Space Daily articles from August 2007

Space Daily archives from August 2007

A Double Transfer At The Spaceport For The Next Two Ariane 5 Launchers.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers KOUROU, French Guiana, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- The Ariane 5 ECA for Arianespace's upcoming heavy-lift flight has been transferred to the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, where the vehicle will be fitted with...

Acciona Energy Closes Long-Term Financing On Nevada Solar One.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Santander, BBVA and CAIXA were selected by Acciona to be the Mandated Lead Arrangers for the debt financing of the construction and term loan for Nevada Solar One. Capstar Partners and JP...

Automated Technique Paves Way For Nanotechnology's Industrial Revolution.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DURHAM, N.C., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- In an assist in the quest for ever smaller electronic devices, Duke University engineers have adapted a decades-old computer aided design and manufacturing process to reproduce nanosize...

BAT System Helps Catch Bad Guys.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Sgt. Matthew O. Holly 13th MEU NEAR KARMAH, Iraq, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Like technology from the latest James Bond movie, a system using finger prints and retina scans help Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, Kilo...

Cassini Finds Possible Origin Of One Of Saturn's Rings.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Cassini scientists may have identified the source of one of Saturn's more mysterious rings. Saturn's G ring likely is produced by relatively large, icy particles that reside within a...

Circumstellar Space Where Chemistry Happens For The Very First Time.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Tony Fitzpatrick ST LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Picture a cool place, teeming with a multitude of hot bodies twirling about in rapidly changing formations of singles and couples, partners and groups, constantly dissolving and...

Climate Change Threatens Siberian Forests.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LEICESTER, UK, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- In Central Siberia alone, fires have destroyed 38 000 km2 in the extreme fire year of 2003. In that year the smoke plumes were so huge that they caused air pollution as far as in the...

Coelacanth Fossil Sheds Light On Fin-To-Limb Evolution.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- A 400 million-year-old fossil of a coelacanth fin, the first finding of its kind, fills a shrinking evolutionary gap between fins and limbs. University of Chicago scientists describe the...

DoD Awards Coda Octopus Contract For Underwater Inspection Systems.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Coda Octopus Group said it recently signed a contract with an immediate value of $2.59 million with the Department of Defense (DoD) Technical Support Working Group (TSWG) to build and...

Ecliptic Celebrates A Decade Of Successful RocketCam Launches.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Ten years ago today was the first successful launch of the popular RocketCam video system onboard a Delta II rocket, launching NASA's Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft...

EDF Signs Framework Agreement To Operate Four Wind Farms In US.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- EDF Energies Nouvelles has announced the signature of a five-year operations and maintenance contract with MidAmerican Energy Company. This contract covers four wind farms with 508.5 megawatts...

Engineers Work To Resolve Endeavour Leak.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- At Launch Pad 39A, preparations continue for the launch of Endeavour on STS-118, currently targeted for launch at 7:02 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 7. Engineers are working to resolve an...

European Automated Space Truck Arrive At South American Spaceport.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers KOUROU, French Guiana, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- After a transatlantic crossing by sea, Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle for the International Space Station, arrived at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French...

Expert Challenges Earthquake Theory Behind Indonesian Mud Volcano.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DURHAM, UK, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- A leading vulcanologist has repeated his assertion that an Indonesian mud volcano was almost certainly manmade despite a new study claiming the eruption might have been triggered by an...

FPL Energy Announces Expanded Growth Plan For Wind Business.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers JUNO BEACH, Fla., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- With growing support for clean and renewable wind energy and the need for new sources of power generation to meet increasing demand, FPL Energy, a subsidiary of FPL Group, and the...

Group IV Semiconductor Accelerates Development Of Energy-Efficient Solid State Lighting.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers OTTAWA, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Group IV Semiconductor has announced that it received a substantial new round of investment led by Garage Technology Ventures Canada with Applied Ventures, a subsidiary of Applied Materials,...

