Space Daily articles from December 2006

Space Daily archives from December 2006

A New Paradigm For Lunar Orbits.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Trudy E. Bellfor NASA Science News HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- It's 2015. You're NASA's chief engineer designing a moonbase for Shackleton Crater at the Moon's south pole. You're also designing a com-system that will allow...

A380 Wraps Up Technical Route Proving After a Final Trip Over Both Poles.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TOULOUSE, France, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- The world's largest commercial airliner, the 555-seat Airbus A380, has successfully completed a series of technical route proving missions, receiving an enthusiastic welcome at each...

Alcatel Alenia Space To Provide Telecom Payloads For Two Russian Satellites.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Alcatel Alenia Space has announced that it has signed a contract with the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC), the state-owned satcom operator, to provide telecommunication payloads...

Asymmetric Ashes - Astronomers Study Shape of Stellar Candles.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GARCHING, Germany, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Astronomers are reporting remarkable new findings that shed light on a decade-long debate about one kind of supernova, the explosion that marks a star's final demise: does the star...

Boeing Business Jets Delivers Its 100th Green Airplane.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Boeing Business Jets has delivered its 100th "green" -- unfurnished -- airplane. Representatives of the government of India accepted the milestone airplane at the Boeing Delivery Center in...

Building A New Rocket: It IS Rocket Science.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Go to any hobby shop, and model rocket kits line the shelves. Complete with instructions, building materials, even paint, these one-stop-shopping kits are a young rocket enthusiast's dream....

Cyanobacteria Catch 22.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Two and a half billion years ago, when our evolutionary ancestors were little more than a twinkle in a bacterium's plasma membrane, the process known as photosynthesis suddenly gained...

Detecting Explosives With Honeybees.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory have developed a method for training the common honey bee to detect the explosives used in bombs. Based on knowledge of bee biology, the...

ESA's First Swedish Astronaut To Fly To The ISS.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- ESA astronaut Christer Fuglesang is about to become the first Swedish and the first Nordic astronaut in space. During the night of 7/8 December, he will board NASA's Shuttle Discovery as Mission...

Inexpensive Design Aims To Improve Indoor Security, Robot Navigation.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- South Korean researchers have designed and built an inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free wide-angle image. Standing in...

Liquid-Crystal Rubber Suit Prevents Overheating.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Military personnel, chemical workers, and others could benefit from a new synthetic rubber material tailored with liquid crystals. The material might be used to make body suits to...

NASA's "Footprints" Movie Walks To US Museum Theatres.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Imagine looking at thunderstorms on your television meteorologist's radar screen as they sweep through your home state. Now imagine what they'd look like if you were in orbit around the...

Raytheon's Paveway Precision Guided Bomb Kit Wins US Air Force Contract Competition.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Raytheon was awarded a $2 million contract for its Paveway II laser-guided bomb kits in a winner-take-all U.S. Air Force competition. Raytheon will provide Paveway GBU-10 air foil groups, used...

Scientists Want To Solve Puzzle Of Excess Water Vapor Near Cirrus Clouds.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- A number of researchers in recent years have reported perplexing findings of water vapor at concentrations as much as twice what they should be in and around cirrus clouds high in the...

Steering Clear Of Icy Skies.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Beginning December 6, aviation weather users will receive detailed updates on in-flight icing, which can endanger commuter planes and larger commercial aircraft. Graphical displays,...

Strontium Atomic Clock Demonstrates Super-Fine 'Ticks'.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Using an ultra-stable laser to manipulate strontium atoms trapped in a "lattice" made of light, scientists at JILA have demonstrated the capability to produce the most precise "ticks" ever...

Thorium Poised To Meet World's Energy Needs.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- At a forum held today at the National Press Club, a group of leading nuclear scientists examined the potential of thorium, a substance similar to uranium but environmentally safer and more...

UH Econophysicists Meld Science, Economics To Improve The Crystal Ball.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- Predicting financial markets is more of a gamble than traditional economists will admit, and making sense of such numbers is more like trying to decipher noise blasting from a loudspeaker,...

UMBC Astronomer Helps Discover Possible New Black Hole.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- An international team of astrophysicists including Volker Beckmann of UMBC/NASA-Goddard has discovered a possible new black hole near the center of the Milky Way galaxy. The previously unknown...

What Is The Right Number Of Animals For Earth, And Who Decides.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- How many wildebeest should live in the Serengeti? How many grizzly bears should call Yellowstone home? Are there too few tigers in the world? Conservationist biologists grapple with the task...

Wildlife Could Get Relief From US Supreme Court In Global Warming Case.
December 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (SPX) -- "Today, the U.S. Supreme Court heard a compelling case from the states that the Environmental Protection Agency has a duty to regulate the pollution causing global warming, and scientific...

