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  Onna, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 In 2005, the Hayabusa spacecraft developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) landed on Itokawa, a small near-Earth asteroid named after the famous Japanese rocket scientist Hideo Itokawa. The aim of the unmanned mission was to study the asteroid and collect a sample of material to be returned to Earth for analysis. Contrary to scientific predictions that small asteroids are barren nuggets of rock, photographs taken by the Hayabusa spacecraft revealed that the surface of Itokawa is s ... read more |
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Japan, US navies drill in East China SeaTokyo (AFP) March 10, 2017 The US and Japanese navies said Friday they completed a four-day joint exercise in the East China Sea, as tension intensifies in the region following North Korea's missile tests. ... more  
US move on North Korea tests risks China clashWashington (AFP) March 9, 2017 The United States is scrambling to develop a new strategy to counter North Korea's aggressive nuclear weapon and missile programs, but tougher sanctions could provoke a diplomatic clash with China. ... more  
Additional Arctic weather data raises forecast accuracy of Japan cold wavesTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 A research team consisting of members from Japan's National Institute of Polar Research, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), and other organizations conducted forecas ... more  
Japan recalls tsunami, nuclear tragedy six years onTokyo (AFP) March 11, 2017 Japan paused Saturday to mark six years since a deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster devastated a wide swathe of its northeastern coast as more than 100,000 people remain unable or unwilling to return home. ... more |
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Japan 'piggyback' official steps downTokyo (AFP) March 10, 2017 A senior Japanese politician criticised last year for being carried over flood waters while inspecting deadly typhoon damage was out of a job Friday after joking about the incident. ... more  
Conquering metal fatigueBoston MA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017 Metal fatigue can lead to abrupt and sometimes catastrophic failures in parts that undergo repeated loading, or stress. It's a major cause of failure in structural components of everything from airc ... more 
For Japan's nuclear refugees, insults and rejectionHirono, Japan (AFP) March 10, 2017 Satsuki Sekine's home was destroyed in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and her family fled in the nuclear panic that followed. But crueller still were the insults and stigmatisation she faced in the community where she sought refuge. ... more 
Trump, Abe say North Korea threat 'entered a new stage'Washington (AFP) March 7, 2017 US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned Monday that the threat from North Korea had "entered a new stage," following another defiant missile test. ... more 
Missile tests put North Korea on Trump's front burnerWashington (AFP) March 7, 2017 President Donald Trump is facing his biggest foreign policy challenge yet after North Korea fired a ballistic missile salvo in a supposed training run for an attack on US bases in Japan. ... more
N. Korea goes 'my way' with missiles and murder rowSeoul (AFP) March 8, 2017 Dealing with a notorious murder by detonating a huge diplomatic row, and firing missiles as a practice assault on US bases in Japan - North Korea's recent actions demonstrate its willingness to escalate tensions whatever the consequences, say analysts. ... more |
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DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions Introduces New SolametTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 As the industry leader in solar solutions that delivers proven power and lasting value for customers around the world, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions introduced new innovations for its DuPont Solamet ... more 
North Korea says missiles were drill for strike on US basesSeoul (AFP) March 7, 2017 Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global condemnation of the regime swelled. ... more 
US, Japan seek UN meeting on N. Korea missile launchesUnited Nations, United States (AFP) March 6, 2017 Washington and Tokyo sought Monday an emergency UN Security Council meeting after nuclear-armed North Korea fired a defiant salvo of ballistic missiles toward Japan. ... more 
N.Korea missiles 'drill for strike on US bases in Japan': KCNASeoul (AFP) March 6, 2017 Nuclear-armed North Korea's launch of four missiles on Monday was a training exercise for a strike on US bases in Japan and supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday. ... more |
  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 9, 2017 
Civilians rush down a hillside on the outskirts of Mosul to waiting Iraqi forces, tired but happy after finally being able to flee the clutches of the Islamic State group.
Trapped for years inside the jihadist-ruled city, escaping residents say IS fighters are growing increasingly desperate as Iraqi forces advance on their last bastions in west Mosul.
