Space Daily articles from February 2006

Space Daily archives from February 2006

Autonomous Fire Scout UAV Lands On Ship.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PATUXENT RIVER, Md., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- The Navy's Unmanned Aerial System program office, and the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (VTUAV) Program completed a major developmental milestone as...

Boeing Introduces New 737 Signals Intelligence Aircraft.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- Boeing has announced plans for a new 737 signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft that can be used for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and also advanced network...

C & C Technologies Builds Its Third AUV.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LAFAYETTE, La., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- C & C Technologies recently began assembling its third Surveyor Class autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV). The C-Surveyor III is expected to be available for advanced hydrographic...

Cracking Open A Vault.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHESAPEAKE BAY, Va., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- Every hundred thousand years or so, a large asteroid or comet hits the Earth. The explosive force of the impact sends tons of material into the air and punches a big hole in the...

DAE Drags Feet On Separation, ISRO Docks With NASA.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- While the Department of Atomic Energy remains tentative on separating its civilian and military facilities, and faces the prospect of continuing international isolation, the...

Harris Systems Selected To Provide Next-Gen Cryptography For The UK MoD.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WINNERSH, United Kingdom, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- Harris Systems Limited has been awarded a contract from the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) for the Common-Good High-Grade INFOSEC Module (Programmable), or...

Isle of Man Seeks To Be Switzerland Of Space.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers THE ISLE OF MAN, England, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- The Isle of Man is looking to lure space business to its shores with an appropriation by its parliament of [pounds sterling]955,000 (about $1.7 million) to fund a two-year...

Japan's ALOS In Orbit: ESA Will Deliver Its Data To European Researchers.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- ALOS, Japan's latest Earth Observation satellite, was successfully launched at 02:33 CET (10:33 Japan time) on 24 January. Environmental data and imagery from ALOS will be provided to European...

Twin Rovers Advance Understanding Of Mars.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- NASA's Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have been working overtime to help scientists better understand ancient environmental conditions on the red planet. The rovers are also...

Mute Swan Population Helps Explain Longstanding Evolutionary Question.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers OXFORD, England, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- In an important new study forthcoming from The American Naturalist, biologists from the University of Oxford tracked a colony of mute swans for more than two decades to explore a...

NASA DSN Station In Northern Cape.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NORTHERN CAPE, South Africa, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- The US space agency NASA may choose the Northern Cape as a site for an array of telescopes and antennae that communicate with spacecraft. Bernie Fanaroff, of South...

NASA Loans Engine To Rocketplane.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- NASA is loaning a rocket engine to Rocketplane, of Oklahoma City, as part of an innovative industry partnership program. The program highlights NASA's efforts to share advanced...

NASA Looking To Break New Ground With Crew And Cargo Transport Request.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- NASA's recent invitation to the private space industry to propose crew- and cargo-transport concepts marks the beginning of a new procurement era for the space agency, the official in...

PanAmSat's Galaxy 3R To Be Removed From Service.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WILTON, Conn., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- PanAmSat Tuesday announced that the Galaxy IIIR domestic satellite, operating in an inclined orbit at 74 deg W, experienced an anomaly of its secondary spacecraft control processor...

Rolls-Royce Wins $65M V-22 Engine Contracts.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (SPX) -- Rolls-Royce has been awarded two contracts from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the purchase and continued support of AE 1107C Liberty engines powering V-22 Osprey tiltrotor...

Shanghai Stock Exchange Selects SkyStream For Global Delivery Of News.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SHANGHAI, China, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- SkyStream has announced the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China's largest exchange, is using its Mediaplex-20 video headend to distribute financial and market information - including...

Shenzhou VI Orbital Module Works Well 100 Days.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BEIJING, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- The orbital module from China's Shenzhou 6 manned spacecraft has been in normal operation for 100 days, since separating from the re-entry module on Oct 17 last year. Current monitoring...

Telescope Fits Into Rocket Body To Improve Imagery.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRTLAND AFB, N.M., Jan. 25 (SPX) -- Positioning three delicate, circular mirrors to one one-thousandth of the width of a human hair consistently challenged scientists at the Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland Air...

THOR Mars Mission To Seek Underground Water.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TEMPE, Ariz., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- A new, low-cost mission concept to Mars would slam a projectile into the planet's surface in an attempt to look for subsurface water ice. "I'm interested in exploring mid-latitude...

UK-French Initiative On Lightweight Radar Breaks Ground For Defence R&T.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BRUSSELS, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- The European Defence Agency today welcomed the announcement by France and the United Kingdom that they would examine together a project on technology for lightweight radars suitable for use...

Astronomers Detect Smallest Exoplanet Yet.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ARLINGTON, Va., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Using a relatively new and much more sensitive technique for detecting distant planetary bodies, astronomers employed a network of telescopes scattered across the globe to find the...

