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Russia to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa: report
Moscow (AFP) Jan 7, 2008Russia plans to participate in a European mission to investigate Jupiter's moon Europa and search for simple life forms, the Interfax news agency reported on Monday, quoting a senior researcher. The head of the Space Research Institute, Lev Zelyony, said a project to explore the giant gaseous planet Jupiter would shortly be included in the programme of the European Space Agency (ESA) for the ... more MESSENGER Only One Week From Mercury 
Laurel MD (SPX) Jan 08, 2008MESSENGER�s mid-December trajectory correction maneuver (TCM-19) went so well that the mission�s design and navigation teams have decided that a TCM scheduled for January 10 will not be needed. "Cancellation of this maneuver is a demonstration of the near-perfect execution of TCM-19 just prior to the start of the holiday season," says Mission Systems Engineer Eric Finnegan of the Johns Hopkins U ... more SETI Project Looking For More Volunteers 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 07, 2008The longest-running search for radio signals from alien civilizations is getting a burst of new data from an upgraded Arecibo telescope, which means the SETI@home project needs more desktop computers to help crunch the data. Since SETI@home launched eight years ago, the project based at the University of California, Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory has signed up more than 5 million int ... more Small Rocks Make Big Impacts 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 07, 2008The stunning amount of forest devastation at Tunguska a century ago in Siberia may have been caused by an asteroid only a fraction as large as previously published estimates, Sandia National Laboratories supercomputer simulations suggest. "The asteroid that caused the extensive damage was much smaller than we had thought," says Sandia principal investigator Mark Boslough of the impact that occur ... more Say Aloha To New Hiciao Camera At Subaru Telescope 
Hilo HI (SPX) Jan 04, 2008The Subaru Telescope, located on the summit of Mauna Kea, is dedicated to exploring the cosmos, gaining a deeper and more thorough understanding of everything that surrounds us. With an 8.2-meter mirror and a suite of sophisticated instruments, astronomers at Subaru Telescope explore nearby stars looking for planetary systems. A giant step towards this goal was made recently with the "first-lig ... more |
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Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jan 08, 2008China is planning to launch its third manned spacecraft and 15 carrier rockets, and orbit 17 satellites in 2008, a senior space official said on Monday. The spacecraft Shenzhou-7 with three astronauts on board is likely to lift off after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, said Huang Qiang, secretary general of China's Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (COS ... more China planning to secure North Korea's nuclear arsenal: report 
Washington (AFP) Jan 7, 2008China has contingency plans to dispatch troops into North Korea and secure nuclear weapons in the event of instability in the hardline communist state, according to US experts who have talked to Chinese military researchers. Any intervention by Beijing would be done as far as possible after consultations with the United Nations but unilateral action was not ruled out, the experts said in a r ... more Northrop Grumman Names Jeffrey Palombo To Head New Land Forces Division 
Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Northrop Grumman has appointed Jeffrey Q. Palombo as sector vice president and general manager of the company's newly-created Land Forces Division, effective immediately. In his new position, Palombo will have executive responsibility for land forces, communications systems and laser systems programs at Northrop Grumman facilities in Apopka, Fla.; Baltimore; Cincinnati; Garland, Texas; Gaithersb ... more Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Flight Test Initiated By Northrop Grumman Using New Ship Control Segment 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Northrop Grumman initiated the next phase of the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) MQ-8B Fire Scout development program with the first flight test using a Test and Training Control Segment. This control segment is a shelterized version of the exact consoles and other equipment being integrated into Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) for operational use of the MQ-8B F ... more Boeing Responds To MDA's GMD Information Request 
St Louise MO (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Boeing has responded to a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) request for industry feedback on the follow-on Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program. Boeing submitted its response to MDA's request for information (RFI). RFI responses will help MDA determine its strategy for the follow-on effort to the current GMD contract. Increasingly complex ground and flight tests over the past two y ... more |
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Madison WI (SPX) Jan 08, 2008In order to increase productivity, forest practices have become more intense in recent decades. Forest fertilization increased by 800% in the southeastern United States from 1990 to 1999, and the total acreage fertilized in the Southeast exceeds the forest area fertilized in the rest of the world. This has generated concern that intensive forest practices, including fertilization, may negatively ... more Predictions Based Solely On Atlantic Hurricane Activity Can Lead To Overestimation Of Risk 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 08, 2008AIR Worldwide has announced results of the latest research by its team of scientists into the link between the formation of hurricanes in the Atlantic basin and U.S. landfall activity. The latest findings provide a context for better understanding the 2004-2007 hurricane seasons and demonstrate that using Atlantic basin activity as a proxy for landfall activity can lead to erroneous estimates of ... more Energy Harvesting Technologies Offer Low Costs And Low Maintenance 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Jan 08, 2008The need to minimize maintenance and replacement costs of battery-powered applications drives energy harvesting technologies that bind renewable and ambient sources of energy. Analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Advances in Energy Harvesting Technologies, finds that energy harvesting technologies such as piezoelectric, thermoelectric and others will have potential applications in wireless sensor n ... more Octillion Continues To Optimize Photovoltaic Properties Of NanoPower Window 
Auburn Hills MI (SPX) Jan 07, 2008Octillion is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing research and development activities for the Company�s first-of-its-kind transparent glass window potentially capable of generating electricity. Octillion�s NanoPower Window technology uses silicon nanoparticles that have the potential to convert conventional home, office and industrial glass windows into those capable of converting solar e ... more Ecology And Environment's Greenride Grows Bigger And More High-Tech 
Lancaster NY (SPX) Jan 08, 2008Ecology and Environment (E and E) recently received several key contracts to develop customized versions of the company's commute management system, GreenRide. GreenRide provides users the ability to find carpool matches and alternatives for public transportation based on specific commuter preferences and track the environmental energy and economic savings that result. With oil hitting $10 ... more
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