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Call For More Vital Role For University Of Leicester In Space Exploration
Leicester, UK (SPX) Sep 21, 2007As one of the UK's leading university centres of space research, the University of Leicester is expected to play a more vital role in human and robotic space exploration if the findings of a review of UK national space policy are adopted. The review, held at the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) in York on 13th September, follows a nine month investigation by 23 independe ... more Shaking Off The Dust And Getting Back To Work 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Sep 21, 2007The skies continue to clear over the Opportunity site, and the dust is falling from both the sky and the rover. The last week was dedicated to evaluating the payload and assessing dust accumulation on the instruments. Fortunately, the solar array energy has improved to over 350 Watt-hours for the last four sols. This has given the vehicle enough power to support two alpha particle X-ray spectr ... more Location, Location, Location 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007The Voyager 1 spacecraft, after traveling about 4 billion miles into space, turned around and looked back home. From such a distance, the Earth appeared as a pale blue dot, a single point of light suspended in the vast blackness of space. If aliens from much more distant worlds were to look at our solar system, the Earth, if it could be seen at all, would seem even more tiny and faint. How could ... more Space Station Expedition 16 Crew Approved 
Star City, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 21, 2007A Russian space flight commission has approved the members of the main and reserve crews for the 16th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS), a RIA Novosti correspondent reported Thursday. The main crew members, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, are scheduled for take-off October 10 aboard Soyuz TMA-11, together with Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, the fi ... more Dealing With Threatening Space Rocks 
Paris, France (ESA) Sep 21, 2007Every now and then a space rock hits the world's media - sometimes almost literally. Threatening asteroids that zoom past the Earth, fireballs in the sky seen by hundreds of people and mysterious craters which may have been caused by impacting meteorites; all make ESA's planned mission Don Quijote look increasingly timely. The uncertainty surrounding whether a meteorite impacted in South America ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Sep 20, 2007 France and Germany -- for years this meant one of the strongest alliances in Europe. Yet the skies between Berlin and Paris have become clouded ever since President Nicholas Sarkozy took over. To see what has changed, all you need do is compare the two past French rulers: There is Jacques Chirac, Sarkozy's predecessor, who in his last years in office came across as the polite grandfathe ... more UN atomic agency approves text on nuclear-weapons-free Mideast 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 20, 2007The UN atomic agency adopted a non-binding resolution on a nuclear weapons-free-zone in the Middle East with Israel and the US voting against and EU states except Ireland abstaining. The lack of consensus weakened the impact of the measure, at a general conference of the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), diplomats told AFP. The Egyptian-sponsored resolution was backe ... more Methodology Predicts Effects Of Hurricanes On Coastal Roadways 
Lawrence KS (SPX) Sep 21, 2007More than 60,000 miles of United States roadways are in the 100-year coastal floodplain, making them vulnerable to attacks from water surges and storm waves generated by hurricanes. A new study, in the latest issue of the Journal of Coastal Research, introduces methodology that integrates state-of-the-art models as effective tools for engineering design and hurricane emergency management. ... more Change From Arid To Wet Climate In Africa Had Significant Effect On Early Human Evolution 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Sep 21, 2007A team of scientists from around the globe has determined that a drastic change in the climate of tropical Africa may have significantly driven early human evolution. The team's findings will be published in the Sept. 4-7 installment of Early Edition, published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Among the findings: A transition from a long period of time (about 135,00 ... more Africa floods linked to 'La Nina' weather in Pacific: UN agency 
Geneva (AFP) Sept 20, 2007Severe flooding caused by torrential rains stretching across Africa is probably linked to the "La Nina" weather pattern thousands of mile away in the Pacific, a senior UN weather agency scientist said Thursday. The World Meteorological Organisation warned in July that the combination of tropical wind patterns over the Pacific Ocean and cooler than normal sea temperatures off western Latin Am ... more |
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Amherst MA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007The search for greener alternatives to fossil fuels has led to a major investment in a microbe that converts plant matter into ethanol. Dubbed the "Q microbe," the bacterium has been the focus of University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist Susan Leschine's work for the past decade. Now it's taking center stage at SunEthanol, a new Amherst-based biofuels technology company. Noted for ... more Solar Experts Gathering At ORNL For Summit 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Sep 21, 2007Solar energy will be in the spotlight as researchers, engineers, architects and other renewable energy experts from the region convene at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oct. 24-25 for the first Southeast Solar Summit. Among the displays will be an Arizona Public Service 5-kilowatt photovoltaic solar array that will be providing electricity to one of the laboratory buildings. The array uses Memphi ... more Climate poker: Who's bidding what 
Paris (AFP) Sept 20, 2007A key UN conference taking place in Bali, Indonesia, from December 3-14, is tasked with launching a roadmap for negotiations for strengthening action against global warming. The ultimate goal: A new agreement for reducing global greenhouse-gas emssions from the end of 2012, when the Kyoto Protocol's first round of commitments expires. This year has seen a flurry of meetings ahead of the ... more The Magellanic Clouds Are First-Time Visitors 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) are two of the Milky Way's closest neighboring galaxies. A stunning sight in the southern hemisphere, they were named after Ferdinand Magellan, who explored those waters in the 16th century. For hundreds of years, these galaxies were considered satellites of the Milky Way, gravitationally bound to our home galaxy. New research by ... more Energia's General Designer's Review Board Meets 
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Sep 20, 2007At OAO S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia under the chairmanship of V.A. Lopota, Corporation President, General Designer, took place a session of the General Designer's Review Board. Consideration was given to the status of International Space Station Russian Segment and its flight program implementation, progress of Soyuz TMA-11 transport manned vehicle launch processing and final ... more
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