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34 noticiasHoban Construction develops AI design tech to auto-apply per-unit buyer options
Hoban Construction said it developed AI-based design technology that automatically reflects apartment buyers’ option contract choices in each unit’s building information model (BIM). The technology was developed jointly with building and in…
Nuri rocket completes fifth launch, placing satellites in orbit
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. local time on Oct 7 from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, carrying 15 satellites, the most in its history, and placed the five main ultra-small cluster satellites in their target orbit. Ne…
Apple and LG Electronics jointly develop smart home devices under LG brand
Apple and LG Electronics are jointly developing smart home devices — a camera-equipped video doorbell, a smart door lock, a security camera and a smart temperature sensor and thermostat — to be sold under the LG brand, according to Bloomber…
Nuri declared a success on fifth flight; five cluster satellites make contact
South Korea's Nuri rocket lifted off at 12:25 p.m. from the Naro Space Center in Goheung and the Korea Aerospace Administration declared the fifth flight a success, saying all 15 satellites were placed in orbit. Officials said 14 of the 15 …
Turkey's Aselsan announces Astralink network of 198 low-orbit satellites
Aselsan CEO Ahmet Akyol said at the International Astronautical Congress in Antalya that Turkey is building Astralink, a low-orbit satellite constellation of 198 spacecraft, with the first launch planned within two years. Akyol said work be…
Henri Kagan y Kenso Soai ganan el Premio Nobel de Química 2026
Henri B. Kagan y Kenso Soai ganaron el Premio Nobel de Química 2026, anunciado el miércoles en la Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias en Estocolmo, por sus trabajos sobre moléculas que existen como imágenes especulares entre sí. Kagan demostró …
Apple and LG co-develop smart home devices including doorbell, lock and thermostat
Bloomberg reports that Apple and LG have co-developed a line of smart home devices, including a video doorbell, thermostat, smart deadbolt lock, indoor and outdoor security cameras and a floodlight camera. The products are expected to carry…
El Nobel de Química recae en el japonés Soai Kenso y el francés Henri Kagan
La Real Academia Sueca de las Ciencias anunció el 7 de octubre que el Premio Nobel de Química de 2026 recae en Soai Kenso, de 76 años, profesor emérito de la Universidad de Ciencias de Tokio, y en el francés Henri Kagan, por el descubrimien…
Chinese team builds first 3D cell atlas of rice life cycle, published in Cell
A Chinese multi-institution team said it has constructed the world’s first three-dimensional spatiotemporal cell atlas covering rice from seed germination to flowering and fruiting, with the paper published online in Cell on the evening of …
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for asymmetric synthesis work
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to French scientist Henri Kagan and Japanese scientist Kenso Soai for the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis, Interfax and Kommersant reported. The …
Nuri rocket’s fifth launch judged a success; five main satellites reach target orbit
The fifth flight of South Korea’s Nuri launch vehicle reached its target orbit and separated five main payload satellites, and the government and researchers judged the launch a final success, Newsis reported, citing the Korea AeroSpace Adm…
South Korea's Nuri rocket succeeds in fifth launch, satellites deployed
South Korea's domestically developed Nuri rocket launched at 12:25 local time from the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do, and its fifth mission succeeded, the Korea AeroSpace Administration said. The rocket carried five Earth obser…
Dos científicos ganan el Premio Nobel de Química 2026 por su trabajo sobre síntesis asimétrica
La Real Academia Sueca de Ciencias otorgó el Premio Nobel de Química 2026 al químico francés Henri B. Kagan y al químico japonés Kenso Soai por el descubrimiento de los efectos no lineales y la autocatálisis en la síntesis orgánica asimétri…
Musk says his companies will build and run Terafab chip plant, rules out TSMC role
Elon Musk said on Oct. 7 that his companies will independently build and operate the Terafab chip manufacturing project in Texas, ruling out an operational role for TSMC. He said TSMC could lease part of the planned site or capacity if inte…
Forecasters warn of G1–G2 magnetic storms on Earth on 9 October
Russian forecasters say weak to moderate geomagnetic storms, classed G1–G2, may hit Earth on Friday, 9 October, with about 80% probability. The cause is two relatively large plasma clouds from recent M-class solar flares that international …
Kumamoto University, AIST sign comprehensive semiconductor cooperation agreement
Kumamoto University and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement in the semiconductor field on Oct. 7. The deal covers joint research, technical support for reg…
Nuri rocket countdown begins; 14 of 15 satellites reported separated
South Korea's Nuri rocket entered automatic launch operation at 12:15 p.m. local time on October 7, ten minutes before a scheduled 12:25 p.m. liftoff from the Naro Space Center in Goheung carrying 15 satellites. Newsis reported after the fl…
Nobel chemistry prize goes to Kagan and Soai for asymmetric synthesis work
The 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Henri Kagan of France and Kenso Soai of Japan for “the discovery of nonlinear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.” The Nobel Committee said their work explained how an …
Nuri rocket reaches 575 km target orbit; one of 15 satellites fails to separate
South Korea's Nuri rocket reached its target orbit at an altitude of 575 km after its third-stage engine shut down normally, the national space agency chief said. Newsis reported that 14 of the 15 satellites on board separated normally, and…
South Korea’s Nuri rocket launches with 15 satellites
South Korea’s Nuri rocket lifted off from the Naro space centre at 12:25 local time on 7 October and placed 15 satellites in orbit, including five Neonsat remote-sensing craft and 10 cubesats, KARI said. KASA director Oh Tae-seok said stage…