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Earth-like planets raise prospects of extra-terrestial life: study
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 17, 2008Planets resembling Earth can be found orbiting many sun-like stars in our galaxy, increasing the prospects of finding extraterrestial life on some of them, according to a study released Sunday. University of Arizona astronomer Michael Meyer, working with NASA's Spitzer space telescope, said his research shows that between 20 percent and 60 percent of stars similar to our sun have conditions ... more Expert: AI computers by 2020 
Boston (UPI) Feb 17, 2008A U.S. computer expert predicts computers will have the same intellectual capacity as humans by 2020. Ray Kurzweil was one of 18 people chosen by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to speak on future technological challenges, The Independent reported. He said that in the future artificial intelligence will advance far beyond human intelligence. ... more Get ready for the eclipse that saved Columbus 
Paris (AFP) Feb 18, 2008The Moon will turn an eerie shade of red for people in the western hemisphere late Wednesday and early Thursday, recreating the eclipse that saved Christopher Columbus more than five centuries ago. In a lunar eclipse, the Sun, Earth and Moon are directly aligned and the Moon swings into the cone of shadow cast by the Earth. But the Moon does not become invisible, as there is still residual ... more Space Shuttle Endeavour Arrives At Launch Pad 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 19, 2008After safely reaching its launch pad Monday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, the space shuttle Endeavour now awaits its next major milestone for the upcoming STS-123 mission. A full launch dress rehearsal, known as the terminal countdown demonstration test, is scheduled to take place at Kennedy from Feb. 23 to 25. The shuttle arrived at the pad at approximately 4:45 a.m. EST Monday on top ... more Worldwide Effort Bringing ALMA Telescope Into Reality 
Charlottesville, VA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008In the thin, dry air of northern Chile's Atacama Desert, at an altitude of 16,500 feet, an amazing new telescope system is taking shape, on schedule to provide the world's astronomers with unprecedented views of the origins of stars, galaxies, and planets. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) will open an entirely new "window" on the Universe, allowing scientists to unravel ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Feb 19, 2008China has expressed concern about Washington's decision to shoot down a damaged satellite, urging the U.S. Government to fulfill its international obligation. Responding to a question on the U.S. plan to shoot down a damaged satellite, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said on Sunday that the Chinese Government is highly concerned about development of the situation and has ... more GPS Tracker May Better Gauge Severity Of Peripheral Artery Disease 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 19, 2008A space-based technology may provide an inexpensive and more reliable way to gauge the walking capacity in many patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD), whose clogged leg arteries cause them severe pain when they walk, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. A Global Positioning System (GPS) uses a constellation of at least 24 medium earth ... more CIRA Scientist Among Authors Of Book Celebrating 50 Years Of Earth Observations From Space 
Fort Collins CO (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Stan Kidder, a researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) at Colorado State University, has contributed to a new book celebrating 50 years of Earth observations from space. He is one of a dozen scientists from around the country who have written chapters in the book "Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements." The book ... more Pharos Delivers Breakthrough Way To Track Photos And Trips With GPS 
Torrance CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Building on the company's tradition of innovation in the Global Positioning System (GPS) market, Pharos Science and Applications, introduces Pharos Trips and Pics, a geo-logger that enables consumers to record trip and photo locations and display them on a map quickly and easily. Trips and Pics works with any digital camera and provides an entirely new way for consumers to organize and ... more Samsung's M520 Comes Loaded With Sprint Navigation 
Overland Park KS (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Offering customers industry-leading communication and entertainment features, Sprint and Samsung Mobile have announced the immediate availability of the M520 by Samsung. This unique slider phone makes it easy for customers to access the Web, find local restaurants, watch live television, download their favorite songs, send text messages or use GPS to find their way home. As the first Power ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Ducommun announced that its Miltec Corporation subsidiary has been awarded a $69.0 million contract to develop designs and technologies in support of the Operationally Responsive Space program for the U.S. Army Space Missile and Defense Command in Huntsville, Alabama. Under the terms of the contract, Miltec will examine conceptual designs for space vehicles able to ... more Missile Defense Globally Protects Against Toxic Satellite 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Riki Ellison, President of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, went on record in an Alert to the MDAA membership here and globally in an definitive analysis and explanation of the significance of the importance of the missile defense's program capability of the Aegis and the Standard Missile 3 planned use against a NRO falling satellite. His ... more Analysis: States fall into line on REAL ID 
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2008All but six states have complied with federal requirements to seek an extension of the deadline they face for implementing more secure driver licenses for U.S. citizens or legal residents only under the REAL ID Act. The list of state governments falling into line in the past couple of weeks includes former hold-outs like New Jersey and Washington, according to documents posted on the ... more Into The Abyss: Deep-Sixing Carbon 
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Feb 19, 2008Imagine a gigantic, inflatable, sausage-like bag capable of storing 160 million tonnes of CO2 - the equivalent of 2.2 days of current global emissions. Now try to picture that container, measuring up to 100 metres in radius and several kilometres long, resting benignly on the seabed more than 3 kilometres below the ocean�s surface. At first blush, this might appear like science fiction, but ... more Water supplies cut in south China city due to oil slick: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 18, 2008Water supplies to about 100,000 residents in a southern Chinese city were suspended on the weekend after a two-kilometre (1.2-mile) oil slick tainted a local river, state media reported Monday. Domestic water supplies to about half of the population of Foshan in Guangdong province were cut for about six hours on Saturday, Xinhua news agency said. Local environment officials said that the ... more
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