August 2016
Our changing world and the mounting risk of a calamitous solar storm
...of scientific toy for international space cooperation - this would be a device to save Earth and would be of enormous economic value over the...created the necessary magnetic fields? This would be a device to save Earth and would be of enormous economic...
November 2017
Managing air and space traffic from orbit
... the first aircraft ‘seen’ from space. When the receiving device, on board the ESA PROBA-V satellite, was first switched ...space for both air and space traffic management in one device, along with meeting the requirements of the Global Navigation Plan...
November 2018
Connecting and collaborating for innovation
... the Harwell Campus, has developed a portable gene sequencing device that has been trialled on the International Space Station (ISS..., using Oxford Nanopore Technologies’ MinION sequencing device. On Earth, much research into understanding human...
December 2018
Prosperity in the stars
... is for global internet access. Users will connect using a satellite communications device no larger than today’s smartphones. The basic technologies for this device are being developed, Ashurbeyli says, and it will act as a phone, a passport...
January 2019
Materials make the space mission
... atoms from their proper crystal lattice locations, creating crystal defects, changing the electrical properties of the device and leading to circuit failure. This is particularly crucial for solar panels where displacement damage effects gradually...
April 2019
On-board propulsion set to drive the smallsat revolution
... damage to the satellite due to ion bombardment. Although neutraliser technology is very mature, it remains a challenge to scale these devices down to small sizes. For some propulsion systems a simple filament (which emits electrons when heated) can...
