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Cluster Spacecraft Catch Crashing Waves In Earth's Magnetic BubbleBerkeley CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2004 
A bevy of satellites buzzing around in the Earth's magnetosphere has found at least part of the answer to a long-standing puzzle about the source of the charged particles that feed the aurora. |
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Hubble Peers Inside A Celestial Geode
Paris (ESA) Aug 13, 2004Real geodes are handball-sized, hollow rocks that start out as bubbles in volcanic or sedimentary rock. Only when these inconspicuous round rocks are split in half by a geologist, do we get a chance to appreciate the inside of the rock cavity that is lined with crystals. India To Launch Education Satellite Mid-September 
New Delhi (SPX) Aug 13, 2004India has scheduled the launch of Edusat, the satellite dedicated to beam educational programs, for mid-September, the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported Thursday. Sirius Introduces New Satellite Radio Receiver 
New York (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Sirius Thursday announced the introduction of the next generation satellite radio based on the latest Sirius technology. |
NASA Develops Robust AI For Planetary Rovers
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2004NASA is planning to add a strong dose of artificial intelligence (AI) to planetary rovers to make them much more self-reliant, capable of making basic decisions during a mission. Robot Sent To Chile's Atacama Desert To Attempt To Seek Life 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Aug 12, 2004Carnegie Mellon University robotics and life sciences researchers will demonstrate Zoe, an autonomous rover being groomed to seek and identify life in hostile environments, at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, at the former LTV site off Brownfield Road in Pittsburgh. Aiming For Axel Heiberg 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 13, 2004Opportunity continues its voyage farther into "Endurance Crater" with a near-term drive goal of a rock outcrop dubbed "Axel Heiberg," and a possible later destination at the foot of "Burns Cliff" on the south side of the crater. |
Technology Already Exists To Stabilize Global Warming
Princeton NJ (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Existing technologies could stop the escalation of global warming for 50 years and work on implementing them can begin immediately, according to an analysis by Princeton University scientists. How Topography Affects The Gulf Stream's Path 
Kingston RI (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Scientists have been studying the Gulf Stream in the North Atlantic Ocean for centuries but still do not completely understand the swiftly moving current's physical dynamics. One mysterious phenomenon is the path of the Gulf Stream, which does not follow a straight line, but bends, meanders, and changes from day to day. |
Harris And DigitalGlobe Provide 3-D Imagery To NBC For Olympics Coverage
Melbourne FL (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Harris Corporation and DigitalGlobe announced Thursday that they will provide high-resolution, 3-D satellite imagery to NBC to support the network's coverage of the 2004 Olympics from Athens, Greece. Harris is using its ImageLinks TrueTerrain technology to enhance DigitalGlobe's satellite imagery of Athens. Future Heat Waves: More severe, More Frequent, Longer lasting 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 13, 2004Heat waves in Chicago, Paris, and elsewhere in North America and Europe will become more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting in the 21st century, according to a new modeling study by two scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. |
The Olympics On Animal Planet
by Astrobiology MagazineMoffett Field CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2004 In part IV of this Olympic series, the question of how humans might compete against other species is considered. Are we so sure in our pride as a species, that our champions are the same as the planet's winners? Undersea Habitat Becomes Experimental Hospital for NEEMO 7 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2004The days of doctors making house calls may seem like ancient history for most patients in North America, but in October, three astronauts and a Canadian doctor will test the latest concepts in long-distance house calls using a unique underwater laboratory. |
Trajectory Maneuver Brings Spacecraft Closer To Home
Pasadena CA (JPL) Aug 12, 2004Thirty days before its historic return to Earth with NASA's first samples from space since the Apollo missions, the Genesis spacecraft successfully completed its twentieth trajectory maneuver. Nanotechnology To Supercharge Internet 
Toronto (SPX) Aug 12, 2004Canadian researchers have shown that nanotechnology can be used to pave the way to a supercharged Internet based entirely on light. The discovery could lead to a network 100 times faster than today's. |
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