiti's army reborn 20 years after it was demobilized  Oxford UK (SPX) Jul 18, 2017The last survivors on Earth  Washington (AFP) July 12, 2017Civilian deaths soar in Iraq, Syria: monitoring group |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017 
A new satellite developed by a group of students at the Moscow State University of Mechanical Engineering has been fitted with metallic reflectors and will be able to remove space junk circling the Earth. Radio Sputnik talked to the head of high technology developing at 12-Digital, Nikita Yershov.
The probe is part of a flotilla of 73 artificial orbital bodies aboard the Soyuz rocket, which was ... more Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Breakthrough tool predicts properties of theoretical materials  Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Jul 21, 2017Semiliquid chains pulled out of a sea of microparticles  Santa Barbara CW (SPX) Jul 21, 2017A plastic planet |
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 Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
Robotics researchers have found a way for autonomous underwater vehicles to navigate strong currents with greater energy efficiency, which means the AUVs can gather data longer and better.
AUVs such as underwater gliders are valuable research tools limited primarily by their energy budget - every bit of battery power wasted via inefficient trajectories cuts into the time they can spend wor ... more Sydney (AFP) July 20, 2017MH370 search reveals hidden undersea world  Sydney (AFP) July 19, 2017Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters Tokyo (AFP) July 18, 2017World's northernmost coral reef in Japan bleached |
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 Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
In an advance that could boost the efficiency of LED lighting by 50 percent and even pave the way for invisibility cloaking devices, a team of University of Michigan researchers has developed a new technique that peppers metallic nanoparticles into semiconductors.
It's the first technique that can inexpensively grow metal nanoparticles both on and below the surface of semiconductors. The p ... more Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jul 18, 2017New material resembling a metal nanosponge could reduce computer energy consumption  Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jul 18, 2017How do you build a metal nanoparticle?  Pasadena CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2017Nanostructures taste the rainbow |
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 Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017 
Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control has been awarded a $130.3 million foreign military sales contract for Patriot Advanced Capability-3 anti-ballistic missile systems, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
The contract will provide for 35 missile segment enhancements, 100 launcher modifications kits, parts, software, and missile round trainers. Recipients of the systems inclu ... more Vilnius (AFP) July 11, 2017US deploys Patriots in Lithuania for NATO war games  Seoul (AFP) July 11, 2017San Diego 'likely' in range of N.Korea ICBM in 2 years: US monitor  Washington (AFP) July 11, 2017US conducts successful missile intercept test amid NKorea tensions |
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 Beijing (XNA) Jul 10, 2017 
China has a clear plan to provide sea launches for commercial payloads to be carried by Long March rockets, according to an aerospace official.
Tang Yagang, vice head of the aerospace division of the No.1 institute of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASTC), said that the technology is not difficult and a sea launch platform can be built based on modifying 10,000-ton ... more Beijing (XNA) Jul 07, 2017Chinese satellite Zhongxing-9A enters preset orbit  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Space Program: From Setback, to Manned Flights, to the Moon  Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 07, 2017Chinese Rocket Fizzles Out, Puts Other Launches on Hold |
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 Paris (ESA) Jul 20, 2017 
A pair of ESA rovers trundled around a Moon-like area of Tenerife by both day and night during a nine-day test campaign, gathering terabytes of data for follow-up analysis.
A team from ESA's Planetary Robotics Laboratory, with a vehicle called the Heavy Duty Planetary Rover (HDPR), joined engineers from GMV in Spain employing a second ESA-owned rover and associated control systems called t ... more Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Jul 21, 2017A robot that grows  Hong Kong (AFP) July 12, 2017Robots debate future of humans at Hong Kong tech show  Bangalore, India (AFP) July 14, 2017India's Infosys eyes artificial intelligence profits |
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 Shenyang, China (AFP) July 15, 2017 
The ashes of China's late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo were buried at sea on Saturday, depriving his supporters of a place to pay tribute to the pro-democracy dissident.
Officials showed a video in which his wife, Liu Xia, and relatives lowered a white round urn into the water off the northeastern coastal city of Dalian, two days after the democracy advocate died of liver cancer aged 61 while i ... more Hong Kong (AFP) July 14, 2017Anti-Beijing Hong Kong lawmakers disqualified from parliament  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China hits back at criticism over Nobel laureate's death  Shenyang, China (AFP) July 14, 2017China under pressure to free dissident's widow |
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 Stevenage UK (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
Europe's pollution monitoring satellite Sentinel-5 Precursor is ready to leave Airbus' Stevenage site for launch on a Rokot rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russia.
