April 2018

3 Minutes

Earth

Recent Russian Arctic glacier loss doubles from the previous 60 years

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Geophysicists examining glacier changes in the Russian Arctic have found that the rate of ice mass loss has nearly doubled over the last decade when compared to records from the previous 60 years, according...

5 Minutes

Robotics

Researchers Develop Shape-Programmable Miniscule Robots

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Researchers from the Max Planck Institute have developed functional elastomers that can be activated by magnetic fields. One day, microrobots may be able to swim through the human body like sperm or paramecia to...

3 Minutes

Space

Biggest ever 3D map of the galaxy pinpoints 1.7 billion stars

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We’re building a map of our galaxy, one star at a time. The European Space Agency’s Gaia satellite orbits Earth 1.5 million kilometres away, staring at millions of stars every day to make a 3D map...

3 Minutes

Robotics

Blame the victim strategy reaches corporate level: Deutsche Bank plans to replace much of workforce with robots, because they act like robots anyway

Editor April 27, 2018 0 Comment

One of the world’s biggest banks, Deutsche Bank, has announced that it will be replacing a significant portion of its workforce with robots. The financial institution, which is based in Frankfurt, Germany, employs more...

6 Minutes

Space

Congressional auditors raise red flags on EELV costs, national security launch industrial base

Editor April 27, 2018 0 Comment

GAO: Cost of Air Force 20-program portfolio grew by $32.6 billion, almost all of which occurred in the past five years and is attributable to the EELV program. WASHINGTON — In its annual assessment...

2 Minutes

Solar System

Mud Cracks on Mars Reveal Lake’s History

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Curiosity spotted polygonal shapes on the surface of rocks on Mars — now, analysis of these mud cracks is revealing the history of the long-ago lake that once filled Gale Crater. Scientists examining Curiosity...

3 Minutes

Aeronautics

Meet the test dummies NASA uses to simulate and study aircraft crashes

Editor April 26, 2018 0 Comment

Here’s how the space agency gathers data when planes (purposely) hit the ground hard. At NASA’s Langley Research Center, engineers put aircraft through what they call “severe but survivable” crashes. They can drop a...

4 Minutes

Technology

Higher-energy, safer, longer-lasting zinc battery: Researchers revive old chemistry with new electrolyte

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Again establishing the University of Maryland (UMD) as a leader in the development of groundbreaking battery technology, a team led by researchers at UMD’s A. James Clark School of Engineering has created a water-based...

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Science & Astronomy

AI beats astronomers at predicting survivability of ‘Tatooines’

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With the help of artificially intelligence, astronomers now have a better method for determining the long-term habitability of exoplanets orbiting more than one star. In the blockbuster movie franchise Star Wars, Tatooine is a fictional...

3 Minutes

Science & Astronomy

Uncovering the secret law of the evolution of galaxy clusters

Editor April 25, 2018 0 Comment

Analysis of gravitational lensing data by an international research team reveals that the evolution of galaxy clusters is dictated by a surprisingly simple law, which clearly shows that they are still growing Summary: Using...