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Matter Will Dominate Radiation Until The End Of Time Nashville TN (SPX) Apr 26, 2007 
If you've ever wondered about the ultimate fate of the universe, Lawrence Krauss and Robert Scherrer have some good news - sort of. In a paper published online on April 25 in the journal Physical Review D, the two physicists show that matter as we know it will remain as the universe expands at an ever-increasing clip. That is, the current status quo between matter and its alter ego, radiation, will continue as the newly discovered force of dark energy pushes the universe apart. "Diamonds may actually be forever," quips Krauss, professor of physics and astronomy at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) who is spending the year ... read more |
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Orbital Minotaur Launches US MDA NFIRE Satellite
Dulles VA (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Orbital Sciences reports that its Minotaur I rocket has launched the Near Field InfraRed Experiment (NFIRE) spacecraft for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Air Force. The Minotaur I was launched from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport (MARS) launch facility on Wallops Island, Virginia. At approximately 2:47 a.m. (EDT), the rocket's first stage ignited, beginning the mission into ... more AIM Heads For Orbit 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2007NASA's AIM spacecraft is beginning its two-year mission after a flawless ride to Earth orbit aboard an Orbital Sciences Pegasus XL rocket. Launch took place at 1:26 PDT. Launch operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California ran smoothly today, with no technical or weather issues causing concern. The AIM mission is the first dedicated to exploring mysterious ice clouds that dot the e ... more Planetary Society Urges Congress To Restore NASA's Vision 
Pasadena, CA (SPX) Apr 26, 2007"NASA's budget should be increased as was originally envisioned in order to restore its scientific underpinnings and to prepare for human exploration of the solar system," Louis Friedman, Executive Director of the Planetary Society, today testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies. The Society supports the ... more Canadians Teaming Up To Develop Mars Mission Concepts 
Longueuil, Quebec, April 24, 2007When a mission to Mars is being developed, mission planners must consider many factors. Space technology advances, scientific needs and objectives, how to deal with distance, communications delays, and landing through the thin Martian atmosphere-all this must converge into a useful, workable mission concept. Canadian companies and researchers are part of an international drive to respond t ... more Iridium Satellite Announces New North American Pricing Plan 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Iridium Satellite announces a new North American pricing plan that offers extremely low rates for satellite phone calls. Iridium now offers value prepaid air time packages with street prices in the $.30-40 per minute range. Iridium also is now offering larger "super discount" packages that drive prices down to below $.15 per minute. "The new pricing packages, coupled with Iridium's worldwi ... more |
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Oslo (AFP) April 25, 2007US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice voiced optimism Wednesday that European allies and Russia would ultimately accept a controversial US plan to station anti-missile bases in eastern Europe. Rice, who arrived in Oslo late Wednesday for talks with her NATO and Russian counterparts, told reporters accompanying her that many of the concerns expressed by Russia and some Europeans about the ... more Japan Launches Study On Collective Defence 
Tokyo (AFP) April 25, 2007Japan launched a study Wednesday on how it could fight for allies without breaching its pacifist constitution, a controversial move that could boost the country's global role and alliance with the United States. The move came the day before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a conservative who has vowed to create a more assertive Japan, makes his first visit to the United States since taking offic ... more Lockheed Martin Concludes Phase II Tests Of Guided MLRS Unitary Rocket 
Dallas TX (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Lockheed Martin recently conducted several successful flight tests of a Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Unitary Phase II rocket at White Sands Missile Range, NM, concluding the second phase of the Production Qualification Testing (PQT) requirement series for the contract. Test objectives included demonstration of the GMLRS Unitary rockets in the point-impact and proximity mode ... more BMD Firms Seek Turkish Market 
Washington (UPI) April 25, 2007Iran's drive to develop nuclear weapons has alarmed neighboring Turkey. Now the Turkish government is planning to buy BMD systems to defend the country. The new policy could mean big contracts for major U.S. defense contractors, but the Turks are looking at Chinese and Israeli companies for possible orders, too. "Turkey has accelerated efforts to acquire different sorts of missile defense ... more Democrats Authorize Subpoena For Rice 
