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China is forging ahead with preparations for its first manned space mission Shenzhou-5 despite the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) medical crisis in many parts of the country. Wen Wei Po reported here last Thursday that there was no work stoppage due to SARS. |
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Adaptive Optics System Comes Online At Chile Scope
Garching - May 14, 2003On April 18, 2003, a team of engineers from ESO celebrated the successful accomplishment of "First Light" for the MACAO-VLTI Adaptive Optics facility on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory (Chile). This is the second Adaptive Optics (AO) system put into operation at this observatory, following the NACO facility (ESO PR 25/01). Stop Goggling Its Totally Virtual With New LiveActor System 
Philadelphia - May 14, 2003The University of Pennsylvania has installed a virtual reality system that allows a participant full-body interaction with a virtual environment without the hassle of bulky, dizzying 3-D glasses. The system will be demonstrated for journalists and others Thursday, May 15. New Sensor Bares Faults In Smallest Possible, Most Advanced Circuits 
Providence - May 14, 2003A new scanning microscope developed at Brown University can uncover defects in the smallest and most complex integrated circuits at a resolution 1,000 times greater than current technology. The scanner removes a barrier to further shrinking of integrated circuits: As circuits get smaller, non-visual defects become harder to find. Lockheed Martin and Spectrum Astro Team For GPS III Bid 
Bethesda - May 15, 2003Lockheed Martin and Spectrum Astro have formed a partnership agreement to pursue the development of GPS III, the next generation global positioning satellite system. |
London - May 14, 2003If we are not alone in the Universe, why have we never picked up signals from an extraterrestrial civilisation asks New Scientist in this weeks issue? Known as the Fermi paradox after physicist Enrico Fermi, who first posed the question, this long-standing puzzle remains one of the strongest arguments against the existence of intelligent aliens. What Happens To The Brain In Space? 
Washington - May 14, 2003NASA released a new book that shows the complex and sometimes surprising changes in the brain and nervous system that allow astronauts to adapt to weightlessness. 
Physicist Uncovers New Information About PlutoniumNewark - May 14, 2003 The storage of plutonium has long plagued scientists. "It is a dangerous metal and its long term storage must be done with special care so as not to harm the environment, "said physicist Serguei Savrasov, Ph.D. Europe Waves Soyuz Taxi Flight Opportunity Away Until Fixed 
Paris - May 15, 2003The crew of Expedition 6 to the International Space Station, US astronauts Kenneth Bowersox and Donald Pettit and Russian cosmonaut Nikolai Budarin, returned to Earth on 4 May after spending 162 days on board. |
Corporate Jets Get Internet Data Speed Boost
Geneva - May 14, 2003Honeywell and Thales Avionics Limited have introduced their new HS-700/702 system, which enables satellite communications systems to handle data at up to 128 kilobits per second (kbps) � twice the speed of a typical office modem and more than 50 times faster than traditional satellite systems. A Fiery Debate About Volcanoes 
Berkeley - May 14, 2003In a Perspective in the May 9 issue of Science, geochemist Don DePaolo and geodynamicist Michael Manga defend a fundamental assumption of Earth science, the mantle plume model of hotspots, against an outbreak of seismic skepticism. Should Memphis Build For California Style Earthquakes? 
Washington - May 14, 2003The federal government is urging Memphis and other parts of the Midwest to adopt a new building code that would make buildings as earthquake resistant as those in southern California, where shaking is much more likely to seriously damage a building. |
War On Germs Gets Cutting-Edge Weapon From Ancient World
Alexandria - May 14, 2003Ancient Egyptians used it to keep food supplies safe from fungus and mold. The Phoenicians used it to keep water from being spoiled by germs. Today silver is a key ingredient in new high-tech, powder coated finishes that hospitals and doctor's offices are using to protect walls, counters and other germ-gathering surfaces. Smells Like Teen Spirit 
Scottsdale - May 14, 2003Before long, a private vehicle will make a successful suborbital flight. That flight will mark a passage from adolescence to adulthood for the space community, an achievement of independence from the stifling paternalism of stagnant government programs, writes John Carter McKnight. |
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