Civilians are being forced from thei ... more Tokyo (AFP) March 10, 2017Japan 'piggyback' official steps down  Prague (AFP) March 10, 2017Giant Ai Weiwei refugee installation to go on display in Prague  Mosul, Iraq (AFP) March 12, 2017Priceless remains lie in ruins at Mosul museum |
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 Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2017 
Following three days of intensive work, mission control has declared the newly launched Sentinel-2B satellite fit and ready for commissioning. The 1100 kg Sentinel was launched on Tuesday atop a Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. Joining its orbiting twin, the new satellite will double the high-resolution coverage from the Sentinel-2 mission for the EU's Copernicus env ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017U.S. Naval Research Lab develops light, transparent armor  Washington (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Cancer-Causing Radiation Biggest Threat to Humans on Deep Space Missions  Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Mikros contracted for U.S. Navy radar support systems |
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 Boston MA (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 
At high latitudes, such as near Antarctica and the Arctic Circle, the ocean's surface waters are cooled by frigid temperatures and become so dense that they sink a few thousand meters into the ocean's abyss.
Ocean waters are thought to flow along a sort of conveyor belt that transports them between the surface and the deep in a never-ending loop. However, it remains unclear where the deep ... more Beijing, China (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Why did rainfall over Asian inland plateau region undergo abrupt decrease around 1999  Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Stanford biologists identify ancient stress response in corals  Sydney (AFP) March 9, 2017Aussie lake turns vivid pink |
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 Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Polymer nanocomposites mix particles billionths of a meter (nanometers, nm) in diameter with polymers, which are long molecular chains. Often used to make injection-molded products, they are common in automobiles, fire retardants, packaging materials, drug-delivery systems, medical devices, coatings, adhesives, sensors, membranes and consumer goods. When a team led by the Department of Energy's ... more Warsaw, Poland (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Phonon nanoengineering: Vibrations of nanoislands dissipate heat more effectively  Evanston IL (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design  Houston TX (SPX) Feb 28, 2017Nano 'sandwich' offers unique properties |
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 United Nations, United States (AFP) March 7, 2017 
The United Nations on Tuesday said it hoped for fresh efforts to reduce tensions on the Korean peninsula after China angrily responded to the US deployment of the THAAD missile-defence system in South Korea.
"We hope that efforts will be stepped up to find a path to reduce tensions and to work for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula," UN spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.
The US P ... moreBeijing (AFP) March 7, 2017China vows 'resolute' measures after THAAD deployment  Balasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017India stages successful test of missile interceptor Seoul (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Protesters sue to stop US missile system in S. Korea |
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 Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017 
China is expected to launch its first probe satellite to Mars in July or in August 2020, local media reported Tuesday.
The People's Daily newspaper reported citing Wan Weixing, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, responsible for Beijing's Mars exploration program would arrive to Mars after seven months of flight and would start sending information back in 2021.
The med ... more Wenchang, China (XNA) Mar 13, 2017Long March-7 Y2 ready for launch of China's first cargo spacecraft  Beijing (Sputnik) Mar 09, 2017China Seeks Space Rockets Launched from Airplanes  Beijing (XNA) Mar 09, 2017China to launch 6-8 latest navigation satellites in 2017 |
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 Tel Aviv (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems completed a test firing demonstration using its Protector unmanned surface vehicle, or USV.
During the demonstration, the vehicle conducted a series of launches with a variety of munitions, including the Spike missile. The event marked the first missile test firing with a fully operational, remotely-controlled Protector platform.
In a video release ... more Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017DARPA robotic servicing program has become stalled  Providence RI (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Robot uses social feedback to fetch objects intelligently  Washington (UPI) Mar 2, 2017Switzerland taps Kongsberg for Protector weapon system |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2017 
China on Sunday boasted harsh punishments meted out to rights defenders was the legal system's top accomplishment last year, as the country reported a jump in the number of corruption cases tried in its courts.
Activists and lawyers are a constant thorn in the side of Beijing and are often accused of being in cahoots with foreign organisations trying to undermine national security and stir ... more Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017Tillerson to East Asia in shadow of North Korea threat  Sanya, China (AFP) March 13, 2017Sun-seeking retirees flock to 'China's Florida'  Shanghai (AFP) March 3, 2017Shared bikes grind Shanghai's gears |
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 New York NY (SPX) Nov 09, 2016 
Breakthrough Listen, the 10-year, $100-million astronomical search for intelligent life beyond Earth launched in 2015 by Internet entrepreneur Yuri Milner and Stephen Hawking, has announced its first observations using the Parkes Radio Telescope in New South Wales, Australia.