Boeing Troubleshooting Experts Fix Space Shuttle In-Flight Anomalies.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- When something as complex as the Space Shuttle flies, there are unexpected circumstances known as In-Flight Anomalies (IFAs) that a team of Boeing, United Space Alliance (USA) and NASA...

Bombardier Challenger 605 Executes Flawless First Flight.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MONTREAL, Quebec, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Bombardier's next-generation Challenger 605 widebody business jet today successfully completed its first flight, marking a significant program milestone and next major step in the...

Carbon Nanotubes That Detect Disease Causing Mutations Developed By Pitt Researcher.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- University of Pittsburgh researcher Alexander Star and colleagues at California-based company Nanomix, have developed devices made of carbon nanotubes that can find mutations in genes...

Cooking Dinner At Home From The Office.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- It was well past quitting time, but David Mansbery was still stuck in the office. The next thing he knew, it was 8:30 p.m. His family hadn't eaten since lunch, and dinner certainly wasn't...

HS3 Unveils Sat-Based Security Surveillance System For Oil & Gas Industry.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DENVER, Jan. 24 (SPX) -- HS3 Technologies is pleased to introduce its proprietary, cost-effective satellite-based CCTV security surveillance and monitoring system for remote rural Oil & Gas installations. The HS3...

Inmarsat Supports IT Training In Rural Lebanon.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BEIRUT, Lebanon, Jan. 24 (SPX) -- A project that aims to bring computer and Internet access to young people in Lebanon's most neglected and battle-scarred region is being supported by Inmarsat. The E-Caravan is...

Internet Game Provides Breakthrough In Predicting The Spread Of Epidemics.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Using a popular internet game that traces the travels of dollar bills, scientists have unveiled statistical laws of human travel in the United States, and developed a...

ISS To Evolve Into International Space Port - Official.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- The number of pressurized modules on the International Space Station will be doubled to 12 in 2010, the head of Russia's leading space corporation said Wednesday, reports RIA Novosti. ...

J Timothy Bryan Named CEO Of ICO Global And ICO North America.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRKLAND, Wash., Jan. 24 (SPX) -- ICO Global Communications and ICO North America have announced that J. Timothy Bryan has been appointed chief executive officer of both ICO and ICO North America. Bryan will begin his...

Jamming Systems Drive $28Bn Electronic Warfare Market.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEWTOWN, CN, Jan. 24 (SPX) -- The development and production of leading EW systems will represent a $28 billion market over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International's "The Market for Electronic Warfare...

Lockheed Martin UK Acquisition Strengthens Military Vehicle Design Capabilities.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin UK Holdings has acquired HMT Vehicles, a United Kingdom-based developer of designs for military vehicles. HMT Vehicles (HMT) is a privately owned company that has...

NASA Technology Featured In New Anti-Icing Windshield Spray.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- A new product using a NASA-based technology might make winter just a little easier to endure for those living in parts of the U.S. where snow and ice are common. Ice Free is...

Netherlands Buys BvS10 From BAE Systems Hagglunds.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ORNSKOLDSVIK SWEDEN, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Eight months after the contract was signed, BAE Systems Hagglunds has today delivered the first armoured all terrain vehicle, called BvS10, to the Dutch Army. "We are very...

New Theory Explains Electronic And Thermal Behavior Of Nanotubes.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, Jan. 20 (SPX) -- Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have made an important theoretical breakthrough in the understanding of energy dissipation and thermal breakdown in metallic...

Of Mice Men Trees And The Global Carbon Cycle.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST PAUL, Minn., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- A team led by a University of Minnesota researcher has found a universal rule that regulates the metabolism of plants of all kinds and sizes and that may also offer a key to...

Raytheon Acquisition Strengthens Position In Military Communications.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MCKINNEY, Texas, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Raytheon has acquired Houston Associates, a privately held company with proficiency in developing and operating mission-critical networks and network-centric command and control...

Russia's Kliper Shuttle To Be Launched In 2015.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- A new reusable space craft designed in Russia will start delivering crews and supplies to the world's sole civilian orbital station in 2015, the head of Russia's leading space corporation said...

Satellites Show Amazon Parks And Indigenous Lands Stop Forest Clearing.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WOODS HOLE, Fla., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- Conservation scientists generally agree that many types of reserves will be needed to protect tropical forests. However, little is known about the comparative performance of...

See Saturn At Its Best This Friday.
February 1, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 26 (SPX) -- No planet holds the fascination of ring-girdled Saturn - especially the first time you view it with a backyard amateur telescope. Right now Saturn is as close and bright as it will...

Arabsat 4A Delivered To Baikonur.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- The Proton-M launch vehicle to launch Arabsat 4A communications satellite was delivered to Baikonur on Tuesday night. The same day in the morning an An-124 (Ruslan) airplane,...

