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New research shows ground-mounted PV needs enhanced earthing systems to safely manage lightning-induced step voltages

Large ground-mounted PV plants face significant lightning-induced transient voltages that can increase step-voltage hazards, ...
Tech Times

Orbital AI Data Centers: Son Cites Latency and Launch Cost as SpaceX Race Heats Up

Orbital AI data centers face a credibility gap after SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son told shareholders the chip costs, launch ...
The Diplomat

The United States’ Rare Earth Strategy Faces a Durability Test

Rare earth projects require a solid commitment across political cycles, a challenge that the United States has not yet been able to overcome. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivers opening ...
WESH

NASA fast-tracks Artemis III Earth-orbit test mission ahead of lunar return

WESH TWO NEWS ON CW 18 STARTS NOW. SPLASHDOWN. SENDING POST LANDING COMMAND SPLASHDOWN. CONFIRMED. COPY. WAITING ON VILDOR. NOW IT’S HEAD. THE TWO CREW IS BACK ON EARTH. THE FOUR ASTRONAUTS SPLASHED ...
The Verge

Google’s new gradient icon design is coming to more apps

The looks are softer and more varied. The looks are softer and more varied. is the Verge’s weekend editor. He’s covered the tech industry for over 18 years and knows a thing or two about synths. In ...
9to5google

Google’s new gradient icons for Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and other apps are radical redesigns

So far, five Google icons have undergone gradient updates. 9to5Google can now report on a complete gradient redesign for Gmail and other Google Workspace apps. Google is addressing a major criticism ...
New York Post

Artemis II is officially headed to the moon after test orbit around the Earth

And now for the dangerous part. Artemis II is officially flying to the moon after firing its thrusters and leaving Earth’s orbit at 7:49 p.m. — beginning an epic four-day journey that will take the ...
Los Angeles Times

Spacecraft’s impact changed asteroid’s orbit around the sun in a save-the-Earth test, study finds

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — An asteroid that NASA used for target practice a few years ago was in fact nudged into a ...
NextBigFuture

Artemis 3 is a Low Earth Orbit Rendezvous Test

NASA has changed Artemis III into a 2027 LEO (low earth orbit) rendezvous mission. There is no orbital refueling is needed at all by SpaceX. Block 1B – the planned upgrade to the SLS rocket – is dead.
UPI

Japan recovers rare earth-bearing seabed sediment in deep-sea test

Feb. 3 (Asia Today) --Japan said Tuesday it successfully drilled and retrieved deep-sea sediment containing rare earth elements, a test the government framed as a step toward reducing reliance on ...
Reuters

Japan retrieves rare earth mud from deep seabed in test mission

TOKYO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that it has successfully retrieved rare-earth-rich seabed mud for the first time from depths of around 6 km (4 miles) during a test mission.