Growing Concern That Opportunity Is Freezing To Silence.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Rover engineers are growing increasingly concerned about the temperature of vital electronics on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity while the rover stays nearly inactive due...

GT Solar To Equip One Of Largest Solar Wafer Factories In World.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MERRIMACK, N.H., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- GT Solar Incorporated, one of the major providers of manufacturing equipment and turnkey manufacturing solutions to the photovoltaic (PV) industry, announced that it has signed a $171...

Interplanetary Networking As Mars Express Prepares To Keep An Eye On Phoenix.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- ESA's Mars Express will keep an eye on NASA's Phoenix lander as it makes its way to the Martian surface, setting an example for international cooperation and interplanetary networking....

ISS Progress 26 Launches To Station.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- The ISS Progress 26 (P26) craft launched Thursday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 1:34 p.m. EDT. The P26 vehicle is loaded with 5,111 pounds of food, fuel, air, water and...

Launch Gantry At Cape A Bridge To The Future.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Towering far above the trees at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., NASA's gantry is far more than a directional landmark for local aviators, fishermen and sailors. This red...

Lockheed Martin Awarded Additional Five Billion Dollar Order For 60 F-22 Raptors.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MARIETTA, Ga., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has received an additional $5 billion from the U.S. Air Force for three lots of F-22 Raptor air dominance fighters. This brings the total multi-year contract value to...

Lockheed Martin Completes Key End-To-End Test Of Space Based Infrared System.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has announced that it has successfully completed a critical end-to-end test between the space and ground elements of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), a key...

Making the Transition From Shuttle To Constellation.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- The United States is transitioning from a country that sends astronauts to orbit the Earth to a nation that sends humans out into the solar system. NASA is working to make this...

Mapping Mountains From Space With GOCE.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- How high is Mount Everest exactly? Recent surveys have come up with heights that differ by more than five metres. An expedition called the Geodetic Journey is making its way through China and...

Nanotechnology Helps Scientists Make Bendy Sensors For Hydrogen Vehicles.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers ARGONNE, Ill., Aug. 2 (SPX) -- In recent years, Americans have been intrigued by the promise of hydrogen-powered vehicles. But experts have judged that several technology problems must be resolved before they are...

NASA Extends Space Shuttle Main Engine Contract.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- NASA has signed a $975 million contract extension with Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne to maintain the agency's fleet of space shuttle main engines until the orbiter is retired in 2010. The...

New Communications Platform Helps EOD Save Lives And Time.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Senior Airman Clark Staehle 379th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Explosive ordnance disposal teams deployed to the areas of responsibility throughout Southwest Asia now have one more tool...

New Surveillance Camera Minimizes Danger In Iraq.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers FORT BELVOIR, Va., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- A new surveillance system that minimizes Soldiers' exposure to harm while providing continual observation in operating areas has been fielded in Iraq after just three weeks of...

Next Departure For Mars Stands Ready To Fly.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- A NASA robotic explorer equipped to dig up and analyze icy soil on Mars sits atop a 13-story tall stack of rocket engines prepared for liftoff before sunup on Saturday. A Delta...

Northrop Grumman Tests Airborne Networking System For Aeronautical and Land Vehicular Broadband Services.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HARTFORD, NY, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has integrated and tested its Joint Capability for Airborne Networking (JCAN) system for aeronautical and land vehicular applications. This new capability will...

Outbound To The Outerplanets At 7 AU.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Alan Stern Principal Investigator New Horizons WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Since I last wrote here, in mid-June, New Horizons has continued its speedy journey from Jupiter's orbit (at 5.2 astronomical units) toward Saturn's at 9.5...

Particle Emissions From Laser Printers Might Pose Health Concern.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (SPX) -- Certain laser printers used in offices and homes release tiny particles of toner-like material into the air that people can inhale deep into lungs where they may pose a health hazard,...

