Space Daily articles from February 2008

Space Daily archives from February 2008

An End To A Dark Mystery That Will Simplify The Universe.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST ANDREWS, Scotland, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Astronomers at the University of St Andrews believe they can "simplify the dark side of the universe" by shedding new light on two of its mysterious constituents. Dr HongSheng...

Ancient Climate Secrets Raised From Ocean Depths.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Using a remotely operated submersible vehicle the international research team captured images of life found on deep-sea pinnacles and valleys up to three kilometres beneath the...

Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Looks To Future With Leadership Changes.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Boeing announced a series of new leadership assignments within its Integrated Defense Systems unit designed to build on continued strong performance of the company's defense, intelligence...

California's Largest Utility Scale PV Solar Farm Gets Final CPUC Approval.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- CalRENEW-1 has received formal approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). The 5 megawatts of emissions-free peaking power generated from CalRENEW-1, to be located...

Columbus Supplies GIS Application To Zion Oil.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Columbus Geographic Systems has announced that Zion Oil and Gas (Zion) has purchased Columbus' SmartView to meet their needs for an advanced geographic information system (GIS) application...

Cool Spacedust Survey Goes Into Orbit.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers NOTTINGHAM, England, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- University of Nottingham astronomers will be studying icy cosmic dust millions of light years away - using the biggest space telescope ever built. Scientists at the School of...

EMCORE Supplies Solar Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems For Utility Scale Power Projects.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ALBUQUERQUE, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- EMCORE announces that it has signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of between 200 MW and 700 MW of solar power systems that are scheduled for deployment in utility scale...

ESA Space Incubator Start-Up Company Receives 4 Million Euros.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- A successful business 'incubatee' of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme has been given 4.1 million euro venture capital for start-up operations. The German/Dutch company iOpener has developed a...

First Phase Of North America's Largest Higher Education Solar Power Project Completed.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SAN PABLO, Calif., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Chevron Energy Solutions and the Contra Costa Community College District (CCCCD) have announced the completion of the first phase of the largest solar power installation ever...

GE Cameras Score Big Features: Smile And Blink Detection, Better Optics, HDTV, GPS, And More.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- General Imaging announces the next generation of GE digital cameras for 2008. Nine all-new models will offer an exciting assortment of additional features, including smile detection, blink...

Globe-Trotting Black Rat Genes Reveal Spread Of Humans And Diseases.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Studying the mitochondrial DNA of 165 Black Rat specimens from 32 countries around the world, an international team of scientists has identified six distinct lineages in the Black...

Herschel Telescope Flight Model At ESTEC.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- The Herschel telescope's primary mirror is the largest mirror ever built for space. It is made out of 12 silicon carbide (SiC) petals brazed together and coated with a thin aluminium reflective...

Honeywell Helps Power Poway Schools With Green, Renewable Energy.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Honeywell has announced that Poway Unified School District in San Diego, Calif. has awarded the company a solar project that is expected to save the district more than $1 million in energy...

INRIX To Deliver Real-Time Traffic Information For I-95 Corridor.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers KIRKLAND, Wash., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- INRIX has been awarded a multi-million dollar, multi-year contract by the I-95 Corridor Coalition to provide travel time and speed data on a network of U.S. highways and arterials --...

International Team Establishes Unique Observatory In Antarctica.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DOME ARGUS, Antarctica, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- A team of scientists representing six international institutions, including Texas A and M University, has succeeded in reaching the summit of Antarctica - also a monumental...

Mars In Their Sights.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PHOENIX, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- U.S. and Chinese students are taking aim at the Red Planet using an ASU-designed camera on a Mars-orbiting spacecraft. The target lies millions of miles away, but for the 22 high school...

Mio And Qualcomm Announce Collaboration To Develop Connected Personal Navigation Devices.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Mio Technology and Qualcomm have announced a collaboration to develop connected personal navigation devices (PNDs). These new connected PNDs will leverage Qualcomm's technology with the...

NASA Data Link Pollution To Rainy Summer Days In The Southeast.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Kathryn Hansen GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Rainfall data from a NASA satellite show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more rainfall midweek than on weekends. Scientists say air pollution from humans...

NC-Based Piedmont Triad Ambulance And Rescue Deploys Next Gen Wireless Network.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers HIGH POINT, N.C., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- In Motion Technology announced that Piedmont Triad Ambulance and Rescue, headquartered in High Point, North Carolina, has deployed In Motion's onBoardTM Mobile Gateway to improve...

New York City Uses Mobile GPS From AT and T and TeleNav To Help Keep City Clean.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- AT and T and TeleNav have announced that New York City is using a mobile GPS solution from TeleNav and AT and T to improve the quality of life for residents. Last summer, Mayor Michael R....

