Space Exploration
Sep 1, 2018
NASA anxious to hear from Mars rover as dust storm clears
NASA is anxious to hear from its dust-silenced Mars rover, Opportunity, as the planet's red skies clear.
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Business
May 9, 2017
Japan's Toshiba fights Western Digital over chips unit sale (Update)
Japanese electronics maker Toshiba is facing resistance from its U.S. joint venture partner Western Digital over Toshiba's plans to sell its computer-chip business to anyone else, and Toshiba is fighting back.
Business
Mar 1, 2017
Appeals court overturns $533 mn verdict against Apple
A US appellate court Wednesday overturned a $533 million patent verdict against Apple, saying the award was based on "routine computer activities" which cannot be patented.
Nanophysics
Jun 15, 2016
Experiments demonstrate how memristors work
In experiments at two Department of Energy national labs – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory – scientists at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) have experimentally confirmed ...
Space Exploration
Nov 10, 2015
Opportunity rover driving between 'lily pads' in search of Martian sun and science
Just shy of an unfathomable 4200 Sols traversing ravishing alien terrain on the Red Planet, the longest living 'Martian' – NASA's robot 'Opportunity' – is driving between "lily pads" down steep walled Marathon Valley ...
Nanophysics
Oct 19, 2015
A new electronic component to replace flash storage
Researchers funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation have created a new electronic component that could replace flash storage. This memristor could also be used one day in new types of computers.
Space Exploration
Sep 26, 2015
Opportunity Mars rover preparing for active winter
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is conducting a "walkabout" survey of "Marathon Valley," where the rover's operators plan to use the vehicle through the upcoming Martian winter, and beyond, to study the context ...
Space Exploration
Jul 7, 2015
Opportunity's 7th Mars winter to include new study area
Operators of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity plan to drive the rover into a valley this month where Opportunity will be active through the long-lived rover's seventh Martian winter, examining outcrops that contain ...
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2015
Rover examining odd Mars rocks at valley overlook
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity climbed last month to an overlook for surveying "Marathon Valley," a science destination chosen because spectrometer observations from orbit indicate exposures of clay minerals.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2015
Mars rover nearing marathon achievement
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity is nearing a location on Mars at which its driving distance will surpass the length of a marathon race.