Pollution Amplifies Greenhouse Gas Warming Trends To Jeopardize Asian Water Supplies.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Scientists have concluded that the global warming trend caused by the buildup of greenhouse gases is a major contributor to the melting of Himalayan and other tropical glaciers. Now a new...

Rare Example Of Darwinism Seen In Action.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers RIVERSIDE, Calif., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- A research team, including UC Riverside biologists, has found experimental evidence that supports a controversial theory of genetic conflict in the reproduction of those animals...

SolFocus-Inspira Deal Funds Solar Tracker Innovation.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- SolFocus has announced that it has acquired Inspira, S.L., a privately owned solar tracker company based in Madrid, Spain. Inspira will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of...

Surprising New Species Of Light-Harvesting Bacterium Discovered In Yellowstone.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- In the hot springs of Yellowstone National Park, a team of researchers has discovered a novel bacterium that transforms light into chemical energy. The discovery of the...

The New Face Of Identity Protection Is You.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Trying to remember dozens of personal identification numbers (PIN), passwords and credit card numbers may not be necessary for much longer, thanks to a University of Houston professor and his...

Titan Energy Development Delivers Sentry 5000 Mobile Utility System To NextEnergy.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Titan Energy Worldwide has announced that its subsidiary, Titan Energy Development, Inc., delivered a Sentry 5000 mobile utility unit to be utilized in a Department of Defense (DoD) program...

Waters Off Washington State Only Second Place In World Where Glass Sponge Reefs Found.
August 3, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers GRAYS HARBOR, Wash., Aug. 3 (SPX) -- Thirty miles west of Grays Harbor, University of Washington scientists have discovered large colonies of glass sponges thriving on the seafloor. The species of glass sponges...

A Conteki Return To Encke.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Bruce Moomaw CAMERON PARK, Calif., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- Our long-range spectral surveys of different comets have shown for a long time that they differ dramatically in their compositions -- in the various amounts of water and other...

A Dreamy Lunar Eclipse For August Skies.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Dr Tony Phillips for NASA Science News HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- Close your eyes, breathe deeply, let your mind wander to a distant seashore: It's late in the day, and the western sun is sinking into the glittering waves....

ABC Solar Expands Solar Offices To Orange County, California.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- ABC Solar Inc, a leading California retailer and installer of solar electric systems, announced today that it has opened a new office in Rancho Santa Margarita,...

Beyond Mesopotamia: A Radical New View Of Human Civilization.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- A radically expanded view of the origin of civilization, extending far beyond Mesopotamia, is reported by journalist Andrew Lawler in the 3 August issue of Science. Mesopotamia is widely...

Black Holes In Feeding Frenzy.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HONOLULU, HI, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- Two UH astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope believe they have identified what makes at least some quasars shine: the black hole at the center of a massive galaxy with little gas...

Cassini Saturn Team From America And Europe Plan Flyby Of Saturn Moon Enceladus.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Cheryl Pellerin USINFO Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- The science team for the international Cassini mission to Saturn is planning to modify the 2008 flyby of Enceladus, one of the ringed planet's innermost moons, to send...

European Heat Waves Double In Length Since 1880.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BERN, Switzerland, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- The most accurate measures of European daily temperatures ever indicate that the length of heat waves on the continent has doubled and the frequency of extremely hot days has nearly...

Extreme Analytical Chemistry Will Help Unravel Mars Mysteries.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SOMERVILLE, Mass., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- Sam Kounaves spends his time unraveling fundamental questions in planetary science by applying "extreme analytical chemistry" to the harshest environments imaginable: Places like...

First Light For Biggest Thermometer Camera Ever Built.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BONN, Germany, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- The world's largest bolometer camera for submillimetre astronomy is now in service at the 12-m APEX telescope, located on the 5100m high Chajnantor plateau in the Chilean Andes. LABOCA...

