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A Polar Orbiter About Titan
Cameron Park Ca (SPX) Apr 24, 2007In my last installment, I described a possible "Titan-Enceladus Explorer" mission that might fit the lowest cost fringe of NASA's proposed big "Flagship"-class planetary missions -- because it could combine the observations to be made by two different billion-dollar class missions to Titan and Enceladus currently being studied by NASA advisory groups, using a single spacecraft. My possible ... more Iowa State Astrophysicists Provide The Eyes For New Gamma Ray Telescope System 
Ames IA (SPX) Apr 24, 2007There's a "First Light Fiesta" in the works at Mt. Hopkins near Amado, Ariz. And Iowa State University astrophysicists will be among those enjoying the celebration of a new telescope system and all the science it will produce. The $20 million VERITAS telescope system -- that's the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System -- at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory south of T ... more Meet Boron Ball Brother Of Bucky 
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 24, 2007A new study by Rice University scientists predicts the existence and stability of another "buckyball" consisting entirely of boron atoms. The research, which has been published online and is due to appear as an editor's selection in Physical Review Letters, was conducted bv Boris Yakobson, professor of mechanical engineering and materials science and of chemistry, and his associates Nevill Gonza ... more Antarctic Lake Robot Probe Sets Sights On Outer Space 
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 22, 2007A robotic probe designed to draw an underwater three-dimensional map showing the biological and geochemical composition of an ice-bound Antarctica lake may prove to be the ideal tool to search for life on other planets or moons where ice is known to exist. Peter Doran, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, is the lead investigator ... more Envisat Symposium 2007 Kicks Off In Switzerland 
Montreux, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 24, 2007More than 900 scientists from around the world have gathered in Montreux, Switzerland, for a five-day symposium to discuss, present and review their findings on the state of our world's land, oceans, ice and atmosphere using data from ESA Earth observation satellites, in particular Envisat - the largest environmental satellite ever built. The largest ESA scientific symposium of the year wa ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) April 23, 2007US Defence Secretary Robert Gates offered Russia cooperation on missile defence activities Monday but was rebuffed by Moscow who said a planned US missile shield was "seriously destabilising". Nevertheless, Gates said he remained "cautiously optimistic" after meetings with President Vladimir Putin, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov and Defence Minister Anatoly Serdukov. Both ... more Space Professional Development Program Is First-Of-Its-kind 
Peterson AFB CO (AFNS) Apr 24, 2007The first course of a five-course, space certificate pilot program initiated by Air Force Space Command and the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs concludes this month for 20 space professionals. The goal of this "first-of-its-kind" program is to increase the technical foundation of space pros and encourage them to pursue advanced academic degrees relevant to the space professional ... more Boeing and iRobot Team to Develop New Recon Robot For Military And Civil Use 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Boeing and iRobot have announced they have signed a teaming agreement to design and develop a next-generation, small unmanned ground vehicle (SUGV) called the SUGV Early. The vehicle will provide military, civil and commercial users with unprecedented reconnaissance and secure, real-time intelligence capabilities. The SUGV Early will be a smaller, lighter version of the iRobot PackBot, whi ... more Beacon Illuminator Laser Shows High Reliability In Ground And Flight Tests 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2007The Northrop Grumman-built Beacon Illuminator Laser (BILL), which is part of the targeting system for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL) aircraft, has shown high reliability during ground tests that began in July 2006 and in flight tests initiated late last year. In-flight firings consistently lasted longer than 90 seconds, reaching the same power level achieved during ... more Raytheon Demonstrates New DCGS Web-Portal Capabilities To Improve Intelligence Sharing Across Military Services 
Garland, TX April 18, 2007Raytheon recently demonstrated new key Web-portal capabilities, much like the Internet, that will improve intelligence sharing across the military services and intelligence agencies and facilitate closer collaboration. After the 9/11 Commission stressed that the military services need to collaborate more closely through improved technologies, Raytheon demonstrated to program officials in v ... more |
