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Stars Can Be Strange - Exploring The Stange Matter Hypothesis St Louis MO (SPX) Dec 19, 2006 
According to the "Strange Matter Hypothesis," which gained popularity in the paranormal 1980's, nuclear matter, too, can be strange. The hypothesis suggests that small conglomerations of quarks, the infinitesimally tiny particles that attract by a strong nuclear force to form neutrons and protons in atoms, are the true ground state of matter. The theory has captivated particle physicists worldwide, including one of Washington University's own. Mark Alford, Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis assistant professor of physics in Arts and Sciences, and collaborators from MIT and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory, have used mathematical modeling to discover some properties of theoretical "strange stars," composed entirely of quark matter. |
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Astronauts Stow Stubborn Solar Array
Houston TX (AFP) Dec 18, 2006Two astronauts finally unstuck a balky solar array on the International Space station, folding the panel into its box during a special spacewalk Monday. In his record-breaking fourth spacewalk on a single mission, Robert Curbeam, together with Sweden's Christer Fuglesang, made one last try at forcing the array, which should fold up like a roadmap but became stuck on Wednesday. Latest Spirit Update - Relay Link Restored After Orbiter's Recovery 
Washnington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2006After Spirit drove on sol 1041 (Dec. 7, 2006), NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter went into safe mode before the rover's could relay data to Earth about results of the drive. (Safe mode is a protective state during which only the systems essential to spacecraft health continue operating. This incident of Odyssey temporarily going into safe mode has been attributed to a burst of solar activity.) The Basic Rules Of The Universe 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 19, 2006Lynn Rothschild: The last speaker is Pascale Ehrenfreund, who is a professor at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. And what Pascale does, I think, is one of the coolest things, and this is out of someone who admittedly hated every minute of chemistry in college. And that is to help us realize that the chemistry those of us who were biology majors struggled through is really the language of the universe, and not just the language of pre-med classes. |
Japan Launches Giant Satellite For Mobile Phones
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 18, 2006Japan on Monday launched one of the world's largest geostationary satellites in a bid to improve mobile telephone reception in remote areas. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the H-2A rocket at 3:32 pm (0632 GMT) as planned after a postponement Saturday due to cloudy weather at the launch site at Tanegashima in southern Japan. LORAL And PSP Investments Agree To Acquire Telesat Canada 
New York NY (SPX) Dec 19, 2006Loral Space and Communications has announced that it and its Canadian partner, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), have entered into a definitive agreement with BCE pursuant to which a joint venture company formed by PSP Investments and Loral will acquire 100 percent of the stock of Telesat Canada from BCE for approximately US $2.8 billion (CAD 3.25 billion), plus the assumption of US $148 million (CAD 172 million) of debt. NASA Telescope Picks Up Glow of Universe's First Objects 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 19, 2006New observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope strongly suggest that infrared light detected in a prior study originated from clumps of the very first objects of the universe. The recent data indicate this patchy light is splattered across the entire sky and comes from clusters of bright, monstrous objects more than 13 billion light-years away. |
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Star-P Uses Supercomputers In Support Of Futuristic Military Vehicles
Waltham MA (SPX) Dec 19, 2006Interactive Supercomputing Star-P software will help the U.S. Army and vehicle designers to evaluate the performance and reliability of next-generation military vehicles using supercomputers to dramatically accelerate simulation of the vehicles' operations. North Korea Demands All Sanctions Be Lifted Before It Disarms Nukes 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2006North Korea defiantly refused Monday to give up its nuclear weapons unless global sanctions against it were lifted, as the United States warned it was losing patience with the reclusive nation. Declaring itself "satisfied" with becoming a nuclear power following its first atomic test on October 9, North Korea showed no signs of compromise as six-nation talks on its nuclear program resumed here after a 13-month break. US Running Out Of Patience With North Korea 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 18, 2006The United States is running out of patience with North Korea's refusal to give up its nuclear weapons, the US envoy to disarmament talks said Monday as he warned the reclusive nation its future was at stake. "There have been lots of damages to the six-party process. There have been too many delays," Christopher Hill told reporters, summarizing the US position he put forward at the six-nation forum on North Korea's atomic program. |
Soviet-Era Uranium Arrives In Russia From Germany
Moscow (AFP) Dec 18, 2006A specially adapted plane carrying more than 300 kilograms (661 pounds) of uranium from Germany landed in Russia on Monday for transfer to a research centre, the Russian atomic energy agency Rosatom told AFP. Rosatom spokesman Sergei Novikov said that "268 kilograms of highly enriched uranium and 58 kilograms of lightly enriched uranium have been transported to Russia." US Car Manufacturers Hit Back At Environmental Damages Claim 
San Francisco (AFP) Dec 18, 2006US car manufacturers have challenged a California lawsuit which demands the auto giants pay damages for harm to the environment from vehicle emissions, court documents showed Monday. Bill Lockyer, attorney general for California, filed suit in September against General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and the North American outlets of Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. Dispelling The Top 10 Myths About Evolution 
Amherst NY (SPX) Dec 19, 2006Though the United States is the world leader in science and technology, many of its citizens display a shocking ignorance regarding basic scientific facts. Recent surveys have revealed that only about half of Americans realize that humans have never lived side by side with dinosaurs, and about the same number reject the idea that humans developed from earlier species of animals. |
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