Forecasting System Provides Flood Warnings To Vulnerable Residents Of Bangladesh.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- As catastrophic floods worsen in Bangladesh, a pilot forecasting program is being used to warn thousands of residents in selected flood-prone regions. The forecasting system was...

Metop-A AHRPT Transmitter Permanently Out Of Service.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DARMSTADT, Germany, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- Since the Metop-A anomaly observed on 4 July 2007 when the AHRPT transmitter was observed to have autonomously switched off, our investigations with Astrium and ESA/ESTEC remained...

Music Hath Charms To Probe The Brain's Auditory Circuitry.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers STANFORD, Calif., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- In what has to be one of the most pleasant brain studies on record, researchers asked subjects to listen to symphonies in order to probe one of the central talents of the brain-its...

NASA Selects Astrophysics Projects For New Science On The Moon.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- NASA has selected four proposals focusing on astrophysics priorities in lunar science to facilitate the nation's exploration program. The proposed studies are part of a NASA effort to...

NASA Spacecraft Heads For Polar Region Of Mars.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Mission blasted off Saturday, aiming for a May 25, 2008, arrival at the Red Planet and a close-up examination of the surface of the northern polar region....

Planet Orbiting A Giant Red Star Discovered With Hobby-Eberly Telescope.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- A planet orbiting a giant red star has been discovered by an astronomy team led by Penn State's Alex Wolszczan, who in 1992 discovered the first planets ever found outside our...

Progress 26 To Dock Sunday At Station.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- The ISS Progress 26 (P26) is on course to arrive at the International Space Station just about on time, but the space shuttle Endeavour is going to be a little later than planned. The station...

See What You're Spewing As You Speed Along.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MANCHESTER, UK, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- In future drivers may only have to glance at the dashboard to see the pollution spewing out of their vehicle's exhausts. A team from The University of Manchester has constructed a...

Spaceport America Design Team Selected.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers LAS CRUCES, N.M., Aug. 6 (SPX) -- A team of U.S. and British architects and designers has been recommended for award to design the primary terminal and hangar facility at Spaceport America, announced Kelly O'Donnell,...

Successful Jules Verne Rendezvous Simulation At ATV Control Centre.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TOULOUSE, France, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- For the first time, three human spaceflight mission control centres - located in three countries - have this week successfully simulated the critical rendezvous of the Automated...

The Planet, The Galaxy And The Laser.
August 6, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PARANAL, Chile, Aug. 6 (SPX) -- On the night of 21 July, ESO astronomer Yuri Beletsky took images of the night sky above Paranal, the 2600m high mountain in the Chilean Atacama Desert home to ESO's Very Large...

Berkeley Lab Offers Ultraclean Combustion Technology For Electricity Generation.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- An experimental gas turbine simulator equipped with an ultralow-emissions combustion technology called LSI has been tested successfully using pure hydrogen as a fuel - a milestone...

Ceramic Tubes Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Stations.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Greenhouse gas emissions from power stations could be cut to almost zero by controlling the combustion process with tiny tubes made from an advanced ceramic material,...

Crystals On Meteorite Reveal Clues To Early Solar System Evolution.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- A University of Toronto-led study has uncovered tiny zircon crystals in a meteorite originating from Vesta (a large asteroid between Mars and Jupiter) shedding light on the formation...

Historic Phoenix Mars Mission Flies Actel RTAX-S Devices.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Bringing the benefits of low-power solutions to mission-essential instruments, Actel reports that its radiation-tolerant RTAX-S field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) are aboard...

Indigenous Cryogenic Stage Tested For Eight Minutes.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- The indigenously developed cryogenic stage, to be used as the upper stage of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), was ground tested for a long duration of...

New Theoritical Model Eliminates Barriers To Time Travel.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, NY, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- A Technion-Israel Institute of Technology physicist has developed a theoretical model of a time machine that could enable future generations to travel into the past. In his paper...

