Space Daily articles from July 2006

Space Daily archives from July 2006

A Lack Of Gravity Can Make Us Dangerously Lightweight.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DULUTH, Minn., July 3 (SPX) -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota have identified a way for astronauts to reduce their risk of developing kidney stones while in space. Astronauts lose calcium in their bones...

Antarctic Treaty Meeting Moves To Continent From Non-Native Species.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EDINBURGH, Scotland, July 3 (SPX) -- Important new measures to protect Antarctica - the world's last great wilderness - from invasive non-native species have been agreed at a meeting of Antarctic experts in Edinburgh....

Catastrophic Lake Burst Chills Climate.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CARDIFF, UK, July 3 (SPX) -- Ocean circulation changes during the present warm interglacial were more extensive than previously thought, according to new research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Cardiff...

Echostar Selects Loral For New Satellite.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PALO ALTO, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- Space Systems/Loral announced Friday that it has entered into a contract with a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corp. of Englewood, Colo., to build a 1300-series satellite. The...

European Defence Market Introduces Code Of Conduct.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BRUSSELS, July 3 (SPX) -- A new era for defence procurement in the European Union begins on 1 July with the introduction of a regime designed to increase transparency and competition in the European Defence Equipment...

Food-Crop Yields In Future Greenhouse-Gas Conditions Lower Than Expected.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 3 (SPX) -- Open-air field trials involving five major food crops grown under carbon-dioxide levels projected for the future are harvesting dramatically less bounty than those raised in earlier...

How Cooperation Can Evolve in a Cheater's World.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PROVIDENCE, R.I., July 3 (SPX) -- It's a truth borne out in biology and economics: Selfishness pays. Viruses can steal enzymes to reproduce. Tax evaders can take advantage of public services to survive and thrive....

ISS Crew Awaits Seven Shuttle Visitors.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, July 3 (SPX) -- The International Space Station's Expedition 13 crew welcomed the Russian Progress 22 automated resupply ship this past week and prepared for the arrival of space shuttle Discovery. ...

Large Asteroid To Pass Close By Earth.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, July 3 (SPX) -- An asteroid with the power to wipe out a small country will miss the Earth on Monday. Asteroid 2004 XP14 is nearly half a mile wide and was discovered in December 2004. It is in the...

NASA Completes Space Technology 5 Microsat Mission.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 3 (SPX) -- NASA announced last Friday its three orbiting micro-satellites known as Space Technology 5 have completed their planned 90-day mission and have been shut down. The mission primarily...

NASA Study Finds Clock Ticking Slower On Ozone Hole Recovery.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BOULDER, CO, July 3 (SPX) -- The Antarctic ozone hole's recovery is running late. According to a new NASA study, the full return of the protective ozone over the South Pole will take nearly 20 years longer than...

Raytheon Awarded US Navy Contract For Airborne Low Frequency Sonar.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY M, Mass., July 3 (SPX) -- Raytheon has been awarded a $45 million U.S. Navy contract for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS) system. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems...

Researchers Set Speed Record For Silicon-Based Chips.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ATLANTA, July 3 (SPX) -- Researchers at IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated the first silicon-germanium transistor able to operate at frequencies above 500 gigahertz. Though the record...

Rockfish Thrive With Offshore Platforms As Their Home Base.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 3 (SPX) -- While some observers consider offshore oil and gas platforms to be an eyesore on the horizon, new data shows they are performing a critical function for marine life. For the...

San Diego Eliminates Waste Using Cingular-Powered Wireless Data Solution.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SAN DIEGO, June 28 (SPX) -- The City of San Diego is more than quadrupling the deployment of its Cingular-powered V-TRAC wireless vehicle re-routing program after an initial rollout generated more than $1 million in...

Shuttle Launch Postponed Again Until Tuesday.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 3 (SPX) -- NASA for the second straight day postponed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery on Sunday because of bad weather. Low-hanging clouds at the launch site at Kennedy Space Center in...

Technicians Reactivate Faulty Hubble Camera.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 3 (SPX) -- After 11 days, NASA engineers on Friday were able to activate the Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys, prompting huge sighs of relief among astronomers around the world....

