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21 Sept 202617 stories
Patent service’s September update sets out next improvements
The Intellectual Property Office has updated its roadmap for the online patents service launched in April.
Intellectual Property Office · Updated
AI aligns surgical X-rays with a patient’s 3D scans
MIT and collaborating researchers have developed software that adapts to an individual patient and matches live X-rays with earlier three-dimensional scans.
MIT News ·
A new algorithm checks AI’s final answers against hard constraints
MIT researchers have developed HardFlow, a method for steering generative models towards outputs that meet specified requirements.
MIT News ·
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A plasma reactor explores making oxygen for future Mars crews
MIT researcher Lanie McKinney is developing a reactor that splits carbon dioxide into oxygen and other products.
MIT News ·
Auckland hospital gets NZ$38.2m imaging upgrade commitment
New Zealand has announced a second-stage upgrade to interventional radiology at Auckland City Hospital.
New Zealand Government ·
F1 report details hundreds of tests behind Audi’s fuel
Formula 1 has published a look at BP’s work developing fuel for Audi’s 2026 racing engine.
Formula 1 ·
A yes-or-no approach could simplify image-classifying AI
Bristol researchers have combined simple binary classifiers to perform more complex image-classification tasks.
University of Bristol ·
Riyadh forum focuses on putting AI principles into practice
UNESCO says its fourth Global Forum on the Ethics of AI brought together delegations from more than 50 member states.
UNESCO ·
Crew-13 enters quarantine ahead of planned October launch
NASA says the four members of Crew-13 entered their routine pre-launch quarantine on 17 September.
NASA ·
NASA marks restoration of Guam communications station
NASA has reported the completion of repairs to its Guam ground station after damage from Typhoon Mawar in 2023.
NASA ·
Firetruck sensors test a new way to track smoke hazards
Stanford researchers are developing vehicle-mounted sensors and filters to study gases and metals carried in wildfire smoke.
Stanford University ·
Cornell launches classroom AI experiments across academic fields
Cornell is starting faculty-led AI teaching pilots and expanding a student fellowship programme to assess classroom uses of the technology.
Cornell University ·
Fuel savings could extend NASA’s Roman telescope mission
NASA says an accurate course correction and additional propellant could give the Roman Space Telescope fuel for at least 22 years of potential science operations.
NASA ·
New Zealand adds emergency warnings to its government app
The Govt.nz app is adding official emergency alerts and severe-weather warnings, with users able to choose the locations they follow.
New Zealand Government ·
Yale combines plasma and electricity to convert carbon dioxide
Yale researchers have described a laboratory system that couples plasma with an electrically powered catalyst to make useful chemicals from carbon dioxide.
Yale Engineering · Checked
NASA highlights small-aircraft tests for safer space landings
NASA has described how its Armstrong flight laboratory uses scaled aircraft and drones to test aerospace technologies before larger missions.
NASA ·
20 Sept 20263 stories
A supply ship reaches the space station with food and fuel
The Progress 96 cargo spacecraft docked with the International Space Station on 19 September, NASA reports.
NASA ·
A Spanish desert will stand in for Mars in rover trials
ESA is preparing field tests in which a prototype rover in Spain will receive instructions from a control centre in Italy.
European Space Agency ·
A small gamma-ray observatory gets a launch provider
NASA has selected SpaceX to launch StarBurst, a satellite designed to help study brief bursts of high-energy radiation.
NASA ·
19 Sept 20264 stories
This robot can build an experiment, then take it apart
MIT researchers have demonstrated a robotic system that positions and adjusts optical components to assemble a working laser experiment.
MIT News ·
NASA orders three more crew flights to the space station
A $946m contract change adds three SpaceX missions to NASA’s programme for transporting crews to the International Space Station.
NASA ·
Tiny moving components point to another way to compute
MIT researchers are exploring devices that use the physical response of extremely thin polymers to process and retain information.
MIT News ·
Europe commissions two designs for a future satellite service
ESA has selected teams led by ICEYE and Leonardo to study the architecture of a proposed European government Earth-observation service.
European Space Agency ·