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Compatibility Of AEHF Satellite Interface With Terminals Using Extended-Data-Rate Waveform.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers REDONDO BEACH, Calif., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite with user ground...

Northrop Grumman Robots Tackle Security At The Superbowl.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers RESTON, Va., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has provided technical support, repairs, and service for Remotec-produced robots that were used to bolster security during the match-up between the New England Patriots...

OCR Solar And Roofing And BP Solar Expand Relationship.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers VACAVILLE, Calif., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- OCR Solar and Roofing and BP Solar have announced an expanded agreement to provide turn-key solar installations to production homebuilders throughout Northern and Central California....

Personal Navigation Devices Will Be Complemented, Not Replaced, By Handset-Based Navigation Solutions.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Over the next several years, mobile handsets will play an increasingly important role in portable navigation markets, with handset-based navigation devices reaching an annual sales volume of...

REC Solar Unveils Hawaii's Largest Solar Electric System.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- REC Solar and Mitsubishi Electric have announced the completion of Hawaii's two largest solar installations for the Costco Wholesale locations in Kauai and Kona. The two...

River Plants May Play Major Role In Health Of Ocean Coastal Waters.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Denise Brehm CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Recent research at MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering suggests how aquatic plants in rivers and streams may play a major role in the health of large areas of...

SAIC Supports Cooperative US/Albania Program To Destroy Obsolete And Dangerous Munitions.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Science Applications International announced it recently completed a project for the U.S. Department of State managing the disposal of 2,900 tons of obsolete and dangerous surplus...

Santa Clara University Chosen To Compete In Solar Decathlon 2009.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Santa Clara University once again will have the chance to show the world that solar innovation and technology in the hands of students can make a difference. Santa Clara has been...

Scientists Hunt For The Roots Of The Modern Potato Using DNA.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MADISON, Wis., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- More than 99 percent of all modern potato varieties planted today are the direct descendents of varieties that once grew in the lowlands of south-central Chile. How Chilean germplasm...

Spire Appoints UST Technology To Target Fast-Growing Southeast Asia Solar Market.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BEDFORD, Mass., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Spire has announced it has selected UST Technology, located in Singapore, as its representative for solar turnkey solutions and capital equipment in Southeast Asia. UST will represent...

Sterna Technologies Launches First of Its Kind Business Positioning System (BPS) At DEMO 08.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PALM DESERT, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Sterna Technologies announced the launch of its revolutionary Business Positioning System (BPS). Much like a GPS, Sterna BPS navigates and focuses business communities - such as...

Sunedison Starts Construction On Photovoltaic Power Plants In Spain.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BARCELONA, Spain, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- SunEdison has started construction on seven megawatts (MW) of photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants in Spain with joint venture partners Sunergy and Blue-Green Capital. The four...

Surprises Stream Back From Mercury's Messenger.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAUREL, Md., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- After a journey of more than 2.2 billion miles and three and a half years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft made its first flyby of Mercury just after 2 p.m. EST on Jan. 14, 2008. All seven...

Sustainable Living And Zero Dollar Monthly Electricity Bills.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PHOENIX, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Catalyst Communities, the developer of Aura at Camelback, a 36-unit sustainable luxury living community to be built in Phoenix's Camelback Corridor, announced the launch of its pioneering Zero...

The Growing-Up Of A Star.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object, witnessing how it gains its mass before...

Towards A Better Understanding Of Hot Spot Volcanism.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Most of the Earth's listed active volcanoes are located at the borders between two tectonic plates, where upsurge of magma from the mantle is facilitated. When these magmatic uprisings occur at...

US Navy Test Confirms Missile Firing Capability Of Aegis Open Architecture.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WHITE SANDS, N.M., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- In a successful first test of its advanced fire control system, Lockheed Martin's [NYSE: LMT] Aegis Open Architecture Weapon System recently performed a successful missile firing...

Venus And Jupiter Converge.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips for NASA Science News WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Wake up before dawn on an arctic-cold February morning.... and go outside? This Friday you'll be glad you did. The two brightest planets in the Solar System,...

Wavetrend Introduces GlobalEyes, A Revolutionary Fully Integrated Global Tracking Solution.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SURREY, England, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Wavetrend Technologies announced that it is expanding its portfolio of innovative products with the release of GlobalEyes, a revolutionary global tracking solution, incorporating...

Wayfinder Reaches New Consumers By Adding Clickapps As New Affiliate Partner.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- Wayfinder Systems recently added a new affiliate to our list of partners, ClickApps, a UK-based site and a part of Chillingo. ClickApps have 75,000 unique visitors every day, and...

XsunX Comments On Solar Comparative Analysis Report.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- XsunX announced the release of a report providing a detailed, unbiased analysis of the Company's competitive position relative to incumbent PV-technologies and immediate competing...

