A small CubeSat designed to investigate atmospheric processes on Venus has been recently chosen by NASA for further development. The spacecraft, known as the CubeSat UV Experiment (CUVE), is one of 10 missions to study solar ...
Space Exploration
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Optomechanical devices, which simultaneously confine light waves and mechanical waves to permit interaction between them, can be used to study fundamental questions in physics and to sense motion similarly to electromechanical ...
Optics & Photonics
Apr 10, 2017
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The skeleton of a small, short-snouted reptile found in China was recently identified as the oldest known member of the phytosaurs—an extinct group of large, semi-aquatic reptiles that superficially resembled the distantly-related ...
Archaeology
Apr 10, 2017
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Italian satellite launcher company Avio's successful public offering on Monday will help fuel its ambitions to be a leader in the next space race, the company's CEO said in an interview.
Business
Apr 10, 2017
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Enforcement officials in Malaysia have seized 18 rhinoceros horns imported from Mozambique, weighing 51.4 kg and worth 13.7 million ringgit ($3.1 million), a senior customs official said Monday.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2017
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Japan Inc. where companies with roots going back decades, if not centuries, have long dominated, is finally warming up to startups.
Business
Apr 10, 2017
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The next time the cops chase you down for speeding, they could be driving a fuel-efficient gas-electric hybrid.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 10, 2017
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The wife of a Russian computer scientist arrested in Spain has reportedly been told by police he is being held over a computer virus linked to Donald Trump's US election victory.
Security
Apr 10, 2017
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All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted mahouts relocating him to a new home in Nepal's far west in the hope of shoring up the vulnerable species.
Ecology
Apr 10, 2017
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Coral bleached for two consecutive years at Australia's Great Barrier Reef has "zero prospect" of recovery, scientists warned Monday, as they confirmed the site has again been hit by warming sea temperatures.
Environment
Apr 10, 2017
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