A Giant Among Minnows: Giant Danio Can Keep Growing.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILWAUKEE, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Two fish that share much in common genetically appear to have markedly different abilities to grow, a finding that could provide a new way to research such disparate areas as muscle wasting...

A Shadow Biosphere.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Carol Cleland for Astrobiology Magazine MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Could there be aliens here on Earth? While this question tends to bring out tales of UFOs and bug-eyed interstellar voyagers, it is not considered a...

Astrium Satellites Hands Over BADR-4 To ARABSAT.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- The BADR-4 satellite built by Astrium Satellites has been handed over to ARABSAT as part of the in-orbit delivery contract and has entered commercial service. The BADR-4...

Boeing Demonstrates Interoperability Between TSAT And BAE Systems' ALT.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Boeing recently demonstrated communication capabilities between its Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) laser communications terminal and BAE Systems' Airborne Lasercom Risk...

Columbus Control Center: Europe's First.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BONN, Germany, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Inaugurated in 2004, the Columbus Control Center at the German Aerospace Center (DLR)'s Oberpfaffenhofen location is Europe's first 'capsule communicator' (Capcom) facility. The Columbus...

Common PTSD Drug Is No More Effective Than Placebo.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Guanfacine, a medication commonly prescribed to alleviate symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, is no more effective than a placebo, according to a study led by researchers at the...

Concrete Blocks Used In Great Pyramids Construction.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- In partially solving a mystery that has baffled archeologists for centuries, a Drexel University professor has determined that the Great Pyramids of Giza are constructed with a...

Deliver Your Message to the Moon In The Selene "Wish Upon The Moon" Campaign.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TOKYO, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is scheduled to launch the Selenological and Engineering Explorer (or Moon explorer) "SELENE" by an H-IIA Launch Vehicle in the summer of 2007. The...

Developing World's Crops Under Increased Threat.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- In reporting new forecasts of the devastating impact of climate change on food production in some of the globe's poorest regions, the world's largest alliance of international agricultural...

ESA And JAXA Satellites 'Talk' To Each Other.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- ESA's Envisat satellite and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) data relay test satellite Kodama have successfully completed an interoperability test demonstrating that scientific...

Finding Our Origin In A Meteorite.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- NASA researchers at Johnson Space Center, Houston have found organic materials that formed in the most distant reaches of the early Solar System preserved in a unique meteorite. The study was...

Found - The Apple Gene For Red.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- CSIRO researchers have located the gene that controls the colour of apples - a discovery that may lead to bright new apple varieties. "The red colour in apple skin is the result of...

Gendered Division Of Labor Gave Modern Humans Advantage Over Neanderthals.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TUSCON, Ariz., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Diversified social roles for men, women, and children may have given Homo sapiens an advantage over Neanderthals, says a new study in the December 2006 issue of Current Anthropology. The...

Globalstar Signs $600 Million Contract With Alcatel For Second-Gen LEO Constellation.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILPITAS, CA, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Globalstar and Alcatel Alenia Space, the European leader for satellite systems, announced today that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will design,...

Goodrich Awarded Contract From USAF To Develop Shortwave Infrared Sensor For UAVs.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C., Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Goodrich has been awarded a contract from the U. S. Air Force Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Battlelab (UAVB) at Nellis Air Force Base in Nev. to develop and fabricate a shortwave infrared...

Intelsat Renews China Central Television Contract For Global Programming Distribution.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PEMBROKE, Bermuda, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Intelsat today announced that China Central Television (CCTV), the national broadcaster of the People's Republic of China, renewed a multi-year contract for the global distribution...

Invention Could Solve "Bottleneck" In Developing Pollution-Free Cars.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BATH, England, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Hydrogen-powered cars that do not pollute the environment are a step closer thanks to a new discovery which promises to solve the main problem holding back the technology. Whilst...

ISS Prepares For Next Shuttle Visit.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- The International Space Station crew have been preparing for the planned arrival next week of the Space Shuttle Discovery on a complex mission to rewire the station's electrical system....

LeoTerra Enters Into Unique Relationship With TerreStar Networks.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- LeoTerra LLC, an emerging Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications company and TerreStar Networks Inc., a subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), announced today their intent to...

Lunar Exploration Themes And Objectives Development Process.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- To develop the lunar exploration themes and lunar exploration objectives, NASA initiated and coordinated an international effort to gain input from many different stakeholder groups. This...

Lunar Leonid Strikes.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Meteoroids are smashing into the Moon a lot more often than anyone expected. That's the tentative conclusion of Bill Cooke, head of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office, after his team...

