Satellites reveal Ethiopian elephants under threat
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 06:10
Oxford UK (SPX) Dec 02, 2021
Tens of thousands of illegal human settlements pose a real threat to the continued existence of an endangered elephant population, according to satellite analysis of the Babile Elephant Sanctuary in eastern Ethiopia by University of Oxford researchers and the Born Free Foundation.
Researchers from Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment and Born Free found, in the 11 years to 2017
Tens of thousands of illegal human settlements pose a real threat to the continued existence of an endangered elephant population, according to satellite analysis of the Babile Elephant Sanctuary in eastern Ethiopia by University of Oxford researchers and the Born Free Foundation.
Researchers from Oxford's School of Geography and the Environment and Born Free found, in the 11 years to 2017 Quantum computers getting connected
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 06:10
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
A promising route towards larger quantum computers is to orchestrate multiple task-optimised smaller systems. To dynamically connect and entangle any two systems, photonic interference emerges as a powerful method, due to its compatibility with on-chip devices and long-distance propagation in quantum networks.
One of the main obstacles towards the commercialization of quantum photonics rem
A promising route towards larger quantum computers is to orchestrate multiple task-optimised smaller systems. To dynamically connect and entangle any two systems, photonic interference emerges as a powerful method, due to its compatibility with on-chip devices and long-distance propagation in quantum networks.
One of the main obstacles towards the commercialization of quantum photonics rem Geophysicists detect electron dance deep inside the Earth, with a Twist
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 06:10
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
Most are aware that electrons are negatively charged particles that surround the nucleus of atoms and whose behaviour governs chemical interactions. However, it is less commonly known that electrons come in two distinct kinds: spin-up and spin-down. And the tendency for pairing between up and down spin electrons, forming "dance partners" with one another, is one of the most important behaviours
Most are aware that electrons are negatively charged particles that surround the nucleus of atoms and whose behaviour governs chemical interactions. However, it is less commonly known that electrons come in two distinct kinds: spin-up and spin-down. And the tendency for pairing between up and down spin electrons, forming "dance partners" with one another, is one of the most important behaviours Combining two cognitive computing nano-elements into one
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 06:10
Sendai, Japan (SPX) Dec 01, 2021
Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of Gothenburg have established a new spintronic technology for brain-inspired computing.
Their achievement was published in the journal Nature Materials on Nov. 29, 2021.
Sophisticated cognitive tasks, such as image and speech recognition, have seen recent breakthroughs thanks to deep learning. Even so, the human brain still execute
Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of Gothenburg have established a new spintronic technology for brain-inspired computing.
Their achievement was published in the journal Nature Materials on Nov. 29, 2021.
Sophisticated cognitive tasks, such as image and speech recognition, have seen recent breakthroughs thanks to deep learning. Even so, the human brain still execute Japanese duo prepare for first tourist flight to space station since 2009
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 6, 2021
Two Japanese businessmen plan to become the first paying tourists to visit the International Space Station since 2009 by rocketing into orbit from Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who made his fortune in the fashion industry, booked seats for himself and his production assistant, Yozo Hirano, aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft through Virginia-based spacecraft broker
Two Japanese businessmen plan to become the first paying tourists to visit the International Space Station since 2009 by rocketing into orbit from Kazakhstan on Wednesday.
Billionaire Yusaku Maezawa, who made his fortune in the fashion industry, booked seats for himself and his production assistant, Yozo Hirano, aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft through Virginia-based spacecraft broker RUAG Space: First fully U.S.-made fairing to fly into space
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Dec 06, 2021
On Sun., Dec. 5, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) from Cape Canaveral, Fla. "This flight is a key milestone for us," said Dan Merenda, managing director RUAG Space USA.
"For the very first time, a fully U.S.-made fairing from us will fly into space." It is also the first ti
On Sun., Dec. 5, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will launch the Space Test Program (STP)-3 mission for the U.S. Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Command (SSC) from Cape Canaveral, Fla. "This flight is a key milestone for us," said Dan Merenda, managing director RUAG Space USA.
"For the very first time, a fully U.S.-made fairing from us will fly into space." It is also the first ti NASA announces 10 latest astronaut trainees
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Houston (AFP) Dec 6, 2021
NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor, a former member of the national cycle team, and a pilot who led the first-ever all-woman F-22 formation in combat.