African Seed Collection First To Arrive In Norway On Route To Arctic Seed Vault.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAGOS, Nigeria, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Twenty-one boxes filled with 7,000 unique seed samples from more than 36 African nations were shipped to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, a facility being built on a remote island in the...

Agriculture Is Changing The Chemistry Of The Mississippi River.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Midwestern farming has introduced the equivalent of five Connecticut Rivers into the Mississippi River over the past 50 years and is adding more carbon dioxide annually into its...

Alanco/TSI PRISM Announces Multi-Year Teaming Agreement With NEC To Develop Australia And NZ Prison Markets.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Alanco Technologies announced that its Alanco/TSI PRISM subsidiary has entered into a multi-year teaming agreement granting NEC (Australia) the exclusive right to market TSI PRISM...

Atlaspost.Com -- An Innovative Social Mapping Site From Taiwan.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Atlaspost.com today officially launched its English site for the global market at DEMO 08. Atlaspost.com is a popular social mapping network from Taiwan. What makes Atlaspost.com stand...

Blue-Eyed Humans Have A Single, Common Ancestor.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000...

Boeing Awarded Contract For Next-Generation Harpoon Block III Missile.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Boeing has been awarded a $73.7 million U.S. Navy contract to design and develop the Harpoon Block III missile, a next-generation weapon system that will enhance naval surface warfare...

Boeing Awarded JDAM Production Contract.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Boeing has been awarded a $116 million U.S. Air Force contract for more than 4,000 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the kits in 2009 and 2010. The Lot 12...

Clear Skies Solar Signs Agreement To Install Solar Energy System.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Clear Skies Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clear Skies Solar, has announced it has contracted to install a $6.4 million, 1 Megawatt project in California's Mojave Desert. A leading...

Columbus Set For February 7 Launch Aboard Atlantis.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- NASA managers formally set the launch date of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 7 February at 20:45 CET (14:45 Florida time). Atlantis is set to carry the European Columbus laboratory into...

Companies Team Up For Advanced Airbag Landing And Flotation System For Orion Vehicle.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers FREDERICA, Del., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Airborne Systems North America (ASNA) and ILC Dover LP have signed an agreement to work together on the Orion airbag landing and floatation system. A new study initiated by NASA is...

CRB-S Systems Produce Bent Glass Substrates To Support Demand For Solar Energy.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PERRYSBURG, Ohio, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Glasstech is meeting the exploding growth within the solar power industry. The U.S. Department of Energy estimates by 2020 there will be more than 20 gigawatts of Concentrated Solar...

Electron Solar Energy Wins Bid To Supply Haitian Medical Industry With 100 Solar Energy Systems.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MIAMI, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Electron Solar Energy announced that the company has been awarded an order for 100 complete renewable solar energy systems for the Haitian Medical industry. The Company has already received...

First Military Pilot Flies Lockheed Martin F-35.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Lt. Col. James "Flipper" Kromberg of the U.S. Air Force became the first military service pilot to evaluate the F-35 Lightning II, taking the aircraft through a series of maneuvers...

Global Solar Energy Achieves 10 Percent Average Solar Cell Efficiency In CIGS.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TUCSON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Global Solar Energy (GSE) has announced it is the first in the CIGS thin-film market to achieve an average of 10 percent solar cell efficiency on a flexible/lightweight substrate over several...

How Do Multiple Deployments Affect Soldiers And Their Families.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- The U.S. Military researched that question last year and put together a report, "the Mental Health Advisory Team IV," that studied soldier mental health and well-being. The current issue of...

ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On Proton.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ABU DHABI, UAE, Feb. 4 (SPX) -- A European consortium of Thales Alenia Space and Astrium was contracted in August 2007 for the overall Yahsat communication system and is building two large Yahsat multipurpose...

Iowa State Researcher Studies How Enzymes Break Down Cellulose.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers AMES, IO, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Peter Reilly pointed to the framed journal covers decorating his office. Each of the six showed the swirling, twisting, complicated structure of an enzyme. Those bright and colorful...

IVOX Introduces First Predictive Driver Risk Management System For Fleets.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- IVOX announced the release of its patent-pending DriverScore 2.0, the first driver risk management system designed to predict individual driving behavior for the fleet industry. DriverScore...

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Modernize Brazilian Navy Submarine Force.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MANASSAS, Va., Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin was awarded a $35 million contract to deliver advanced, open-architecture combat systems that will modernize four Tupi-class submarines, one Tikuna-class submarine and...

Lockheed Martin Receives Contract For High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DALLAS, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Lockheed Martin has received a $512 million contract to provide the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) to the U.S. Army and to...

Mercury Magnetosphere Fends Off The Solar Wind.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- The planet Mercury's magnetic field appears to be strong enough to fend off the harsh solar wind from most of its surface, according to data gathered in part by a University of...