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Bristol UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2007A spectacular fossilised forest has transformed our understanding of the ecology of the Earth's first rainforests. It is 300 million years old. The forest is composed of a bizarre mixture of extinct plants: abundant club mosses, more than 40 metres high, towering over a sub-canopy of tree ferns, intermixed with shrubs and tree-sized horsetails. Nowhere elsewhere on the planet is it possibl ... more In An Indonesian Bay Fish Tumours And Controversy 
Buyat Bay, Indonesia (AFP) April 23, 2007Junaidi, a 20-year-old fisherman, proudly shows off his catch as children play nearby in the turquoise waters of Indonesia's Buyat Bay. "I would not move anywhere else, where else would you easily get this much fish?" asked Junaidi, pointing to a tub full of fish caught in the bay. Like many in this tranquil and remote coastal community, Junaidi rejects claims that the bay on the northern ... more Junk DNA Now Looks Like Powerful Regulator 
Stanford, CA (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Large swaths of garbled human DNA once dismissed as junk appear to contain some valuable sections, according to a new study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine and the University of California-Santa Cruz. The scientists propose that this redeemed DNA plays a role in controlling when genes turn on and off. Gill Bejerano, PhD, assistant professor of developmental bio ... more How To Manage Forests In Hurricane Impact Zones 
Asheville NC (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Forest Service researchers have developed an adaptive strategy to help natural resource managers in the southeastern United States both prepare for and respond to disturbance from major hurricanes. In an article published in the journal Forest Ecology and Management, John Stanturf, Scott Goodrick, and Ken Outcalt from the Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS) unit in Athens, GA, r ... more No Easy Solution To Indonesian Haze Problem 
Singapore (AFP) April 20, 2007There is no easy solution to the Indonesian haze which has blighted southeast Asia every year for the past decade, a UN-backed conference on climate change was told Friday. Experts said the problem, largely caused by using fire to clear land for agriculture, is not simply about preserving the environment but also involves addressing poverty and changing traditional practices. Smoggy haze f ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 23, 2007Nuclear power is not the long-term answer to China's energy needs due to limited global uranium supplies and problems with nuclear waste disposal, state media on Monday quoted a top official as saying. "Nuclear power cannot save us because the world's supply of uranium and other radioactive minerals needed to generate nuclear power are very limited," Chen Mingde, vice chairman of the Natio ... more Why GNEP Can Not Jump To The Future 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Congress is now considering whether to approve or zero out the $405 million that President Bush is proposing to spend in fiscal year 2008 on the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)-a program aimed at rendering plutonium inert in nuclear weapons but still useful in nuclear power plants. Nuclear experts at the National Academy of Sciences have long questioned the practicability of the t ... more Biodiesel Will Not Drive Down Global Warming 
London UK (SPX) Apr 24, 2007EU legislation to promote the uptake of biodiesel will not make any difference to global warming, and could potentially result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases than from conventional petroleum derived diesel. This is the conclusion of a new study reported in Chemistry and Industry, the magazine of the SCI. Analysts at SRI Consulting compared the emissions of greenhouse gases by the ... more India And Japan Sign Pact On Global Warming 
Tokyo (AFP) April 23, 2007Japan signed a deal Monday to help fast-growing India fight global warming as the two countries look ahead to a framework after the landmark Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Under the agreement, Japan will invest in India's energy industry and transfer energy-saving technology. It comes two weeks after Japan sealed a similar agreement with China during a landmark visit here by Chinese Premi ... more Buried Residual Oil Is Still Affecting Wildlife Decades After A Spill 
Bell House MS (SPX) Apr 24, 2007Nearly four decades after a fuel oil spill polluted the beaches of Cape Cod, researchers have found the first compelling evidence for lingering, chronic biological effects on a marsh that otherwise appears to have recovered. Through a series of field observations and laboratory experiments with salt marsh fiddler crabs (Uca pugnax), doctoral student Jennifer Culbertson and colleagues found ... more |
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