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NASA Green Lights Upgrade Of Apollo Era Lunar Laser Experiment

Each placement of a Next Generation lunar laser ranging array will greatly enhance the scientific and navigational capabilities of the retroreflector network. These additions improve the mapping capabilities important for NASA's plans to return to the Moon and by 2028 establish a sustained human presence.

Intel: New Chip Materials Will Enable Massive AI Research Gains

This burgeoning interest in “edge AI” has to an extent outpaced hardware, much of which is practically incapable of accomplishing tasks better suited to a datacenter.

Pilot Plant Demonstrates Low-cost Conversion Of CO2 Into Fuel

After running a pilot plant for three years, Canadian company Carbon Engineering (CE) has broken down the costs of an air capture system and shown it can be done much more cost-effectively than previously thought.

Injected After Accidents, Nanoparticles Could Prevent Paralysis

It is hoped that once developed further, the technology could be incorporated into an EpiPen-like device that would be used to rapidly inject the particles as soon as possible after an injury occurs.

Google Cloud’s Andrew Moore Says AI Must Be More Accessible To Succeed

Non-data scientists can find the technology mysterious and intimidating. But some of the most impressive uses of AI, he says, have come when outsiders get involved with the design and development process.

Apple’s First App Development Accelerator Opens In Shanghai, China

Apple expects to assist accelerator participants in designing, distributing, and marketing their apps for global rather than just local appeal, as well as spotlighting its newest and most important technologies within the country.

Virgin Galactic To Become The First Space Tourism Company To Go Public

$800 million investment should keep the lights on until the company turns a profit.

Space-based Gravitational-wave Detector May Detect Strange Exoplanets

LISA could be used to identify a very strange class of planets: heavy planets orbiting binary pairs of white dwarf stars. But because of its exquisite sensitivity, LISA could potentially spot them orbiting outside our own galaxy.

Abu Dhabi Throws The Switch On World's Largest Single-site Solar Project

Abu Dhabi is claiming the title of the world's largest single-site solar project, having hit the go-button on the Noor Abu Dhabi project this week, with a reported capacity of 1.177 gigawatts

NASA Taps Carnegie Mellon To Build Small, Speedy MoonRanger Lunar Rover

NASA has awarded Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Astrobotic a US$5.6 million contract to build a new suitcase-sized robotic lunar rover that could land on the Moon as soon as 2021.

June Steam Hardware Survey: The Rift-Vive Gap Shrinks … Sort Of

The Oculus Rift still leads the charge with 44.12% of the overall VR headset use on Steam. Pairing the 40.76% share that HTC Vive has with the 1.66% share of the Vive Pro, HTC is at 42.42%. That’s a difference of just 1.7% between the two headsets.

Oranges, Grapes And Carrots Contain Cancer-fighting Compounds

Oranges, grapes and carrots contain cancer-fighting compounds which closely resemble molecules used in already licenced drugs, scientists say.