The 2021 class was whittled down from a field of more than 12,000 applicants and will now report for duty in January at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where they will
NASA announced Monday its 10 latest trainee astronauts, who include a firefighter turned Harvard professor, a former member of the national cycle team, and a pilot who led the first-ever all-woman F-22 formation in combat.
The 2021 class was whittled down from a field of more than 12,000 applicants and will now report for duty in January at the Johnson Space Center in Texas, where they will China's manned moon landing possible before 2030: scientist
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Beijing (XNA) Dec 06, 2021
It is "entirely possible" for China to perform a crewed lunar landing before 2030, said a senior Chinese scientist in deep-space exploration.
"I personally think that as long as the technological research for manned moon landing continues, and as long as the country is determined (to achieve the goal), it is entirely possible for China to land people on the moon before 2030, " Ye Peijian
It is "entirely possible" for China to perform a crewed lunar landing before 2030, said a senior Chinese scientist in deep-space exploration.
"I personally think that as long as the technological research for manned moon landing continues, and as long as the country is determined (to achieve the goal), it is entirely possible for China to land people on the moon before 2030, " Ye Peijian NASA's next-generation asteroid impact monitoring system goes online
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 06, 2021
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come close to our planet.
To date, nearly 28,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been found by survey telescopes that continually scan the night sky, adding new discoveries at a rate of about 3,000 per year. But as larger and more advanced survey tele
The new system improves the capabilities of NASA JPL's Center for Near Earth Object Studies to assess the impact risk of asteroids that can come close to our planet.
To date, nearly 28,000 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) have been found by survey telescopes that continually scan the night sky, adding new discoveries at a rate of about 3,000 per year. But as larger and more advanced survey tele Evidence emerges for dark-matter free galaxies
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
London, UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2021
An international team of astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands has found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905, despite taking detailed measurements over a course of fourty hours with state-of-the-art telescopes. They will present their findings in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
When Pavel Mancera Pina (University of Groningen and ASTRON, the Ne
An international team of astronomers led by researchers from the Netherlands has found no trace of dark matter in the galaxy AGC 114905, despite taking detailed measurements over a course of fourty hours with state-of-the-art telescopes. They will present their findings in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
When Pavel Mancera Pina (University of Groningen and ASTRON, the Ne Growing trend shows demand for maintenance students at commercial space firms
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Daytona Beach, FL (SPX) Dec 06, 2021
Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) students have been drawing attention in recent years from a new suitor: commercial space companies.
With at least 16 students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's AMS program hired at SpaceX and Blue Origin within the past six years, program leaders credit a steady evolution in the aviation and aerospace sectors - namely, the commercial space boom: an i
Aviation Maintenance Science (AMS) students have been drawing attention in recent years from a new suitor: commercial space companies.
With at least 16 students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's AMS program hired at SpaceX and Blue Origin within the past six years, program leaders credit a steady evolution in the aviation and aerospace sectors - namely, the commercial space boom: an i AST SpaceMobile provides update on BlueWalker 3 launch timing
Tuesday, 07 December 2021 02:16
Midland TX (SPX) Dec 06, 2021
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has provided updated timing for the launch of its next satellite, BlueWalker 3.
As discussed on the recent Third Quarter 2021 Business Update call and disclosed in its third quarter Form 10-Q, AST SpaceMobile had been evaluating whether to rebook th
AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard mobile phones, has provided updated timing for the launch of its next satellite, BlueWalker 3.
As discussed on the recent Third Quarter 2021 Business Update call and disclosed in its third quarter Form 10-Q, AST SpaceMobile had been evaluating whether to rebook th DoD space agency making contingency plans in case Congress doesn’t pass a budget
Monday, 06 December 2021 22:33
The Space Development Agency’s plans to launch 20 satellites and procure an additional 126 over the coming year could be derailed if Congress doesn’t pass a budget when temporary funding expires in February, SDA director Derek Tournear said Dec.
Rocket flies high over Norway in scientist's atmosphere experiment
Monday, 06 December 2021 21:17
A NASA sounding rocket soared high from a launchpad in Norway on Wednesday morning in a decades-old quest to understand the cause of a persistent dense patch of upper atmosphere on Earth's sun-facing side.
The Cusp Region Experiment-2, or C-REX-2, is headed by space physicist Mark Conde of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geophysical Institute and funded by NASA.
NASA's 10 new astronauts: pilots, doctor, physicist, cyclist
Monday, 06 December 2021 20:03