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European Space Policy Becomes A Reality Today
Brussels (ESA) May 23, 2007A stronger Europe in space, better equipped and better coordinated to face the future needs of its citizens. A wider strategic scope to address new challenges, including the areas of security and defence space programmes, and space as an added dimension to the EU's external relations: all this in a novel policy designed to fit European interests and values. Ministers in charge of space act ... more Gamma-Ray Bursts Active Longer Than Thought 
Greenbelt, MD (SPX) May 23, 2007Using NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers have discovered that energetic flares seen after gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are not just hiccups, they appear to be a continuation of the burst itself. GRBs release in seconds the same amount of energy our Sun will emit over its expected 10 billion-year lifetime. The staggering energy of a long-duration GRB (lasting more than a few seconds) comes from the ... more New Clovis-Age Comet Impact Theory 
Eugene, OR (SPX) May 23, 2007Two University of Oregon researchers are on a multi-institutional 26-member team proposing a startling new theory: that an extraterrestrial impact, possibly a comet, set off a 1,000-year-long cold spell and wiped out or fragmented the prehistoric Clovis culture and a variety of animal genera across North America almost 13,000 years ago. Driving the theory is a carbon-rich layer of soil tha ... more Out Iapetus Way And Back Again 
Cameron Park (SPX) May 19, 2007Thanks both to Earth observations and Voyager 2, Hyperion was known to be a first-class little oddball of a moon even before Cassini examined it closeup. It orbits just 260,000 km beyond Saturn's huge moon Titan, and it has drifted somehow into an "orbital-period resonance" with Titan such that it circles Saturn exactly three times for Titan's four. It's shaped rather like a thick hamburger pat ... more Iridium Satellite Launches First Annual Test Your Satellite Phone Week 
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 21, 2007Iridium Satellite has kicked off its first annual "Test Your Satellite Phone" Week starting May 21, 2007. The goal of Test Your Satellite Phone Week is to increase satellite phone user knowledge. It is also set up to help users confirm their access to the critical communication services satellite phones provide before they're needed in an emergency. Similar to the popular bi-annual testing ... more |
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By Martin SieffUPI Senior News Analyst Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007 Russia's new state-of-the-art S-400 missile defense system will be operational around Moscow by the beginning of July. The commander of the Russian Air Force, three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, made the announcement Monday, RIA Novosti reported. RIA Novosti described the S-400 Triumf system, designated by NATO as the SA-21 Growler, as "a new air defense missile ... more Britain Orders Fourth New Nuclear Submarine 
London (AFP) May 21, 2007Britain's defence ministry said Monday it had placed a 200-million-pound (295-million-euro, 395-million-dollar) contract to construct a new nuclear-powered attack submarine, it said Monday. The 7,800-tonne vessel, to be named HMS Audacious, will be the fourth in the Astute class of submarines, which are the largest and most powerful of their type ever built in Britain for the Royal Navy. A ... more US Army MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Completes First Engine Run 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 23, 2007Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully performed an engine run of the first U.S. Army MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), the Class IV Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS), at the company's Unmanned Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss. "The engine run is a significant milestone for the FCS program. It marks completion of final assembly of ... more BMD Collision Course 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007Washington's negotiations with the Czech Republic and Poland on building U.S. missile-defense bases in those countries are slated for late May. Washington is going to try to secure some guarantees for its plan during the meetings in Prague and Warsaw. The U.S. plan to site basic elements of its missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic is more likely to trigger a new cold war than ever. more Shanghai Group Will Not Become A Military Alliance Says Russian Official 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will not be transformed into a military alliance, Russia's senior security official said Tuesday. The regional group, dominated by Russia and China, is widely seen as a counter to U.S. influence in resource-rich Central Asia and NATO's expansion. "The issue of transforming the organization into a military alliance has not been brought up," Security Cou ... more |
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Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. ... more CO2 Emissions Increasing Faster Than Expected 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2007Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels - the principal driver of climate change - have accelerated globally at a far greater rate than expected over recent years, according to a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper explains that the average growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions increased from 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s to a ... more New Process Generates Hydrogen from Aluminum Alloy To Run Engines And Fuel Cells 
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) May 23, 2007A Purdue University engineer has developed a method that uses an aluminum alloy to extract hydrogen from water for running fuel cells or internal combustion engines, and the technique could be used to replace gasoline. The method makes it unnecessary to store or transport hydrogen - two major challenges in creating a hydrogen economy, said Jerry Woodall, a distinguished professor of electrical a ... more Revamped, Renewed, Restarted: High Flux Isotope Reactor Back On Line 
Oak Ridge, TN (SPX) May 23, 2007The research reactor at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory is back in action and better than ever. After $70 million in renovations and more than a year of meticulous system checks, ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor was restarted this week, taken to 10 percent power, and reached its peak power of 85 megawatts Wednesday. "The restart has gone well," said Kelly Beierschm ... more Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South 
New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... more
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