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Earth's Magnetic Field Could Help Protect Astronauts Working On The Moon
Seattle WA (SPX) Dec 12, 2007It has been 35 years since humans last walked on the moon, but there has been much recent discussion about returning, either for exploration or to stage a mission to Mars. However, there are concerns about potential radiation danger for astronauts during long missions on the lunar surface. A significant part of that danger results from solar storms, which can shoot particles from the sun t ... more Building Blocks Of Life Formed On Mars 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2007Organic compounds contain carbon and hydrogen and form the building blocks of all life on Earth. By analyzing organic material and minerals in the Martian meteorite Allan Hills 84001, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory have shown for the first time that building blocks of life formed on Mars early in its history. Previously, scientists have thought that organic mater ... more Software Helps Mars Rovers Find Winter Havens 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2007New software is helping NASA find safe places for the Spirit rover to ride out future Martian winters -- and also plan where Spirit and its companion rover, Opportunity, will explore in the future. The steep Martian mesa dubbed "Von Braun" would be a safe haven, the software and data analysis determined -- but the path that Spirit would have to follow to get there is a little too risky to travel ... more Mars Express Watches A Dust Storm Engulf Mars 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 12, 2007This summer, Mars suffered a titanic dust storm that engulfed the entire planet. The dust storm contributed to a temporary warming effect around Mars, which raised the temperature of the atmosphere by around 20-30C. However, the surface temperature of the planet itself dropped. Imagine a dust cloud on Earth that started in the Sahara desert and grew to encompass our whole planet. Such a ca ... more Russia And France Developing New Satellite Platform 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 12, 2007Russia's Reshetnev Applied Mechanics Production Association (NPO-PM) and France's Thales Alenia Space are developing a new multifunctional satellite platform, Express-4000, the Russian company said on Tuesday. Thales Alenia Space, a major payload provider for the Russian telecom satellite market, and NPO-PM are closely working on a joint program to cooperate in the development and building of a ... more |
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Oxfordshire, UK (SPX) Dec 11, 2007A model of the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-InfraRed Instrument will be tested before Christmas at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire, England to ensure the final instrument can see infrared light. Observing the universe in the infrared light portion of the spectrum is important because many objects scientists want to observe in space are far too cold to radiate at shorter wav ... more Kennedy's Desert RATS 
Flagstaff AZ (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Every September, after the summer rain backs off but before the mornings get too cold, a pack of RATS descends on the desert near Flagstaff, Ariz., to spend two weeks testing technologies that will play a vital role in the future of space exploration. Roughly 150 engineers and scientists participate in the NASA program, known as Desert Research and Technology Studies, or "Desert RATS." The ... more UK Astronomy Set For Savage Cuts 
London UK (SPX) Dec 12, 2007UK astronomy faces its worst financial settlement for decades and many research programmes are likely to simply be axed, according to Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) President Professor Michael Rowan-Robinson. The RAS has learnt that Physics departments in the UK face savage cuts in funding following an unfavourable settlement to the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the researc ... more Lockheed Martin Hinode Findings Explain What Powers The Solar Wind 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2007In a paper published in the journal Science, researchers -- from the Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL) of the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC), along with colleagues at other institutions in Colorado, Norway and Japan -- have described new observations from NASA's Focal Plane Package for the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT) on the Japanese Hinode satellite that provide furth ... more Honda's ASIMO robot gets smarter 
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 11, 2007Japan's Honda Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled a new, smarter version of its ASIMO celebrity humanoid robot. The walking robots' new skills will allow them to work together in an office environment, the automaker said. The original ASIMO, born in 2000, has danced and dined with dignitaries and business leaders at home and overseas, serving as a symbol of Japanese technological wizardry. ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2007 A computer security breach at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in which hackers stole a database of visitors' personal information, was a highly sophisticated cyberattack and part of a concerted effort to penetrate numerous U.S. labs and other scientific facilities. Although the identity of the attackers remains unclear, security researchers have linked some Internet addresses recently us ... more New Tibetan Ice Cores Missing A-Bomb Blast Markers Suggests Himalayan Ice Fields Haven't Grown In Last 50 Years 
Columbus OH (SPX) Dec 12, 2007Ice cores drilled last year from the summit of a Himalayan ice field lack the distinctive radioactive signals that mark virtually every other ice core retrieved worldwide. That missing radioactivity, originating as fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests during the 1950s and 1960s, routinely provides researchers with a benchmark against which they can gauge how much new ice has accumulated on a g ... more Researcher Breaks New Ground With Study On Human Responses To Climate Change 
Waco TX (SPX) Dec 12, 2007While climate change has been an emerging topic of interest to the world community, little scientific data exists on the vulnerability and resilience of households to climate-related "shocks" and events like hurricanes and prolonged drought. But a Baylor University researcher has received more than $235,000 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to start a study that loo ... more Scientists Seek To Assess The Microbial Risks In The Water We Drink 
Washington DC (SPX) Dec 12, 2007It is a familiar scenario experienced around the world: an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness suddenly emerges in a community, and no one knows where it came from or how to stop it. At the start of the outbreak, only a few people are affected, most often the very old and the very young. As the outbreak worsens, more and more people fall ill, and people who were weak or unwell may develop life- ... more Greenland Melt Accelerating 
Boulder CO (SPX) Dec 12, 2007The 2007 melt extent on the Greenland ice sheet broke the 2005 summer melt record by 10 percent, making it the largest ever recorded there since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to a University of Colorado at Boulder climate scientist. The melting increased by about 30 percent for the western part of Greenland from 1979 to 2006, with record melt years in 1987, 1991, 1998, 20 ... more
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