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Crack-Up Comet Emitting X-Rays
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 14, 2006Scientists said Friday they have detected X-rays from Comet 73P/ Schwassman-Wachmann 3, which is now passing Earth and rapidly disintegrating on what could be its final orbit around the Sun. Model Suggests Pre-Big Bang Physics 
University Park PA (SPX) May 14, 2006Researchers using quantum gravitational calculations are attempting to find threads of data that could help understand what happened before the universe was born 13.7 billion years ago. Japan space sneakers are ultra-high heels 
Kobe, Japan, (AFP) May 12, 2006 A Japanese shoemaker is developing lightweight sneakers for outer space, hoping to help astronauts keep their muscles from wearing down due to the rigors of zero-gravity. |
Lockheed Martin to build Vietnam's first satellite
Hanoi, (AFP) May 12, 2006 US defence giant Lockheed Martin signed Friday the contract to build Vietnam's first satellite, in the latest victory for American businesses in the communist nation. Lockheed Martin had been competing against the Astrium-Alcatel and a US-Japanese consortium led by Sumitomo Corporation. Ariane 5 Mission Takes Next Assembly Step 
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2006Arianespace has moved the Ariane 5 ECA into the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where it will receive its heavyweight satellite payloads in preparation for a scheduled May 26 liftoff. Discovery Moved To Vehicle Assembly Building 
Washington DC (SPX) May 15, 2006Workers have moved shuttle Discovery across the tarmac at Kennedy Space Center from its processing facility and into the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA announced Friday. |
THAAD Performs Flawlessly in Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Flight Test
Tewksbury MA (SPX) May 15, 2006The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) radar built by Raytheon Company performed flawlessly in a flight test conducted by the Missile Defense Agency at the White Sands Missile Range recently. Kremlin Concerned At US Missile Plans 
Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2006The Kremlin voiced worry Thursday at reported US plans to mount non-nuclear warheads on intercontinental strategic missiles to strike targets anywhere in the world within minutes and with no prior warning and called for talks on subject. |
Face Of Outdoor Advertising Changes With New Airship Design
Orlando FL (SPX) May 15, 2006The Lightship Group has announced that its new A-170 Video Lightsign airship. This revolutionary new technology can potentially be used to broadcast live TV, Internet sites, stock tickers, slide shows or virtually any other media on its full-color 30' X 70' LED screen. Cassini Captures Another Stunning Saturnian Vista 
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 15, 2006NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image of Saturn's small, battered moon Epimetheus; its giant, smog-enshrouded moon Titan, and its A and F rings stretching across the scene. |
Deadly Heat Clouds Descend From Merapi
Mount Merapi, Indonesia (AFP) May 15, 2006 Deadly heat clouds tumbled further down the slopes of Indonesia's Mount Merapi early Monday as the volcano's activity increased ahead of a feared eruption, an official said. Methane-Belching Bugs Inspire A New Theory Of The Origin Of Life On Earth 
Uniontown PA (SPX) May 15, 2006Two laboratories at Penn State set out to show how an obscure undersea microbe metabolizes carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar. Poland Interested In Baltic Nuclear Project 
Warsaw, Poland (AFP) May 15, 2006Poland could join its three northern Baltic neighbours to build a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, the head of Poland's Atomic Energy Agency said in an interview published Thursday. Chinese capital launches Internet cafe crackdown 
Beijing, (AFP) May 12, 2006 China's capital Beijing has launched a campaign to bar minors and those thought to be accessing "unhealthy" content" from the city's internet cafes, state media said Friday. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Russia Will Not Relapse Into Cold War Era In Relations With West Says Putin
Sochi (RIAN) May 15, 2006Russia will be patiently developing relations with the West and will not return to the Cold War period in their relations, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday. "We will be building relations with our Western colleagues with patience and calm," Putin said. Mossad Remains In Charge Of Iran Nuke File 
Jerusalem, (AFP) May 13, 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has decided that Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, will remain in charge of the Iranian nuclear file, army radio reported Saturday. Nanotechnology Used In Thirty Billion Dollars Worth Of Goods In 2005 
New York (UPI) May 15, 2006Emerging nanotechnology made its way into more than $30 billion in manufactured goods in 2005, more than double the year before, experts tell UPI's Nano World. "The overall story that we're seeing for nanotechnology is motion out of the lab and onto the shelves," said Matthew Nordan. Oak Ridge Scientists Use Genetic Algorithms 
Oak Ridge TN (UPI) May 15, 2006Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for use in space is a complex task, but U.S. scientists have made it easier using genetic algorithms. |
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