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The Dark Age Of The Early Universe Shorter Than Thought
Paris (AFP) July 11, 2007Astronomers in the United States and France said Wednesday they had spotted galaxies which were formed just 500 million years after the "Big Bang" that created the Universe, some 250 million years earlier than the oldest galaxy observed so far. Their technique is based on so-called redshift, a phenomenon in which the wavelength of light stretches out as its source recedes. As the Universe ... more Space Station Crew Gets Rid Of Trash 
Houston (UPI) Jul 13, 2007The International Space Station crew is preparing for the arrival of another Russian cargo spacecraft by discarding no longer needed items. The discarded hardware and miscellaneous items are being loaded into the Progress 24 cargo craft that will be cast off Aug. 1, to eventually be incinerated when it enters the Earth's atmosphere. With all trash gathered and stowed from the U.S. side, cosmonau ... more GROND Takes Off 
Paris, France (ESO) Jul 13, 2007A new instrument has seen First Light at the ESO La Silla Observatory. Equipping the 2.2-m MPI/ESO telescope, GROND takes images simultaneously in seven colours. It will be mostly used to determine distances of gamma-ray bursts. Taking images in different filters simultaneously is important for the study of many astrophysical sources, and in particular of variable sources, such as close bi ... more New Light Cast On Key Chemical Reactions In Interstellar Space 
Argonne IL (SPX) Jul 13, 2007A detailed understanding of key chemical reactions that take place in interstellar space has been provided by groundbreaking research at two U.S. Department of Energy national laboratories and two European universities. Argonne National Laboratory senior chemist Stephen Klippenstein - along with colleagues at Sandia National Laboratories; the Institute of Physics, University of Rennes, France; a ... more Arizona State Scientists Keep An Eye On Martian Dust Storm 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The instrument, a multi-wavelength camera sensitive to five visible wavelengths and 10 infrared ones, is providing Mars scientists and spacecraft controllers with global maps that track how much at ... more |
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Southborough, MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Protonex Technology has received an $800,000 extension to a previously awarded contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to optimize performance of its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) propulsion system, ProCore UAV. The advanced version of the system is expected to enable longer flight times and increased payload capability of small unmanned aircraft. Under this extended program ... more Daily Maintenance Keeps UAV Eyes In The Sky 
Fenty, Afghanistan (AFNS) Jul 13, 2007One of the assets commanders in the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team use to view the battlefield is the RQ-7 Shadow 200 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The UAV is able to provide the combat team with video coverage of an area of interest for hours at 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the launch and recovery site. The air vehicle uses a pneumatic launcher and is recovered by a tactical automatic landing s ... more Bush Names Deputy EUCOM Commander To Lead AFRICOM 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 13, 2007President Bush named Army Gen. William E. "Kip" Ward today to help stand up U.S. Africa Command as its first commander. Ward has served as deputy commander of U.S. European Command in Stuttgart, Germany, since May 2006. In that role, he has been responsible for the day-to-day activities for U.S. forces operating across 92 countries in Europe, Africa, Russia, parts of Asia and the Middle East, t ... more US Spy Master Says Intrigue Over The Kremlin Successor Deepens 
Washington (RIA Novosti) Jul 12, 2007A senior U.S. intelligence analyst said political maneuvering in Russia is intensifying as the country approaches presidential elections in March 2008. Speaking before U.S. lawmakers, Thomas Fingar, National Intelligence Council deputy director for analysis, gave an analytical assessment of the current situation in Russia as part of a report about global security threats facing the United State ... more Russia Gives Up Ukraine Missile Radars, US Says Azerbaijan No Substitute For Poland 
Moscow (AFP) July 12, 2007Russia plans to abandon two missile defence bases in Ukraine, including one 700 kilometers (430 miles) away from a planned US radar site that Moscow opposes, a top Russian daily reported Thursday. The Russian government has submitted a draft bill to the lower house of parliament that would end an agreement under which Moscow finances the bases for around 1.3 million dollars (940,000 euros) per y ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) July 12, 2007From a boat on the Yamuna River that flows past India's capital, it's easy to spot bubbles of fetid gas sent up to the water's surface by rotting sewage -- and that's after at least 350 million dollars has been spent on cleaning it up. Now, with New Delhi to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 and the sports village meant to house the athletes being built on the stinking river's banks, India mus ... more Fragmented Structure Of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects Of Earthquakes 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Many earthquakes in the deep ocean are much smaller in magnitude than expected. Geophysicists from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have found new evidence that the fragmented structure of seafloor faults, along with previously unrecognized volcanic activity, may be dampening the effects of these quakes. Examining data from 19 locations in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian o ... more Kazakhstan Offers To Join International Fusion Power Project 
Tokyo (RIA Novosti) Jul 13, 2007Participants in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project (ITER) will consider Kazakhstan's offer to join the construction of a fusion power reactor in France, a Russian official said Thursday. The $10 billion project to build the reactor in Cadarache near Marseilles in southern France is designed to demonstrate the scientific and technological potential of nuclear fusio ... more Florida To Adopt Tough Auto Emission Standards 
Miami (AFP) July 12, 2007Florida Governor Charlie Crist announced Friday "bold" new air-pollution targets for the southeastern US state, including car emission limits similar to the California standards challenged by automakers. Crist is scheduled to sign the executive orders setting the targets on Friday, at the conclusion of a two-day Global Climate Change conference in Miami. "It's ambitious ... we are taking a bold ... more Economical And Cleaner Cars With Lean-Burn Catalytic Converter 
Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Jul 13, 2007Dutch researcher Karen Scholz has taken a careful look at the properties of a new type of catalytic converter found in cars. For this so-called the fuel is alternately combusted in the engine under oxygen-rich (lean) and fuel-rich (rich) conditions. Such diesel engines and 'lean-burn' petrol engines are more economical than conventional engines. The current strict environmental legislatio ... more
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