DARPA imitator not doing much after two years of Johnson government The UK's efforts to copy US government and military innovation outfit DARPA are stalling, according to a leading figure in research and development.…
Lees meer* Just a couple of billion years The Moon remained volcanically active much later than previously thought, judging from fragments of rocks dating back two billion years that were collected by China's Chang’e 5 spacecraft.…
Lees meerGamma ray-spotting 'scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make 'leccy until dramatic rescue The European Space Agency (ESA) revealed on Monday that its 19-year-old International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) had a near-death…
Lees meerSpacecraft otherwise stable and working well NASA's Lucy is on its way to the Trojan asteroids, but engineers have already spotted a problem with one of the probe's 7.3-metre solar arrays.…
Lees meerPlus: Australian telescope precursor finds weird waves in the middle of the galaxy The governments of South Africa and Australia have signed agreements formalizing the construction and operation of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) teles…
Lees meerCrew successfully de-orbited on Sunday carrying vital payload: footage for a movie shot in space The International Space Station has again had to compensate for unexpected thrusting by a Russian spacecraft.…
Lees meerHope extended to gas giants across the universe... well, it is Friday Those of us fatalistically counting down the minutes until the Earth is engulfed by the dying embers of the Sun in approximately 5 billion years might be offered a glimmer of hope…
Lees meerDebate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies Register debate This week's Register Debate tussled over the motion Assumed consent is the right approach for sharing healthcare patients' data, beyond their dir…
Lees meerLanding with liquid fuel aboard made slosh-avoidance essential. Plus: China names first woman to visit Tiangong space station Chinese space boffins have revealed details of how the guidance navigation and control (GNC) system in the Chang'e 5 got th…
Lees meerThe UK shows us how not to run an opt-out approach Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers and experts go head to head on technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format is simple: we…
Lees meerOnly a million or so miles to go The multinational James Webb Space Telescope – named after a former NASA administrator – has arrived in French Guiana, home to Europe's Spaceport, with launch finally in sight.…
Lees meerYou want my medical records? Good, take them – now find me a cure Register debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers and experts go head to head on technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The forma…
Lees meerAstronomers will be searching for clues on how the Solar System formed NASA’s Lucy spacecraft is set to embark on its 12-year tour, traveling almost four billion miles, to visit eight asteroids near Jupiter during its mission to reveal the Solar Sys…
Lees meerWho really benefits from 'secondary use' of your medical data? Register debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers and experts go head to head on technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The format i…
Lees meer'Oxidizer and moisture interactions' blamed for iffy spaceship valves NASA and Boeing have put a brave face on things following the choice to send a pair of 'nauts to the ISS with SpaceX's Crew Dragon instead of Starliner, and are insisting Boeing's…
Lees meerIf assumed consent is informed consent, it’s individuals who benefit Register Debate Welcome to the latest Register Debate in which writers and experts go head to head on technology topics, and you – the reader – choose the winning argument. The fo…
Lees meerAll change on 2022 ride to the ISS NASA has shown its tremendous confidence in Boeing's Starliner by shifting astronauts scheduled to launch aboard the calamity capsule to SpaceX's Crew Dragon.…
Lees meer20m Swedish kronor – close to 2 million quid – to be shared The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were this week awarded to scientists for groundbreaking research into climate, complex systems, and a new type of catalyst.…
Lees meerAnd if it works, it's going into the cloud D-Wave calls quantum computers "solvers." And as with PCs today, these solvers are going to segmented into fast, faster, and fastest.…
Lees meerBack-to-analogue computing model designed to mimic emergent properties of the brain Researchers in Italy have developed a physical system to mimic properties of human brains that they hope will massively reduce the power costs of neural networks fun…
Lees meerWilliam Shatner joins crew for Bezos' number two The game of billionaire one-upmanship has continued with the confirmation that Blue Origin's next flight of its New Shepard sub-orbital capsule will contain veteran actor William Shatner.…
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