Celebrating Two Years Of Mars Express Discoveries.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MOSCOW, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Mars Express, the spacecraft launched by the European Space Agency into a near Martian orbit, will have been in business for two years in January 2006. This project - the successor to Russia's...

Closer To Home.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LIVERMORE, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- An international team of astrophysicists has discovered a new planet five times the size of Earth, the smallest extrasolar planet revealed to date outside of our solar system. ...

Ethanol Can Replace Gasoline With Big Energy Savings.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Putting ethanol instead of gasoline in your tank saves oil and is probably no worse for the environment than burning gasoline, according to a new analysis by researchers at the...

Globalstar Announces Data Service Expansion To Parts Of Asia, Western Pacific.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Globalstar has announced that its independent gateway operator in Korea, DACOM Corporation, plans to offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers throughout...

Kazakh Telecom Satellite To Be Launched In June.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ALMATY, Kazakhstan, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- The first Kazakh telecommunications satellite, KazSat, will be launched "no later than June 20, 2006," Alexander Martynov of the Federal Space Agency said at a roundtable meeting...

Life Leaves Subtle Signature In The Lay Of The Land, Say Berkeley Researchers.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- One of the paradoxes of recent explorations of the Martian surface is that the more we see of the planet, the more it looks like Earth, despite a very big difference: Complex life...

Mountain Ranges Rise Dramatically Faster Than Expected.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Two new studies by a University of Rochester researcher show that mountain ranges rise to their height in as little as two million years - several times faster than geologists have...

NU Researchers Find Signs Of Extra Dimensions.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOSTON, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Researchers at Northeastern University and the University of California, Irvine say that scientists might soon have evidence for extra dimensions and other exotic predictions of string theory....

Pitt Professor's Theory Of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- An article by University of Pittsburgh Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey H. Schwartz and University of Salerno Professor of Biochemistry Bruno Maresca, published Jan. 30 in the New...

QuakeFinder Aces Award For Innovation In Earthquake Forecasting.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- With the upcoming 100th anniversary of the San Francisco Earthquake, one of the most significant earthquakes of all times, and in the wake of the Southeast Asia Tsunami and the...

Rain Gardens Soak Up Urban Storm Water Pollution.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STORRS-MANSFIELD, Conn., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Properly designed "rain gardens can effectively trap and retain up to 99 percent of common pollutants in urban storm runoff, potentially improving water quality and promoting...

Spirit Completes Studies Of Arad, Moves On.
February 2, 2006... PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Spirit is healthy and continues to pursue the short-term goal of driving to 'Home Plate.' Results from scientific instruments on the rover's robotic arm indicate that the white soil target called 'Arad' has a...

SuitSat To Be Thrown Overboard February 3.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- One of the strangest satellites in the history of the space age is about to go into orbit. Launch date: Feb. 3rd. That's when astronauts onboard the International Space Station will...

Two Exiled Stars Are Leaving Our Galaxy Forever.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- TV reality show contestants aren't the only ones under threat of exile. Astronomers using the MMT Observatory in Arizona have discovered two stars exiled from the Milky Way galaxy....

Two Production RQ-4A Global Hawks Deploy In Global War On Terrorism.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Jan. 26 (SPX) -- U.S. forces supporting the war on terrorism gained two critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets this month when the U.S. Air Force deployed the first two production...

USAF Orders Five Predator UAVs.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems is being awarded a $41,403,571 fixed price incentive firm contract. This effort is for the manufacture, test, and delivery of five Predator B MQ-9...

Vaccine Provides 100% Protection Against Avian Flu Virus In Animal Study.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PITTSBURGH, Jan. 27 (SPX) -- University of Pittsburgh researchers announced they have genetically engineered an avian flu vaccine from the critical components of the deadly H5N1 virus that completely protected mice...

Yale Group To Study Atmospheric 'Tsunamis'.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Yale researchers have recently received funding from the National Science Foundation to observe, describe and explain severe atmospheric turbulence over mountains, and the effect of...

Yale Study: Not Enough Metals In Earth To Meet Global Demand.
February 2, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 27 (SPX) -- Researchers studying supplies of copper, zinc and other metals have determined that these finite resources, even if recycled, may not meet the needs of the global population forever,...

Army To Test Future Combat Systems At Fort Bliss.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- To further the development of the Future Combat Systems program, the Army is designating a combat unit to evaluate and test cutting-edge technology. The Evaluation Brigade Combat Team,...

Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 30 (SPX) -- As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft winds its way on a nine-year journey toward Pluto and the outer solar system, at least one expert wonders why such missions need to take so long. ...

Daichi Returns To Normal Operation Conditions, Completes Critical Phase.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TOKYO, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has confirmed that no problem existed in the data processing function of the Daichi satellite; thus JAXA carried out operations to have Daichi...

