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Maverick entrepreneur's space rocket fails at blast off![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 30, 2018 A rocket developed by a maverick Japanese entrepreneur and convicted fraudster exploded shortly after liftoff Saturday, in a major blow to his bid to send Japan's first privately backed rocket into space. Interstellar Technologies, founded by popular internet service provider Livedoor's creator Takafumi Horie, launched the unmanned rocket, MOMO-2, at around 5:30 am (2030 GMT Friday) from a test site in Taiki, southern Hokkaido. But television footage showed the 10-metre (33-foot) rocket crashing ... read more |
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![]() Washington (UPI) Jul 3, 2018 Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $52 million modification to a previously awarded contract to acquire 18 Lot 12 full rate production of the GQM-163A Coyote Supersonic Sea Skimming Target and the steel needed for the GQM-163A SSST program of the U.S. Navy. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) July 6, 2018 Three people were found dead near rain-swollen rivers in Japan on Friday, officials said, as record downpours prompted authorities to order more than 210,000 people to evacuate their homes, with some areas hit by more than a metre of rainfall. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) July 3, 2018 Japan's government on Tuesday pledged to modestly boost the amount of energy coming from renewable sources to around a quarter in a new plan that also keeps nuclear power central to the country's policy. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) July 1, 2018 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has appealed to China's Xi Jinping to help end sanctions against Pyongyang following his landmark summit with US President Donald Trump, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday, citing multiple unnamed sources in the two countries. ... more |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2018 Two of the world's most powerful microscopes suffered severe damage from a deadly earthquake that hit the western Japanese city of Osaka, causing delays in cutting-edge cell and atomic-level research, a scientist said Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 A Japanese probe has reached an asteroid 300 million kilometres away to collect information about the birth of the solar system and the origin of life after a more than three-year voyage through deep space. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 27, 2018 Japan will seek a partial resumption of commercial whaling at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission later this year, officials said Wednesday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 22, 2018 Japan is suspending evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack after historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, its top government spokesman said Friday. ... more ![]() ![]() Seoul (AFP) June 21, 2018 The last polar bear kept in South Korea will be sent to Britain to escape the country's stifling, humid summers and live out his days in more appropriate surroundings, zookeepers said Thursday. ... more |
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![]() ![]() Moon suggests Russian gas be piped to Koreas, Japan ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 21, 2018 Japan has halted evacuation drills simulating a North Korean missile attack in the wake of historic talks between Washington and Pyongyang, local media reported Thursday. ... more ![]() |
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![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2018 Japan's two largest airlines have changed "Taiwan" to "China Taiwan" on their Chinese-language websites, officials said Tuesday, sparking an immediate protest from the self-ruled island. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo (AFP) June 21, 2018 A tower at the historic, quake-damaged Kumamoto Castle in southern Japan - one of the country's three premier castles and once a major tourist attraction - has collapsed, an official said Thursday. ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Research led by Kuhan Chandru and Jim Cleaves from the Earth-Life Science Institute at Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, has shown that reactions of alpha-hydroxy acids, similar to the alpha-ami ... more ![]() ![]() Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Kyocera has registered with the Sustainable open Innovation Initiative (SII) as a resource aggregator*1 for a new program to help control energy resources among Japanese consumers. This latest test ... more ![]() ![]() Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jun 20, 2018 Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Tohoku University (Japan) have explained the puzzling phenomenon of particle-antiparticle annihilation in graphene, recognized by ... more |
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Facial recognition was key in identifying US shooting suspect Washington (AFP) June 29, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Clearing out space junk, one step at a time Toulouse, France (SPX) Jun 26, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Water compresses under a high gradient electric field Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Squeezing light at the nanoscale Boston MA (SPX) Jun 18, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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AEGIS Weapons System sale to Spain approved by State Department Washington (UPI) Jun 27, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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China launches new space science program Beijing (XNA) Jul 06, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Next-generation robotic cockroach can explore under water environments Boston MA (SPX) Jul 04, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Beijing eyes UNESCO status for Mao tomb, Tiananmen Square Beijing (AFP) July 5, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Airbus and Planet join forces to bring new geospatial products to market Toulouse, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Utah soil's slippery grip on nutrients Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Researchers see beam of light from first confirmed neutron star merger emerge from behind sun Warwick UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Help NASA Track and Predict Mosquito-Borne Disease Outbreaks Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Research shows plants in Africa 'green up' ahead of rainy season Southampton UK (SPX) Jul 03, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Successful Flight Testing Of Crew Escape System - Technology Demonstrator New Delhi (SPX) Jul 06, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Pompeo in N. Korea to seek 'details' on denuclearisation Pyongyang (AFP) July 6, 2018 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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