Новости за 30.07.2019

Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2019
Scientists have discovered unusual structures in rare bacteria that resemble the cellular components that power photosynthesis. The discovery, described this week in the journal Trends in Plant Science, suggests photosynthesis has ancient evolutionary roots. Plants, algae and some bacteria perform what's known as oxygenic photosynthesis, splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen to power

Singapore (SPX) Jul 26, 2019
Researchers at SMART, MIT's research enterprise in Singapore, and National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a technology that greatly accelerates the genetic engineering of microbes that can be used to manufacture chemicals used for urban farming. The new technology will result in a faster, cheaper, more accurate, and near-scarless plasmid construction, using standard and reusable pa

Paris (AFP) July 25, 2019
France will on Thursday outline a new strategy for defence in space after President Emmanuel Macron announced the creation of a French space force command to deal with emerging threats to its interests in orbit. Defence Minister Florence Parly is due to give more details on the strategy in a keynote speech at the Lyon Mont-Verdun military base starting from 1000 GMT. "What we are talking

Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2019
Boeing has dropped out of a program to develop a new nuclear missile for the Air Force over concerns with the bidding process. The company made the announcement just one week after the Air Force issued its final request for proposals for a replacement for the 1960s era Minuteman III ICBM system, and makes Northrop Grumman the sole remaining bidder for the new system. "After numer

Jerusalem (AFP) July 28, 2019
Israel and the United States have successfully carried out tests of a ballistic missile interceptor that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday provides protection against potential threats from Iran. The tests of the Arrow-3 system were carried out in the US state of Alaska and it successfully intercepted targets above the atmosphere, Israel's defence ministry said in a statement.

Ankara (AFP) July 26, 2019
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that it planned to start using the Russian S-400 missile defence system - a bone of contention with the United States - in April 2020. "In the coming spring, God willing in April 2020, we will be able to start using this system," he told a gathering of his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Ankara. Washington has reacted to Turke

Pasadena CA (JPL) Jul 30, 2019
The robotic arm on NASA's Mars 2020 rover does not have deltoids, triceps or biceps, but it can still curl heavy weights with the best. In this time-lapse video, taken July 19, 2019, in the clean room of the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, the rover's 7-foot-long (2.1-meter-long) arm handily maneuvers 88 pounds' (40 kilograms') worth of sens

Paris (AFP) July 25, 2019
France plans to develop anti-satellite laser weapons, its defence minister said Thursday, laying out French ambitions to close the gap on rivals who are developing new arms and surveillance capabilities in space. The United States, Russia and China have been heavily investing in technology for space, which is seen as a new military frontier. The ability to detect spy satellites and poten

Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2019
China has successfully launched a group of three research Yaogan-30 satellites into the orbit, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said on Friday. The launch of the carrier rocket Long March 2C took place at 11:57 a.m. local time (3:57 GMT) on Friday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in China's southern Sichuan province. Shortly after the launch, all three sate

London, UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2019
Astronauts will test the devices on board the International Space Station, following the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket last night (at 23:01 BST, Thursday 25 July) from NASA's Kennedy Space Centre at Cape Canaveral. Mining in space could open up a new frontier in space exploration by giving astronauts the resources they need for long periods in Space, whether on the Moon,

Beijing (Sputnik) Jul 29, 2019
The Chinese moon mission that includes the lander Chang'e-4 and rover Yutu 2 (Jade Rabbit 2) awoke to begin their eighth month of work on the far side of the Moon, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on Saturday. "The Chang'e-4 lander successfully awoke from dormant mode on Friday, 7:12 p.m. Beijing time [11:12 a.m. GMT] and began the eighth month of work on the Moon. The p

Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jul 30, 2019
At Europe's Spaceport the Ariane 6 mobile gantry, a 90 metre-high metallic structure built to house Ariane 6 underwent a 97 m rollout test last week to mimic prelaunch. When fully equipped, this mobile gantry will weigh 8200 tonnes - more than a thousand tonnes heavier than France's Eiffel Tower. Its platforms provide access to the launch vehicle for integration on the launch pad. It prote

Tokyo, Japan (Sputnik) Jul 30, 2019
A Japanese space company Interstellar Technologies said on Saturday that its privately developed sounding rocket MOMO-F4 had successfully launched but fell down into the ocean shortly after due to an on-board computer systems failure that caused the engine to prematurely shut down. "Due to an abnormality of the spacecraft's on-board computer systems, the engine automatically shut down and

Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 30, 2019
NASA's newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), has discovered three new worlds - one slightly larger than Earth and two of a type not found in our solar system - orbiting a nearby star. The planets straddle an observed gap in the sizes of known planets and promise to be among the most curious targets for future studies. TESS Object of Interest (TOI) 270 is a

Ethiopians have planted more than 350 million trees in a single day as part of a campaign to fight deforestation and climate change.

New Mexico State soccer adds transfer from Oregon State Albuquerque Journal LAS CRUCES The New Mexico State women's soccer team added Oregon State transfer Shea O'Connor for the 2019 season,

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Huawei's Q2 smartphone sales in China rose 31% compared to the same three months last year, extending its local dominance over rivals such as Apple.

Damien Howl suffered a fatal bleed in the brain after being punched to the floor.

African-American legislators said they would not attend his speech commemorating the 400th anniversary of representative democracy in America.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia’s second city mixes ornate magnificence and cruel poverty. Vyacheslav Rasner straddles the extremes — becoming an unexpectedly popular tour guide after surviving a decade of homelessness. With his full white beard and head of messy hair, the 68-year-old Rasner looks like he could have stepped from one of Dostoevsky’s accounts

Is Snake Ken Stabler Still Alabamas Greatest QB Ever? Fanbuzz Joe Namath, Bart Starr and A.J. McCarron are all worthy, but Stabler does top the Alabama Crimson Tide all-time quarterback rankings?