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| VENUSIAN HEAT + Ground-Based Observatories Join Forces With Venus Express  Paris, France (ESA) May 24, 2007 - Paris, France (ESA) May 24, 2007 Data from Venus Express, which has been revealing new and crucial details about our closest planetary neighbour, will now be augmented by synoptic data from a coordinated ground-based observation campaign. This campaign will contribute to the growing body of information on the nature of Venus's atmosphere and will help put the spacecraft's observations into a br ... moreTECH SPACE + Space Technology Creates Investment Opportunities  Paris, France (ESA) May 24, 2007 - The first ESA Investment Forum took place last month at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in the Netherlands. This new event attracted more than 100 participants from all over Europe, including representatives from the finance and investment communities, the European Special Applications Fund and 20 start-up companies. The Forum was organised by ESA's Technology Transfer Pr ... moreEXO WORLDS + Mapping Alien Worlds Beyond Sol  Boston MA (SPX) May 24, 2007 - For the first time, astronomers have created a rough map of a planet orbiting a distant sun-like star, employing a technique that may one day enable mapping of Earth-like worlds. Since the planet just charted is a gas giant and lacks a solid surface, the map shows cloud-top features. Using the Spitzer infrared space telescope, astronomers detected a bright hot spot that is offset from "high noon ... moreGPS NEWS + Russian Satellite Navigation Devices On Sale This Year  Moscow (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Navigating devices using Russian satellites will appear in the shops this year as the first alternative to the widely used GPS network of the United States, officials said on Wednesday. "The individual devices receiving signals from Glonass will appear in shops in our country by the end of this year," Russia's First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told journalists. The Glonass satelli ... moreINTERNET SPACE + Academic Group Releases Plan To Share Power Over Internet Root Zone Keys  Syracuse, NY (SPX) May 24, 2007 - A group of scholars centered at Syracuse University has published a plan to decentralize authority over the Internet domain name system (DNS) as it transitions to a new, more secure technology known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC). At a symposium in Washington, D.C., May 17, the Internet Governance Project (IGP) unveiled a plan to decentralize control over the process of digitally signing th ... more | GPS NEWS:  ROCKET SCIENCE:  SATURN DAILY:  CHIP TECH:  |
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| SINO DAILY + China's War Chest  Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007 - With more than $1,200 billion in U.S. dollars, T-bills and securities in its piggy bank, China has been losing money as the value of the dollar has fallen against the euro. This helps explain that startling announcement last week that China is planning to launch a state investment fund that would seek better returns on its money. It plans to start by investing in stocks and private capital ... moreTERROR WARS + Northern Border Changes Loom  Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007 - A coalition of Canadian and U.S. businesses, together with local officials and lawmakers from both sides of the border, is scrambling to fix what it says is a policy "train wreck" -- the looming deadline for implementation of tight new regulations on what ID is needed to cross the osmotic northern border of the United States. "It's going to cause absolute chaos" if the rules are implemente ... moreMILPLEX + Russia Denies Arms Could Reach Iran Via Syria  Moscow (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Russia on Wednesday denied a press report which claimed that air-defence systems sold to Syria would be re-exported to Iran. Jane's Defence Weekly reported in its latest edition that Syria agreed to send Iran at least 10 air defence systems that the government in Damascus is buying from Russia. First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov told a televised press conference in Moscow that such ... moreCYBER WARS + China Sees More Backing For Home-Grown Encryption Standard  Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2007 - A growing number of Chinese telecom and computer companies support a local encryption standard for wireless Internet that challenges US technology in the field, state media said Wednesday. The WAPI encryption standard, a Chinese-made rival of the US-backed 802.11 standard, has received the endorsement of companies such as cellphone operator China Mobile and PC vendor Lenovo, the China Daily repo ... moreNUKEWARS + North Korea Bank Settlement Taking Too Long Says South Korea  Seoul (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Negotiatiors are moving towards settlement of a banking dispute blocking North Korea's nuclear disarmament but cannot say when it will be resolved, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday. "The process of resolving technical problems is moving toward the direction we are aiming at, but its pace is not as fast as we had hoped," Song Min-Soon told reporters. "I think it is too early to ... more | FLOATING STEEL:  MILPLEX:  SUPERPOWERS:  NUKEWARS:  |