Mapping The Wake Of A Pending Quake.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Research into ancient earthquakes by scientists at USC and Caltech shows that within the next few decades another tsunami from another giant earthquake is likely to flood densely populated...

Mystery Of Ancient Astronomical Calculator Unveiled.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CARDIFF, UK, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- An international team has unravelled the secrets of a 2,000-year-old computer which could transform the way we think about the ancient world. Professor Mike Edmunds and Dr Tony Freeth, of...

NASA Unveils Global Exploration Strategy And Lunar Architecture.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- NASA on Monday unveiled the initial elements of the Global Exploration Strategy and a proposed U.S. lunar architecture, two critical tools for achieving the nation's vision of returning humans...

Negative Vibes From Space.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Astronomers have discovered the first negatively charged molecule in space, identifying it from radio signals that were a mystery until now. While about 130 neutral and 14 positively...

Opportunity Tests New Driving Software And Helps Its Sister Spacecraft.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Opportunity is healthy and making progress imaging "Victoria Crater." Sol 1002 began with a short drive to the edge of "Cape St. Mary" in order to take better images of the northeast...

Out-Of-This-World Cuisine.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been feasting on experimental gourmet food designed by top French chef Alain Ducasse, the European Space Agency (SPX) reported...

Purveyors Of The Cosmic 'Occult'.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, CA, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- To a non-scientist, the words 'radio occultation' might sound a little spooky. But this relatively simple NASA-developed technology at the heart of a new satellite network named Cosmic is...

QinetiQ Awarded DARPA Contract To Explore 'First-Of-Their-Kind' Sensors.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FARNBOROUGH, England, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- QinetiQ has secured a two-year $5.0m research contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of its Large Area Coverage Optical Search While Track...

Raytheon And VIASPACE to Team On Security Applications.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Raytheon's Network Centric Systems (NCS) and VIASPACE recently signed a teaming agreement that will include collaboration on sensor and data fusion and real-time diagnostic solutions aimed...

Raytheon Awarded $162 Million For Production Of TOW ITAS Precision Guidance Systems.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MCKINNEY, Texas, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Raytheon will extend production and delivery of Improved Target Acquisition Systems (ITAS) under a $161.8 million contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville,...

Reducing Air Pollution Could Increase Rice Harvests In India.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- New research from the University of California indicates that reductions of human-generated air pollution could create unexpected agricultural benefits in one of the world's poorest...

Rise In California Temperatures Likely To Affect Crops.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LIVERMORE, Calif., Dec. 5 (SPX) -- Increasing temperatures in California during the next 45 years could negatively affect the amount of almonds, walnuts, oranges, avocados and table grapes that Americans put on their...

Russians Making Major Gains In A Rebounding Latin American Defense Market.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEWTOWN, Conn., Dec. 4 (SPX) -- Russia's efforts to market military equipment to Latin America are bearing fruit. According to Forecast International's annual survey of the Latin American defense market, while initial...

Sagem Defense Securite To Conduct Study For DGA On Future Joint Tactical UAVs.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- The French defense procurement agency (DGA) has awarded Sagem Defense Securite (SAFRAN Group) a contract to conduct a joint Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV (DVI) study. It covers the...

Seagrass Ecosystems At A 'Global Crisis'.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Md., Dec. 4 (SPX) -- An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world's coastal ecosystems,...

Successful Firing Of Vega's First-Stage Motor In Kourou.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- The largest European mono-segment filament-wound case solid propellant motor ever developed came to life at 12:30 Kourou time today (15:30 UT) when it was ignited for its first static firing...

Theory Of Oscillations May Explain Biological Mysteries.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- New mathematical studies of the interactions between oscillating biological populations may shed light on some of the toughest questions in ecology, including the number and types of...

United Launch Alliance Begins Operations.
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DENVER, Dec. 4 (SPX) -- United Launch Alliance (ULA), the new joint venture combining the Delta and Atlas rocket programs of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, officially opened its doors today as a new enterprise focused on...

Why The Moon?
December 5, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (SPX) -- If you asked 100 people why we should return to the moon, you'd probably get 100 answers - or more! Over the past year, NASA posed this question not just to 100 people, but to more than...

Arianespace To Launch COMS-1 For South Korea.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KOUROU, French Guiana, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) has chosen Arianespace to launch its COMS-1 multimission satellite. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and...

Boeing Spectrolab Terrestrial Solar Cell Surpasses 40 Percent Efficiency.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Boeing says it's solarcell manufacturing subsidiary Spectrolab, has achieved a new world record in terrestrial concentrator solar cell efficiency. Using concentrated sunlight, Spectrolab...

Breakthrough In Magnetic Devices Could Make Computers More Powerful.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BATH, England, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Scientists have created novel 'spintronic' devices that could point the way for the next generation of more powerful and permanent data storage chips in computers. Physicist at the...

