Science

In the latest Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) project contact with a school in Australia it was suggested that aliens would be most welcome visitors.

A BBC technology news report paint a dire picture of failing Global Positioning System (GPS) or satellite-navigation devices as a result of high level solar radiation.

Two new receivers are soon to be tested from the International Space Station to help keep track of large ships at sea.

The ARISS contact between the Sherbrooke Community College at Sassafras about 40km east of Melbourne Australia and the International Space Station (ISS) has received favourable comments from NASA.

The mantis shrimp from Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may provide guidance for the next generation of DVD players and other photonic applications.

A lightweight, rechargeable battery using paper, algae and salt has been developed by researchers from Uppsala University in Sweden.

The Amateur Radio on the International Space Station or ARISS school project continues to be popular.

Russia’s Sarychev Peak volcano erupted on 12 June for the first time in 20 years just as the International Space Station flew directly overhead.

Renewed focus is being paid to the energy consumption of home entertainment, laptop computers, mobile phones and the plethora of other gadgets in our daily lives.

The latest prediction of ‘experts’ is that Solar Cycle 24 will peak in May 2013 with a daily average 90 sunspots making it the weakest since Cycle 16 in 1928.