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Cassini Images Discover A Windy, Wavy Titan Atmosphere
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 10, 2005The dynamic atmosphere of Saturn's haze-enshrouded moon Titan is revealed in the first Cassini Imaging Team report on Titan, to appear in the March 10 issue of Nature. UF-Developed Detectors Help Guard Against Foam Flaws In Shuttle's Fuel Tank 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Mar 09, 2005The engineers who built the external fuel tank that will soon power Discovery into orbit used sophisticated X-ray detectors developed by UF researchers to reduce the chance of a defect in the foam insulation covering the tank. Lightning Cuts Safe Zone Between Earth Radiation Belts: NASA 
Washington (AFP) Mar 08, 2005Lightning plays an unexpected, key role in clearing Earth's radiation and making space travel safe for both human and orbiters, NASA announced Tuesday. |
China To Have 800 Missiles Aimed At Taiwan In 2006: Defense Minister
Taipei (AFP) Mar 09, 2005The number of Chinese ballistic missiles targeting Taiwan is expected to reach at least 800 next year, the island's defense minister Lee Jye said Wednesday. US Not An Example For Nuclear Non-Proliferation: Sam Nunn 
Washington (AFP) Mar 09, 2005US President George W. Bush has not set an example to persuade allies to join nuclear non-proliferation efforts in Iran and North Korea, former US senator Sam Nunn said Wednesday. Discovery.com Promotes Slooh Online Telescope To Readers 
New York NY (SPX) Mar 09, 2005Slooh, the first online service to offer live viewing of outer space, has joined forces with Discovery.com to introduce Slooh's live space show to Discovery.com. |
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DARPA Selects Gallium Nitride For Future Military Space Systems
Redondo Beach (SPX) Mar 08, 2005Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop electronic components made from gallium nitride, a next-generation semiconductor material system that provides vastly improved communications, radar and intelligence capability to the warfighter. Could Microbes Solve Russia's Chemical Weapons Conundrum? 
Moscow (SPX) Mar 09, 2005One of nature's most versatile microorganisms � a bacterium called Pseudomonas putida � could help mop up the toxic by-products caused by the destruction of the chemical weapon mustard, write Russian researchers in Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology this month. NJIT Researcher Creates Opportunities For Studying Chiral Ionic Liquids 
Newark NJ (SPX) Mar 09, 2005Ionic liquids, especially chiral ones, fascinate Sanjay V. Malhotra, PhD, assistant professor of chemistry and environmental science at New Jersey Institute of Technology. |
Simulations Reveal Surprising News About Black Holes
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 08, 2005For more than 30 years, astrophysicists have believed that black holes can swallow nearby matter and release a tremendous amount of energy as a result. Until recently, however, the mechanisms that bring matter close to black holes have been poorly understood, leaving researchers puzzled about many of the details of the process. Superglue Of Planet Formation: Sticky Ice 
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 09, 2005How dust specks in the early solar systems came together to become planets has vexed astronomers for years. Gravity, always an attractive candidate to explain how celestial matter pulls together, was no match for stellar winds. LHC Magnets: The Great Descent 
Switzerland (SPX) Mar 08, 2005The first superconducting magnet for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was lowered into the accelerator tunnel at 2.00 p.m. on Monday, 7th March. |
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