Space Daily articles from April 2008

Space Daily archives from April 2008

World's Only Solar-Powered Compaction System Designed In SolidWorks.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Concord MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Eating its way to the forefront of the "green" movement, the BigBelly trash bin designed in SolidWorks 3D CAD software is the world's first and only on-site solar-powered trash compactor....

Warming World Holds New Threats For Aussie Wildlife.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 The report, Implications of Climate Change for the National Reserve System, was prepared for the Federal Government, and released by Environment Minister Peter Garrett. Author Dr...

VeraSun Energy To Pass One Billion Gallons Of Ethanol Production Capacity.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Brookings SD (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 VeraSun Energy has announced the startup of its 110 million gallon per year (MMGY) production facility located near Bloomingburg, Ohio. With the closing of the merger between VeraSun...

TransCore's Regional Network Operator In Africa Doubles Asset Tracking Capacity.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 TransCore has recently installed and commissioned new earth station equipment to support the addition of a second satellite communications channel by its regional partner Skygistics,...

Successful Qualification Firing Test For Zefiro 23.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 On 27 March 2008, the second stage motor for Vega - Europe's new small launcher - successfully completed a static firing test at the Salto Di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia,...

Study Questions Cost Of Complexity In Evolution.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New Haven CT (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Higher organisms do not have a "cost of complexity" - or slowdown in the evolution of complex traits - according to a report by researchers at Yale and Washington University in Nature....

Spire To Showcase Solar Manufacturing Equipment At Photovoltaic Technology Show In Munich.(Conference news)
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bedford MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Spire Corporation has announced it will participate in the 2008 Photon Photovoltaic Technology Show in Munich, Germany from April 2 to April 4, 2008. Spire Corporation's Chairman and CEO,...

Specially-Designed Soils Could Help Combat Climate Change.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Could part of the answer to saving the Earth from global warming lie in the earth beneath our feet? A team from Newcastle University aims to design soils that can remove carbon from the...

South Korean Equipment Allowed To Be Used In Space Research.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Seoul, Korea (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 South Korean scientific equipment was approved by Russian authorities to be used in a space research helped by Russia, the South Korean government said Monday. "The green light...

Solar Cells Business Continue Seeing Rapid Increases In The Chinese Market.(Industry overview)
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 According to the data from Deep Research Report on China Solar Cell Industry in 2007, the Solar Cell Shipment was 400.9 MW in 2006, compared to 118.7MW in 2005, it got an increase of...

SAIC Delivers Infrared Sensor For Risk Reduction - Alternative Infrared Satellite System.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Science Applications International announced that it has delivered its infrared sensor for the Risk Reduction - Alternative Infrared Satellite System (RR-AIRSS) program ahead of...

Raytheon Completes System Requirements Review For The Next GPS Control Segment.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Aurora CO (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Raytheon has completed the System Requirements Review (SRR) for the U.S. Air Force on the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Control Segment (OCX). This is the first milestone...

ProLogis Announces First US Roof Lease To Southern California Edison.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Denver CO (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 ProLogis has announced that it has entered into an agreement to lease roof space to Southern California Edison (SCE), the largest electric utility in California, as a part of the utility's...

Open Energy Signs Inaugural Solar Communities Project.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Solana Beach CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Open Energy has announced that it has signed a development agreement with San Diego based John DeWald and Associates to create its first "solar community" project which will enable...

Northrop Grumman To Supply Platform Management System For Royal Navy's Next Astute-Class Submarine.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Northrop Grumman has been chosen to provide the Platform Management System (PMS) for the next Royal Navy Astute-Class submarine, HMS Audacious. BAE Systems has selected Northrop Grumman's...

Northrop Grumman Names Terri Zinkiewicz VP Sector Controller For Its Space Technology Sector.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Northrop Grumman has appointed Terri Zinkiewicz vice president and sector controller in recognition of the position's expanding role as the company implements the previously...

Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft Sets 33-Hour Flight Endurance Record.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk set an endurance record for a full-scale, operational unmanned aircraft on Saturday, March 22, 2008, when it completed a flight of 33.1 hours at...

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract For SCORPION Unattended Ground Sensor.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Cincinnati OH (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Northrop Grumman has received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide soldiers with additional SCORPION unattended ground sensor (UGS) system spares and technical support. The primary...

New Colorado - Wyoming Transmission Offering.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Cheyenne WY (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 A new transmission line connecting the Front Range of Colorado with the wind-rich high plains of eastern Wyoming is planning to offer capacity rights in an open auction in June 2008. The...

MSUA-5 International Conference And Exhibition Will Highlight Promise Of Mobile Satellite Services.(Conference news)
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Mclean VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) announced that the MSUA International Conference and Exhibition will focus on "Delivering the Promise of Mobile Satellite Services." MSUA-5 is...

