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EU In Talks With Russia, Brazil To Build Galileo GPS SystemNew Delhi (AFP) Feb 16, 2004 
The European Union is discussing collaboration on its Galileo satellite navigation system with Russia and Brazil, besides India and China which have already pledged participation, the EU's Chris Patten said Monday. Galileo is slated to be operational by 2008 as a rival to the US Global Positioning System and be able to track everything from aircrafts to cars through 30 satellites. |
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New Reactor Puts Hydrogen From Renewable Fuels Within Reach
Minneapolis - Feb 16, 2004The first reactor capable of producing hydrogen from a renewable fuel source - ethanol - efficiently enough to hold economic potential has been invented by University of Minnesota engineers. When coupled with a hydrogen fuel cell could generate one kilowatt of power. European Space Policy Debate Continues In Leuven 
Leuven - Feb 16, 2004Leuven's Gothic town hall High-profile personalities from academia, government, the space sector and the media met in Leuven, Belgium on 4 February 2003 to discuss important challenges as Europe moves forward on its new Space Policy. |
Gilat Introduces New Family Of VSAT Products
Petah Tikva - Feb 16, 2004Gilat has launched its next generation of products, the SkyEdge product family. SkyEdge includes a series of VSAT products all able to operate via a single hub, supporting all communications services that customers such as enterprises, carriers, service providers and governmental customers require. Keeping Pace With Consumer Applications Vital To GPS Market Expansion 
Palo Alto - Feb 16, 2004Alliance and high-volume consumer applications are strongly driving the North American Global Positioning System (GPS) equipment markets. |
IBM and Eagle Broadband Team For Broadband Services
Armonk - Feb 16, 2004IBM and Eagle Broadband have signed a joint marketing agreement to design, build and operate state-of-the-art, fiber-based broadband networks and deliver an exclusive "four-play" of the most advanced bundled digital services (voice, video, data and security), video content and multimedia set-top box technology to communities nationwide. Cyberspace To Revolutionize Environmental Sciences And Other Disciplines 
Arlington - Feb 16, 2004The convergence of information and communication technologies into a national "cyberinfrastructure" is poised to revolutionize the environmental sciences and many other disciplines in the coming years, according to researchers presenting at the AAAS Annual Meeting in Seattle. |
Smart and Secure Tradelanes to Extend Network Footprint To Africa
Cairo - Feb 16, 2004 Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST), the global automated ocean container management and security initiative, today announced a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) to launch a project in South Africa, which adds a vital link on a fifth continent to SST's real-time visibility network. Open-Air Experiment Could Deflate Hopes Forests Will Alleviate Global Warming 
Seattle - Feb 16, 2004A futuristic Duke University simulation of forest growth under the carbon dioxide-enriched atmosphere expected by 2050 does not reinforce the optimism of those who believe trees can absorb that extra CO2 by growing faster, said a spokesman for the experiment. |
Wearable Air-Conditioners: Hot, New Microtechnology Keeps GI's Cool
Seattle - Feb 16, 2004Personal protective suits may protect soldiers from chemical and biological weapons, yet extreme heat inside that gear poses a different but equal threat. Without portable cooling technology to ward off heat exhaustion and heat stroke, suits meant to save lives can incapacitate soldiers in just minutes. Engineers Create Chip-Size Version Of Widely Used Detector 
West Lafayette - Feb 16, 2004Researchers have created a portable, chip-size version of a detection system that is commonly used by industry and law enforcement to identify everything from agricultural toxins to DNA. The miniature detector could move certain types of testing from the lab into the field, saving time and money while increasing security. |
3D Fabrication Technique Uses Light-Activated Molecules To Create Complex Microstructures
Atlanta - Feb 16, 2004A three-dimensional microfabrication technique that uses a unique class of light-activated molecules to selectively initiate chemical reactions within polymers and other materials could provide an efficient way to produce complex structures with sub-micron features. European Researchers Launch 10M Euro Collaborative Tech Project 
Brussels - Feb 16, 2004The European Commission has given Europe a huge boost in the field of Structural Genomics, awarding the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and its partners 10 Million Euro for an integrated project called "BIOXHIT." The project aims to create a common platform throughout Europe for researchers working in the field of "biological crystallography." |
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The Role Of Gas Hydrates In Carbon Cycling And Environmental Change
Houston - Feb 16, 2004 As mankind pumps more and more carbon into the atmosphere, those studying global climate change are becoming increasingly interested in the fate and consequences of all that extra carbon. Human Evolution At The Crossroads: Integrating Genetics And Paleontology 
Seattle - Feb 16, 2004Advances in genetics during the last decade not only have influenced modern medicine, they also have changed how human evolution is studied, says an anthropologist from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
Our Hazy Atmosphere: The Impact Of Aerosols On Climate
San Diego - Feb 16, 2004In a few decades, it's likely that scientists will look back at the early part of the 21st century and regard it as a fundamental stage in understanding the importance of the effects of aerosols on Earth's climate. Most Distant Quasars Probe End Of Cosmic Dark Ages 
Tucson - Feb 16, 2004The most distant known quasars show that some supermassive black holes formed when the universe was merely 6 percent of its current age, or about 700 million years after the big bang. |
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