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Hubble Goes Ultra Deep In View Of 10,000 Galaxies Baltimore - Mar 09, 2004
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Viruses May Be Environmentally Friendly Decontaminants
Baltimore - Mar 10, 2004Viruses could become the next generation of environmentally friendly decontaminants, replacing harmful chemicals like chlorine dioxide in cleaning up areas exposed to anthrax spores, according to findings released today at the American Society for Microbiology's Biodefense Research Meeting. New Evidence Suggests Early Oceans Bereft Of Oxygen For Eons 
Arlington - Mar 10, 2004As two rovers scour Mars for signs of water and the precursors of life, geochemists have uncovered evidence that Earth's ancient oceans were much different from today's. |
Adding Color And Texture To Planet Mars
Moffett Field - Mar 10, 2004One milestone that humans are not liable to achieve in the near future is to smell another planet. It is a basic human curiousity to imagine what another world might smell like. Some senses are noticeably absent for today's space travelers, since harsh environments are unlikely to reveal themselves in sensaround. A spacesuit is a bubble with its own isolated sense experiences, much akin to a sensory isolation tank. Hybrids On The High Seas 
Washington - Mar 10, 2004Fuel cells for future ships As hybrid electric cars become more commonplace on America's highways, the Navy is working to bring hybrid electric ships to the high seas. |
Rosetta Boot Up Continues Comet Probe Begin 10 Year Journey
Paris - Mar 10, 2004The spacecraft and ground segment continue to operate well on the Rosetta comet mission. All activities planned for the initial, critical phase after launch have been successfully completed ahead of schedule and the Mission Control Team at ESOC has relocated to its permanet mission control center. Bioprocesses Upstage Traditional Chemical Processes 
Palo Alto - Mar 10, 2004Exciting advances in biotechnology are driving the increasing acceptance of biotech products in several industries, especially pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and chemicals. Bioprocesses sometimes eliminate conventional steps in chemical synthesis while enabling cost-effective manufacturing. |
TSC Conducts Successful Laser Propulsion Demonstration For Air Force
Los Angeles - Mar 10, 2004On February 12, Technology Service Corporation (TSC) successfully completed the first demonstration of the company's Coded Optical Power System (COPS(TM)) at the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, CA. This technology allows power to be delivered to remote systems via free space laser transmission with efficiencies approaching 50 percent while simultaneously transmitting data. |
Pakistan Wants To Keep its Nukes
by Anwar IqbalWashington (UPI) - Mar 09, 2004 Soon after testing another long-range missile Tuesday, Pakistan announced it does not intend to roll back its nuclear program. The test "reflects Pakistan's resolve to maintain minimum credible deterrence as the cornerstone of its security plan," said a statement issued by the army press office. The test also eliminates "apprehensions of a rollback" of Pakistan's nuclear program, the statement said. |
NASA Reviewing Spacehab's Contract Claim Arising From Columbia Loss
Houston - Mar 10, 2004Spacehab, has received notification from NASA that the Agency has received the Company's formal contract claim and has initiated a review and internal audit of the amounts specified. NASA stated that it intends to advise Spacehab of its findings on June 24, 2004. Pakistan May Have Let China Examine US F-104s During War 
Washington (AFP) Mar 10, 2004Pakistan may have given China access to a key US fighter jet at the height of the Vietnam War in a quid-pro-quo transaction that may have endangered the lives of American pilots, according to US government documents made public here. |
Messenger Ships To The Cape
Laurel - Mar 10, 2004NASA's Messenger spacecraft left home in Maryland today for Cape Canaveral, Fla., site of its scheduled May 11 launch toward Mercury and the first study of that planet from orbit. For Rural Pennsylvania, Wireless Is The Ticket To The 21St Century 
Lehigh - Mar 10, 2004Lehigh engineering professor is testing the usefulness of multitier networks in remote areas that lack digital and cable-modem access When the providers of Internet services look at a map of Susquehanna County in northeastern Pennsylvania, they see a hilly, lightly populated region that offers little financial incentive to install the wires necessary for digital or cable-modem access. |
General Micro Systems Announces Industry's Smallest Single-Board Computer
Rancho Cucamonga - Mar 10, 2004Occupying 30% less space than a credit card, and consuming as little as 4W of power, the Spider's tiny footprint, standalone operation and hot swappability makes it ideal for a broad range of embedded applications, from distributed control systems and scalable telecom blade servers, to handheld computing, in-flight entertainment and defense/homeland security. Kilgore Flares Chooses Algor Multiphysics Software to Reduce Material Costs 
Pittsburgh - Mar 10, 2004Algor, Inc., a leading provider of design, analysis and simulation software, has been chosen by Kilgore Flares Company LLC, a member of the Chemring Group PLC and the largest supplier of military countermeasure (decoy) flares to the US Department of Defense, to supply FEA-based multiphysics software. Flash Acquires GPS Provider Navicom Corporation 
Scottsdale - Mar 10, 2004Flash Automotive Acceptance Corporation reports the completion of its acquisition of Navicom Corporation as a wholly owned subsidiary in a share exchange for 100% of the common stock of Navicom. Research Links Long US Droughts To Ocean Temperature Variations 
Washington - Mar 10, 2004Large-scale, long-lasting droughts in the United States � such as the present one in the West -- tend to be linked to warmer than normal sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, and not just cooling in the tropical Pacific, according to a USGS study published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Third Earth Observation Summit To Be Held In Europe In 2005 
Brussels - Mar 10, 2004Speaking at the third plenary meeting of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO), EC Research Director-General and GEO Co-Chair, Achilleas Mitsos, announced that the European Union will host the third Earth Observation (EO) Summit in February 2005 in Brussels. |
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