Northrop Grumman Appoints James Myers VP And GM Of Navigation Systems Division.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation has appointed James M. Myers sector vice president and general manager of its Navigation Systems Division. "Jim brings more than 20 years of...

Northrop Grumman Delivers SBIRS GEO-1 Payload To Lockheed Martin.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers AZUSA, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman, the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the nation's next-generation missile warning system, has delivered the first SBIRS geosynchronous...

Raytheon Awarded Contract For US Navy Mine Hunting Sonar.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Raytheon Company a $23.2 million contract to provide AN/AQS-20A mine hunting sonar engineering services and support. This award exercises an...

Russian Rocket Company Meets To Fire And Hire The Bosses.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers KOROLEV, Russia, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- A special shareholders' meeting of the open joint stock company (JSC) S.P.Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia, convened by a resolution of the Board of Directors, has taken...

Second Predator Crashes In Iraq In Two Days.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- An Air Force MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle crashed off base Tuesday at approximately 8 p.m. local time. This was the second Predator to crash in Iraq in two days....

Seeing The Moon Anew.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Nearly 40 years after man first walked on the Moon, the complete lunar photographic record from the Apollo project will be accessible to both researchers and the general public on the...

SolarCity Expands To New Markets Across California.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers FOSTER CITY, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- SolarCity, ranked by the California Energy Commission as the fastest growing solar installation company in California, has scaled to accommodate its rapid growth with the opening...

Spitzer Spies Monster Galaxy Pileup.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Four galaxies are slamming into each other and kicking up billions of stars in one of the largest cosmic smash-ups ever observed. The clashing galaxies, spotted by NASA's Spitzer...

SPX To Design And Manufacture State-Of-The-Art Equipment For Solar Energy Market.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- SPX Corporation has announced its Kayex business was awarded a contract to design and manufacture state-of-the-art crystal growing equipment to support the rapid growth of the...

Star Caught Smoking Stellar Trash.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers NICE, France, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers from France and Brazil have detected a huge cloud of dust around a star. This observation is further evidence for the theory...

Sunspot Abundance Linked To Heavy Rains In East Africa.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- A new study reveals correlations between plentiful sunspots and periods of heavy rain in East Africa. Intense rainfall in the region often leads to flooding and disease outbreaks. The...

The Cambrian's Many Forms.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- The abundant diversity of characteristics within species likely helped fuel the proliferation and evolution of an odd-looking creature that emerged from an unprecedented explosion of life on...

UC Experts Detail New Standard For Cleaner Transportation Fuels.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers DAVIS, Calif., Aug. 7 (SPX) -- The new standard was commissioned in January by California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He asked the university's top transportation-energy experts to design a standard that would reduce...

US Navy Awards UCAS-D Contract To Northrop Grumman-Led X-47 Team.
August 7, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Aug. 7 (SPX) -- The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman, a six-year, $635.8 million contract to conduct the first ever at-sea carrier launches and recoveries with a fixed-wing unmanned air system (UAS),...

Airmen Mentor Afghan Air Corps Soldiers.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Sgt. Julie Weckerlein U.S. Central Command Air Forces Public Affairs KABUL AIR BASE, Afghanistan, Aug. 8 (SPX) -- From firefighters to aircraft mechanics to squadron commanders, several Airmen are mentoring and training...

Dallas Professor Helps Mission To Red Planet.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writer DALLAS, Aug. 8 (SPX) -- Dr. John H. Hoffman, a space scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas, was on hand Saturday as the Delta II rocket carrying the Phoenix Mars lander lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air...

Discredited Korean Embryonic Stem Cells' True Origins Revealed.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers BOSTON, Aug. 8 (SPX) -- A report from researchers at Children's Hospital Boston and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute sheds new light on a now-discredited Korean embryonic stem cell line, setting the historical record...

Electric Fields Have Potential As A Cancer Treatment.
August 8, 2007... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (SPX) -- Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, suggest laboratory experiments and a small human trial, raising hopes that...