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Space Company Receives DARPA Contract: What's Going On With Momentus Stock?
Thursday, May 30, 2024 - 12:43pm | 424Read More...Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTS) shares are trading higher Thursday after the company announced it has secured a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The Details: Momentus said the DARPA contract is aimed to support the design and in-space demonstration of...
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Would You Hop On A Train To The Moon? US Department Of Defense Wants To Build 'Lunar Railroad'
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 - 5:41pm | 574Read More...The U.S. Defense Department’s secretive advanced research agency wants to figure out how to transport people to the moon via train. What To Know: DARPA, or the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the research and development agency of the Department of Defense, selected Northrop...
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Can A Nuclear Spaceship Get Us To Mars Quicker? Lockheed Martin To Test Out Model In Space By 2027
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 - 7:29pm | 699Read More...On Wednesday, Lockheed Martin Corp (NYSE:LMT) announced a new contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a nuclear spaceship that could be used in manned missions to Mars. The contract was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as part of a joint project with...
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Psychedelics Without Hallucinations? Study Identifies Possible Antidepressants In LSD-Like Molecules
Thursday, September 29, 2022 - 5:36pm | 665Read More...According to a scientific study published Wednesday in Nature, a group of computational biologists might have found therapeutic potential in a handful of LSD-adjacent molecules. They generated 3D iterations of more than 75 million related molecules that don’t actually exist but could,...
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This Day In Market History: DARPA Is Formed To Fight The Cold War
Monday, February 7, 2022 - 10:28am | 337Read More...Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened? On Feb. 7, 1958, the U.S. Department of Defense founded the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Where Was The Market? The S&P 500 was at 41.73 and the Dow...
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Fintech Focus For April 13, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 7:23pm | 2278Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has kicked off its review of WisdomTree’s bitcoin ETF application, starting the countdown...
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'Psyched': Military Invests $27M In Psychedelic Research, Atai Launches DTx Platform, Psilocybin Decriminalization Rejected In Iowa
Sunday, July 5, 2020 - 2:32pm | 833Read More...Psyched is a bimonthly column covering the most important developments in the industry of medicinal psychedelics. We hope you follow us periodically as we report on the growth of this exciting new industry. Military Agency Invests $27M In Psychedelic Research In September 2019, the U.S. Department...
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Cornell's Eccentric Robot Genius Gets New Ideas From Infant Daughter
Tuesday, May 16, 2017 - 8:07am | 1071Read More...Synthetic skin that automatically heals when punctured. External skeletons that add strength and sensation to damaged human limbs. An artificial heart that beats to the cardio rhythm of the human or humanoid who has it plugged into his or her chest. Go further: Build a synthetic, octopus-like...
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3 Ways Google & Amazon Are Infiltrating The Defense Sector
Saturday, August 9, 2014 - 8:20pm | 717Read More...It's a story about not just old versus new industries, but also about new technologies creating new opportunities. In a recent interview with the Federal Times, Marillyn Hewson, chairman, president and CEO at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), acknowledged her company was contending with new and...
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Revealed: Pentagon Spent Millions Conducting Social Media Research
Thursday, July 10, 2014 - 9:47am | 674Read More...Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) isn’t the only entity involved in social media research. The Guardian revealed Tuesday that the U.S. military’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recorded and analyzed Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) activity as part of a program to understand the influence of...
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Did Google Acquire Boston Dynamics To Manufacture Killer Robots?
Monday, December 16, 2013 - 11:44am | 631Read More...Conspiracy theorists sharpen your pencils. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) just acquired Boston Dynamics, a robotics company with a $10.8 million US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract. Does this mean Google is about to start supplying the U.S. military with “killer robots...
