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Scientists Build A World In A Grain Of Silicon
Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 09, 2007Ever since Charles Darwin proposed that animals adapt to their environment, scientists have dreamed of experimenting with this theory in a real-world landscape. Holding them back was the difficulty of creating a complex ecosystem that could be manipulated and controlled without placing wildlife at risk. Liquid Crystals Stabilised 
Amsterdam, Holland (SPX) Feb 01, 2007Dutch-sponsored researcher Ioan Paraschiv has stabilised new columnar discotic liquid crystals by making use of hydrogen bonds. This stabilisation approach yielded well-ordered, column-shaped aggregates that can transport charges. Liquid crystals are materials that combine the properties of a liquid with those of crystalline solids. Robotic Arm Aids Stroke Victims 
San Francisco (UPI) Feb 08, 2007A robotic arm appears to help stroke patients regain some of the function lost in the brain attack that cost them partial use of their limbs, doctors demonstrated Wednesday. "We haven't been able to have patients regain all of their arm strength, but many of them tell us they can feel the difference," said Steven Cramer, associate professor in neurology, anatomy and neurobiology at the University of California at Irvine. |
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter CCDs On The Blink
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2007NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, while continuing to produce data at record levels, is experiencing intermittent problems with two instruments. All other spacecraft instruments are operating well and continue to return science data. In late 2006, the MRO team operating the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera noticed an increase in bad pixels in one of its 14 camera detector pairs. THEMIS Launching Aboard Delta II On Feb 15 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 09, 2007Launch of NASA's THEMIS spacecraft is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 15 from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch window is 6:08 to 6:26 p.m. EST, a duration of 18 minutes. NASA's Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center is responsible for the launch of THEMIS aboard a Delta II rocket with the launch service being conducted by the United Launch Alliance. New Horizons SWAP Instrument Observes Solar Wind Interactions Before Jupiter Encounter 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 09, 2007A little over a year since launch, with its sights firmly on Jupiter, the New Horizons spacecraft is testing its science payload and making observations as it rounds the planet for a gravity-assist that will speed its journey to the edge of the solar system. |
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DemoFlight 2 Launch Update
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2007Space X has reported in a brief posting to its website by CEO Elon Musk that the Kwajalein Army Range will have insufficient resources to support Space X testing and launch activities during the rest of February. According the posted statement "Several range personnel critical to the launch safety process will be unavailable. The earliest launch window available from the Range will open March 9. Saturn Lures Earthly Admirers As Opposition Mounts 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2007The idea that opposites attract may be a romantic cliche But when Saturn is at opposition, as it will be this month, it is most certainly an attraction for Saturn-watchers around the world. Opposition is when the Sun and Saturn are lined up directly across from each other with Earth in the center. This year opposition occurs on Saturday, Feb. 10, just a few days before Valentine's Day. NASA's Shuttle Atlantis Rolls to Vehicle Assembly Building 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Feb 09, 2007NASA's space shuttle Atlantis completed a milestone to move it one step closer to a targeted March launch. Early Wednesday drivers moved Atlantis from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Atlantis, perched on top of the giant, 76-wheel Crawler-Transporter, began its move at 6:19 a.m. EST. It arrived in the Vehicle Assembly Building at 7:24 a.m. |
Detailing A Winter Haven On Mars At Gusev Crater
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 09, 2007Since April of 2006, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been sojourning in a place called "Winter Haven," where the robotic geologist spent several months parked on a north-facing slope in order to keep its solar panels pointed toward the sun. During that time, while the rover spent the daylight hours conducting as much scientific research as possible, science team members assigned informal names to rock outcrops, boulders, and patches of soil commemorating exploration sites in Antarctica and the southernmost islands of South America. Russia Eyes New Space Observatory 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 07, 2007In 2011, Russia plans to orbit a new astrophysical observatory as part of its Federal Space Program (2006-2015). The project, called Spektr-Rentgen-Gamma (SRG), integrates a Russian X-ray observatory (ART) and two European programs. ART is a combination of X-ray telescopes with coded aperture and a gamma burst detector. It was conceived in the late 1980s but never implemented because of lack of funding. China To Build Fourth Satellite Launching Center In Hainan 
Haikou (XNA) Feb 08, 2007China is to built a new satellite launching center, the fourth of its kind in the country, in its southernmost island province of Hainan, said Luo Baoming, acting governor of Hainan, on Tuesday. Luo, who is attending this year's session of Hainan Provincial People's Congress, said the feasibility research on the center started in 2002 and the long-awaited plan will be materialized soon. |
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