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Researchers Try To Create Cyclic Ozone
Philadelphia PA (SPX) Feb 02, 2005With nearly twice the energy of normal, bent-shaped ozone (O3), cyclic ozone could hold the key component for a future manned-mission to Mars. No one has ever seen-let alone made-cyclic ozone. M3 Chosen To Fly With Chandraayan-1 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2005NASA chose the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) to fly as part of the scientific payload for the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) Chandraayan-1 mission, slated for launch in 2007. The M3 is designed to create a mineral-resource map of the moon. Welcome To Rhea: Impact Central 
Pasadena CA (JPL) Feb 02, 2005This view of the trailing hemisphere of Saturn's moon Rhea shows the region's bright wispy markings, but also shows off the moon's craters in great detail. Of particular interest to imaging scientists is the distribution and orientation of the many craters with polygonal rims. |
Congress Was Told Of DoD Intel Plan
Washington (UPI) Feb 03, 2005The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said Congress had been "appropriately informed" about the Pentagon's plans to expand its intelligence capabilities. Guardian Targeting Hyperspectral Services For Satellite Reconnaissance 
Herndon VA (SPX) Feb 03, 2005Guardian Technologies is leveraging the unique information extraction and identification processes of its PinPoint image identification technology to develop applications that will automatically detect specific objects and anomalies within hyperspectral images. Rumsfeld Asks For Restoration Of Nuclear 'Bunker Buster' Program 
Washington (AFP) Feb 02, 2005US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has asked for restoration of a supersecret research program designed to create a new class of nuclear weapons capable of destroying hardened underground targets, a Pentagon official said late Monday. |
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China Launches Satellite TV Service In Asian Region
Beijing (XNA) Feb 02, 2005China launched its satellite television service in Asia on Tuesday, marking another step pushing its television programming into the international market. China Says Construction Of Xiluodu Dam Now Stopped 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 02, 2005China's environmental watchdog said the China Three Gorges Project Corporation will delay construction of the Xiluodu dam to comply with environment protection efforts. Yellow River Delta Being Eroded Away 
Beijing (XNA) Feb 02, 2005The Yellow River Delta is shrinking southward by an average of 7.6 square kilometres a year, according to a source from the Shandong Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources. |
Wax: A Perfect Model Of Earth's Crust
New York NY (SPX) Feb 02, 2005Physicists in the US have proven that wax is a perfect model of the ocean floors. Using a tub of wax, geophysicists at Cornell and Columbia have produced a predictive model of tectonic microplates - one of the most important and poorly understood features of plate tectonics. Italians Make Earthquake Detecting Space Probe 
Rome, Italy (SPX) Feb 02, 2005A new Italian space probe may be able to predict earthquakes, giving people time to take preventive measures, Italian media reported on Monday. Japanese Ship Probes Focus Of Massive Quake That Caused Killer Tsunamis 
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 02, 2005A Japanese research ship left for waters off Sumatra on Wednesday to get a first-hand look at the focus of the most powerful earthquake in 40 years which triggered the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. |
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Heat Response Evidence For Superfluidity In Cold 'Fermion' Gas
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 02, 2005A new study has disclosed perhaps the strongest evidence to date for superfluidity in an exotic gas that mimics extreme behavior in Nature - ranging from high temperature superconductivity to the behavior of fundamental particles in the Big Bang. Swift Sees Pinwheel Galaxy 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 02, 2005The Swift satellite's Ultraviolet/ Optical Telescope has seen first light, capturing an image of the Pinwheel Galaxy, long loved by amateur astronomers as the "perfect" face-on spiral galaxy. New Radar Provides 3-D Forest View 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 02, 2005An advanced radar technique to image forests in three dimensions has undergone an ESA-backed test campaign in Indonesia. A future space-based version could measure global biomass to sharpen the accuracy of climate change models. Changes in the Arctic: Consequences for the World 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 03, 2005Observations and computer models have long proven that the Arctic plays an important role in maintaining a stable climate on Earth. |
Global VC Funds Sharpen Focus On India
Calcutta, India (UPI) Feb 2, 2005For the past two months, Devesh Kumar, head of equities for ICICI Securities, has been unusually busy. He was one of the 30-member team - all heads of Indian companies and banks - that winged to New York mid-November to meet the heads of 100 top U.S.-based venture funds and private equity investors, to hard sell the India story. Comsat International Wins Brazil Lottery Network For 9000 Locations 
Sao Paulo, Brazil (SPX) Feb 03, 2005Comsat International reports that its Comsat Brazil subsidiary won a public auction to build, operate and manage the communications network for the national lottery and transaction clearinghouse network in Brazil. Oregon May Lead Future Of Wave Energy 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Feb 02, 2005Significant advances in university research and other studies in the past two years are pointing toward Oregon as the possible epicenter of wave energy development in the United States. NETL And Carnegie Mellon Create New Paradigms For Hydrogen Production 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Feb 02, 2005The DoE and Carnegie Mellon have developed a new computational modeling tool that could make the production of hydrogen cheaper. |
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