Microbes As Climate Engineers.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers EDINBURGH, England, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- We might think we control the climate but unless we harness the powers of our microbial co-habitants on this planet we might be fighting a losing battle, according to an article in...

NASA Ames Explores Possible Collaboration With South Korea.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- NASA's Ames Research Center and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, (KAIST) South Korea's premier research and education institution, signed a memorandum for...

NASA Finds Glacial Sediments Adding To Louisiana Coast's Sinking.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- A study by NASA and Louisiana State University scientists finds that sediments deposited into the Mississippi River Delta thousands of years ago when North America's glaciers...

NASA Issues Environmental Impact Statement For Constellation.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- NASA issued an environmental impact statement for the Constellation Program Jan. 10. NASA's Constellation Program is developing a space transportation system that is designed to return...

NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill To Improve Astronaut Health In Space.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- NASA is using a new treadmill that allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond. A team of engineers at...

New Threat To Lake Victoria.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ARUSHA, Tanzania, Jan. 31 (SPX) -- Two hydroelectricity dams appear to be threatening the health of Lake Victoria - and of the people living along its shores who depend on the lake for food. A new study suggests that...

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract For LITENING Advanced Targeting Systems.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has received a contract to deliver LITENING Advanced Targeting (AT) systems to the Finnish Air Force (FiAF) for its F-18 Mid-life Update 2 Program. Under the...

Paired Earthquakes Separated In Time And Space.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers UNION TOWN, Pa., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Earthquakes occurring at the edges of tectonic plates can trigger events at a distance and much later in time, according to a team of researchers reporting in the latest issue of...

Scientists Meet To Discuss Iridium NEXT Applications For Global Earth Observations.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Iridium Satellite and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a meeting at the Royal Society in London on January 22, 2008....

Squeezed Crystals Deliver More Volts Per Jolt.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- A discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution has opened the door to a new generation of piezoelectric materials that can convert mechanical strain into electricity and vice versa,...

Surprises From Mercury.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips for NASA Science News WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- After a journey of more than 2 billion miles and three and a half years, NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury on Jan. 14, 2008, and it has beamed back some...

Where In The World Am I.
February 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Feb. 1 (SPX) -- Ever come out of a London Underground station and not known where you were? Then you spot a familiar landmark like the Tower of London and suddenly you have your bearings? New research from...

Bio-Crude Turns Cheap Waste Into Valuable Fuel.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MELBOURNE, Feb. 5 (SPX) -- CSIRO and Monash University have developed a chemical process that turns green waste into a stable bio-crude oil. The bio-crude oil can be used to produce high value chemicals and biofuels,...

Business Making Limited Progress On Green Issues Says Green Business Report.(Report)
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 5 (SPX) -- Despite an apparent flurry of activity by corporations to improve their environmental performance, U.S. companies aren't yet making much of a difference in addressing major...

Can A Robot Draw A Map.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Henry Bortman for Astrobiology Magazine MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., Feb. 5 (SPX) -- On a dry lakebed in the Mojave desert, a small experimental rover named Zoe wanders back and forth between dusty clay sediments and black fields of...

Can We Use Science To Solve Global Warming.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DALLAS, Feb. 5 (SPX) -- Combating a warming world requires a portfolio of strategies, including exploring innovative new approaches to apply science and engineering, according to a new report from the National Center...

Connection Between Health Of Wetlands And Humans In Focus.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, Feb. 5 (SPX) -- Despite the vital role wetlands play in society, they remain among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. To emphasise the direct and positive effects of healthy wetlands for humans, the theme...

Crew Arrives For Atlantis Launch.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Feb. 5 (SPX) -- The crew of space shuttle Atlantis flew to NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Monday in preparation for the launch of the STS-122 mission at 2:45 p.m. EST on Thursday. "We're very...

Dawn Taking A Leisurely Interplanetary Cruise.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Marc Rayman PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 5 (SPX) -- Now in interplanetary cruise, the Dawn spacecraft is following a much more leisurely pace than the one it maintained during the initial checkout phase of the mission. While its daily...

E Coli A Future Source Of Energy.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Feb. 5 (SPX) -- For most people, the name "E. coli" is synonymous with food poisoning and product recalls, but a professor in Texas A and M University's chemical engineering department...

Garmin Nuvifone Takes Personal Navigation And Communication To The Next Level.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, Feb. 5 (SPX) -- Garmin International has announced its entrance into the mobile phone market with the nuvifone, an all-in-one, sleek and slim, touchscreen device that combines a premium phone, mobile...

Humans Are Probable Cause Of Diminishing Water Flow In The West.
February 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LIVERMORE, Calif., Feb. 5 (SPX) -- The Rocky Mountains have warmed by 2 degrees Fahrenheit. The snowpack in the Sierras has dwindled by 20 percent and the temperatures there have heated up by 1.7 degrees Fahrenheit....