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Space Technology Creates Investment Opportunities
Paris, France (ESA) May 24, 2007The first ESA Investment Forum took place last month at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands. This new event attracted more than 100 participants from all over Europe, including representatives from the finance and investment communities, the European Special Applications Fund and 20 start-up companies. The Forum was organised by ESA's Technology Transfer Pr ... more Mapping Alien Worlds Beyond Sol 
Boston MA (SPX) May 24, 2007For the first time, astronomers have created a rough map of a planet orbiting a distant sun-like star, employing a technique that may one day enable mapping of Earth-like worlds. Since the planet just charted is a gas giant and lacks a solid surface, the map shows cloud-top features. Using the Spitzer infrared space telescope, astronomers detected a bright hot spot that is offset from "high noon ... more Russian Satellite Navigation Devices On Sale This Year 
Moscow (AFP) May 23, 2007Navigating devices using Russian satellites will appear in the shops this year as the first alternative to the widely used GPS network of the United States, officials said on Wednesday. "The individual devices receiving signals from Glonass will appear in shops in our country by the end of this year," Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists. The Glonass satelli ... more Academic Group Releases Plan To Share Power Over Internet Root Zone Keys 
Syracuse, NY (SPX) May 24, 2007A group of scholars centered at Syracuse University has published a plan to decentralize authority over the Internet domain name system (DNS) as it transitions to a new, more secure technology known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). At a symposium in Washington, D.C., May 17, the Internet Governance Project (IGP) unveiled a plan to decentralize control over the process of digitally signing th ... more GNSS And ESA Sign Cooperation Agreement For Satellite Navigation Technologies 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 24, 2007The European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) and the European Space Agency signed an agreement on 16 May that opens up cooperation related to the EGNOS and Galileo programmes. The framework agreement signed by Pedro Pedreira, Executive Director of the GSA and Giuseppe Viriglio, ESA Director of Telecommunication and Navigation Programmes, is meant to ensure the continuity of the cooperatio ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2007A growing number of Chinese telecom and computer companies support a local encryption standard for wireless Internet that challenges US technology in the field, state media said Wednesday. The WAPI encryption standard, a Chinese-made rival of the US-backed 802.11 standard, has received the endorsement of companies such as cellphone operator China Mobile and PC vendor Lenovo, the China Daily repo ... more Russia Seeks Review Of Landmark Arms Control Pact 
Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2007Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Wednesday called for an emergency meeting to review an arms control deal aimed at establishing defence parity between the US and several European countries. His call to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) coincided with Russian President Vladimir Putin's statement that a US plan to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe ... more WHOI Geologists Compile Longest Ever Record Of Atlantic Hurricane Strikes 
Wood Hole MA (SPX) May 24, 2007The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean appears to be closely connected to long-term trends in the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the West African monsoon, according to new research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Geologists Jeff Donnelly and Jonathan Woodruff made that discovery while assembling the longest-ever record of hurricane strikes in the ... more LSU And Los Alamos Team Up To Improve Evacuation Plans 
Baton Rouge LA (SPX) May 24, 2007Brian Wolshon, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at LSU and member of the LSU Hurricane Center, has been getting international recognition for his research and application of emergency evacuations and traffic modeling. But he isn't stopping there. Thanks to his expertise, prominence in the field and continued efforts, Wolshon is leading the way for LSU's students a ... more AIRS Global Map Of Carbon Dioxide From Space 
Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2007Although originally designed to measure atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles for weather forecasting, data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft are now also being used by scientists to observe atmospheric carbon dioxide. Scientists from NASA; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the European Center for Medium-Range We ... more |
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Beltsville MD (SPX) May 24, 2007Joint venture partners SkyPower and SunEdison Canada are pleased to announce the award of their first Standard Offer Contract with the Ontario Power Authority. The 9.12 megawatt solar project, to be located in Norfolk County in South-Central Ontario, will interconnect with local utility Norfolk Power. The solar park will generate enough green renewable energy to displace 9,500 metric tonne ... more PowerLight Completes 2.2 Megawatt Solar Power Plant In Korea 
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) May 24, 2007SunPower announces that its subsidiary, PowerLight Corp., has completed construction of Mungyeong SP Solar Mountain, a 2.2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Mungyeong, Korea. The plant is comprised of 10,500 panels and covers an area of approximately 43,000 square meters. PowerLight worked as a subcontractor to LG CNS Co., Ltd, by supplying solar technology and providing design and in ... more ExxonMobil Shareholders To Raise Heat On Global Warming 
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2007A group of ExxonMobil shareholders, including large public US pension funds, said Wednesday they planned to raise the heat on oil giant ExxonMobil over its climate change policies. The investors, who include the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the New York City Employees Retirement System among others, said they would seek to reform ExxonMobil's position on global warmi ... more Czech Government Extends Life Of Threatened Uranium Mine 
Prague (AFP) May 23, 2007The Czech government agreed Wednesday that the only functioning uranium mine in Europe, at Dolni Rozinka in the centre of the country, will continue production for an indefinite period. Industry Minister Martin Riman announced the news regarding the state-owned mine following a weekly cabinet meeting, ensuring the Czech Republic's rank as the 12th biggest uranium producer in the world. Ear ... more Toyota To Launch 100-Percent Ethanol-Powered Cars In Brazil 
Tokyo (AFP) May 23, 2007Toyota said Wednesday it will start selling two vehicles that can run entirely on ethanol in Brazil, a first for the Japanese auto giant which has invested heavily in eco-friendly cars. The Corolla Flex and the Corolla Fielder Flex will be put on sale from this Friday by Toyota's subsidiary in Brazil, where ethanol is already widely used as a fuel thanks to an ample supply of local sugarcane. ... more
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