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Perfect 10 Image From Repaired Hubble Telescope Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 31, 2008 
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is back in business. Just a couple of days after the orbiting observatory was brought back online, Hubble aimed its prime working camera, the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), at a particularly intriguing target, a pair of gravitationally interacting galaxies called Arp 147. The image demonstrated that the camera is working exactly as it was before going ... read moreSearching For Primordial Antimatter 
Boston MA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Scientists are on the hunt for evidence of antimatter - matter's arch nemesis - left over from the very early Universe. New results using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray Observatory suggest the search may have just become even more difficult. Antimatter is made up of elementary particles, each of which has the same mass as their corresponding matter ... more |
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean basin hit by drought in mid-May
Over half of Europe and Mediterranean bassin hit by drought in mid-May Smoke from Canadian fires reaches Europe: EU climate monitor EU climate investments lagging 'well below' target: report Schwarzenegger surprises Vienna metro users with climate message Saudi readies for 'worst case scenario' in sweltering hajj Year after exodus, silence fills Panama island threatened by sea In Canada lake, robot learns to mine without disrupting marine life Coral-rich Greek archipelago hopes to gain from trawler ban Milky Way may not be destroyed in galactic smash-up after all 
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atrexx Targets The North African Oil And Gas Market
Remagen, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2008atrexx has confirmed the conclusion of major contracts for the provision of satellite communications to European suppliers in the Libyan oil and gas industry. The dedicated, IP-based Virtual Private Network (VPN) will be used to provide communications to remote exploration sites and to drilling teams based in the region, which has experienced significant growth as a result of the lifting ... more Phoenix Goes Quiet 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008NASA'S Phoenix Mars Lander, with its solar-electric power shrinking due to shorter daylight hours and a dust storm, did not respond to an orbiter's attempt to communicate with it Wednesday night and Thursday morning. Mission controllers judge the most likely situation to be that declining power has triggered a pre-set precautionary behavior of waking up for only about two hours per day to ... more New ASTRA 1M Satellite Ready For Launch On 6 November 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 31, 2008SES ASTRA has announced that its new ASTRA 1M satellite has been fully integrated into the fairing of the launch vehicle, a Proton Breeze M rocket, and is ready for launch on 6 November (local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite built by EADS ASTRIUM on an Eurostar E3000 platform will be launched by International Launch Services (ILS) into SES ASTRA's prime ... more Review Sets Nov 14 To Launch STS-126 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Oct 31, 2008Space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to launch Nov. 14 at 7:55 p.m. EST after NASA officials conducted an exhaustive review of the shuttle, its payload and the International Space Station. The officials met Thursday during the Flight Readiness Review, a standard session that clears the way for the launch of a shuttle mission. Agency officials evaluated the processing of Endeavour and its ... more |
  
Rice engineers develop resonant energy system for more efficient solar desalinationLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2025 Rice University researchers have introduced a novel desalination technology designed to enhance the efficiency and adaptability of solar-powered water purification. The new system, described in a st ... more  
Solestial Secures $17M Series A to Accelerate Space Solar ManufacturingLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 19, 2025 Solestial has closed a $17 million Series A funding round led by AE Ventures, with participation from Crosscut Ventures, Zeon Ventures, and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's ME Innovation Fund, mana ... more 
Agrivoltaic systems gain public favor over conventional solar parksBerlin, Germany (SPX) May 21, 2025 Photovoltaic systems are becoming more common in open landscapes, but public approval often lags. A recent study by the University of Bonn reveals that agrivoltaics-solar panels installed on farmlan ... more
  
SwRI sets new benchmark in high temperature pressure testing for sCO2 turbinesLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 21, 2025 Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has established a new high mark in materials testing by reaching 1,150 degrees Celsius at 300 bar pressure during supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine deve ... more 
Battery giant CATL ends up more than 16% on Hong Kong debutHong Kong (AFP) May 20, 2025 Chinese battery giant CATL ended its first day on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange more than 16 percent higher Tuesday, having raised US$4.6 billion in the world's biggest initial public offering this year. ... more 
Dongguk University Researchers Develop Scalable Zinc-Ion Battery Technology for Industrial UseTokyo, Japan (SPX) May 13, 2025 A research team from Dongguk University, led by Associate Professor Geon-Hyoung An from the Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, has introduced a promising alternative to traditional lith ... more |
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NASA, South Korea sign mutual statement
Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2008 U.S. space agency and South Korean government officials say they've signed a statement of intent to cooperate in civil aerospace activities. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the agreement was signed Thursday in Seoul by the Director General of the South Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology Munki Lee and NASA Assistant Administrator for External ... more NASA Managers Delay Hubble Servicing Mission 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 31, 2008NASA managers have announced that they will not meet a February 2009 launch date for the fifth and final shuttle mission to the Hubble Space Telescope. The decision comes after engineers completed assessments of the work needed to get a second data handling unit for the telescope ready to fly. The unit will replace one that failed on Hubble in late September, causing the agency to postpone ... more NASA Ames Collaborates To Develop Robotic Lunar Lander 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 31, 2008NASA Ames Research Center is collaborating with a commercial partner to develop a lunar lander for future low-cost missions to the moon. Under the terms of a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement with Odyssey Moon Ventures LLC, Henderson, Nev., NASA Ames will share its small spacecraft technical data and expertise with the company. In return, Odyssey Moon Ventures will reimburse NASA Ames for ... more |
  
Trump's 'Golden Dome' US missile defense plan faces major challengesWashington (AFP) May 21, 2025 US President Donald Trump's plan for a nationwide missile defense system - dubbed "Golden Dome" - faces significant technical and political challenges, and it could cost far more than he has estimated to achieve its goals. ... more 
Israel military says intercepted missile fired from YemenJerusalem (AFP) May 22, 2025 Israel's military said Thursday it had downed a missile fired from Yemen, from where Huthi rebels have regularly launched attacks they say are in response to Israel's offensive in Gaza. ... more 
Canada discussing joining US 'Golden Dome' as Putin signals no issuesOttawa (AFP) May 21, 2025 Canada has been holding "high level" talks with its southern neighbor about joining US President Donald Trump's proposed "Golden Dome" missile defense system, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. ... more
  
Iran says open to regional nuclear fuel consortiumTehran (AFP) May 19, 2025 Iran on Monday said it was open to establishing a regional nuclear fuel consortium, reiterating that it would not stop enriching uranium. ... more 
Tennessee Valley Authority applies to build first US BWRX-300 reactorLos Angeles CA (SPX) May 21, 2025 Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has formally submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a BWRX-300 small modular reactor at its Clinch River site in O ... more 
Investment risk for energy infrastructure construction is highest for nuclear power plants, lowest for solarBoston MA (SPX) May 20, 2025 Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. Yet every single one of these projects ... more
  
Landslide at gold mine in Indonesia's east kills six, 14 missingJakarta (AFP) May 19, 2025 A flood and landslide near a gold mine in remote eastern Indonesia killed at least six people and rescuers were searching for more than a dozen missing, officials said on Monday. ... more 
Syria gives holdout armed groups deadline to join state forcesDamascus (AFP) May 17, 2025 Syria's defence minister on Saturday gave holdout armed groups a 10-day deadline to join the war-torn country's forces, in the latest push to unify ranks following Bashar al-Assad's ouster. ... more 
Reports of Indian navy forcing Rohingyas into sea 'unconscionable': UN expertGeneva (AFP) May 15, 2025 A UN expert said on Thursday he was investigating "credible reports" that Rohingya refugees were forced off an Indian navy vessel into the Andaman Sea, in what would be an "unconscionable" act. ... more |
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