Washington (AFP) April 25, 2007A congressional committee took steps Wednesday toward issuing a subpoena for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to testify about discredited assertions about Iraq's prewar nuclear intentions, but her spokesman said she would resist. Democrat Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, said the panel is interested in learning how the White House came to make bogus asse ... more |
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Washington (AFP) April 25, 2007A tornado ripped across the US-Mexico border, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens more, local authorities and media said on Wednesday. Six people were killed in the small Texas town of Eagle Pass, officials said. Three others were killed in Mexico a few miles (kilometers) away, television station KDFW in Dallas reported. The tornado struck Eagle Pass, at about 6:00 pm (2200 GM ... more Experts Warn On Gambia AIDS Cure 
West Palm Beach FL (UPI) April 24, 2007Officials of the International AIDS Society Tuesday urged caution over reports that treatment derived from natural herbs in Gambia can cure AIDS. The purported cure is administered directly to the patients by the president of Gambia, an African nation with a population of 1.6 million. "It is premature and unethical to label this product a cure if it has not been thoroughly tested and prove ... more Global Warming And Antarctic Ice Is Focus Of Multinational Workshop 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Apr 26, 2007As the national repository for geological material from the Southern Ocean, the Antarctic Marine Geology Research Facility at Florida State University houses the premier collection of Antarctic sediment cores -- and a hot new acquisition will offer an international team of scientists meeting there May 1-4 its best look yet at the impact of global warming on oceans worldwide. The remarkable ... more Indonesian Green Groups Slam Newmont Judges 
Jakarta (AFP) April 25, 2007Indonesian environmentalists said Wednesday they will lodge complaints of bias against judges who cleared US mining giant Newmont this week of dumping tonnes of toxic waste. Chalid Muhammad, of the Friends of the Earth (Walhi), accused the five judges of siding with Newmont during a lengthy trial that was closely watched by foreign investors. "It was obvious that the judges were on Newmont ... more Liverpool Scientists Work To Improve Water Quality In Ghana 
Liverpool UK (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Ghana's large and growing population relies on wetlands for food and water and so experts at the University's Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER) have launched a research and training project near Accra, in Southern Ghana, to prevent continued environmental decline through pollution and over-use of river based resources. In recent years G ... more |
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Vilnius (RIA Novosti) Apr 26, 2007EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and European MPs have urged Russia to abandon using energy as a political weapon and resume oil supplies to Lithuania. They adopted a joint statement saying that Russia and the EU are mutually dependent on energy, and that the majority of problems arise from political disagreements. Piebalgs told MPs in Strasbourg he intended to pressure Russia into r ... more Ethiopia Says Eritrea Behind Chinese Oil Facility Bloodbath 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Apr 25, 2007Ethiopia on Wednesday accused arch-foe Eritrea of supporting the rebels who attacked a remote Chinese-run oil venture that killed 74 people, and abducted up to seven Chinese workers. Eritrea immediately denied the claim -- the latest in a string of accusations and counter-accusations between the rival neighbours. "The perpetrator of the terrorist attack ... is the self-styled Ogaden Nation ... more Ethiopia Seeks Seized Chinese Oil Workers As Toll Rises 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Apr 25, 2007Ethiopia searched for up to seven seized Chinese oil workers Wednesday after an attack on a Chinese-run oil venture which killed 77 people, according to a new toll. Ethiopia sent an investigation team to the Ogaden oil prospection site in a remote eastern region, while a local leader added three more Ethiopians to the death toll, which includes nine Chinese. The Ogaden National Liber ... more NAEG Reports Breakthrough For Its Wind And Solar Projects 
Forest Hills NY (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Native American Energy Group reported Monday that the newly proposed construction of a 203-mile-long transmission line tying Alberta into the U.S. power grid in Montana may be the solution that allows NAEG to tap the potential for wind and solar generation in Montana. One of Native American Energy Group's near-term goals is to begin joint- venturing renewable energy projects on several Ind ... more New Materials For Making Spintronic Devices 
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 26, 2007An interdisciplinary group of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory has devised methods to make a new class of electronic devices based on a property of electrons known as "spin," rather than merely their electric charge. This approach, dubbed spintronics, could open the way to increasing dramatically the productivity of electronic devices operating at the ... more |
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