Musk v Ambani: Billionaires battle over India's satellite internet

1 month ago

Elon Musk’s Starlink has 6,419 satellites in orbit and four million subscribers across 100 countries. (Reuters) BBC News, October 23 — The race between two of the world’s richest...

Chinese scientists develop novel high-efficiency solar cell

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BEIJING, October 19 — An international team led by scientists with the Institute of Chemistry under the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a new type of high-efficiency solar cell. ...

Spacecraft blasts off to hunt alien life on a distant moon

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Florida (USA), October 15 — A spacecraft that will hunt for signs of alien life on one of Jupiter’s icy moons has blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Nasa...

Google goes nuclear to power AI data centres

2 months ago

The agreement with Kairos Power aims to bring the first nuclear reactor online by 2030. (Reuters) California (USA) — Google has signed a deal to use small nuclear reactors...

Moon race, private competition in focus as space powers gather in Milan

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A model of a CSO optical space constellation military reconnaissance platform in Paris, Sep 19, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/ File Photo MILAN, October 14 — The world's space agencies are...

SpaceX arms catch Starship rocket booster back at the launch pad

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TEXAS (AP) — SpaceX pulled off its boldest test flight yet of the enormous Starship rocket on Sunday, catching the returning booster back at the launch pad with mechanical arms. Towering...

Elon Musk unveils Cybercab at Tesla robotaxi event

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Tesla boss Elon Musk has unveiled the firm's long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California. The futuristic-looking vehicle featuring two wing-like doors and no...

Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to 3 scientists for work on proteins

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded Wednesday to three scientists for their breakthrough work predicting and even designing the structure of proteins, the building blocks of...

Nobel Prize in Physics awarded for AI-enabling discoveries

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two pioneers of artificial intelligence – John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton – won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine...

US judge orders Google to open app store to rivals

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BBC Technology, October 8 — A US federal judge has ruled that Google must allow Android apps made by rival technology firms onto its Google Play app store for three...

Nobel Prize in medicine honors 2 scientists for their discovery of microRNA

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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine on Monday for their discovery of microRNA, tiny bits of genetic material that serve as on and off switches...

Northern Lights possible as solar storms gather

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The very strong solar flare came from a region near the Sun's south-centre disc. (Met Office) BBC Science, October 4 — A huge solar flare, the largest since 2017,...

Google introduces new way to search by filming video

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Tom Gerken, October 4 — Google has released a new feature which will allow people to search the internet by taking a video. Video search will let people point...

SpaceX docks at ISS to collect stranded astronauts

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SpaceX's Dragon capsule pictured after docking at the International Space Station. (NASA) Florida (USA), September 30 — A SpaceX capsule sent to bring back two astronauts stranded on the...

SpaceX launches rescue mission for 2 NASA astronauts

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched a rescue mission for the two stuck astronauts at the International Space Station on Saturday, sending up a downsized crew to bring them home but...