China Catching Up In Space Race.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Russia (DPA) Dec 07, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- China's space capabilities, both civil and defence- oriented, are rapidly gaining ground on Russia and the United States, the world's most developed space programmes,...

Climate Warming Reduces Ocean Food Supply.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GREENBELT, Md., Dec. 7 (SPX) -- In a NASA study, scientists have concluded that when Earth's climate warms, there is a reduction in the ocean's primary food supply. This poses a potential threat to fisheries and...

Consumers Neutral On Risks, Benefits Of Nano.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- The largest and most comprehensive survey of public perceptions of nanotechnology products finds that U.S. consumers are willing to use specific nano-containing products - even if there are...

Do Galaxies Follow Darwinian Evolution.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Using VIMOS on ESO's Very Large Telescope, a team of French and Italian astronomers have shown the strong influence the environment exerts on the way galaxies form and evolve. The scientists...

EERC Awarded $5 Million Contract For The Advancement Of Tactical Fuels.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GRAND FORKS, N.D., Dec. 7 (SPX) -- The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has been awarded approximately $5 million from the U.S. Department of Defense's (DoD's) Defense...

Element 21 Golf Company Golf Shot In Space Generates Unprecedented Retailer Interest.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TORONTO, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Element 21 Golf Company and Frankfurt hasw announced its positive efforts to keep up with the heavy volume of retailer interest generated by its recent successful golf shot in space from the...

Elusive Rust Resistance Genes Located.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- The discovery of a DNA marker for two key rust resistance genes is enabling plant breeders around the world to breed more effective rust resistant wheat varieties. The genes, Lr34...

ESA Launches New Initiative To Foster Research.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- A new initiative to increase interaction between ESA, European universities, research institutes and industry has just begun. Through its Networking/Partnering Initiative, ESA is offering to...

Europropulsion Plays Key Role In Vega Development Milestone.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KOUROU, French Guiana, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Today at 12:30 pm local time in Kourou, French Guiana, French space agency CNES conducted the first ground firing test of the P80 solid rocket motor (SRM) that will power the...

Evacuation No Option For Randstad Flood.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DELFT, Holland, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- A flood in the southern Randstad will claim thousands of victims. And evacuating the area would only save precious few lives, TU Delft researcher Bas Jonkman states in the latest...

Examining Molecular Imaging's Hot Future.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RESTON, Va., Dec. 6 (SPX) -- The December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine carries specific conclusions and recommendations on how the medical community can harness the power of molecular imaging and therapy...

Explore Planet Earth In Near-Real Time.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- ESA PR 43-2006. Have you ever wanted to track natural events in progress, such as fires, floods and volcanic eruptions, or simply explore the planet through the eyes of a satellite? ESA has...

Former White House Science Advisor Warns Nanotechnology Potential Threatened.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- "Nanoscale science and engineering promise to be as important as the steam engine, the transistor, and the Internet, and have the potential to revolutionize all other technologies"...

Foundation Joins Planetary Society Call For An International Lunar Decade.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- The Secure World Foundation has joined forces with The Planetary Society in calling for an International Lunar Decade to begin in 2007. The International Lunar Decade, following in the...

Hotspots Or Not - Isotopes Score One For Traditional Theory.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I., Dec. 7 (SPX) -- One great beauty of plate tectonics theory is that it explains so many geological phenomena at one time. But plate tectonics could not explain the location of many volcanic islands -...

How To Herd Atoms.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MUNICH, Germany, Dec. 6 (SPX) -- It has long been known that it is possible to confine electrons or atoms in atomic structures in the same way as sheep can be shut in a pen. Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for...

LockMart Announces Firing Of Hellfire II Missile During French Evaluation.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ORLANDO, Fla., Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin announced the successful firing of the combat-proven HELLFIRE II air-to-ground missile by France's Delegation Generale pour l'Armement (DGA) in Australia. The successful...

LockMart Deswat Hydrological Forecast System Demonstrated And Ready For Operation.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BUCHAREST, Romania, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- The hydrological forecast system that Lockheed Martin is providing in partnership with the Romanian Ministry of Environment and Water Management has successfully completed its first...

LockMart UAS First To Fly High-Res Synthetic Aperture Surveillance Radar.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EAGAN, Minn., Dec. 6 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin recently accomplished a first for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), demonstrating that high-resolution, broad-area imaging from a Miniaturized Synthetic Aperture Radar...

Magnetic Whirlpools Feed Earth's Magnetosphere.
December 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Dec. 7 (SPX) -- Giant whirlpools of electrically charged gas, some 40 000 kilometres across, have been witnessed above the Earth by a team of European and American scientists. Using data from ESA's Cluster...