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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Extreme

Sign of the apocalypse as Daimler unleashes self-driving trucks in Nevada? Hardly May 7, 2015 at 1:42 pm

They’re a handful of test vehicles now, but they could be real commercial trucks soon. So far, they stay in one lane, don’t pass, don’t speed, and hand off to the driver at the highway exit.
Finding beating hearts in the rubble in NepalMay 7, 2015 at 1:12 pm

Detecting the faint energy of a human heart beating beneath 10 feet of brick and concrete is a signal-processing feat that almost defies the imagination. Yet that is exactly what rescuers did for four men in Nepal.
Astronomers discover farthest galaxy yet — 13.1 billion light-years away May 7, 2015 at 10:42 am

A group of astronomers led by UC Santa Cruz and Yale University have discovered the farthest galaxy yet, an “exceptionally luminous” one 13.1 billion light years from Earth.
Visible signs of planet formation spotted around nearby star May 7, 2015 at 8:12 am

A new analysis of HL Tau claims the now famous gaps in the dust cloud could very well be signs of planet formation in a resonant solar system.
Asteroid mining firm set to deploy its first satelliteMay 6, 2015 at 12:25 pm

Planetary Resources takes its first step into space, with its first satellite sitting on the International Space Station waiting to be deployed.
CERN researchers tuning Large Hadron Collider ahead of 13 TeV collisions May 6, 2015 at 10:34 am

Were getting closer: The Large Hadron Collider is delivering proton-to-proton collisions for four of CERN’s major experiments at energies up to 450 GeV per beam.
SpaceX successfully tests manned Dragon spacecraft [UPDATED] May 6, 2015 at 8:57 am

SpaceX is running a critical Pad Abort test on its Dragon spacecraft Wednesday, which will help pave the way for its first manned missions in 2017.
New low-cost cerium alloy magnets developed for motors and turbines May 5, 2015 at 1:46 pm

It turns out the most abundant rare earth we have, cerium, can substitute for dysprosium when properly co-alloyed with cobalt. That’s good news for the motor business.
Controversial quantum ‘EM Drive’ gets real NASA testing, lives to fight another day May 5, 2015 at 9:30 am

The EM Drive has become one of the biggest internet fights of the past few years, but now the experts are finally starting to weight in with real evidence.