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Anti Missile Defense Shield On Alert By SeptemberWashington (UPI) Apr 27, 2004 
The Pentagon is likely to deploy its multi-billion dollar national missile defense system in Alaska in September even if it fails its flight tests this summer, the general in charge of the program said Tuesday. |
 
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Japan's PM Convenes Panel To Review Security And Defence Strategies
Tokyo (AFP) Apr 27, 2004Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi convened a panel of advisors Tuesday to map out security and defence strategies to cope with mounting terrorist acts and the threat of weapons of mass destruction. GAO Questions U.S. Nuclear Security 
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2004The Department of Energy has acknowledged that defending nuclear facilities is a vastly different task than before Sept. 11, but some observers say the department is changing its methods much too slowly. |
ESA and China Double Up For Earth Watch
Paris (ESA) Apr 28, 2004European and Chinese scientists meet this week on the island city of Xiamen to commence the Dragon Programme - a wide-ranging research initiative employing ESA Earth Observation data to focus on China. Keeping An Eye On Central America 
Huntsville - Apr 27, 2004Flying over Central America, a local environmental official points out plumes of smoke where "slash and burn" agriculture is destroying the rain forest. In the distance, dark-tinted waters of a red tide nearing coastal fishing villages are clearly visible from this altitude. |
One Thousand Paces On Mars
Pasadena (JPL) Apr 27, 2004After a successful weekend of driving on sols 108 and 109, Spirit kicked off its week with a 140-meter (459.3 feet) drive over sols 110 and 111 toward its destination at the base of the "Columbia Hills." Martian Water Science Early 2004 
Mountain View CA - Apr 27, 2004In part two of our report on NASA's Third Astrobiology Science Conference, we detour to a press conference held separately the last day of the conference that revealed the Gusev landing site of the first MER rover, "Spirit" was at last starting to show evidence of an aqueous past after all. Relating this announcement to specific papers presented at the conference, Bruce Moomaw explains how the story of Mars is getting much more complicated. |
Plausibility of Martian Microbes
Washington - Apr 28, 2004The surface environment of Mars may not always have been so hostile to life. Early in the planet's history, the average temperature almost certainly was warmer and the atmosphere more dense, and liquid water may have existed at the surface. Testimony at International Space Exploration Program hearings, Washington DC April 27 2004.
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Seniors Need Robots And New Technology To Help At Home
Washington (UPI) Apr 27, 2004Elder advocates from academia and industry urged Congress on Tuesday to fund research and nudge reluctant companies to re-imagine existing technologies to help seniors live high-quality, independent lives. NASA Tests Computer Mobile Agents And Helper Robot In Utah Desert 
Houston - Apr 28, 2004Intelligent 'mobile agent' software that someday may help astronaut-robot teams on Mars talk with teams on Earth are being tested by NASA in Utah's Southeast Desert in a field operation that began this week. |
Nanogold Does Not Glitter, But Its Future Looks Bright
Bethlehem PA - Apr 28, 2004At the nano-level, gold acquires a new shine, a new set of properties and a host of potential new applications Sandia/UNM Self-Assembly Process Forms Durable Nanocrystal Arrays 
Albuquerque NM - Apr 27, 2004A wish list for nanotechnologists might consist of a simple, inexpensive means - actually, any means at all - of self-assembling nanocrystals into robust orderly arrangements, like soup cans on a shelf or bricks in a wall, each separated from the next by an insulating layer of silicon dioxide. |
Shoulder Fired Capability Extends Metal Storm's 40mm Calibre Development
Arlington, VA - Apr 28, 2004Metal Storm Limited has expanded its generic 40mm weapon system with the test firing of a shoulder fired, single barrel, multi shot weapon, which enables a soldier to repeatedly engage a moving target without reloading. |
Proof Of The Matter Is In The Jelly
Durham - Apr 28, 2004In the community of very tiny particles that make up all matter in the universe, there are two main citizens: bosons and fermions. Bosons are socially oriented and tend to stick together, while fermions are solitary entities, preferring to go it alone. |
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