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Cameron Park CA (SPX) May 08, 2007During its studies of Saturn and its moons and rings, the Cassini spacecraft has revealed spectacular new mysteries -- most of them involving Titan and Enceladus, both of which have turned out to be even more complex, spectacular and enigmatic than had been expected before the flight. But the purpose of any space probe is to solve existing mysteries as well as revealing new ones; and during its ... more Next Mars Lander Crosses The Mississippi 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 09, 2007A U.S. Air Force C-17 cargo aircraft carried NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander spacecraft Monday, May 7, from Colorado to Florida, where Phoenix will start a much longer trip in August. After launch, Phoenix will land on a Martian arctic plain next spring. It will use a robotic digging arm and other instruments to determine whether the soil environment just beneath the surface could have been a favorab ... more Cassini Finds That Storms Power Saturn Jet Streams 
New York NY (SPX) May 09, 2007New Cassini research suggests eddies, or giant rotating storms, are the "engine" powering Saturn's jet stream winds. "The new information about how Saturn's jet streams are powered is exactly the opposite of what we thought prior to Cassini," said Anthony Del Genio of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, N.Y. Del Genio is a Cassini imaging team member and lead author of a paper ... more Spirit Examined Light - Colored Material Near Home Plate 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 08, 2007Spirit is healthy and has completed its investigation of a knobby rock target known as "GoodQuestion." Next on Spirit's itinerary is a drive to the north and an attempt to climb onto "Home Plate." On the way, Spirit will examine white--toned material where one of the rover's wheels disturbed the soil. Observations using the miniature thermal emission spectrometer suggest it may be enriched ... more Orbital Wins Major Commercial Satellite Contract With SES Americom 
Dulles VA (SPX) May 09, 2007Orbital Sciences Corporation continues to lead the global market for smaller-sized geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellites with an announcement that it has received an order from SES Americom for as many as five new satellites over a multi-year period. Orbital stated that SES Americom of Princeton, NJ, has placed a firm order for two new satellites, the first designated as AMC-5R and the ... more |
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Washington DC (UPI) May 07, 2007The U.S. Government Accountability Office has praised the Missile Defense Agency in a new report for improving its quality processes. The progress was cited in a GAO report delivered April 30 as testimony before the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations of the U.S. House of Representatives. The report acknowledged that during 2004, as previously reported in these colum ... more Gene Mutation Linked To Cognition Is Found Only In Humans 
Kunming, China (SPX) May 09, 2007The human and chimpanzee genomes vary by just 1.2 percent, yet there is a considerable difference in the mental and linguistic capabilities between the two species. A new study showed that a certain form of neuropsin, a protein that plays a role in learning and memory, is expressed only in the central nervous systems of humans and that it originated less than 5 million years ago. The study ... more Transcontinental Wildfire Emissions Monitored From Space 
Paris, France (SPX) May 09, 2007Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's environmental satellite Envisat, scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated from South American wildfires some 13 000 kilometres away. Using SCIAMACHY, Annemieke Gloudemans from SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research and her colleagues at Utrecht Unive ... more Greenhouse Gas Emissions In EU-15 Slip 
Brussels (AFP) May 08, 2007Greenhouse gas emissions from the 15 most developed EU members eased only slightly in 2005, according to EU figures on Tuesday, suggesting a lot of work remained to be done to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments. The European Environment Agency said that climate-changing greenhouse gases from the 15 countries fell only 0.8 percent in 2005 from 2004, mainly due to lower use of fossil fuels and carbon ... more Indonesia's Mud Volcano Bursts Dyke 
Jakarta (AFP) May 08, 2007Sludge has burst through an embankment built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano", flooding a main road, an official said Tuesday. Officials said a large crack had formed in the dyke, which was designed to hold back the massive mud flow in East Java. "We have managed to repair the crack but the road is still impassable," said a government spokesman. "The road should be opened later ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2007National Petrochemical and Refiners Association Executive Vice President Charles T. Drevna voiced important concerns regarding efforts to increase renewable fuels requirements in testimony to the House Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality. Drevna said NPRA has always opposed mandates that limit refiners flexibility to meet consumer demand. He also noted it is impera ... more Southern Company Plans To Sell Interest In Proposed Nuclear Plant 
Birmingham AL (SPX) May 09, 2007Southern Company announced today that it intends to sell to Duke Energy its 500-megawatt share in the proposed William States Lee III nuclear power project in Cherokee County, S.C. Southern Company remains fully committed to nuclear development and exploring energy options that are in its customers' best interest, including its focus on the proposed new units at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Ga. ... more BP Solar To Supply Systems For Wal-Mart Solar Power Pilot Project 
Frederick MD (SPX) May 09, 2007BP Solar has announced it won a bid to develop 4.3 megawatts of solar energy systems for seven Wal-Mart Stores in California. Under the agreement, BP Solar will sell all of the energy produced by the solar modules as well as operate and maintain the systems. No upfront capital investment will be needed by Wal-Mart, a benefit BP Solar offers to its commercial customers under its solar services ... more From Waste to Watts: Restaurant Grease Converted To Renewable Power 
Rialto CA (SPX) May 09, 2007Chevron Energy Solutions has announced that it has begun engineering and construction of an innovative system at the City of Rialto's wastewater treatment facility that will transform wastewater sludge and kitchen grease from local restaurants into clean, renewable power. The environmentally friendly system will increase municipal revenues, reduce landfill wastes and lower greenhouse emiss ... more Puget Sound Energy Picks EI Solutions To Build Northwest's Largest Solar-Power Facility 
Bellevue WA (SPX) May 09, 2007Puget Sound Energy has announced that EI Solutions will design and construct for PSE the Pacific Northwest's largest solar-power generating facility alongside the utility's Wild Horse wind farm in central Washington. PSE plans to begin construction of the solar project in June and have most of its power-generating panels in operation before the end of 2007. EI Solutions, based in San Rafae ... more
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