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 May 23, 2007 |
| EXO LIFE + Radiation-Eating Fungi Could Change The Energy Balance On Earth And Beyond  New York NY (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Scientists have long assumed that fungi exist mainly to decompose matter into chemicals that other organisms can then use. But researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found evidence that fungi possess a previously undiscovered talent with profound implications: the ability to use radioactivity as an energy source for making food and spurring their growth ... moreSATURN DAILY + Cassini Sinks The Claws Into Saturn Rings And Finds The Lumps  Pasadena CA (JPL) May 23, 2007 - Saturn's largest and most densely packed ring is composed of dense clumps of particles separated by nearly empty gaps, according to new findings from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. These clumps in Saturn's B ring are neatly organized and constantly colliding, which surprised scientists. Previous interpretations assumed the ring particles were distributed uniformly and so scientists underestimated th ... moreTIME AND SPACE + Cosmologists Predict A Static Universe In 3 Trillion Years  Cleveland OH (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Cleveland OH (SPX) May 23, 2007 When Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter proposed astatic model of the universe in the early 1900s, he was some 3 trillion years ahead of his time. Now, physicists Lawrence Krauss from Case Western Reserve University and Robert J. Scherrer from Vanderbilt University predict that trillions of years into the future, the information that currently allows us to under ... moreSPACEMART + European Space Policy Becomes A Reality Today  Brussels (ESA) May 23, 2007 - A stronger Europe in space, better equipped and better coordinated to face the future needs of its citizens. A wider strategic scope to address new challenges, including the areas of security and defence space programmes, and space as an added dimension to the EU's external relations: all this in a novel policy designed to fit European interests and values. Ministers in charge of space act ... moreSTELLAR CHEMISTRY + Gamma-Ray Bursts Active Longer Than Thought  Greenbelt, MD (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Using NASA's Swift satellite, astronomers have discovered that energetic flares seen after gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are not just hiccups, they appear to be a continuation of the burst itself. GRBs release in seconds the same amount of energy our Sun will emit over its expected 10 billion-year lifetime. The staggering energy of a long-duration GRB (lasting more than a few seconds) comes from the ... more | CONSTELLATIONS:  IRON AND ICE:  SPACE BLOGGER:  MARSDAILY:  |
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| MISSILE DEFENSE + S400 Missile System Ready To Defend Moscow  By Martin SieffUPI Senior News Analyst - Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007 Russia's new state-of-the-art S-400 missile defense system will be operational around Moscow by the beginning of July. The commander of the Russian Air Force, three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, made the announcement Monday, RIA Novosti reported. RIA Novosti described the S-400 Triumf system, designated by NATO as the SA-21 Growler, as "a new air defense missile ... more MISSILE DEFENSE + BMD Collision Course  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007 - Washington's negotiations with the Czech Republic and Poland on building U.S. missile-defense bases in those countries are slated for late May. Washington is going to try to secure some guarantees for its plan during the meetings in Prague and Warsaw. The U.S. plan to site basic elements of its missile defense in Poland and the Czech Republic is more likely to trigger a new cold war than ever.more more | IRAQ WARS:  MILTECH:  SUPERPOWERS:  UAV NEWS:  |
London (AFP) May 21, 2007 - Britain's defence ministry said Monday it had placed a 200-million-pound (295-million-euro, 395-million-dollar) contract to construct a new nuclear-powered attack submarine, it said Monday. The 7,800-tonne vessel, to be named HMS Audacious, will be the fourth in the Astute class of submarines, which are the largest and most powerful of their type ever built in Britain for the Royal Navy. A ... 
