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Moscow (RIA Novosti) April 26, 2007Russia and Brazil have always seen eye-to-eye on such issues as the importance of a multipolar world and the United Nations' role in modern society, and this mutual understanding is a key factor in relations between the two countries in other areas, too. Russian President Vladimir Putin believes that "we can cooperate in many fields, and one of them is high technologies, above all the peac ... more AIM Soars To The Edge Of Space For Unique Earth Observation Mission 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) spacecraft, the first mission dedicated to the exploration of mysterious ice clouds that dot the edge of space in Earth's polar regions, successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 1:26 p.m. PDT on Wednesday, April 25. The mission will study clouds that are noctilucent, meaning they can be seen from the ground only at nigh ... more EU Parliament Deeply Concerned About Troubled Galileo Project 
Strasbourg (AFP) April 26, 2007The European Parliament voiced deep concerns on Thursday about the EU's delayed Galileo satellite navigation system while a top EU official ruled out pulling the plug on the troubled programme. In a resolution adopted Thursday, the parliament said it was "deeply concerned by the fact that the concession negotiations have been at a standstill for several months." EU lawmakers expresse ... more Satellite Operator Shuts Down Tiger Broadcasts In Sri Lanka 
Colombo (AFP) April 26, 2007The US-based Intelsat has shut down the radio and television broadcasts of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, the Sri Lankan government said in a statement here Thursday. Intelsat, the world's largest commercial satellite communications provider, has told Colombo's mission in Washington that the service of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was shut down over the weekend. "Inte ... more A Step Closer To A European Space Policy 
Paris, France (ESA) Apr 27, 2007Space is a strategic asset which Europe must exploit more effectively. Europe cannot afford to lose out when it comes to securing the economic and societal benefits of space for its citizens. The European Space Policy will soon give Europe a comprehensive tool with which to widen its dimension vis-�-vis space activities. Today, the College of European Commissioners in Brussels adopted a do ... more |
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Oslo (AFP) April 26, 2007A dispute over US plans to station anti-missile bases in eastern Europe escalated Thursday as Russia froze a key defence treaty in a move that raised "grave concern" among NATO allies. In heated NATO talks in Oslo, Norway, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Ivanov warned that Russia was to halt its application of the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and could even pull out if the allies d ... more Boeing Demonstrates Key GPS 3 Features In Critical Program Review 
St Louis MO (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Boeing has completed a critical Global Positioning System (GPS) Space Segment III System Design Review, supporting the U.S. Air Force's requirement for a low-risk, high-confidence acquisition solution. During the review, Boeing demonstrated the technical readiness of its GPS III payload design that will allow the Air Force to field and upgrade GPS satellites quickly and cost effectively. T ... more US Army Awards Raytheon Major Patriot Engineering Services Contract 
Tewksbury, MA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Raytheon has been awarded a $144 million contract modification by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command to provide engineering services for the Patriot Air and Missile Defense program. This award represents the third of four annual options to the base contract awarded in fiscal year 2004. The contract embodies the U.S. Army's Air and Missile Defense visionary commitment for a cost-eff ... more A Book From Guantanamo Makes For Many Questions 
Berlin (UPI) April 26, 2007The United States reportedly paid Pakistani police some $3,000 for Murat Kurnaz before they locked him away for nearly five years without charges in Guantanamo. The German-Turkish man has written a book about his plight in the world's most famous prison. "I understood a long time ago what this prison was about," Kurnaz writes in "Five Years of My Life," his memoir that hit the shelves of G ... more Poll Shows Security Imbalance In US 
Washington (UPI) April 26, 2007By a large margin, Americans feel the Bush administration has tipped the balance of security against liberty too far towards security, a new UPI/Zogby polls shows. But the public remains closely divided on the president's most controversial security programs, favoring by small margins warrantless wiretaps against terror suspects and the broad mining by federal agencies of personal data abo ... more |
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Cambridge UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2007For a long time, it had been argued that only humans can draw on past experiences to plan for the future, whereas animals were considered "stuck in time." However, it has become clear that some animals can indeed plan for future needs. Surprisingly, the most convincing examples of future planning are not derived from our closest relatives, the apes, but from a bird, the Western scrub-jay. ... more Cloudsat Standard Data Products Released To Science Community 
Colorado CO (SPX) Apr 27, 2007The CloudSat Data Processing Center (DPC) has released a Beta version of the final 3 Standard Data Products (2B-CWC-RO, 2B-TAU, 2B-FLXHR). These data are now available to the general science community. It is important for all users to note that these three products, as well as all of the CloudSat Standard Products in release 03 (identified in the filename as "_R03_" ) are provisional produ ... more Cracks In Wall Suppressing Indonesian Mud Volcano 
Jakarta (AFP) April 26, 2007Workers were racing Thursday to repair a massive wall holding back sludge spewing from Indonesia's "mud volcano" that has already flooded hundreds of homes, an official said. Cracks started to appear in the man-made embankment around the disaster area in east Java on Wednesday, prompting authorities to declare the area off limits. Bambang Suryadi, from the company charged with monitoring t ... more Fish Growth Enhanced By Climate Change 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Changes in growth rates in some coastal and long-lived deep-ocean fish species in the south west Pacific are consistent with shifts in wind systems and water temperatures, according to new Australian research published in the United States this week. "We have drawn correlations between the growth of fish species related to their environmental conditions - faster growth in waters above a de ... more Iran Dam Unleashes Torrent Of Controversy 
Tehran (AFP) April 26, 2007Iran has overruled critics and started filling a new dam in the parched south of the country that will drown an ancient archaeological site and could threaten the tomb of Cyrus the Great. Thousands of activists have rallied and petitioned the government not to flood the dam, which is only seven kilometres (four miles) from Pasargadae -- the first capital of the Persian Empire. During ... more |
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Alcan has begun engineering work for the construction of a new high-efficiency turbine at its Shipshaw power generating station in the Saguenay region of Quebec. The new turbine will eventually replace an older, less-efficient machine. This project represents an investment of approximately US$130 million and is part of the US$1.8 billion commitment announced last December. "The const ... more Climate Change A Challenge For Oil And Gas Companies 
London UK (SPX) Apr 27, 2007Oil and gas companies are one of the major emitters, if not the major emitter, of carbon in the world today. With climate change now the greatest environmental challenge, it has become imperative to reduce carbon emissions dramatically in the future. Therefore, oil and gas companies are facing one of the biggest upheavals they have ever experienced, with renewable energy gaining key import ... more Germany Wants To Become World Leader In Energy Efficiency 
Berlin (AFP) April 26, 2007Germany on Thursday unveiled proposals to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 40 percent within 13 years and become the most energy-efficient country in the world. Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel called for additional investment of three billion euros (four billion dollars) to develop energy-saving technologies and said emissions permits for industry could be auctioned off rather than bein ... more Nanocomposite Processing Technique Improves Capacitors 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Apr 27, 2007A new technique for creating films of barium titanate (BaTiO3) nanoparticles in a polymer matrix could allow fabrication of improved capacitors able to store twice as much energy as existing devices. The improved capacitors could be used in consumer devices such as cellular telephones - and in defense applications requiring both high energy storage and rapid current discharge. Becaus ... more Nanotechnology Provides Green Path To Environmentally Sustainable Economy 
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 27, 2007As products made with nanometer-scale materials and devices spread to more industries and markets, there is a growing opportunity and responsibility to leverage nanotechnology to reduce pollution, conserve resources and, ultimately, build a "clean" economy, advises a new report from the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies. A "strong marriage" between nanotechnology and the principles and ... more |
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