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| SHAKE AND BLOW + WHOI Geologists Compile Longest Ever Record Of Atlantic Hurricane Strikes  Wood Hole MA (SPX) May 24, 2007 - The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean appears to be closely connected to long-term trends in the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the West African monsoon, according to new research from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Geologists Jeff Donnelly and Jonathan Woodruff made that discovery while assembling the longest-ever record of hurricane strikes in the ... moreDISASTER MANAGEMENT + LSU And Los Alamos Team Up To Improve Evacuation Plans  Baton Rouge LA (SPX) May 24, 2007 - Brian Wolshon, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at LSU and member of the LSU Hurricane Center, has been getting international recognition for his research and application of emergency evacuations and traffic modeling. But he isn't stopping there. Thanks to his expertise, prominence in the field and continued efforts, Wolshon is leading the way for LSU's students a ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Ukraine, Belarus, Moldova Choking On Toxic Waste  Prague (AFP) May 23, 2007 - Toxic waste, water pollution and the legacy of Chernobyl have plunged Ukraine and neighbouring Moldova and Belarus into an environmental crisis, according to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). In a report released in Prague this week, the OSCE said contaminated military sites were also a festering problem. "Ukraine has approximately 2.5 millions tonnes of Sovie ... moreEPIDEMICS + System To Pinpoint Airline Passengers Who Contaminate Cabins  West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 24, 2007 - Researchers developing a system that uses mathematical models and sensors to locate passengers releasing hazardous materials or pathogens inside airline cabins have shown that the technique can track a substance to an area the size of a single seat. The technique might enable officials to identify passengers responsible for the unintentional release of germs, such as contagious viruses, or the ... moreBLUE SKY + AIRS Global Map Of Carbon Dioxide From Space  Washington DC (SPX) May 24, 2007 - Although originally designed to measure atmospheric water vapor and temperature profiles for weather forecasting, data from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument on NASA's Aqua spacecraft are now also being used by scientists to observe atmospheric carbon dioxide. Scientists from NASA; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the European Center for Medium-Range We ... more | ABOUT US:  FROTH AND BUBBLE:  FARM NEWS:  WHITE OUT:  |
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| CLIMATE SCIENCE + US Carbon-Dioxide Emissions Fell 1.3 Percent In 2006  Washington (AFP) May 23, 2007 - US carbon-dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels fell by 1.3 percent in 2006, the federal government said Wednesday, citing weather conditions and higher energy prices as factors. US emissions from the burning of oil, natural gas and coal typically increase by one percent a year, according to the average determined by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) for the period of 1990-2006. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Britain Launches Energy Blueprint, Stresses Importance Of Nuclear  London (AFP) May 23, 2007 - The British government outlined a plan for meeting future energy needs Wednesday, stressing nuclear power would likely play a key role, despite opposition from green groups. The Energy White Paper, which aims to tackle looming problems of climate change and energy security, was launched alongside a five-month public consultation on the use of nuclear power. Ministers want to increase the a ... moreSOLAR DAILY + Valere Power's Management System Will Make Solar Power More Effective  Richardson TX (SPX) May 24, 2007 - Valere Power has announced it has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration to develop a management system that will dramatically improve the efficiency of solar power systems for better power extraction. The company will use the grant funds to do basic research on the management system. The SBIR grant program was begun in 19 ... moreSOLAR DAILY + SkyPower And SunEdison Canada Awarded Ontario Solar Power Supply Contract  Beltsville MD (SPX) May 24, 2007 - Joint venture partners SkyPower and SunEdison Canada are pleased to announce the award of their first Standard Offer Contract with the Ontario Power Authority. The 9.12 megawatt solar project, to be located in Norfolk County in South-Central Ontario, will interconnect with local utility Norfolk Power. The solar park will generate enough green renewable energy to displace 9,500 metric tonne ... moreSOLAR DAILY + PowerLight Completes 2.2 Megawatt Solar Power Plant In Korea  Seoul, South Korea (SPX) May 24, 2007 - SunPower announces that its subsidiary, PowerLight Corp., has completed construction of Mungyeong SP Solar Mountain, a 2.2-megawatt solar electric power plant in Mungyeong, Korea. The plant is comprised of 10,500 panels and covers an area of approximately 43,000 square meters. PowerLight worked as a subcontractor to LG CNS Co., Ltd, by supplying solar technology and providing design and in ... more | CLIMATE SCIENCE:  CIVIL NUCLEAR:  CAR TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  |
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