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 May 18, 2007 |
| WATER WORLD + Japanese Waters Warming Faster Than World Average  Tokyo (AFP) May 16, 2007 - The temperature of waters around Japan has risen at a much faster rate than the rest of the world's oceans in the past century, partly because of global warming, according to an official report. Average sea temperatures in areas around Japan rose by 0.7-1.6 degress Celsius between 1900 and 2006, a higher rate than the world average of 0.5 degrees Celsius, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. ... moreTERRADAILY + NASA Takes Students Around The World In 8 Minutes  Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 18, 2007 - Students from all over the world will gather to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind's 28th World Finals, a creative problem-solving competition, at the Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich., May 23 through 26. These students have advanced from competitions held earlier in the year at the local, regional, state or country levels and will now compete for the Odyssey's top awards. ... moreCLIMATE SCIENCE + US Trying To Weaken G8 Climate Change Communique  London (AFP) May 17, 2007 - The United States is attempting to weaken parts of a proposed G8 communique on the threat posed by climate change, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. It said that the United States objected to all references to a scientific prediction that "beyond a temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius, risks from climate change will be largely unmanageable." The United States was also opposed ... moreWOOD PILE + Indonesia's Crackdown On Illegal Logging Under Fire  Jakarta (AFP) May 17, 2007 - Environmentalists condemned Thursday Indonesia's crackdown on illegal logging in the wake of revelations many suspects in timber-rich Papua province were escaping punishment. Police complained this week that courts had thrown out almost half of the cases of illegal logging that they had investigated in Papua. "The problem not only lies with the justice system, but the whole chain of forest ... moreAFRICA NEWS + China As Asian Beacon For Africa  Tokyo (UPI) May 17, 2007 - Asia may be a role model for many African nations, but it is China that they most aspire to these days, more than any other country in the region. At its annual meeting being held this week in the bustling Chinese metropolis of Shanghai, the African Development Bank is more upbeat about the continent's growth prospects, perhaps more than ever before, thanks in large part to a surge in commodity ... more | FARM NEWS:  EARTH OBSERVATION:  FLORA AND FAUNA:  FLORA AND FAUNA:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + Wave Power Tipped As Holy Grail For Australia  Sydney (AFP) May 17, 2007 - New technology harnessing wave energy could be the "holy grail" for providing electricity and drinking water to Australia's major cities, Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane said Thursday. The technology, developed with the help of more than 770 million dollars (636 million US) in seed funding from the government, works through fields of submerged buoys tethered to seabed pumps. The buoys mov ... moreTECH SPACE + From Ink To Optics, Study Of Particle Mixtures Yields Fundamental Insights  Princeton NJ (SPX) May 18, 2007 - Since the invention of ink over 3,000 years ago, people have exploited the unique properties of colloids, in which particles of one substance are suspended in another. Now, Princeton University chemical engineers have answered a fundamental question about these mixtures in work that may have wide-ranging practical applications, including the manufacturing of medicines and optical fibers. R ... moreSOLAR DAILY + New Veeco Dektak 150 Surface Profiler Aids State-of-the-Art Solar Cell Manufacturer  Woodbury NY (SPX) May 18, 2007 - Veeco Instruments has announced the sale and shipment of its new Dektak 150 Surface Profiler to PrimeStar Solar, an emerging manufacturer of cadmium telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) modules for the solar energy market. The Dektak 150 delivers increased resolution for measuring thin films to 10 nanometers and below to meet the evolving requirements of today's photovoltaic cell applications. ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + New York Times To Defend Indonesian Mining Lawsuit  Jakarta (AFP) May 17, 2007 - The New York Times said Thursday it would "vigorously" defend legal action against the newspaper lodged this week in an Indonesian court by an executive of the US mining giant Newmont. The newspaper defended its reporting on Newmont's mining operations after running a series of stories claiming the company dumped tonnes of toxic waste into an Indonesian bay from its now defunct gold mine. ... moreENERGY TECH + Biorefineries To Transform Traditional Forestry Sector  Boston MA (SPX) May 18, 2007 - Biorefineries will change the face of traditional forestry industries, an Australian scientist will tell delegates to a major international biotechnology conference - Bio 2007. Dr Simon Potter, a researcher from Ensis - the forestry research joint venture between Australia's CSIRO and New Zealand's Crown Research Institute, Scion - says forestry industries will be transformed by utilising bioref ... more | ENERGY TECH:  SINO DAILY:  NANO TECH:  CAR TECH:  |