Top Priority To War Funding Will Ensure US Troops Succeed.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, June 28 (SPX) -- The highest priority in funding the global war on terror is to ensure that the military members fighting it have all they need to win, a senior defense official told Pentagon reporters....

Two BigDogs Take A Run At New River Air Station.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW RIVER, N.C., June 28 (SPX) -- The Most Advanced Quadruped Robot on Earth BigDog robots trot around in the shadow of an MV-22 Osprey while given commands via remote control at Marine Corps Air Station New...

UP Aerospace Sets New Mexico Launch In August.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HARTFORD, Conn., July 3 (SPX) -- UP Aerospace announced Friday that it has set Aug. 14 as the date of its first commercial space launch from New Mexico's spaceport facility. The company's SpaceLoft XL vehicle will...

A Surprise About Our Body Clock.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SALT LAKE CITY, July 4 (SPX) -- The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers....

Avionics Modernization Program Under Way.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers EDWARDS, Calif., July 4 (SPX) -- The 8th Flight Test Squadron's C-130 Avionics Modernization Program test team here has been actively working toward the first flight of the first modified airframe scheduled for late...

Britain Ready To Overhall Defense Acquisition In Major Shake Up.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, UK, July 4 (SPX) -- A new blueprint to ensure the United Kingdom's Armed Forces are able to get the best equipment at the best price, has been unveiled UK by the Defence Minister Des Browne. Last December,...

Curtain May Be Closing On Scientific Water Controversy.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BERKELEY, Calif., June 28 (SPX) -- The curtain may be ringing down on a scientific controversy regarding the structure of water which arose two years ago. A new study by scientists with the U.S. Department of...

Enceladus Exudes Air Of Mystery.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 4 (SPX) -- Atomic oxygen could never be confused with expensive perfume, but just as a fragrance lingering in the air of an empty room offers hints about a previous occupant, the cloud of oxygen...

ESA Earth Observation Satellites Contribute To IPY.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 4 (SPX) -- ESA satellites will be providing scientists from 60 countries with data covering Earth's polar regions for the International Polar Year, which runs from 2007 to 2008. During that period, ESA...

Falcon Supercomputer To Solve Problems.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WRIGHT-PATTERSON, Ohio, July 4 (SPX) -- The newest supercomputer at the Aeronautical Systems Center's Major Shared Resource Center went into production recently, enabling advanced problem-solving capabilities for...

Full Plate For Opportunity.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 4 (SPX) -- This image from the panoramic camera on Opportunity shows the outcrop-rimmed Beagle Crater appearing on the horizon as the Mars rover approaches it. Beagle Crater is 35 meters (115...

I Robot, Your Companion.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 3 (SPX) -- Robotic technology is advancing apace and now a top team of European scientists and engineers hope to make the leap from single function 'dumb' machines to adaptive learning machines. The...

Improved Soyuz 2-1a Payload Fairing Ready For Flight.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BAIKONUR COSMODROME, Kazakhstan, July 4 (SPX) -- Arianespace announced Monday its Soyuz launcher's enlarged payload fairing is ready for its July 17 flight, in which it is scheduled to launch the MetOp-A...

Iridium To Provide Satellite Links To Tsunami Warning Buoys.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BETHESDA, Md., July 4 (SPX) -- Iridium is providing satellite data links for a new system of 31 ocean buoys to be deployed by the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Data Center. The system...

Jellyfish-Like Creatures May Play Major Role In Fate Of Oceanic CO2.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WOODS HOLE, Mass., July 3 (SPX) -- Transparent jellyfish-like creatures known as salps, considered by many a low member in the ocean food web, may be more important to the fate of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide in...

Joint Strike Fighter Is Not Flawed Finds Australian Government.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CANBERRA, Australia, June 27 (SPX) -- Defence strongly disagrees with media reporting today that the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program is 'flawed' and should be abandoned. This reporting, following on from a...

Jules Verne ATV Passes Acoustic Tests.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NOORDWIJK, Holland, July 4 (SPX) -- Acoustic testing of ESA's Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has been completed successfully at the agency's facilities in Noordwijk. The 11-ton test configuration of the ATV...

NMS RAN Backhaul Optimizer Certified to Interoperate with iDirect.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FRAMINGHAM, MA, June 25 (SPX) -- NMS Communications, a leading provider of communications technologies and solutions for converged and mobile networks, today announced it has successfully completed interoperability...

