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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 19, 2024
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a leading supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, has announced a comprehensive space-ready reference design for the AMD Versal AI Edge XQRVE2302 Adaptive SOC. Developed in collaboration with AMD, the ISLVERSALDEMO3Z power management reference design incorporates key space-grade components for effective power management. This design targets
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San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
When it comes to diatoms that live in the ocean, new research suggests that photosynthesis is not the only strategy for accumulating carbon. Instead, these single-celled plankton are also building biomass by feeding directly on organic carbon in wide swaths of the ocean. These new findings could lead researchers to reduce their estimate of how much carbon dioxide diatoms pull out of the air via
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2024
Research led by scientists at the University of Michigan reveals a substantial decline in the cooling power of sea ice, with the Arctic losing around 25% and the world losing up to 15% since 1980. This study utilized satellite data spanning from 1980 to 2023 to measure cloud cover and the solar radiation reflected by sea ice. The researchers discovered that the reduction in sea ice's cooli
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
GKN Aerospace has introduced H2FlyGHT, an ambitious Pounds 44 million project aimed at developing a 2-megawatt (MW) cryogenic hydrogen-electric propulsion system. This innovative initiative seeks to advance the future of sustainable aviation by focusing on the next generation of larger, eco-friendly aircraft. H2FlyGHT builds on the foundation laid by the H2GEAR project, incorporating adva
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London, UK (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
GKN Aerospace has successfully delivered the complete composite wing assembly for Supernal's first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) demonstrator aircraft. By the end of July, GKN will also provide the booms for this Full-scale Technology Demonstrator (FSTD), which is set to begin flights later this year. These components are crucial for the development of Supernal's eVTOL vehicle, a
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Beijing (AFP) July 19, 2024
A top Chinese official in Beijing's secretive Rocket Force has been placed under investigation for corruption, state media said, deepening a crackdown on alleged graft in the military. Sun Jinming was kicked out of the ruling Communist Party and is under investigation for "grave violations of party discipline and laws", state news agency Xinhua said Thursday, using a common euphemism for gra
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Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
The exploration of consciousness in artificial systems can take various approaches. One approach focuses on the likelihood of current AI systems achieving consciousness and identifying the requirements needed to enhance this likelihood. Another approach, as taken by researcher Wanja Wiese, examines which types of AI systems are unlikely to become conscious and aims to prevent the unintended crea
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Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 22, 2024
Investigators at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, will use observations from a recently-launched sounding rocket mission to provide a clearer image of how and why the Sun's corona grows so much hotter than the visible surface of Earth's parent star. The MaGIXS-2 mission - short for the second flight of the Marshall Grazing Incidence X-ray Spectrometer - launched from W
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Arlington, VA (SPX) Jul 21, 2024
During a trip to the United Kingdom, U.S. Space Force Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman appeared at the Global Air and Space Chiefs' Conference, delivering a keynote address to a crowd of global leaders, industry partners and academics in the air and space defense industry, July 17. Titled "Toward Integrated Defense in Space," Saltzman's address began with a discussion on the
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Washington DC (UPI) Jul 20, 2024
Amid a full moon from San Diego to Houston to Florida to Washington, D.C., activities on Saturday will mark the 55th anniversary of the first lunar landing and men to walk on the moon. NASA's two main visitor centers, the Johnson Space Center near Houston and the Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, have activities scheduled. A gala also will take place Saturday nig
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