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Sep 26, 2017

Australia to Establish Its Own Space Agency

Australia's Minister for Education and Training Simon Birmingham has made an official announcement saying that the country will establish its own national space agency.
The space industry is worth $318 billion annually globally and $3.1 billion in Australia alone.
The Australian government estimates that the creation of the agency could boost the industry's domestic value to $14 billion by 2019.

Intel Unveils 8th-Gen Processor

Intel announced the launch of the 8th generation of the "Intel Core" desktop processor family, beginning October 5.
The processor is built for gamers and content creators for heavy duty tasks.
The new processor family introduces the first-ever 6-core "Intel Core i5" desktop processor and 4-core "Intel Core i3" desktop processor.

Sep 21, 2017

New Superconductive Skin

A team of researchers has created a new type of skin that allows robotic limbs to feel hot and cold. While still in development, it could potentially give those with prosthetic limbs the ability to feel again, as well as lead to more advanced medical equipment.

Sep 19, 2017

Convert Carbon Dioxide into Multicarbon Fuels

Scientists have developed a new electrocatalyst that can directly convert carbon dioxide into multicarbon fuels and alcohols using record-low inputs of energy. The work is the latest in a round of studies tackling the challenge of a creating a clean chemical manufacturing system that can put carbon dioxide to good use.

Sep 16, 2017

NASA Bids Goodbye to Cassini

NASA has finally bid adieu to the Cassini spacecraft after 13-long years of Saturn exploration.
The spacecraft self-destructed on September 15, 2017 - 20 years after its launch in the year 1997.
Cassini spacecraft never failed to deliver what was expected of it.

Sep 15, 2017

Mars Has A Porous Crust

According to a study, Mars's crust is not as dense as previously thought and a lower density likely means that at least part of the Red Planet's crust is relatively porous.

The findings provide researchers clue that could help them better understand the interior structure and evolution of Mars

First Global Map of Water on Moon

Scientists have created the first map of water trapped in the uppermost layer of the moon’s soil using data from an instrument aboard India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.

The signature of water is present nearly everywhere on the lunar surface, not limited to the polar regions as previously reported.

The amount of water increases toward the poles and does not show significant difference among distinct compositional terrains.

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