SMART 1 Photographs Kepler Crater Up Close.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 4 (SPX) -- ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft took this image of Kepler crater on the Moon using its Advanced Moon Imaging Experiment. The AMIE obtained the image on Jan. 13 from a distance ranging between 1,613...

Social Factors Contribute To PMS Post-Natal Depression And Menopausal Stress.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SYDNEY, June 26 (SPX) -- Women are being sold the idea that their bodies are biologically faulty and they need medication for PMS, post-natal depression and menopausal outbursts when in fact the pressures of being...

South Korea Joins Integrated Ocean Drilling Program.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, June 26 (SPX) -- The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, the world's largest and most ambitious scientific ocean research program operating today, has expanded its base of international support by welcoming...

Spirit Examines Light Tones Halley Formation.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 4 (SPX) -- Stretching along a formation mission team members have named Low Ridge, lying in front of the Martian winter haven for NASA's Spirit rover, are several continuous rock layers that...

What Do Racquel Welch And Quantum Physics Have In Common.
July 4, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LEICESTER, England, July 3 (SPX) -- Recent investment by the University of Leicester in the Virtual Microscopy Centre and the Nanoscale Interfaces Centre has put the University in a key position to take a lead in...

Activists Become First To Reach North Pole In Summer.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers COMPLETE A TREK TO THE NORTH POLE IN SUMMER 02 JULY 2006. PHOTO COURTESY OF ERIC LARSEN, Greenpeace and AFP., July 6 (SPX) -- Chicago (AFP) Jul 05, 2006 Two environmentalists became the first people to reach the...

B-1B Pilot Reaches 4000 Flying Hours.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BAGHDAD, July 5 (SPX) -- A 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron pilot etched his name in the history books as he became the first pilot to go over 4,000 flying hours in the B-1B. Lt. Col. Jeff Roetzel recently completed an...

Device To Improve Weather Observations.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WRIGHT-PATTERSON, Ohio, July 4 (SPX) -- The 88th Operations Squadron's Weather Flight recently began using the new FMQ-19 automatic observation system to help them observe weather conditions at Wright-Patterson. This...

Eutelsat Atlantic Bird 4 Begins Commercial Service.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, July 5 (SPX) -- Eutelsat Communications announced Tuesday its Atlantic Bird 4 satellite has gone into full commercial service at 7 degrees west longitude. Operating since 1998 as Hot Bird 4 from Eutelsat's...

Globalstar To Provide Satellite Voice And Data Services To South Africa.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILPITAS, Calif., July 5 (SPX) -- Globalstar announced Tuesday that its South Africa subsidiary, Globalstar Satellite Services (Pty) Ltd., has received a value-added network-services license from the Independent...

HughesNet Broadband Satellite Surpasses 300,000 Subscribers.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers GERMANTOWN, Md., July 5 (SPX) -- Hughes Network Systems announced Tuesday the number of HughesNet small-business and residential subscribers grew to 300,000 during the second quarter of 2006, representing a 19-percent...

Increased Flow Of Groundwater After Earthquakes Suggests Oil Extraction Apps.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SANTA CRUZ, Calif., July 4 (SPX) -- The most obvious manifestation of an earthquake is the shaking from seismic waves that knocks down buildings and rattles people. Now researchers have established a more subtle...

India To Build Independent Satellite Navigation System.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, July 5 (SPX) -- ISRO officials met with industry representatives Tuesday to discuss the Indian government's plan to build an independent satellite navigation system using home-grown components. The...

INSAT-4C Ready For Launch.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BANGALORE, India, July 5 (SPX) -- ISRO officials said Tuesday they have completed all preparation for the launch of the INSAT-4C telecom satellite this month. The spacecraft will be carried in orbit aboard India's...

NASA Satellite Positioning Software May Aid in Tsunami Warnings.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers RENO, Nev., July 4 (SPX) -- University scientists using Global Positioning System (GPS) software developed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., have shown that GPS can determine, within minutes,...

NASA Technologists Aid Water Purification Effort In Iraq.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HUNTSVILLE, Ala., July 5 (SPX) -- A team of NASA engineers, who are used to making a difference in the lives of astronauts in space, recently had the chance to improve the lives of villagers in Iraq using NASA...