Even A Mile Of Forest Makes A Difference In Water Quality.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ASHEVILLE, N.C., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Results from a small-scale experiment in western North Carolina illustrate the importance of National Forest lands in ensuring high water quality in the Southern Appalachian region....

High-Speed Air Vehicles Designed For Rapid Global Reach.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KIRTLAND AFB, N.M., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- For an aircraft to achieve hypersonic speeds, ranging from 6,000 to 15,000 mph (Mach 9 to Mach 22), and reach altitudes between 100,000 to 150,000 feet, it needs an airframe...

ISRO Achieves Breakthrough In Supersonic Combustion Technology.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- As part of the advanced technology initiative in the area of air-breathing propulsion, the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre of ISRO, at Thiruvananthapuram, has successfully...

Landsat 5 Resumes Operations.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RESTON, Va., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- The USGS is pleased to announce Landsat 5 is back in operation. USGS and NASA engineers were able to make adjustments to operating procedures for the solar array drive mechanism that now...

NASA Sat Catches A Hurricane Transforming Itself.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Hurricanes can completely re-structure themselves inside, and that presents forecasters with great uncertainty when predicting their effects on the general population. Recently,...

NASA Test Provides Pilots With Better Weather Forecasts.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HAMPTON, Va., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Weather forecasters in the middle of the United States are making better local predictions for pilots, and others, thanks to an airborne sensor being tested by NASA's Aviation Safety...

Opportunity Takes Microscopic Images, Collaborates With Mars Express.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Opportunity remains healthy following another busy week. The main activity last week was taking microscopic images of a feature nicknamed "Lower Overgaard." The science team...

Sat Portrait Of Global Plant Growth Will Aid Climate Research.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- An ambitious ESA project to chart ten years in the life of the Earth's vegetation has reached a midway point, with participants and end-users having met to review progress so far. Harnessing...

Sea Launch Departs Home Port For EchoStar X Mission.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONG BEACH, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander have departed Home Port in Long Beach, Calif., for Sea Launch's first mission of the year. The Sea Launch team is preparing...

Sediment Could Be Major Factor In Big Subduction Zone Earthquakes.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SEATTLE, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- The most powerful earthquakes - such as those that shook Indonesia in 2004, Alaska in 1964, Chile in 1960 and the Pacific Northwest in 1700 - occur in subduction zones, areas of the sea floor...

SMART-1 To Crash Into Lunar Surface In August.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ESRANGE, Sweden, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- The European Moon probe SMART-1, which was developed by SSC for ESA, has been orbiting the Moon since November 2004. Its main mission, to qualify an electric propulsion system, is...

Spirit Nears Home Plate.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Spirit continues to make progress toward "Home Plate," a conspicuous circular feature scientists hope to investigate before the Martian winter, in search of layered rock outcrops...

Stardust Put Into Hibernation.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- NASA's Stardust spacecraft was placed into hibernation mode yesterday (Sunday). Stardust successfully returned to Earth samples of a comet via its sample return capsule on Jan. 15....

Station Crew Gear Up For February 3 Walk In Space.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Preparations for a walk in space took center stage last week on the space station. Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev reviewed procedures, gathered tools...

Study Shows Most Milky Way Stars Are Single Red Dwarfs.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan. 30 (SPX) -- New research shows that perhaps 60 billion stars in the Milky Way galaxy are single dim red dwarfs, not the bright, more visible stars seen in photos of the heavens, many of which...

Two New Lakes Found Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Lying beneath more than two miles of Antarctic ice, Lake Vostok may be the best-known and largest subglacial lake in the world, but it is not alone down there. Scientists have identified...

Wyoming Cloud Seeding Experiment Begins This Month.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- A five-year, $8.8 million pilot project to examine whether seeding clouds with silver iodide produces a measurable increase in snowfall over Wyoming's Medicine Bow, Sierra Madre, and...

Airborne And Sat Radars Record Frascati Grape Harvest.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FRASCATI, Italy, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- The slopes of Frascati overlooking Rome boast rich, volcanic soils: wine has been produced there since time immemorial. However the latest vine crop should go down in history as the...

'Biobullets' Fight Harmful Mussels.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- British researchers have developed a "biobullet" that could help control an invasive mollusk that has ravaged U.S. waterways for nearly two decades, clogging water pipes, virtually wiping...

Chronic Oil Pollution Takes Toll On Seabirds Along SAmerican Coast.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MADRYN PORT, Argentina, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- The old adage tells that oil doesn't mix with water. It doesn't do much for creatures in the water either, as demonstrated by new research on the effects of water-borne oil on...

Clay Major Contributor To Oxygen That Enabled Early Animal Life.
February 7, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 3 (SPX) -- A UC Riverside-led study has found that clay made animal life possible on Earth. A sudden increase in oxygen in the Earth's recent geological history, widely considered necessary for...