2014年8月18日 星期一

2014-08-19 Ireland Science

  Siliconrepublic.com   
Origami-style solar power for future space vehicles  Pune Mirror
As a high school student at a study program in Japan, Brian Trease would fold wrappers from fast-food cheeseburgers into cranes. He loved discovering different origami techniques in library books. Today, Trease, a mechanical engineer at NASA's Jet ...

Origami might change the way NASA builds solar panels   ExtremeTech
Orbiting solar power plant could unfurl like folded paper, says Nasa   Daily Mail
NASA develops origami solar panels for future spacecraft   Siliconrepublic.com
The Independent   
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  Tech Times   
Specks returned from space may be alien visitors  San Jose Mercury News
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — There may be itsy-bitsy aliens among us. Scientists say seven microscopic particles collected by NASA's comet-chasing spacecraft, Stardust, appear to have originated outside our solar system. If confirmed, this would be the ...

Canadian citizen-scientist discovers one of seven dust grains that may have ...   The Weather Network
Nasa Spacecraft Capsule Captured and Brought Home Star Dust, Says Analysis   Yahoo News UK
Researchers recover possible first samples of interstellar dust   Daily Californian
Tech Times   
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  Daily Star   
UFO May Have Appeared on Film of Smith Creek Wildfire  E Canada Now
Kelowna, British Columbia – When a wildfire broke out at Smith Creek River west of this metropolis of 180,000 people last month, it forced the evacuation of 2,500 people from 1,100 local residences. The fire affected 260 hectares of land of which 30% was ...

Is this a UFO? Strange 'craft' zooms into view during TV coverage of forest fire   Mirror.co.uk
Possible UFO Spotted During News Report (Video)   Opposing Views
Possible UFO Caught On Camera Over West Kelowna (VIDEO)   Huffington Post Canada
Examiner.com   
Daily Star   
Huffington Post   
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  BBC News   
Iceland raises Bardarbunga volcano alert to orange  BBC News
The risk of an eruption at Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano has increased, with signs of "ongoing magma movement", Iceland's meteorological office says. The risk level to the aviation industry has been raised to orange, the second-highest level, the met office ...

Same Volcano, More Problems in Iceland   TIME
Iceland Sees a Potential Volcanic Eruption, and Airlines Cower   Businessweek
Chances of Eruption Increasing at Iceland Volcano   Discovery News
The Times (subscription)   
Sky News   
seattlepi.com   
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  MiamiHerald.com   
Astronaut releases baby satellite  NEWS.com.au
SPACEWALKING astronauts have launched a tiny Peruvian research satellite, setting it loose on a mission to observe Earth. RUSSIAN Oleg Artemiev cast the 10cm box off with his gloved right hand as the International Space Station sailed 420km above the ...

Astronauts take spacewalk to set loose tiny, 2-pound satellite   CTV News

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  BBC News   
Russian cosmonauts launch nano-satellite on spacewalk  BBC News
Two Russian cosmonauts have set off on a spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) to launch a nano-satellite. Flight engineers Oleg Artemyev and Aleksandr Skvortsov launched a small satellite named Chasqui I. It is a joint project between the ...

UPDATE 1-Spacewalking cosmonauts launch satellite, set up studies   Reuters
Russian cosmonauts make six-and-a-half-hour spacewalk outside ISS   Telegraph.co.uk
Cosmonauts deploy nanosatellites during spacewalk   Computerworld
NBCNews.com   
RIA Novosti   
Firstpost   
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  Business Today   
Do black holes come in 'medium'? They do now.  Christian Science Monitor
Scientists report the most precise measure yet confirming the existence of an intermediate-mass black hole, which could have played a key role in the early evolution of galaxies. By Pete Spotts, Staff writer August 18, 2014. close. An artist's illustration shows a ...

Black Holes Aren't Always Super-Sized, Medium Discovered   Nature World News
An in-between black hole   Science AAAS
M82 X-1: Astronomers Zoom in on Rare Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in ...   Sci-News.com
Science Recorder   
physicsworld.com   
Headlines & Global News   
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  The Nation   
505m-yr-old creature finally given place in 'Tree of Life'  The Nation
A bizarre worm-like animal that lived 505 million years ago has been definitively categorised on the 'Tree of Life' by scientists. Known as Hallucigenia the creature has legs, spikes, a head and a tail, and has been linked with a group of modern animals for the ...

No hallucination! Weird fossil worm Hallucigenia descendant found and it's ALIVE   Tech Times
Weird, 500 Million Year-Old Worm Provides Valuable Evolutionary Clues   Chinatopix
505 Million Year Old “Weird” Worm Becomes An Ancestor   ValueWalk
LiveScience.com   
Huffington Post   
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  WKYC-TV   
SPACE STATION | Viewing opportunities for NE Ohio  WKYC-TV
Please keep in mind all sightings are weather permitting, and may not be visible when clouds are present over the area. We provide these as a simple courtesy to our viewers. CURRENTLY SCHEDULED SIGHTINGS 2014-08-12 ISS Sighting ‎Thursday, ...

Mini Peruvian Satellite Chasqui Launched from Space Station   Latin Post
Orbital Completes Third Cargo Delivery Mission to International Space Station ...   Wall Street Journal
Astronauts see Cygnus re-entry over the South Pacific   Spaceflight Now
Andina - Agencia Peruana de Noticias   
WAAY   
io9   
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  Economic Times   
Swarming 'Kilobots' Self-Organize Into Shapes  PC Magazine
Harvard researchers unveil a thousand-strong "flash mob" of small, mobile robots which can self-organize with minimal human input. 0shares. Swarming Kilobots/Credit: Harvard. Harvard researchers have designed a swarm of small, mobile robots which are ...

Scientists develop autonomous robot swarm   3News NZ
Universities enter a new frontier of robotics   Tech Page One
Robotic army work together to create incredible patterns [VIDEO]   WallStreet OTC
Salon   
autoevolution   
Singularity Hub   
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