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O'Keefe Hangs Tough On Hubble DecisionWashington (UPI) Jun 23, 2004 
If there were any lingering doubts NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe meant what he said last January about vetoing a space shuttle repair mission for the Hubble Space Telescope, those doubts were eliminated Tuesday. |
 
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Dark Days Doomed Dinosaurs
West Lafayette IN - Jun 24, 2004Though the catastrophe that destroyed the dinosaurs' world may have begun with blazing fire, it probably ended with icy darkness, according to a Purdue University research group. Star Chaser To Open New Mexico Office 
Santa Fe (UPI) Jun 22, 2004Officials announced Tuesday a British company engaged in the international race to build commercial space vehicles will open a New Mexico office. |
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 24, 2004Like a woolly mammoth trapped in Arctic ice, Saturn's small moon Phoebe may be a frozen artifact of a bygone era, some four billion years ago. The finding is suggested by new data from the Cassini spacecraft. Cassini VIMS Team Finds That Phoebe May Be Kin To Comets 
Pasadena (JPL) Jun 24, 2004Scientists may at last have settled the debate on the origin of Saturn's moon, Phoebe. Saturn long ago captured its largest outermost satellite, Phoebe, when the moon wandered in from the frigid region beyond the orbit of Neptune called the Kuiper belt, they conclude. |
Remote-Controlled Throwable Robot Sent To Iraq For Testing
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 24, 2004Carnegie Mellon University robotics researchers, in conjunction with the U.S. Marine Corps' Warfighting Laboratory, have developed a small, throwable, remote-controlled prototype robot designed for surveillance in urban settings. Several of the robots are being sent to Iraq for testing. A Flip Of A Switch May One Day Quiet Jet Engines 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 24, 2004Jet engines may run quieter in the future, with technology developed at Ohio State University say researchers who have developed a silencer technology that creates electrical arcs to control turbulence in engine exhaust airflow. |
Mob Rules
Cambridge, MA (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Atoms and molecules, en masse, can do almost anything, and physicists know it. In fact, they dream about it. By combining the right kinds of molecules under the right conditions, it should be possible to craft, e.g., uncrackable metal alloys, room-temperature superconductors, self-healing spaceship skins impervious to meteoroids and solar flares. You name it. Dealing With Nuclear Gate-Crashers 
Washington (UPI) Jun 21, 2004No talks for seeking universal non-proliferation will succeed without involving the world's three de facto nuclear states -- India, Pakistan and Israel -- according to Mohamed El Baradei, director general, International Atomic Energy Agency. |
CO2 Fertilization Of Soil Could Be Slowing Global Warming
Chestnut Hill MA - Jun 21, 2004A Boston scientist has published new research introducing the concept of a CO2 fertilization factor for soil carbon, a way to measure an ecosystem's ability to store carbon in response to higher atmospheric CO2 levels. NASA Data Shows Hurricanes Help Plants Bloom In Ocean Deserts 
Laurel, MD (SPX) Jun 21, 2004Whenever a hurricane races across the Atlantic Ocean, chances are phytoplankton will bloom behind it, finds a new NASA study that also tracked how these blooms may affect the Earth's climate. |
NSF's North Pole Researchers Study Climate Change In The Arctic 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 21, 2004 Long before a Hollywood blockbuster about catastrophic climate change packed cinema multiplexes this spring, researchers at the top of the world, were using an array of tools to build a comprehensive picture of environmental change in the Arctic. Common Chemicals Morphing Into Potential Toxins In Arctic 
Toronto ON (SPX) Jun 24, 2004Compounds used to protect carpets and fabrics may be travelling to remote regions of the planet and undergoing chemical reactions before building up in the food chain, says a new study from the University of Toronto. |
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