Sentinel-5 Precursor is part of the global monitoring programme "Copernicus", a joint European Commission-ESA undertaking which aims to acquire continuous and accurate Earth observation data and provide services to improve the ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 13, 2017Nickel key to Earth's magnetic field, research shows  Washington (UPI) Jul 17, 2017Great Plains to see more dust storms in second half of the 21st century  Wurzburg, Denmark (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Quantum mechanics inside Earth's core |
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 Crocodile Jaw Bridge, Kenya (AFP) July 20, 2017 
Close by a narrow, rickety bridge in Kenya's central Laikipia highlands two herders sit on blistering hot rock next to the muddy trickle of the Ewaso Nyiro river to explain why they routinely break the law, invading private land to graze their cattle.
"The reason we go there is not to grab the land, we go for pasture, nothing else," says Lemerigi Letimalo, a 28-year-old Samburu herder in a M ... more Los Angeles (AFP) July 13, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand  Sede Boqer, Israel (SPX) Jul 13, 2017Using treated graywater for irrigation is better for arid environments  Los Angeles (AFP) July 12, 2017Disneyland China falls a-fowl of huge turkey leg demand |
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 Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 21, 2017 
The MASCARA (Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA) station at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile has achieved first light. This new facility will seek out transiting exoplanets as they pass in front of their bright parent stars and create a catalogue of targets for future exoplanet characterisation observations.
In June 2016, ESO reached an agreement with Leiden University to site a station of MASCA ... more Washington (UPI) Jul 18, 2017Ancient worm burrows offer insights into early 'ecosystem engineers'  Garching, Germany (SPX) Jul 14, 2017Molecular Outflow Launched Beyond Disk Around Young Star  Arecibo PR (SPX) Jul 17, 2017A New Search for Extrasolar Planets from the Arecibo Observatory |
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 Paris (AFP) July 21, 2017  Some 6,000 HIV experts gather in Paris from Sunday to report advances in AIDS science as fading hopes of finding a cure push research into new fields.
In their 36-year battle, researchers have always come up short against the virus' guerrilla tactics - hiding out in human cells and playing dead only to reemerge and attack as soon as treatment is stopped.
Today's research is about findin ... more Paris (AFP) July 20, 2017As tide turns, AIDS claimed 1 million lives in 2016: UN  Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Purdue researcher: We shouldn't eliminate mosquitoes  Washington (UPI) Jul 11, 2017Scientists piece together extinct horsepox virus, raising biosecurity concerns |
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 Toubacouta, Senegal (AFP) July 20, 2017  In Senegal's southern Casamance region, new houses dot a landscape once dominated by abandoned ruins full of bullet holes, though the spectre of a 35-year conflict still haunts its villages.
Separatist rebels of the Mouvement des Forces Democratiques de Casamance (MFDC) began fighting for independence more than three decades ago but have long ceased once frequent attacks on the Senegalese ar ... more Nairobi (AFP) July 13, 2017Rwandan forces killing suspects without trial: HRW  Addis Ababa (AFP) July 5, 2017AU chair questions US stance on African peacekeeping  Bamako (AFP) July 6, 20173 killed in north Mali clashes as UN condemns violence |
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 Washington DC (SPX) Jul 20, 2017 
When astronauts return to Earth from destinations beyond the moon in NASA's Orion spacecraft and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean, they'll still need to safely get out of the spacecraft and back on dry land. Using the waters off the coast of Galveston, Texas, a NASA and Department of Defense team tested Orion exit procedures in a variety of scenarios July 10-14.
During the crew egress testi ... more Zhukovskiy (Sputnik) Jul 21, 2017Space Tourist From Asian Country to Travel to ISS in 2019  Washington DC (SPX) Jul 18, 2017NASA Awards Mission Systems Operations Contract  Centennial CO (SPX) Jul 21, 2017ULA to launch Dream Chaser for cargo runs to ISS for Sierra Nevada |
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 Seoul (AFP) July 20, 2017  North Korea has not responded to South Korea's offer to hold military talks Friday, Seoul said, dimming prospects of any ease in tensions after Pyongyang tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile.
"There has been no response yet," defence ministry spokesman Moon Sang-Gyun told journalists, adding that preparations were still underway in case the proposed meeting goes ahead.
Seo ... more United Nations, United States (AFP) July 19, 2017US locked in 'slow-going' talks with China on N.Korea sanctions  Tehran (AFP) July 19, 2017Iran's president threatens response to new US sanctions  Tehran (AFP) July 18, 2017Iran parliament vows to fight US 'adventurism' |
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