Berkeley CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Dark energy - a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate - was discovered 26 years ago, and ever since, scientists have been searching for a new and exotic particle causing the expansion. Pushing the boundaries of this search, University of California, Berkeley physicists have now built the most precise experiment yet to look for minor deviations from the acce

Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
Collaborations with private, non-federal partners through Space Act Agreements are a key component in the work done by NASA's Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT). A collaboration with International Business Machines (IBM) has produced INDUS, a comprehensive suite of large language models (LLMs) tailored for the domains of Earth science, biological and physical sciences

Paris (AFP) June 28, 2024
Game designer Sam Alfred is keenly aware of the challenge he faces in trying to build a video game with climate change at its heart. Lists of best-selling games are filled with titles pushing destruction and violence rather than constructive engagement with the environment. Yet "Terra Nil", a strategy game designed by Alfred and released in March last year, puts players in charge of rebu

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Compact Coronagraph (CCOR) launched on June 25 aboard the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-U (GOES-U) from NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The CCOR aims to detect and analyze coronal mass ejections (CMEs). NOAA sponsored the NRL to develop CCOR, a small space telescope that cre

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 27, 2024
In a live demonstration on 25 June 2024, the AHEAD (Autonomous Humanitarian Emergency Aid Devices) project showcased advanced technologies designed for humanitarian aid and disaster management. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) collaborates with partners to develop remote-controlled transportation technologies to support disaster relief, aiming for driverless vehicles to reach areas inaccessible