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Engineers Create Optical Cloaking Design For Invisibility West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 04, 2007 
Researchers using nanotechnology have taken a step toward creating an "optical cloaking" device that could render objects invisible by guiding light around anything placed inside this "cloak." The Purdue University engineers, following mathematical guidelines devised in 2006 by physicists in the United Kingdom, have created a theoretical design that uses an array of tiny needles radiating outward from a central spoke. The design, which resembles a round hairbrush, would bend light around the object being cloaked. Background objects would be visible but not the object surrounded by the cylindrical array of nano-needles, said Vladimir Shalaev, Purdue's Robert and Anne Burnett Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering ... read more |
US Fed withdraws from global climate change initiative
EU watchdog approves new vaccines against bluetongue 2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service Extreme fire: 'unprecedented risk' poorly understood Japan forest on fire after military explosives drill SpaceX catches Starship booster again, but upper stage explodes SpaceX catches Starship booster but upper stage explodes Insurance access for US homeowners with higher climate risks declines US braces for freezing weather fueled by polar vortex UK approves first vertical rocket launch 
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ATK To Acquire Swales Aerospace
Minneapolis MI (SPX) Apr 04, 2007Alliant Techsystems has announced that it intends to acquire Swales Aerospace, a premier provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, Department of Defense and commercial satellite customers. The transaction is subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) review, and approval by a majority of the shareholders in the employee-owned company. Afte ... more Progress On The Sea Launch Investigation And Recovery 
Long Beach CA (SPX) Apr 04, 2007Sea Launch reports significant progress in the investigation into the cause of the unsuccessful launch on January 30 and repairs to the Odyssey Launch Platform. The national space agencies of Russia and Ukraine formed an interagency commission in early February to investigate the cause of the incident and determine the necessary corrective actions. The commission recently concluded i ... more Vietnam Establishes Space Technology Institute 
Hanoi (XNA) Apr 04, 2007Vietnam's Space Technology Institute, which is mainly involved in developing satellite technologies, equipment, remote sensing technology and application, and space dynamics, was inaugurated Tuesday. The institute's functions include researching into designing and assembling small satellites, applying space technologies in life, and constructing space facilities, including laboratories and ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Sending The Flag Sometimes Take A Big Space Ship
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2007NASA's plans for exploring the Solar System (other than Mars, for which there is a separate program) call not only for competitively selected Discovery and New Frontiers missions, but for more expensive "Flagship" missions, costing anywhere from $700 million up to perhaps as much as $3 billion. For these, NASA headquarters would itself define the mission description from the start, and sel ... more Messenger Completes Forty Percent Of Cruise Phase 
Laurel MD (SPX) Apr 03, 2007On March 28, MESSENGER completed 40% of its five-year cruise phase, as measured by travel time. The probe has compLeted one-third of its flight distance on its trip to Mercury, and its average cruise speed will continue to increase as it homes in on its ultimate target: Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun. MESSENGER's average speed will top out at a spacecraft record of close to 63 kilometers ... more ATK Highlights Progress On Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle 
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Apr 03, 2007Alliant Techsystems has reported significant progress in developing hardware and materials in support of NASA's new Ares I crew launch vehicle. The Ares I is designed to carry crews to the International Space Station, back to the moon, and on to Mars. In December 2005, NASA selected ATK to be the prime contractor for design and development of the first-stage propulsion system for the Ares ... more MORE HEADLINES
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US To Pursue Missile Shield With Or Without Moscow's Nod
Washington (AFP) April 03, 2007Washington hopes to find common ground with Russia on a controversial US missile defense shield in eastern Europe but will go ahead with its plans anyway if no deal can be reached, a senior defense official said Tuesday. "We want to cooperate with Russia," said Eric Edelman, undersecretary of defense for policy. "But that being said, I don't think if for some reason we're unable to r ... more Old Windshields Offer New Protection 
Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq (AFNS) Apr 04, 2007The 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structures department team put their heads together to come up with a better way to protect the airmen who guard the base. By placing 3-inch thick, 260-pound safety glass with a titanium frame in the windows of the newly designed guard towers, the structures team is trying to ensure that those who are protecting the base are protected in retu ... more Boeing Submits Bid To Design AMF JTRS Radio System 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 02, 2007An industry team led by Boeing submitted its bid this week to design and develop the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS) for the U.S. Department of Defense. Boeing's best-of-industry team offers a low-cost, low-risk solution based on successful demonstrations that showcased interoperability between JTRS radios and radios currently used by joint forces ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Very Active Atlantic Hurricane Season Looms
Miami (AFP) April 03, 2007Forecasters warned Tuesday the Atlantic hurricane season would be a very active one, predicting 17 named storms would form of which nine could become hurricanes, highly likely to strike Caribbean and US coasts. "We have increased our forecast for the 2007 hurricane season, largely due to the rapid dissipation of El Nino conditions. We are now calling for a very active hurricane season. La ... more Environmentalists Hail US Supreme Court Ruling As Bush Says Issue Serious 
Washington (AFP) April 02, 2007Environmentalists hailed a US Supreme Court ruling that the government has the power to regulate greenhouse gases, as a watershed decision in fighting global warming. In a sharply divided judgment, the court ruled Monday that greenhouse gases are pollutants, and so the federal Environmental Protection Agency was wrong to say it had no mandate to regulate such emissions. The decision dealt ... more South Pacific Ill-Equipped To Predict Tsunamis 
Sydney (AFP) April 03, 2007Australia's hasty reaction to the threat of a tsunami which hit the Solomon Islands contrasted sharply with a lack of equipment and expertise to warn South Pacific nations, experts said Tuesday. A massive undersea 8.0-magnitude earthquake spawned the deadly tsunami Monday that pounded the Solomon Islands and triggered emergency warnings around the Pacific of possible sea surges there. Aust ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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