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The Mystery Of Jupiter's Jets Uncovered
Usurbil, Basque Country (SPX) Jan 25, 2008At the end of March 2007, scientists all over the world observed with surprise and awe a rare change in the atmosphere of Jupiter. A giant perturbation occurred amongst its clouds and two extremely bright storms erupted in the middle latitudes of the northern hemisphere, where its most intense jet stream - reaching speeds of 600 kilometers per hour - resides. Research into these unusual st ... more Upcoming Spacewalk, New Progress Awaits Expedition 16 
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 25, 2008Commander Peggy Whitson and Flight Engineer Dan Tani are readying their spacesuits for the upcoming spacewalk on Wednesday, Jan. 30. They are installing metal oxide canisters that remove carbon dioxide and new batteries to power their suits for the 6-hour spacewalk. Next week's spacewalk activities include inspecting the station's right solar array gear and removing and replacing the "broo ... more A Violent History Of Time 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 25, 2008From mother Earth, the night sky can look peaceful and unchanging, but the universe as seen in gamma-rays is a place of sudden and chaotic violence. Using gamma-ray telescopes, astronomers witness short but tremendously intense explosions called gamma-ray bursts, and there is nothing more powerful. No one is sure what causes gamma-ray bursts. Favored possibilities include the collision of ... more Russian space center to launch boosters 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 23, 2008Russia announced Wednesday it will build a new space center near Uglegorsk, with the launch of booster rockets expected by 2016 and manned flights by 2018. The Uglegorsk site in the Amur region of eastern Russia was picked over Vanino in Khabarovsk Territory. The new launch facility will replace Russia's main flight pad -- Baikonur, ITAR-TASS reported. Vice Prime Minister Sergei ... more Large Hadron Collider nears completion 
Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Jan 24, 2008Installation of the final component of the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator is under way along the Franco-Swiss border near Geneva, Switzerland. When completed this summer, the LHC will be the world's largest and most complex scientific instrument. It is being constructed by the European Organization for Nuclear Research, one of the world's largest particle physics laboratorie ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jan 25, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert signaled his strong support for his country's ballistic missile defense development program Tuesday when he took a trip to Rafael Advanced Industries and received an update there on the nation's two premier BMD systems. Olmert's government a year ago "decided to invest in the development of a multi-layered defensive system to protect Israel ... more Taiwan arms warship with supersonic missiles: report 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Taiwan has for the first time installed home-developed anti-ship missiles on a warship in a significant boost of its naval defence against rival China, a report said Friday. The supersonic Hsiung-feng (Brave Wind) 3 missiles were seen on the Perry-class Cheng Kung frigate in the southern port of Tsoying on Thursday, said the United Daily News. The paper quoted commander-in-chief Admiral ... more Pakistan army chief rejects world nuclear fears 
Islamabad (AFP) Jan 25, 2008The chief of Pakistan's powerful army on Friday dismissed "unrealistic" fears that Al-Qaeda could seize the country's nuclear weapons, as the military test-fired a ballistic missile. In a rare foray into politics, the normally reclusive General Ashfaq Kiyani rejected speculation that Pakistan's warheads could be at risk amid the turmoil sparked by the assassination of former premier Benazir ... more Outside View: World free of nukes 
Los Angeles (UPI) Jan 24, 2008Since the beginning of the Atomic Age, policymakers and scholars have attempted to come up with formulas to constrain the nuclear genie. In mid-January, in an effort to move this ambition forward, former senior decision-makers -- Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, Defense Secretary William Perry and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Samuel Nunn -- released "Toward a ... more NATO chief urges Russia to stop 'unhelpful rhetoric' 
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 24, 2008NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged Russia on Thursday to abandon "unhelpful rhetoric" and talk through its differences with the alliance. "From time to time, we hear rhetoric coming from Moscow which I do think is unhelpful," said Scheffer on a visit to the United Arab Emirates -- the first by a NATO chief. "We have our differences ... These differences are fundamental and I take the ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Jan 24, 2008The European Union aims to enact sweeping new legislation on energy and climate change by the spring of 2009, the EU's Slovenian presidency said Thursday. "We are counting on a constructive approach and support of the member states and the parliament for a final adoption of the package by spring 2009," said Slovenian Environment Minister Janez Podobnik. The measures, presented by the Eur ... more Earth's Getting Soft In The Middle 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 25, 2008Since we can't sample the deepest regions of the Earth, scientists watch the velocity of seismic waves as they travel through the planet to determine the composition and density of that material. Now a new study suggests that material in part of the lower mantle has unusual electronic characteristics that make sound propagate more slowly, suggesting that the material there is softer than previou ... more Bio-diesel film not to everyone's tastes at Sundance 
Park City, Utah (AFP) Jan 23, 2008Activist Josh Tickell has been using and promoting bio-diesel for about 10 years as an alternative to fossil fuels, helping America lessen its dependence on foreign oil. In his documentary film "Fields of Fuel," premiering at the Sundance Film Festival this week, he outlines the historical origins of and the political constructs that support petroleum use. As well, he presents the benefi ... more Philips Patents TU Eindhoven's Energy Return System 
Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Jan 25, 2008An increasing number of private individuals supply their excess energy, from external energy sources (windmills and solar cells), to the electricity grid and only take energy from the grid when necessary. Dutch-sponsored researcher Haimin Tao examined how this externally generated energy can be better stored and transferred. Philips has acquired a patent for a part of the system. In a proj ... more Indian PM hopes nuclear talks with IAEA will conclude soon 
New Delhi (AFP) Jan 25, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said talks with the UN's nuclear watchdog on a pact allowing New Delhi to buy nuclear power plants and technology will be soon completed. Indian negotiators have held several rounds of talks at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) since last month. The IAEA negotiations follow India and the United States signing a pact in 2006 reversin ... more
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