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NOAA And NASA Restore Climate Sensor To Upcoming NPP Satellite
Silver Spring MD (SPX) Apr 13, 2007NASA and NOAA Wednesday announced a plan to restore a key ozone layer climate sensor to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Limb will be returned to NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) satellite set to launch in 2009. The NPOESS partners will give conditional authority to Northrop Grumman Space Te ... more A Feather-Light Touch Needed For Darwin Frictionless Optics 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 13, 2007ESA's Darwin mission will look for extrasolar planets and signs of life. The Agency's Technology Research Programme has sponsored the development of critical optical components whose frictionless mechanism can respond to the touch of a feather. ESA's Darwin mission aims to discover extrasolar planets and examine their atmospheres for signs of life, particularly for the presence of certain ... more Chandra Sees Remarkable Eclipse Of Black Hole 
Huntsville, AL (SPX) Apr 13, 2007A remarkable eclipse of a supermassive black hole and the hot gas disk around it has been observed with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory. This eclipse has allowed two key predictions about the effects of supermassive black holes to be tested. Just as eclipses of the Sun and moon give astronomers rare opportunities to learn about those objects, an alignment in a nearby galaxy has provided a ... more MORE HEADLINES
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China To Rely More On Cleaner Energy Like Natural Gas By 2010
Beijing (AFP) April 11, 2007China, the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, aims to cut its reliance on the polluting energy source while shifting more to natural gas by 2010, state press reported Wednesday. China plans to reduce the share of coal in energy consumption to 66.1 percent by 2010 from around 69 percent in 2005, the China Daily reported, citing a plan from the state economic planning body. ... more Singapore Summit Seeks Solutions For Global Thirst 
Singapore (AFP) April 11, 2007Desalination and recycled water are the keys to quenching the world's growing thirst for the precious resource, officials said Wednesday. The two solutions will take on increasing importance as water scarcity is exacerbated because of global climate changes, they said. "The concern has recently taken a greater importance with the increased frequency and prolonged periods of droughts being ... more Earthshaking Images Motivate For Good Engineering 
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 12, 2007The powerful earthquake struck suddenly, shaking the seven-story building so hard it bent, cracked and swayed in response. But this was no ordinary earthquake. In a groundbreaking series of tests, engineering researchers from UC San Diego's Jacobs School of Engineering jarred a full-size 275-ton building erected on a shake table, duplicating ground motions recorded during the January 17, 1994 No ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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The Missile-Defense Flap
Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 11, 2007The U.S. intention to locate advanced elements of its missile-defense system in Eastern Europe is alarming Russian experts. Claims that 10 anti-missiles are a small number and pose no threat to Russia, which they say boasts thousands of nuclear warheads, and that "these missiles will protect Europe from rogue nations" -- meaning Iran and North Korea -- are tongue-in-cheek and directed at ignoran ... more No Solid Stats On Iraq Security 
Washington (UPI) April 11, 2007The size, strength and capability of Iraqi security forces remain an enigma, with neither the Pentagon nor the Iraqi government able to offer any solid information. That much was clear from a panel of experts who testified before the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the current state of Iraq's security forces. Olga Oliker, a researcher for the RAND, a ... more Iran Helps US Missile Shield 
Berlin (UPI) April 11, 2007Iran's latest claim that it is capable of enriching uranium on an industrial level has encouraged proponents of U.S. plans for a missile shield in Eastern Europe, but Moscow is still not amused. After Tehran's nuclear threats, members of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives even said more countries in Europe should think about participating in the U.S. anti-missile system. ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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