Minister Jim Prentice Announces New Astronaut Search For Canada.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Longueuil, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry Canada and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced at Agency headquarters that the CSA will begin...

kajeet Announces New GPS-based Cell Phone Locator Service.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 At CTIA Wireless 2008 in Las Vegas, kajeet announced a new GPS Phone Locator service to help both kids and parents find the kajeet phone. This makes kajeet the only pre-paid operator to...

Hybrid Satellite-Cellular Networks: New Radio Opportunity Or Bust.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 The Strategy Analytics RF and Wireless Component Strategies Service report, "Strategy Analytics: Hybrid Satellite-Cellular Networks: New Radio Opportunity or Bust?" on the outlook for...

Gasoline Prices Hit Records 17 States Of The USA.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Monica CA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Even the big oil states of Louisiana and Texas, both rich in refineries, hit new price records today, said Judy Dugan, research director of the nonprofit, nonpartisan Consumer...

Garmin Mobile For BlackBerry With Turn-by-Turn Navigation Available From Centennial Wireless.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Garmin International has announced that Centennial Wireless, the U.S. subsidiary of Centennial Communications will make available via download a free, seven-day trial subscription of...

Garmin's Fleet Management Interface Network Grows.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Garmin International has announced that its Fleet Management Interface (FMI) program has expanded thanks to new collaborations with corporations worldwide. Garmin's FMI enables fleet...

Fuel Cell Vehicles Are The Best Pathway To Environmental And Energy Security.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Fuel cells and hydrogen fuel are the only motor vehicle technology option that will respond effectively to global warming during this century, according to a new analysis by a...

For The Paper Trail Of Life On Mars Or Other Planets, Find Cellulose.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chapel Hill NC (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Looking for evidence of life on Mars or other planets? Finding cellulose microfibers would be the next best thing to a close encounter, according to new research from the University...

Dynamotive Ships BioOil And Char From West Lorne And Guelph Plants.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Dynamotive Energy Systems has reported that it has shipped biofuels from its plants in Ontario. West Lorne shipped 22 tonnes of BioOil to the U.S. and 50 cubic meters of char to a...

Dominion Welcomes Virginia SCC Approval Of Virginia City Hybrid Energy Center.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Richmond VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Dominion has welcomed the granting of a certificate of public convenience and necessity by the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) for the company's proposed 585-megawatt...

Disasters In Small Communities: Researchers Discuss How To Help.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Buffalo NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Whether it's springtime flooding, an infectious disease outbreak or a volcanic eruption, small or rural communities affected by natural disasters often suffer additional hardship because...

Conocophillips Energy Prize To Recognize New Energy Ideas, Solutions.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers University Park PA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 ConocoPhillips and Penn State have announced they are launching the ConocoPhillips Energy Prize, an awards program that seeks to recognize new ideas and original, actionable...

Climate Change And Human Hunting Combine To Drive The Woolly Mammoth Extinct.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Does the human species have mammoth blood on its hands" Scientists have long debated the relative importance of hunting by our ancestors and change in global climate in consigning the...

Boeing, US Army Transmit Sensor Data From JTRS Radios To FCS Vehicles For First Time.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 Boeing and the U.S. Army have demonstrated for the first time that the software-defined Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radios (JTRS GMR) can receive data from unattended...

Astrium Services Selects iDirect Platform For Newly Established Teleport In France.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Herndon VA (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 iDirect has announced that Astrium Services has selected its satellite communications platform to meet increased service demands from government and commercial customers. Astrium...

AIDS May Partly Be The Consequence Of An Evolutionary Accident.
April 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 01, 2008 AIDS, a fatal disease in humans, may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident, scientists heard today at the Society for General Microbiology's 162nd meeting being held this...

A Vision For Exploration.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Lee Pullen for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 There are many fascinating places in our solar system to explore, but space missions are dangerous and expensive. Sending robots instead of people helps reduce...

With Ambitious EU Legislation, Wind Energy Can Provide Huge Benefits To Europe.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 "Wind has delivered the most promising results out of all renewable energy technologies so far, with 57 GW of total capacity installed in the EU by the end of 2007. In order to...

UPC Wind Signs Agreement With US DoE To Establish National Wind Technology Center.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Honolulu HI (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 UPC Wind Partners has signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to study the integration of wind technology...

Type 45 Destroyer Sets Sail For Second Stage Of Sea Trials.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Glasgow, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Daring, the first of class Type 45 Destroyer for the Royal Navy, has set sail to start the second stage of sea trials. The trials will involve extensive testing in open water off the...

Two New Star Systems Are First Of Their Kind Ever Found.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Astronomers have spied a faraway star system that is so unusual, it was one of a kind -- until its discovery helped them pinpoint a second one that was much closer to home. In a paper...