Reducing The Global Need For Nitrogen Fertilizers.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SWINDON, England, July 4 (SPX) -- Research published in the journal Nature reveals how scientists at the John Innes Centre (JIC), Norwich and Washington State University, USA have managed to trigger nodulation in...

Research Office Helps Excite Oxygen to Make Laser.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ARLINGTON, Va., July 5 (SPX) -- A team of researchers supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research has made a breakthrough in Electric Oxygen Iodine Laser research. The results were recently presented at...

Shuttle Performs Perfect Fourth Of July Liftoff.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 5 (SPX) -- Space shuttle Discovery delivered a flawless liftoff Tuesday afternoon, ending weeks of worry and uncertainty, and lending a heightened celebratory note to the July Fourth holiday in the...

Small Scale Sustainable Tourism Venues Promoted.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, July 3 (SPX) -- Conservation International (CI) has entered into a partnership with responsibletravel.com to provide small ecotourism operators a mechanism to market and promote their destinations to...

Space Systems Loral Names New CEO And President.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers NEW YORK, July 5 (SPX) -- Loral Space & Communications Inc announced Tuesday it has promoted Patrick DeWitt to chief executive officer of Loral's satellite manufacturing subsidiary, Space Systems/Loral, and has...

SSTL Delivers Beijing-1 EO Satellite.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SURREY, England, July 5 (SPX) -- Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. announced Tuesday it has just completed a commercial satellite contract with Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Co., marking the first...

Trimble Provides SatNav Services To Western Australia.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 5 (SPX) -- Trimble announced Tuesday it has supplied Global Navigation Satellite System reference stations and Virtual Reference Station software to establish a GNSS infrastructure network in...

Up To Six Pieces Of Debris Fell Off Discovery Says NASA.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL (AFP) JUL, 04, 2006, July 6 (SPX) -- Discovery's fuel tank "performed very well" during the shuttle's launch Tuesday, shedding small pieces of debris as expected without endangering the astronauts, a...

Worldspace Commissions Terrestrial Repeater Prototypes For European Mobile Services.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SILVER SPRING, Md., July 5 (SPX) -- Worldspace Satellite Radio announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Sodielec, a French company specializing in transmission solutions, to develop terrestrial repeater...

Boeing To Build Three More GPS Satellites.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, July 6 (SPX) -- Boeing announced Wednesday it has received a $138-million award from the U.S. Air Force to build three more Global Positioning System satellites under the GPS Block IIF contract. The award -...

Cassini Uncovering More Secrets Of Saturn Rings.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 6 (SPX) -- New images by the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's diaphanous G and E rings are yielding clues about their structure and formation. A sequence of recent Cassini images, compiled into a...

ESA Selects Esrange For Galileo.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SOLNA, Sweden, July 6 (SPX) -- Swedish Space Corp. will provide northern telemetry, tracking and command services for ESA's Galileo satellites at its Esrange Space Center near Kiruna. The 13-meter TT and C antenna to...

First STOVL F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Takes Shape.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SAMLESBURY, England, July 6 (SPX) -- BAE Systems has started assembling the aft fuselage of the first short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). Assembly started on time with the...

FSU Etruscan Expert Announces Historic Discovery At Ancient Site.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TALLAHASSEE, Fla., July 6 (SPX) -- Digging on a remote hilltop in Italy, a Florida State University classics professor and her students have unearthed artifacts that dramatically reshape our knowledge of the religious...

Full Range And Capability Of Affordable Patriot Weapons System Demonstrated.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY, Mass., July 6 (SPX) -- Another successful test of Raytheon's Patriot system demonstrated the full range and capability of the affordable Patriot Weapons System at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., last...

Globalstar Simplex Data Services Now Cover Alaska To Chile.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MILPITAS, Calif., July 6 (SPX) -- Globalstar announced Wednesday its independent gateway operator in Mexico, Globalstar de Mexico, is expanding its simplex or one-way data coverage to all of Mexico and areas of...

Highly modified C-130 ready for war on terrorism.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ROBINS AFB, Ga., July 5 (SPX) -- The beginning of an era for Robins Air Force Base and the warfighters of Air Force Special Operations Command was marked June 28 as the first-of-its-kind MC-130W was presented to Lt....

