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Robotic Surgeon To Team Up With Doctors And Astronauts On NASA Mission
Seattle WA (SPX) Apr 19, 2007This week Raven, the mobile surgical robot developed by the University of Washington, leaves for the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. The UW will participate in NASA's mission to submerge a surgeon and robotic gear in a simulated spaceship. For 12 days the surgical robotic system will be put through its paces in an underwater capsule that mimics conditions in a space shuttle. Surgeons back in ... more UK Scientists Sift Superfine Stardust 
Leicester UK (SPX) Apr 19, 2007UK scientists are preparing to analyse miniscule impact craters collected by NASA's Stardust mission as it flew through interstellar dust streams. These craters contain the residues of the dust particles that are the seeds of our own Solar System. A UK consortium of researchers from the University of Leicester, Natural History Museum, Kent University, Glasgow University and Open University ... more Dark Matter Charted Out To Five Billion Light Years 
London UK (SPX) Apr 19, 2007Most of the matter in the Universe is not the ordinary kind made up of protons, neutrons, and electrons, but an elusive "dark matter" detectable only from its gravity. Like a tenuous gas, dark matter is all around us - it goes through us all the time without us noticing - but tends to collect in large quantities around galaxies and clusters of galaxies and makes up about one-sixth of the mass of ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Russia Puts 16 Foreign Satellites Into Orbit
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 18, 2007Russia has successfully launched a Dnepr carrier rocket, the first since the failure in late July 2006, and put 16 foreign satellites into orbit, the Federal Space Agency said Tuesday. "The launch has been conducted successfully," the agency said. "The separation of all foreign spacecraft from the carrier rocket occurred at 11.02 Moscow time (7.02 GMT)." ... read more ISS Crew Landing Put Off To Avoid Spring Floods 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 18, 2007The landing of the 14th Expedition crew has been postponed for one day to avoid early spring flooding on the Kazakh steppe, a Russian space official said Tuesday. "The schedule change is not related to the work of the crew," Igor Panarin said. "It was caused by the decision to avoid the spring flood in the region at the previously selected landing zone." According to a revised schedu ... more Finding Economy In Exploring The Spheres Of Saturn 
Cameron Park CA (SPX) Apr 18, 2007At the same time that a group led by Ralph Lorenz has been possible schemes for a relatively low-cost (less than $1 billion) Titan mission that might be worth flying, John Spencer of the Southwest Research Institute has been doing the same for possible economical missions to Saturn's newly fascinating tiny moon Enceladus. So far, they've come up with two possibilities. One would be a Satu ... more Space Peonies Blooming In Heze 
Beijing (XNA) Apr 18, 2007Seventeen "space peonies" that sprouted from seeds that orbited the Earth on the Shenzhou-III spaceship in 2002 are in full bloom in Heze, in East China's Shandong Province. The flowers were the largest attraction at the 2007 Heze International Peony Festival that began on Sunday. This was China's first experiment on peony seeds under weightless conditions, said Sun Jingyu, an expert with ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Bird Flu Genome Study Shows New Strains As new Infections Spread
College Park, MD (SPX) Apr 18, 2007In a paper in the May issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, an international team of researchers report the first ever large-scale sequencing of western genomes of the deadly avian influenza virus, H5N1. Their study of 36 genomes of the virus collected from wild birds in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMA), and Vietnam confirms not read more Scientists Meet To Review Envisat Results After Five Years Of Operations 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 13, 2007From 23 to 27 April in Montreux, Switzerland, over 900 scientists from around the world will attend the Envisat Symposium 2007 to review and present results of ESA's Earth Observation satellites and in particular Envisat. The main objective of the Symposium, organised by ESA with the support of the Swiss Space Office, is to present the results of ESA Earth Observation missions by providing ... more The Latest Dirty Little Secret Of Terra Nullis 
Seattle, WA (SPX) Apr 18, 2007Throughout history civilizations expanded as they sought new soil to feed their populations, then ultimately fell as they wore out or lost the dirt they depended upon. When that happened, people moved on to fertile new ground and formed new civilizations. That process is being repeating today, but in a new book a University of Washington geomorphologist argues the results could be far more ... more Security Council Holds Landmark Debate On Climate Change 
United Nations (AFP) April 17, 2007The Security Council held a groundbreaking debate on the security implications of climate change Tuesday, but several UN members questioned whether the 15-member body was the appropriate forum. British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, whose country chairs the powerful council this month, opened the debate, stressing the need for shared understanding of the linkage between energy, climat ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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Iran President Working Continuously To Expand Nuclear Program
Tehran, April 17 (AFP) Apr 17, 2007Iran on Tuesday said it was working "continuously" to expand its nuclear programme at an ultra-sensitive facility, in defiance of UN calls on Tehran to stop controversial atomic activities. "We are employing the maximum effort to realise our projects in Natanz. Today in Natanz there is a continuous movement to install the centrifuges," the head of Iran's atomic energy agency Gholam Reza Aghazadeh said ... read more A Win-Win Strategy For Iran 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 17, 2007Experts have two main questions about the situation in Iran: First, are the Iranians close to developing a nuclear bomb? And second, are the Americans going to start a war there? Several thousand centrifuges are enough to enrich uranium to 90 percent and produce a nuclear bomb within a year. Earlier, the Iranians announced their intention to increase the number of centrifuges at the Natanz ... more Iranian-Made Weapons Intercepted In Afghanistan 
Washington (AFP) April 17, 2007Coalition forces have intercepted Iranian-made mortars and explosives in Afghanistan destined for the Taliban, the top US military chief said Tuesday, suggesting an expanding Iranian challenge to US forces in the region. General Peter Pace, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the weapons were intercepted in the Kandahar region within the past month, but it was not known if any ... more USAF Chief Of Staff Speaks On Future Of Space Operations 
Colorado Springs CO (AFNS) Apr 16, 2007Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley delivered a speech to a crowd of more than 400 at the 23rd National Space Symposium here April 11. The general's speech to a group of military, civilian and industry space professionals focused on the important part space plays in the defense of the nation and about Air Force issues in the past, present and future. "Today more than ever the ... more MORE HEADLINES |
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