Trane Highlights Emerging Energy Technologies For High Performance Buildings.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Energy is the single largest operating expense in a typical commercial building with U.S. commercial buildings spending more than $200 billion annually. It's also estimated that 30...

Spaceport Sweden And Virgin Galactic Progress Plans For Space Journeys.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Senior representatives from Spaceport Sweden and Virgin Galactic have presented their latest progress towards commercial spaceflights for private space tourists. The press conference...

Some Migratory Birds Can't Find Success In Urban Areas.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 New research finds fresh evidence that urbanization in the United States threatens the populations of some species of migratory birds. But the six-year study also refutes one of the most...

Scientists Discover 10 New Planets Outside Solar System.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 An international team of astronomers has found 10 new "extra solar" planets, planets that orbit stars other than our sun. The team used a system of robotic cameras that yield a...

Robot Watchdog To Sniff Out Radiation.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canberra, Australia (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Australian scientists have developed a prototype remote-controlled robotic vehicle to detect radiation, the Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, The Hon. Warren Snowdon,...

QinetiQ Achieves Commencement Of Service For CATS.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 QinetiQ has brought into service two important elements of the Combined Aerial Target Service (CATS) for the UK's armed forces, having completed a series of complex verification and...

Photon Expo 2008: Germany's PV Industry Securing Its Position As World Leader.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 By 2010 revenues from production of PV products will have nearly doubled in Germany and investment volumes will have increased by 67%. These are the assessments, based on surveys...

OSRAM's Unique Project In Kenya.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 At Lake Victoria in Kenya OSRAM has launched a unique project for producing light away from a permanent power supply. At a specially constructed solar station (OSRAM Energy Hub) the...

Optimism Remains In Spanish Photovoltaic Market Despite Legal Uncertainties.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The Spanish photovoltaic (PV) market has undergone bullish development since the implementation of the feed-in tariffs in 2004. As a result, the market volume doubled in 2005 and...

One Of The World's Greenest Buidlings - Ranch House At Del Sur.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 With Earth Day just weeks away, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a profile of the Ranch House at Del Sur, featuring it as the most highly rated green new construction...

Northwest Solar Expo April 18-20 In Oregon.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Portland OR (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The US Northwest is becoming a hotbed of solar energy development as home and business owners discover the huge potential for this limitless source of clean energy. The Northwest Solar...

NASA Scientists Identify Smallest Known Black Hole.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Using a new technique, two NASA scientists have identified the lightest known black hole. With a mass only about 3.8 times greater than our Sun and a diameter of only 15 miles, the...

NASA Launches Airborne Study Of Arctic Atmosphere And Air Pollution.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Kathryn Hansen Fairbanks AL (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The recent decline of Arctic sea ice is one indication that this region is undergoing significant environmental changes related to climate warming. To investigate the atmosphere's role...

Lockheed Martin Team Awarded AMF JTRS Contract.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chantilly VA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been selected by the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Joint Program Executive Office to provide the tactical communications and networking...

Kalahari Desert Soils And Climate Change.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The sands of the desert are an important and forgotten storehouse of carbon dioxide taken from the world's atmosphere, scientists heard today (Wednesday 2 April 2008) at the Society for...

Hydrogen Storage In Nanoparticles Works.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Amsterdam, Netherlands (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Dutch chemist Kees Balde has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications....

GPS Data From LandAirSea Tracking Device Aids Murder Investigation Of 12-Year Old Girl.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Cary IL (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 What appeared to be a tragic accident in the early hours of July 8th, 2007, turned into possible murder as the LandAirSea GPS Tracking Key provided unprecedented evidence for the Chenango...

Garmin Mobile Turns nTelos Phones Into GPS Navigators.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Garmin International and nTelos Wireless have announced today that nTelos customers can now begin navigating with Garmin Mobile. This announcement also marks Garmin Mobile compatibility...

FPL Releases Strategic Plan For Meeting Florida's Energy Needs.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Juno Beach FL (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Florida Power and Light has filed its 10-year plan for meeting the state's energy needs with the Florida Public Service Commission, outlining a strategy that combines prudent additions...

ESA Confirms SSTL's GIOVE-A Full Mission Success.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the Europe-led Galileo satellite navigation system celebrates 27 months in orbit this month, marking the completion of its nominal mission lifetime. The...

Environmental Tectonics' NASTAR Center Sends Ninety-Six Space Cruise Participants To Space.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Southampton PA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Environmental Tectonics has announced that its NASTAR Center will provide a 2-day space training experience in Philadelphia for 96 participants attending Space Cruise Week in April...

Economic Boom And Olympic Games Pose Threat Of Biological Invasion Of China.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pullman WA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 As the citizens of Beijing prepare to welcome an invasion by athletes and spectators coming to this summer's Olympic Games, a quieter and much less welcome invasion is already under way....