NASA Satellites Find Balance In South America's Water Cycle.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 6 (SPX) -- For the first time, NASA scientists using space-based measurements have directly monitored and measured the complete cycle of water movement for an entire continent. Using...

ND SatCom And EADS Provide Satellite Network For German Armed Forces.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers FREIDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, July 6 (SPX) -- ND SatCom and EADS Space Services announced Wednesday they have won a contract with the German Armed Forces to establish the next step of that military's satellite...

New Process Makes Diesel Fuel And Industrial Chemicals From Simple Sugar.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers MADISON, Wis., July 6 (SPX) -- The soaring prices of oil and natural gas have sparked a race to make transportation fuels from plant matter instead of petroleum. Both biodiesel and gasoline containing ethanol are...

QinetiQ Kits Convert JCBs And CATs To Full Remote Control.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers HAMPSHIRE, England, July 6 (SPX) -- QinetiQ has just launched a range of Applique Robotic Kits (ARKs) that in less than 12 hours, convert the current in-service military JCB 4CXM or CAT320B families of vehicles into...

Raytheon CAC2S Program Delivers First System To Marine Corps For Live Testing.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers TEWKSBURY M, Mass., July 3 (SPX) -- Raytheon delivered the first CAC2S (Common Aviation Command and Control System) string to Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., earlier this month, marking the beginning of the final...

Saft To Provide Lithium-Ion Batteries for Boeing GEO Mobile Satellites.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, July 6 (SPX) -- Saft announced Wednesday it has received a contract from Boeing to supply lithium-ion batteries for the Mobile Satellite Ventures Satellite program. The multi-million dollar contract will...

Shiny Rock Coating May Hold Key To Martian Life.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, July 6 (SPX) -- A mysterious shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's most arid environments could reveal whether life once existed on Mars. Research published in the July edition of the journal Geology...

US Joint Forces Command Extends GD Contract for Engineering And Tech Support.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers SUFFOLK, Va., July 3 (SPX) -- General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has been awarded a $95.5 million contract extension to continue its support of the U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Experimentation Program...

USA Partners With Pioneer Aerospace On CEV.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla., July 6 (SPX) -- United Space Alliance and Pioneer Aerospace announced Wednesday they have joined forces to develop a parachute landing system for NASA's new Crew Exploration Vehicle. The...

Victoria On The Horizon For Opportunity.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., July 6 (SPX) -- This image from the Mars Orbiter Camera aboard the Mars Global Surveyor shows Opportunity's position as it approaches Beagle crater on the way to Victoria crater. North is to the...

Watching Rocks Grow: Theory Explains Landscape Of Geothermal Springs.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 6 (SPX) -- Scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully modeled the spectacular landscapes seen at geothermal hot springs. In work reported in Physical...

Wildfire Suppression Costs May Be Reduced Using New Model.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers PORTLAND, Ore., July 6 (SPX) -- Recent research shows that using the right mix of agency and contract crews is the most cost effective way to fight fires rather than using contract or agency crews exclusively,...

Air Pollution And Cramped Living Breeding Super Mosquitoes In Athens.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ATHENS (AFP) JUL, 04, 2006, July 6 (SPX) -- Cramped housing conditions and air pollution in Athens have given rise to a "super breed" of mosquito that is larger, faster and more adept at locating human prey, a Greek...

Ancient Raindrops Reveal The Origins Of California's Sierra Nevada Range.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers STANFORD, Calif., July 7 (SPX) -- One of the longest ongoing controversies in Earth science concerns the age of California's Sierra Nevada, the tallest mountain range in the continental United States and site of...

Birds Going Extinct Faster Due To Human Activities.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers DURHAM, N.C., July 6 (SPX) -- Human activities have caused some 500 bird species worldwide to go extinct over the past five millennia, and 21st-century extinction rates likely will accelerate to approximately 10...

Boeing To Define Next Generation Polar Satellite Payload For US Air Force.
July 6, 2006... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, July 7 (SPX) -- Boeing announced Thursday it has received a $1.5 million U.S. Air Force contract to study the next-generation communications payload for a polar-orbiting satellite. The proposed Enhanced...