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Panasonic is involved in a project on the island of Ishigaki, southwest of Okinawa, to seek ways to grow vegetables in subtropical monsoon conditions. Part of the Japanese government’s Asian Monsoon Plant Factory System (PFS) Consortium, the goal is to… Continue reading Japan’s IT greenhouse built to grow produce in monsoon conditions
The UK Space Agency has awarded a group of companies contracts worth £32 million (US$45 million) to develop a new “beam-hopping” communication satellite. Called Joey-Sat, the satellite would be able to quickly respond to sudden changes in demand or sud… Continue reading UK Space Agency funds beam-hopping communications satellite
Honda Aircraft has taken the wraps off its latest business jet, the HondaJet Elite S, during a virtual product launch. The upgraded version of the Elite has an increased takeoff weight of 200 lb (91 kg), allowing for an additional passenger or an extra… Continue reading New HondaJet Elite S business jet boasts increased payload and range
Lockheed Martin and General Motors are teaming up to develop a next-generation rover for NASA’s Artemis program. Called the Lunar Terrain Vehicle (LTV), it will not only carry astronauts about, but will also operate autonomously.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Lockheed Martin and GM partner up to build next-gen lunar rover
It sounds like the premise of a comedy sketch, but researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science at the University of Tokyo led by Yuya Sakai have developed a way to recycle food scraps into construction materials that are stronger than concrete, … Continue reading Food scraps recycled into materials stronger than concrete, yet edible
NASA is launching a suborbital sounding rocket to study how radio waves escaping the Earth’s ionosphere may be affecting orbital satellites. Scheduled for launch from the Wallops Island Flight Facility on May 26, the VLF trans-Ionospheric Propagation E… Continue reading NASA rocket to study effects of fugitive radio waves in space
In a glimpse into the battlefield of the future, the Estonian Defence Force has carried out a live-fire exercise where two Milrem Robotics THeMIS combat robots provided troops with situational awareness, support fire, and casualty evacuation.Continue R… Continue reading Milrem combat robots support live-fire exercise in Estonia
The China National Space Administration (CNSA) has released images received from its Tianwen-1 Mars lander. The still and animated images sent from the Red Planet confirm the lander’s successful touchdown in the Utopia Planitia region on May 14.Continu… Continue reading First images from China’s Tianwen-1 Mars lander released
After receiving 5,200 bids from 136 countries, Blue Origin has announced the result of the first round of bidding for the first passenger seat on its New Shepard reusable space vehicle. The highest sealed bid for the first flight, scheduled to fly on J… Continue reading First round of bidding for seat on New Shepard reaches US$1.4 million
To reduce high-level radioactive waste and make nuclear reactors more economical, researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are working on ways to use real-time spectroscopic monitoring to improve the recycling of spent nuclear fu… Continue reading Spectroscopic sensors speed up recycling of spent nuclear fuel