Los Angeles AFB CA (AFNS) May 23, 2007 - The Department of Defense stood up the joint service Operationally Responsive Space Office in a ceremony May 21 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The ORS Office will be responsible for integrating joint ORS capabilities and for applying ORS resources to the development, acquisition and demonstration of capabilities to meet specific responsive space needs as established by global combatant command ... 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007 - Washington's negotiations with the Czech Republic and Poland on building U.S. missile-defense bases in those countries are slated for late May. Washington is going to try to secure some guarantees for its plan during the meetings in Prague and Warsaw. The U.S. plan to site basic elements of its missile-defense in Poland and the Czech Republic is more likely to trigger a new cold war than ever.  |
| FLORA AND FAUNA + Professor Helps Develop Techniques To Reduce Threat Against Honeybees  Morgantown, WV (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Bees swarm through the smoke as Professor James Amrine attempts to hook a pollen trap to one of the 20 beehives used for research at West Virginia University. Amrine, not wearing any protective garb, picks up the small, metal firepot and blows more smoke through a nozzle into one of the stacked, wooden boxes placed near the tree line. The smoke is designed to keep the bees from attacking. It cau ... moreEPIDEMICS + AIDS Remains Global Worry  United Nations (UPI) May 23, 2007 - The President of the U.N. General Assembly earlier this week opened a mandated review of efforts to stem the AIDS epidemic with some pretty sobering statistics and some advice on what to do about the continuing emergency yet voiced optimism the battle could be won. Sheikha Haya al-Khalifa of Bahrain, president of the 192-member assembly, said Monday since HIV/AIDS had been first discovered in 19 ... moreWHALES AHOY + Denmark Backs Greenland Request To Kill Some Humpback Whales  East Falmouth, MA (SPX) May 23, 2007 - At a press conference held May 14th, Greenland's Directorate of Fisheries and Hunting announced that it will seek new whaling quotas during the Annual Meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) to be held in Anchorage, Alaska the last week in May. In a turn of events deeply troubling to conservationists, Greenland has decided to target humpback whales, and said that it has the backing ... moreABOUT US + Exercise Reverses Aging In Human Skeletal Muscle  Ontario, Canada (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Buck Institute faculty leads study showing 'genetic fingerprint' becoming younger in healthy seniors who did resistance training Not only does exercise make most people feel better and perform physical tasks better, it now appears that exercise - specifically, resistance training -- actually rejuvenates muscle tissue in healthy senior citizens. A recent study, co-led by Buck Institute fac ... moreEPIDEMICS + Lab Confirms Deadly Fish Virus Spreading To New Species  Ithaca, NY (SPX) May 23, 2007 - A lethal fish virus in the Great Lakes and neighboring waterways is approaching epidemic proportions, according to Paul Bowser, Cornell professor of aquatic animal medicine in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus (VHSV), which causes anemia and hemorrhaging in fish, has now been identified in 19 species and poses a potential threat to New York's $1.2 billion ... more | FLORA AND FAUNA:  WATER WORLD:  EPIDEMICS:  SHAKE AND BLOW:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + EcoLEDs Announces Brightest Commercial LED Light Bulb Yet  Tucson AZ (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Eco-friendly lighting company EcoLEDs.com has launched the brightest LED light bulb ever made available to consumers in the United States. Using just 10 watts and a single LED component made in the USA, the LED light uses just 1/10th the electricity of an incandescent light bulb and reduces CO2 emissions by 9,070 pounds over its life. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Blair Argues For Nuclear Power As Government Publishes Proposals  London (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Departing Prime Minister Tony Blair put forth the case for a new generation of nuclear power stations in Britain as his government was set to publish Wednesday proposals to secure the country's energy supplies. The proposals come after the government suffered a political blow in February when the British High Court ruled that a decision last year to approve plans for new nuclear power plants was ... moreENERGY TECH + Burns Postpones India Visit Indefinitely As Nuke Deal Heads South  New Delhi (ANI) May 23, 2007 - US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns will not be visiting India in 'near future' to help conclude the bilateral 123-Agreement, which would have ratified the 'historical' civil nuclear energy cooperation. Burns, who was expected to reach Delhi this weekend, has 'postponed his visit indefinitely' at the last moment, which has signalled that the bilateral agreement has ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + CO2 Emissions Increasing Faster Than Expected  Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 23, 2007 - Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels - the principal driver of climate change - have accelerated globally at a far greater rate than expected over recent years, according to a paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The paper explains that the average growth rate of carbon dioxide emissions increased from 1.1 per cent a year in the 1990s to a ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + China Sets Up Government Nuclear Power Technology Corporation  Beijing (RIA Novosti) May 23, 2007 - China said Tuesday it had set up a government nuclear power technology corporation. The State Nuclear Power Technology Company, which was established by China's State Council and the country's four major government corporations, including China National Nuclear Corporation, is assigned to introduce and develop third-generation nuclear technology. Wang Binghua, the president of the new corp ... more | ENERGY TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  TIME AND SPACE:  |
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