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Mercury Magnetosphere Fends Off The Solar Wind
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 01, 2008The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to data gathered in part by a University of Michigan instrument onboard NASA's Messenger spacecraft. U-M's Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer (FIPS) on Jan. 14 took the first direct measurements of Mercury's magnetosphere to determine how the planet interacts w ... more Khrunichev Center Signs New Contract For Proton-M Launches 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Feb 01, 2008Russia's Khrunichev State Research and Production Center signed an international contract on Wednesday to orbit a satellite for the United Arab Emirates, a spokesman for the company said. Under the contract, the UAE's Yahsat satellite will be orbited by means of a Proton-M carrier rocket. Proton-M launch services are provided by Russian-American joint venture International Launch Services ... more Where In The World Am I 
London (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Ever come out of a London Underground station and not known where you were? Then you spot a familiar landmark like the Tower of London and suddenly you have your bearings? New research from the University of Bristol shows for the first time that global positioning systems technology (GPS) can be used to show how children as young as three find their way around. GPS, the technology used in ... more Scientists Meet To Discuss Iridium NEXT Applications For Global Earth Observations 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Iridium Satellite and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a meeting at the Royal Society in London on January 22, 2008. The meeting, "Exploiting the New Earth Observation Paradigm," organized by Trident Sensors Ltd., was a follow-up to the GEO IV Plenary and Ministerial Summit in Cape Town last November. The meeting brought ... more Columbus Set For February 7 Launch Aboard Atlantis 
Cape Canaveral (SPX) Feb 01, 2008NASA managers formally set the launch date of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 7 February at 20:45 CET (14:45 Florida time). Atlantis is set to carry the European Columbus laboratory into orbit. After day-long discussions in the executive Flight Readiness Review, Shuttle engineers were given the go ahead to prepare Atlantis for the 11-day mission to the International Space Station. Speakin ... more |
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St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $73.7 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Harpoon Block III missile, a next-generation weapon system that will enhance naval surface warfare capabilities. The system design and development (SDD) contract will result in a kit upgrade program for existing Navy weapons that will return 800 enhanced surface- and air-launch Harpoon missiles and 50 ship-launc ... more Boeing Awarded JDAM Production Contract 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $116 million U.S. Air Force contract for more than 4,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the kits in 2009 and 2010. The Lot 12 production contract also includes options for additional tail kits in Lots 13 -17, with a potential total value of $590 million with deliveries through 2015. "JDAM provides warfighters an effective, accur ... more Blue-Eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor 
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 01, 2008New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today. b>What is the genetic mutation br> /b> "Originally, we all had brown eyes", said Professor Eiberg from the Departm ... more Paired Earthquakes Separated In Time And Space 
Union Town PA (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time, according to a team of researchers reporting in the latest issue of Nature. These doublet earthquakes may hold an underestimated hazard, but may also shed light on earthquake dynamics. "The last great outer rise earthquakes that occurred were in the 1930s and 1970s," said Charles ... more Scientists warn of looming water supply crisis 
Chicago (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Climate change has already dramatically altered the water cycle and these changes signal a looming water supply crisis, according to a prominent group of hydrologists and climatologists writing Thursday in Science magazine. They argue that radical water cycle changes will be widespread and that past trends can no longer be relied upon when planning future water management. "Our best curr ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008French nuclear giant Areva said on Thursday it was ready to build up to 12 next-generation power plants in South Africa, where massive electricity shortages shut down the key mining industry this month. Areva said that in addition to an earlier plan to build two nuclear power plants in South Africa, announced earlier this month, it would now offer 10 more of its third generation systems thro ... more Analysis: IPI faces dangers, hurdles 
Washington (UPI) Jan 31, 2008India's decision to proceed with talks with Pakistan on transit fees for the $7.4 billion, 1,700-mile natural gas pipeline from Iran is fraught with strategic and diplomatic implications. Talks have been deadlocked for months on two issues: the cost of Iranian gas and how much India will pay Pakistan in transit fees. The pipeline would supply both countries with gas: India with 90 milli ... more French Niger Uranium Mines Under Direct Threat From Tuareg Nomads 
Paris (AFP) Jan 31, 2008Areva, the world's largest nuclear power company, said Thursday it was "nobody's enemy" in Niger following Tuareg rebel threats to attack uranium mines in a battle against the industry. Areva said it "valued the stability of the country (and) ... was vigilant, bearing in mind that we have some one thousand workers. "We are working with the authorities to ensure their safety," a spokesman ... more UN team goes inside Japan's quake-hit nuclear plant 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 31, 2008UN experts on Thursday went for the first time inside a reactor at the world's largest nuclear plant in Japan since it was shut down last year by an earthquake. The 12 experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are on the Vienna-based agency's second inspection of the closed Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant northwest of Tokyo since July's earthquake. It marked the first time that ... more Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 01, 2008A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa, potentially cutting costs and boosting performance in myriad applications ranging from medical diagnostics to green energy technologies. High-performance piezoelectric materials used today, such as those ... more
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