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Russia To Launch Space Project To Monitor The Arctic In 2010
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008Russia's Lavochkin research and production association said on Tuesday it would start implementing a space research project to monitor the Earth's polar regions in 2010. The project, approved by Russian President Vladimir Putin, envisions using a new satellite cluster, called "Arktika," to provide environmental monitoring data for accurate weather forecasts and to aid national socio-economic dev ... more The Growing-Up Of A Star 
Paris, France (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object, witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult. The astronomers had a close look at the object known as MWC 147, lying about 2,600 light years away towards the constellation of Monoceros ('the Unicorn'). MWC 147 belongs to the famil ... more NASA Issues Environmental Impact Statement For Constellation 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2008NASA issued an environmental impact statement for the Constellation Program Jan. 10. NASA's Constellation Program is developing a space transportation system that is designed to return humans to the moon by 2020. The Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement concludes that localized and global environmental impacts associated with implementing the program would be comparable to past or ... more ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On Proton 
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Jan 31, 2008International Launch Services (ILS) of the United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates has announced an agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. A European consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Astrium was contracted in August 2007 for the overall Yahsat communication system and is build ... more NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill To Improve Astronaut Health In Space 
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 31, 2008NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond. A team of engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland built the Standalone Zero Gravity Locomotion Simulator to imitate conditions astronauts experience while exercising in space. Exercise in microgravity helps lessen the ... more |
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Surrey, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Wavetrend Technologies announced that it is expanding its portfolio of innovative products with the release of GlobalEyes, a revolutionary global tracking solution, incorporating multiple communications and tracking technologies with a software management suite. GlobalEyes is set to revolutionize the way in which assets, people and vehicles are monitored and tracked across the globe. Wavet ... more Alanco/TSI PRISM Announces Multi-Year Teaming Agreement With NEC To Develop Australia And NZ Prison Markets 
Scottsdale AZ (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Alanco Technologies announced that its Alanco/TSI PRISM subsidiary has entered into a multi-year teaming agreement granting NEC (Australia) the exclusive right to market TSI PRISM RFID inmate tracking systems in Australia and New Zealand. Under the terms of the agreement, NEC will incorporate 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi compatible TSI PRISM RFID technology into its suite of security systems and integrat ... more Personal Navigation Devices Will Be Complemented, Not Replaced, By Handset-Based Navigation Solutions 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Over the next several years, mobile handsets will play an increasingly important role in portable navigation markets, with handset-based navigation devices reaching an annual sales volume of more than 96 million units by 2012. ABI Research observes that navigation device sales continue to outperform the industry's expectations and forecasts, with the 2007 holiday season illustrating that t ... more IVOX Introduces First Predictive Driver Risk Management System For Fleets 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Jan 31, 2008IVOX announced the release of its patent-pending DriverScore 2.0, the first driver risk management system designed to predict individual driving behavior for the fleet industry. DriverScore provides an objective measurement of individual driving behavior which, when analyzed and compared to IVOX's repository of GPS/GIS and accelerometer data, provides an accurate picture of the relative driving ... more A New Nuclear Weapons Doctrine 2008 Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 30, 2008Barely a month into the new year, the Russian military has already attracted a lot of attention. Following a mild verbal skirmish over anti-ballistic missile components after the holidays, Russian and foreign generals have decided to talk in the open. In a move that mirrors recent discussion amongst Russia's own top brass, NATO's April summit in the Romanian capital, Bucharest, is wide ... more |
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Edinburgh, UK (SPX) Jan 31, 2008We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to an article in the February 2008 issue of Microbiology Today. Humans are continually altering the atmosphere. "Arrogant organisms that we are, it is easy to view this as something entirely novel in Earth's history," says Dr Da ... more New Threat To Lake Victoria 
Arusha, Tanzania (SPX) Jan 31, 2008Two hydroelectricity dams appear to be threatening the health of Lake Victoria - and of the people living along its shores who depend on the lake for food. A new study suggests that the dams' systematic overuse of water has decreased the lake level by at least two meters between 2000 and 2006 - and that this drop was not influenced by weather. The study by Yustina Kiwango of Tanzania Natio ... more Malawi's flood disaster set to get worse: govt official 
Blantyre (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Rising floodwaters devastating the crops, livestock and infrastructure across half the coutry and menacing more than 73,000 Malawians are going to get worse, government officials said Wednesday. "It's getting worse in Malawi because it is raining everyday," said Lilian Ng'oma, a senior official in the disaster management ministry. "We expect more rains and more flooding this year. ... more Warmer seas boosted hurricane frequency by 40 percent: study 
Paris (AFP) Jan 30, 2008Warmer seas accounted for 40 percent of a dramatic surge in hurricanes from the mid-1990s, according to a study released on Thursday by the British journal Nature. The paper -- the first to calculate the precise contribution of sea temperatures in driving hurricane frequency -- could be a major contribution to scientists struggling to understand impacts from global warming, its authors say. ... more Migrant workers sleeping rough in China's big freeze 
Guangzhou, China (AFP) Jan 30, 2008With little cash and nowhere to go, thousands of Chinese migrant workers struggling to get home are sleeping rough as China's transport network buckles under the big freeze. The system creaks at the seams at the best of times with millions of people on the go, but this year the worst snows in half a century have combined with the peak travel season to spell disaster. ... more
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