Digital Angel Discusses Goals Of The National Animal Identification System.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Paul MN (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Digital Angel has discussed the goals of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and the Companys position in an effort to educate investors and consumers. What is NAIS? ...

Crew Conducts Science, Preps For Jules Verne Docking.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The Expedition 16 crew of the International Space Station returned to science and station maintenance activities Tuesday after Monday's successful test approach of the Jules Verne...

Community-Acquired MRSA Spreads.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Drug resistant hospital superbugs like MRSA have been kept under control in Denmark for more than 30 years. But the latest reports say that in the last 10 years MRSA cases have risen 10...

Climate And Cholera.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Cholera outbreaks may soon be predicted using satellite sensors, paving the way for preemptive medicine in countries that suffer epidemics, says Distinguished University Professor Rita...

Building A Better Gas Turbine.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Abu Dabi, UAE (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Could combustion without flames be used to build industrial gas turbines for power generation that are much more efficient than current models and produce almost no polluting...

Boeing Submits GOES R Proposal To NASA.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers St. Louis MO (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Boeing said that it has submitted a proposal to NASA for the production of two next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites, known as the GOES R series, for the...

Bell Boeing Receives 10 Billion Dollar Multi-Year V-22 Osprey Contract.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Amarillo TX (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 The Bell Boeing Program Office has announced the US Department of Defense has awarded a $10.4 billion, five year Multi-Year Procurement (MYP) contract to deliver 167 V-22 Osprey...

2Wire To Incorporate Rosum TV+GPS Timing And Location Technology Into New Femtocell Products.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 2Wire and Rosum have announced a partnership to integrate Rosum's TV+GPS in-building timing and location solution into 2Wire femtocell products. Rosum's TV+GPS technology provides a...

2,500 Researchers, One Supermachine, One New Snapshot Of The Universe.
April 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 02, 2008 Deep in the bowels of the earth -100 metres below ground in Geneva, Switzerland - lies a supermachine of 27 km circumference called the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that has been...

Worldwide Water Shortage On Horizon.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 A crisis is looming over water shortages worldwide. By 2025 more than half the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and by 2050 as much as 75 percent of the...

Workers Ready Course For NASA's 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Each year around this time, John Tripp walks across a lunar surface, pondering the challenges ahead for explorers brave enough to take on its cratered terrain. For now, his "moon" is a...

Upgraded B-52 Still On Cutting Edge.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Langley AFB VA (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 The B-52 Stratofortress is continually modified with new technology making the 50-year-old airframe one of the Air Force's most effective long-range heavy bombers. Modified B-52...

The Sun's Magnetic Fountains.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Astronomers have known for decades that the Sun has a very dynamic atmosphere. Huge fountains of hot gas erupt in the atmosphere, or corona, every few minutes, travelling at tens of...

Sudden Ecosystem Flips Imperil World's Poorest Regions.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Montreal, Canada (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Modern agriculture and land-use practices may lead to major disruptions of the world's water flows, with potentially sudden and dire consequences for regions least able to cope with...

Startech Environmental Plasma Converter Installation First In Europe.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Wilton CT (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Startech Environmental has announced that "waste2greenenergy (w2ge)," the Company's distributor for the United Kingdom and for the Republic of Poland, intends to install its first Plasma...

Seismologist's Project Uses Public's Laptops To Monitor And Predict Earthquakes.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Riverside CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 A simple idea for monitoring earthquakes that Elizabeth Cochran, a seismologist at UC Riverside, came up with in 2006 is being realized today, and has the potential to save lives in...

Sandia's Fleet Services Department Exceeds DOE Fuel And Energy Efficiency Standards.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Albuquerque NM (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Sandia National Laboratories Fleet Services Department has exceeded fuel and energy efficiency standards set by the Department of Energy, one of a few organizations to do so in the...

Proximex Ships Surveillint 3.0.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Las Vegas NV (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 In conjunction with the ISC West 2008 conference, Proximex, a developer of award-winning solutions for the physical security information market (PSIM), has announced that it is now...

PhantomAlert Alerts Drivers To Red-Light Cameras And Speed-Traps.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Harrisburg PA (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 PhantomAlert has announced a limited, free distribution of a breakthrough GPS-based database that locates and warns drivers about stationary red-light and speed cameras as well as...

PG And E Signs Contracts For 900 Megawatts Of Solar Thermal Power.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Francisco CA (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 Pacific Gas and Electric Company has announced that it has entered into a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, for renewable solar power. The first three contracts are for...

NIST Shows On-Card Fingerprint Match Is Secure, Speedy.
April 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Apr 03, 2008 A fingerprint identification technology for use in Personal Identification Verification (PIV) cards that offers improved protection from identity theft meets the standardized accuracy...