Новости за 19.07.2023

Rome NY (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
The Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, hosted an Airlift Challenge competition in January 2023. This online competition is helping to advance state-of-the-art planning algorithms for executing airlift operations for the United States Air Force. Planning the delivery of cargo as part of an airlift operation is a notoriously complex problem. Transportation routes can suddenly become ina

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 15, 2023
A cybersecurity firm discovered a new generative artificial intelligence tool called WormGPT that is being sold to criminals. Another firm created a malicious generative AI tool called PoisonGPT to test how the technology can be used to intentionally spread fake news online. These tools are the latest examples of how generative AI can be used by criminals and come amid growing concerns

Providence RI (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
Custom fabricated sapphire windows that are ideally suited for protecting sensitive vision systems and sensors in hypersonic aircraft and weapon systems have been introduced by Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, RI. Meller Flat Sapphire Windows feature Mohs 9 hardness, which is second only to diamond, and can withstand temps. up to 1,000+ C, pressures to 10,000 psi, and are chemically iner

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2023
In an attempt to unravel the complex interactions within socioeconomic systems, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is seeking ideas on how to partially automate the process of knowledge curation. This call for innovative concepts comes as part of DARPA's Collaborative Knowledge Curation (CKC) Advanced Research Concepts (ARC) opportunity. Knowledge curation is a crucial y

Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2023
Chinese mining company CMOC Group has agreed to pay DR Congo partner Gecamines $2 billion over a royalties dispute, according to a stock exchange filing on Tuesday, after legal wrangling between the two sides left a mountain of copper and cobalt in limbo for months in the African country. The CMOC-owned Tenke Fungurume mine was slapped with an export ban from July 2022 to April, after minori

San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
This robot can swim under the sand and dig itself out too, thanks to two front limbs that mimic the oversized flippers of turtle hatchlings. It's the only robot that is able to travel in sand at a depth of 5 inches. It can also travel at a speed of 1.2 millimeters per second-roughly 4 meters, or 13 feet, per hour. This may seem slow but is comparable to other subterranean animals like worms and

Potsdam, Germany (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
The new supercomputer "Urania" has been put into operation by the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics in Potsdam. With 6,048 compute-cores and 22 Terabyte of memory it is just as powerful as its predecessor, but requires only half the electricity to operate. Scientists in the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity department are now able to compute gravitational waveforms of coales

Urbana IL (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
Mars rovers have teams of human experts on Earth telling them what to do. But robots on lander missions to moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter are too far away to receive timely commands from Earth. Researchers in the Departments of Aerospace Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign developed a novel learning-based method so robots on extraterrestrial bodies c

Paris (ESA) Jul 19, 2023
No two missions are the same but launches have many milestones and features in common with each other: a satellite or spacecraft is launched on a gravity-defying rocket into space, after it separates and, exact sequences differ but it is woken up, solar arrays are deployed, instruments are switched on and tested and its thrusters are fired to get it where it needs to be. Five years ago, Ae

Boston MA (SPX) Jul 14, 2023
Many scholars, analysts, and other observers have suggested that resistance to innovation is an Achilles' heel of authoritarian regimes. Such governments can fail to keep up with technological changes that help their opponents; they may also, by stifling rights, inhibit innovative economic activity and weaken the long-term condition of the country. But a new study co-led by an MIT professo

Tucson AZ (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
David Grinspoon, a Senior Scientist at Planetary Science Institute has been appointed by NASA to be the new Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution and distribution of life in the universe. As Senior Scientist for Astrobiology Strategy at NASA Grinspoon will serve as the Agency's senior leader for astrobiology, spearheading efforts from NASA

Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
The universe is full of powerful supermassive black holes that create powerful jets of high-energy particles, creating sources of extreme brightness in the vastness of space. When one of those jets points directly at Earth, scientists call the black hole system a blazar. To understand why particles in the jet move with great speeds and energies, scientists look to NASA's IXPE (Imaging X-ra

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 17, 2023
Earth planning date: Monday, July 17, 2023. Today we planned a two sol "Touch and Go" plan. Our weekend drive successfully brought us about 28 metres, bringing us closer to the "crater cluster," a series of small craters grouped close together. These craters were created by meteoroid impacts, probably from a single meteoroid that broke up before it reached the surface. So this mini campaig

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 19, 2023
Engineers and technicians at Cape Canaveral are preparing the Psyche spacecraft for liftoff, which is slated for Oct. 5. With less than 100 days to go before its Oct. 5 launch, NASA's Psyche spacecraft is undergoing final preparations at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Teams of engineers and technicians are working almost around the clock to ensure the orbiter is ready to journey 2.5 billion mile

Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
China's advanced manned spacecraft is set to embark on its maiden voyage sometime around 2027 and 2028, as revealed by a prominent figure in the nation's manned space program. This innovative development in space technology is currently undergoing research and development, anticipating a capacity to accommodate up to seven astronauts on a single journey, as reported in the Science and Technology

Wuhan, China (XNA) Jul 19, 2023
China unveiled a series of commercial space projects at the recent 9th China (International) Commercial Aerospace Forum held in Wuhan. The programs are expected to provide more service in sectors such as natural resources survey, disaster warning and remote sensing. The projects include an ultra-low orbit satellite constellation, the Tianmu meteorological constellation, Luojia-2 SAR remote

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 18, 2023
Raytheon, an RTX business entity, and Northrop Grumman Corporation have obtained a subsequent contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to progress in the field of air-breathing hypersonic systems. This contract signals a commitment to the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) as the companies seek to construct and test additional flight vehicles. The amb

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
In 1859, the Carrington Event, the most intense geomagnetic storm in recorded history, created spectacular auroral displays around the globe, illuminating the night skies so brightly that birds began singing and laborers set off for work, mistakenly believing the sun had risen. Telegraph systems around the world - essential for communication at the time - began to fail as fires sparked and

Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has announced that three researchers associated with the UAH Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) have discovered a gamma-ray burst (GRB) approximately 2.4 billion light-years away in the constellation Sagitta that ranks as the brightest ever observed. Believed to have been triggered by collapse of a massive star, it is accompanied

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2023
NASA's quartet of Starling CubeSats has successfully deployed from Rocket Lab's Electron kick stage, marking a significant step forward in the field of satellite swarm technologies. These cutting-edge spacecraft, designed to work in cohesion as a "swarm", have successfully reached low Earth orbit and are set to commence their mission of testing advanced technologies for autonomous maneuvering, n

The Indian team has reached Trinidad for the second Test match against the West Indies. The Rohit Sharma-led side met with Caribbean legend Brian Lara.

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Clive Allen had some high words of praise for Alfie Devine on the back of the second-half performance he delivered against West Ham. Tottenham found themselves 2-0 down at half-time against the Hammers in their first pre-season friendly of the summer despite showing some promise in the first 45, with both goals coming against the […]