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New Milky Way Map Reveals A Complicated Outer Galaxy
Chicago IL (SPX) Aug 15, 2008The halo of stars that envelops the Milky Way galaxy is like a river delta criss-crossed by stellar streams large and small, according to new data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II). While the largest rivers of this delta have been mapped out over the last decade, analysis of the new SDSS-II map shows that smaller streams can be found throughout the stellar halo, said Kevin Schlau ... more Portrait Of A Warming Ocean And Rising Sea Levels 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Warming water and melting land ice have raised global mean sea level 4.5 centimeters (1.7 inches) from 1993 to 2008. But the rise is by no means uniform. This image, created with sea surface height data from the Topex/Poseidon and Jason-1 satellites, shows exactly where sea level has changed during this time and how quickly these changes have occurred. It's also a road map showing where th ... more Indra Heads Study To Define Future European Multiconstellation SNS 
Paris, France (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Indra is heading the industrial group in charge of studying the feasibility and definition of the current EGNOS satellite navigation system towards a future Multiconstellation Regional System (MRS) for the European Space Agency (ESA). This system will offer a superior range of services to a greater number of users. The project budget is 1.5 million euros and the execution period is 18 months. ... more Foundation Laid For China's Largest Astronomical Station 
Kunming, China (XNA) Aug 15, 2008China on Monday broke ground on construction of its largest astronomical observation station in Yao'an County in the southwest Yunnan Province. The station, scheduled to be complete by 2010, is in Xihuling (Westlake Hill). Following an assessment, CAS experts found Yao'an fulfilled all the requirements for an observatory to monitor days of clear skies and nights. Funding for th ... more A Whole New Approach To Modern Art 
Oneonta NY (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Science and art - two distinctly different disciplines - combine to create an exciting new family-fun adventure called ArtQuest, a hunt for art that began on August 8, 2008. In this ingenious high-tech adventure, visitors use a Global Positioning System (GPS) to locate unique, interactive art forms such as a living willow maze and sculptures capturing wind to make sound and light to make ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights. Psychologists outlined these mental health challenges Thursday at the American Psychological Association's 116th Annual Convention, and introduced a new interactive computer ... more Seamless Wi-Fi Signs Agreement With Garmin USA 
Las Vegas NV (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Seamless Wi-Fi has announced that its subsidiary Seamless Internet has signed an agreement with Garmin USA that will provide Seamless Internet with access to Garmin Mobile XT software. The Garmin Mobile XT software will be installed on Seamless Internet's S-Gen the UMPC (Ultra Mobile Personal Computer), providing the S-Gen's GPS system Garmin's maps in addition to its computer, phone, and ... more New LocalEats iPhone Application 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 15, 2008LocalEats combines the latest technology with meticulous restaurant research to help locals and visitors alike choose from among the 100 best restaurants in the top 50 U.S. cities, and then guide them to their dining destinations. From burger joints to sushi bars to white-tablecloth dining establishments, LocalEats makes it easy to discover the best restaurants in America. With just a few ... more NASA Selects First Automated External Defibrillator For Use In Space 
Redmond WA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Physio-Control has announced the LIFEPAK 1000 defibrillator has been deployed on the ISS as the first automated external defibrillator (AED) in space. AEDs are easy to use devices that automatically interpret a patient's heart rhythm and, if necessary, deliver a potentially lifesaving defibrillation shock. They have become common in places such as airpla ... more North American GPS Avionics Retrofit Markets 
by Staff WritersDublin, Ireland (SPX) Aug 15, 2008 Market Findings: + Garmin maintains a dominant GPS retrofit market share position, with estimated 2007 market share between 75 and 85 percent. + Lowrance and AvMap and are the only two other players of note within portable and handheld markets + This market is still essentially limited by the number of aircraft; even with 3,500 new airframes/ ... more |
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San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Human activities are cumulatively driving the health of the world's oceans down a rapid spiral, and only prompt and wholesale changes will slow or perhaps ultimately reverse the catastrophic problems they are facing. Such is the prognosis of Jeremy Jackson, a professor of oceanography at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, in a bold new assessment of the oceans and their ... more China's quake reconstruction to cost nearly 150 billion dollars: govt 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Nearly 150 billion dollars are needed to rebuild areas in southwest China devastated by a massive earthquake in May, the government said on Thursday. The 51 worst-hit counties and cities will need about one trillion yuan (145.7 billion dollars), said the National Development and Reform Commission, the top economic planning agency, in a statement on its website. That was more than one ... more Durham Scientist Explores Sichuan Fault 
Durham, UK (SPX) Aug 15, 2008Durham University expert, Alex Densmore, is to explore the fault lines that caused the May 12th earthquake in China that killed 69,000 people. Dr. Densmore, Director of Hazards Research at the Institute of Hazard and Risk Research at Durham University, is the first UK scientist to visit the region to research the faults and the effects and causes of the Sichuan earthquake since the disaster ... more Laos on flood alert as Mekong rises 
Hanoi (AFP) Aug 14, 2008Soldiers and ordinary citizens in the Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday raced to build up barriers along the Mekong river as water levels rose past the flood danger level, authorities said. "The water is still rising... we're working on building higher levees," foreign ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy told AFP by telephone. So far, the barriers seemed to be holding, with only a few ... more Studying Volcanoes With Balloons 
Houghton MI (SPX) Aug 15, 2008People do all kinds of crazy things in Hawaii, but flying balloons over a volcano usually isn't one of them. Unless you're Adam Durant, that is. Durant, an adjunct geological sciences faculty member at Michigan Technological University, and colleagues took meteorological balloons to the Kilauea volcano this summer to make the first on-location measurements of volcanic gases as they actually ... more
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