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Helicopter Flight Trials For EGNOS
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 19, 2007Successful trials have recently been conducted at Lausanne, Switzerland, using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to guide a helicopter as it approached and touched down at an emergency medical service landing pad in the city. The adaptable, go-anywhere characteristics of helicopters make them ideal for emergency services, but when visibility is poor their operations a ... more Layers Exposed In Crater Near Mawrth Vallis 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Jul 19, 2007This image covers an impact crater roughly 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) in diameter. The subimage shows just a small segment of the crater rim (1336 x 889; 3 MB). The surface outside the crater (top) is relatively dark, while the interior wall of the crater has a lighter tone. A few dark patches on the crater wall have small dunes or ripples on their surfaces, and are likely pits filled with dark sa ... more Clay Studies Alter View Of Early Mars Environment 
Fayetteville AR (SPX) Jul 19, 2007A study of the thermodynamics of clays found on Mars suggests that little carbon dioxide could have been present during their formation, which contradicts a popular theory of the early Martian atmosphere and will send researchers looking for other explanations for clay formation. Vincent Chevrier of the University of Arkansas and Francois Poulet and Jean-Pierre Bibring of the Universite Paris-Su ... more NASA Holds Briefing With First Female Station Commander And Crew 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 18, 2007The next visitors to the International Space Station will discuss their upcoming flight during a news conference at 2 p.m. CDT Monday, July 23. The Expedition 16 crew includes Commander Peggy Whitson, the first female to lead a long-duration spaceflight. The news conference from NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, will be broadcast live on NASA Television with questions taken from media at oth ... more NASA Administrator Names Ryschkewitsch As New Chief Engineer 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2007NASA Administrator Michael Griffin has named Michael Ryschkewitsch as the agency's chief engineer. He succeeds Christopher Scolese, who Griffin selected as NASA's associate administrator on July 11. As chief engineer, Ryschkewitsch is responsible for the overall review and technical readiness of all NASA programs. The Office of the Chief Engineer assures that the agency's development efforts and ... more |
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Rishon Lezion, Israel (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Natural Speech Communication (NSC) will supply Tadiran Communications with its speech recognition technology as a subcontractor for a multi-year project for a large European country. Tadiran was awarded the contract for the creation of a system that enables the recognition and analysis of key words in intercepted communications - as well as the real-time dissemination of critical intelligence. more Russia Rejects NATO Offer As Crisis Looms Over CFE 
Moscow (AFP) Jul 19, 2007Russia rejected a NATO offer for consultations on a key European arms treaty Wednesday, but said it would continue talks with the United States on the treaty and dismissed the idea of a new Cold War. Russia last week announced it would suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) arms control treaty after months of tensions over US plans to deploy an anti-missile system in ce ... more Software Link-up With Google Earth Helps Military Mission Planners 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 19, 2007A new version of BAE Systems' image analysis and mapping software enables analysts to evaluate and share intelligence data more effectively by integrating with Google Earth and the ESRI geodatabase. SOCET GXP v2.3 interacts with Google Earth in real time for quick, 3D color visualization and gives geospatial context to objects of interest, resulting in enhanced intelligence for mission planning. ... more South Korea Seeks To Acquire Sensitive Spy Planes 
Seoul (AFP) Jul 19, 2007South Korea said Wednesday it is still seeking to buy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from the United States despite Washington's previous refusal to sell it the high-altitude spy plane. The defence ministry plans to acquire four Global Hawk UAVs by 2012, a spokesman told AFP. The 45-million-dollar craft can cruise at an altitude of 19,500 metres (more than 64,000 feet) for up to 42 hours and id ... more New Research Proves Single Origin Of Humans In Africa 
London UK (SPX) Jul 19, 2007New research published in the journal Nature (19 July) has proved the single origin of humans theory by combining studies of global genetic variations in humans with skull measurements across the world. The research, at the University of Cambridge and funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), represents a final blow for supporters of a multiple origins of huma ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Scientists report they have merged two of nature's most elegant strategies for wet and dry adhesion to produce a synthetic material that one day could lead to more durable and longer-lasting bandages, patches, and surgical materials. As published in this week's issue of the journal Nature, the scientists, supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of th ... more NJIT Researchers Develop Inexpensive Ande Easy Process To Produce Solar Panels 
Newark NJ (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets. "The process is simple," said lead researcher and author Somenath Mitra, PhD, professor and acting chair of NJIT's Department of Chemistry and Environmental Sciences. "Someday homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells ... more New Tool To Measure Speeding Nuclei Is A Fast-Beam First 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Jul 19, 2007An international collaboration at the Michigan State University National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) has demonstrated a new technique for studying particles traveling at one-third the speed of light. The result, which will be published in Physical Review Letters, opens up new doors to investigating rare isotopes. In the study, NSCL users from the Institute for Nuclear Physi ... more Japan's Quake-Hit Nuclear Plant Ordered To Remain Shut 
Kashiwazaki, Japan (AFP) July 18, 2007Authorities Wednesday ordered the world's largest nuclear plant to stay shut indefinitely after Japan's deadly earthquake, as its operator revealed a radiation leak was worse than thought. As the death toll rose to 10, some of Japan's top automakers said they would reduce or suspend production nationwide because of a parts shortage caused by the quake. Monday's 6.8 Richter-scale earthquake ... more EERC Providing Renewable Energy Solutions For Remote Area Of Alaska 
Grand Forks ND (SPX) Jul 19, 2007The University of North Dakota Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) conducted a feasibility study to determine the most economical solutions to provide biomass energy to the entire Chugachmiut Tribal Community in the village of Port Graham, Alaska, located on the Kenai Peninsula about 180 miles southwest of Anchorage. The village is only accessible by air or water, making traditional ... more
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