| SPACEMART + A Giant Leap For Space Activities In Europe  Paris, France (SPX) May 17, 2007 - Ministers in charge of space activities in ESA's Member States and those responsible for the internal market, industry and research in the European Union's Competitiveness Council, are meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 22 May to adopt the European Space Policy. The meeting will be chaired jointly by Parliamentary State Secretary and Federal Government Coordinator of Aerospace Policy, Peter Hi ... moreSATURN DAILY + Frictional Heating Explains Plumes On Enceladus  Pasadena CA (SPX) May 17, 2007 - Rubbing your hands together on a cold day generates a bit of heat, and the same process of frictional heating may be what powers the geysers jetting out from the surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus. Tidal forces acting on fault lines in the moon's icy shell cause the sides of the faults to rub back and forth against each other, producing enough heat to transform some of the ice into plumes of wat ... moreCONSTELLATIONS + Galileo At The Crossroads  Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 17, 2007 - The European Commission today adopted a communication on the state of play of the Galileo programme in response to a request from the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The Commission notes that the Galileo roadmap needs adapting to meet the deadline of 2012 by when Galileo should be fully operable. The public-private partnership set up to implement Galileo needs to be reprofiled ... moreAPPOINTMENTS + Hall Appoints Feeney To Top GOP Position On Space And Aeronautics Subcommittee  Washington DC (SPX) May 17, 2007 - Ranking Member Ralph Hall (R-TX) has announced the appointment of Rep. Tom Feeney (R-FL) to Ranking Member of the Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee. Feeney replaces Rep. Ken Calvert (R-CA), who recently accepted a position on the House Appropriations Committee. "I am very pleased to appoint Congressman Feeney to be the new Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics," Hal ... moreEXO WORLDS + Mapping An Alien World  Cambridge MA (SPX) May 17, 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 ... more | CONSTELLATIONS:  TIME AND SPACE:  SPACEWAR:  MARSDAILY:  |
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| MISSILE DEFENSE + Czech Battle To Convince Hostile Public Over US Missile Shield  Rokycany, Czech Republic (AFP) May 16, 2007 - Facing fierce grassroots opposition and fear over US plans to extend its anti-missile shield to central Europe, the Czech government has a daunting task on its hands. Officials have set out to win over public opinion by embarking on an information campaign, meeting ardent protesters face-to-face at local meetings in areas near the site earmarked for an American tracking radar. "I understan ... moreNUKEWARS + Hopes Rise For North Korea Nuclear Deal  Seoul (AFP) May 16, 2007 - Hopes rose Wednesday that North Korea will finally start shutting down its nuclear programme after Pyongyang said that a long-running financial dispute blocking progress was close to settlement. The statement by the reclusive regime that it had started transferring 25 million dollars from a frozen account in Macau to another elsewhere was the clearest sign yet of movement to implement a February ... moreMISSILE DEFENSE + Japan Wants Higher-Altitude BMD Research With US  Washington (UPI) May 16, 2007 - Japan's defense minister called this week for a further extension and intensification of the already far-reaching ballistic missile defense cooperation between the two nations. The United States and Japan need to start cooperative work on developing new technologies to intercept and destroy high-altitude ballistic missiles, Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma said Tuesday, according to a Kyodo news age ... moreMISSILE NEWS + Latest Chinese Missile To Target US Carriers  Tokyo (AFP) May 16, 2007 - China plans to equip its upcoming missiles with infrared technology to give them the ability to hit US warships in Asia, a Japanese newspaper said Wednesday. The upgrade is part of preparations for a potential conflict over Taiwan, which China considers part of its territory and which has a security pact with the United States, the Sankei Shimbun said. Citing unnamed military sources in Ja ... moreMISSILE NEWS + Lockheed Martin-Built Trident II D5 Successfully Launched In Atlantic Two-Missile US Navy Test  Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 17, 2007 - The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test launch yesterday, May 15, of two Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missiles (FBMs) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missiles from USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) in the Eastern Range in the Atlantic Ocean. With this two-missile Follow-on Commander Evaluation Test, the Trident II D5 missile has achieved 119 consecutive successful test launche ... more | MILTECH:  IRAQ WARS:  FLOATING STEEL:  SINO DAILY:  |
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