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RandomFactor writes:Rocket scientists at Purdue University in west Lafayette, Indiana have come up with a new approach to plasma thrusters which will potentially increase their reliability and efficiency making them more suitable for softball sized nanosatellites, which are becoming more and more common.Plasma thrusters have traditionally used one of two approaches to fuel. A solid propellant, usually Teflon (polytetrafluoroethylene, that is ablated and vaporized and then passed through a field that accelerates it.

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SoyCow1984 brings us this Ars Technica story via IRC:Chrome 76 prevents NYT and other news sites from detecting Incognito Mode

Microsoft stirs suspicions by adding telemetry files to security-only update

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramExactly how fast is the universe expanding? Astrophysicists are closing in on the Hubble constant