Parkes joins the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in West Virginia, USA, and the Automated Planet Finder (APF) at Lick Ob ... more Parkes, Australia (SPX) Nov 09, 2016Search for ET underway with Parkes Radio Telescope  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 28, 2016Breakthrough Listen to Search for Intelligent Life Around Tabby's Star  Berkeley CA (SPX) Oct 25, 2016New bacteria groups, and stunning diversity, discovered underground |
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 Cape Cod MA (SPX) Mar 03, 2017 
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet. A new study led by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) suggests the mantle - the mostly solid, rocky part of Earth's interior that lies between its super-heated core and its outer crustal layer - may be hotter than previously believed. The new finding, published Mar ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017How Arctic weather can improve mid-latitude forecasts  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017NASA examines deadly spring-like weather with GPM satellite  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Flashy first images arrive from NOAA's GOES-16 lightning mapper |
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 Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
It is rare in biology that a single trait can answer questions spanning several fields of research. One such trait is plant biology's "leaf mass per area," a simple measurement calculated by weighing a dried leaf and dividing by its original fresh area. Leaf mass per area, or LMA, which has been measured in thousands of studies, is used in nearly every field of plant biology to make predictions ... more Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 13, 2017This small molecule could have a big future in global food security  London, UK (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Future climate change will affect plants and soil differently  Leioa, Spain (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Stabilizing soils with sulfates to improve their constructional properties |
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 Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 09, 2017 
On Feb. 22, astronomers announced that the ultra-cool dwarf star, TRAPPIST-1, hosts a total of seven Earth-size planets that are likely rocky, a discovery made by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope in combination with ground-based telescopes. NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope also has been observing this star since December 2016. Today these additional data about TRAPPIST-1 from Kepler ar ... more Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Hunting for giant planet analogs in our own backyard  Canberra, Australia (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Faraway Planet Systems Are Shaped Like the Solar System  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 03, 2017Biochemical 'fossil' shows how life may have emerged without phosphate |
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 Paris (AFP) March 12, 2017 
The mayor of Paris said Sunday the city would spend 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) to rid the French capital of rats and install more public ashtrays to clean up the city's streets.
In an interview with Journal du Dimanche weekly, Mayor Anne Hidalgo unveiled a 10-point plan aimed at making cleanliness a "priority".
The measures include increasing the number of sanitation workers and he ... more Athens GA (SPX) Mar 01, 2017More mosquito species than previously thought may transmit Zika  Paris (AFP) Feb 28, 2017Flu meds do not harm unborn babies: study  Miami (AFP) Feb 22, 2017First drug-resistant malaria parasite detected in Africa |
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 Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017 
In the beginning was .com, followed by a host of other .somethings, but on Friday, 32 years after the world's first domain name was registered, the African Union has launched .africa for the continent.
Africans who want to register a website will be able to apply for a .africa domain name in the coming months, which outgoing AU commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma said would allow the con ... more Abuja (AFP) March 8, 2017Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims  Bamako (AFP) March 5, 201711 Malian soldiers killed in attack on border base  Dakar (AFP) March 4, 2017Senegal and Gambia announce new era of ties |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
Pointing to the adoption of an ambitious five-year program for the development of astronautics in the United States, US legislators urged NASA to abandon its cooperation with the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos by next year; RT quoted experts as saying that cooperation between the organizations would continue.
Earlier this month, America's Congress supported a law that outlines a st ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017New Plant Habitat Will Increase Harvest on International Space Station  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Keeping Liquids Off the Wall  Washington DC (VOA) Mar 09, 2017Space Tourism and Business Looking Up |
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 Moscow (UPI) Mar 07, 2017 
Russian Project 949A Antey submarines will be armed with Kalibr missile systems following an upgrade project, according to state media reports.
The vessels, also known by their NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II, are currently armed with P-700 Granit cruise missiles in addition to various anti-ship and anti-submarine weapons. The Kremlin's plans to improve the Soviet-era ships we ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017Iran Postpones Rocket Carrier Launch Fearing US Threats  Seoul (AFP) Mar 12, 2017South Korea's Moon vows 'new history' after impeachment  Tehran (AFP) March 8, 2017Iran accuses US of stirring tensions in Gulf |
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