Space Daily articles from March 2008

Space Daily archives from March 2008

ATK Conducts Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Flight Test.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, March 3 (SPX) -- Alliant Techsystems, the U.S. Navy, and the Italian Air Force announced today that the company's Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) has successfully completed another...

Boeing Satellites Reach 2500 Years Of Accumulated On Orbit Services.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, March 3 (SPX) -- Boeing claims that its more than 260 commercial and civil satellites have achieved a total of 2,500 years of service. Boeing has built one third of the approximately 250 satellites in...

Bridge Of The Gods Columbia River Resort Casino Will Rest Lightly On The Earth.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PORTLAND, Ore., March 3 (SPX) -- From carbon neutral construction to LEED certification and environmental stewardship, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs are taking unprecedented strides to ensure that their...

Capturing Sunlight.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 3 (SPX) -- Solar cell technology is marching ahead, though it still struggles with the two problems: efficiency and high production costs. In collaboration with Satoshi Uchida at the...

Dirty Space And Supernovae.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, DC, March 3 (SPX) -- Interstellar space may be strewn with tiny whiskers of carbon, dimming the light of far-away objects. This discovery by scientists at the Carnegie Institution may have implications for...

Exaktime Brings Next Gen Time And Attendance Tracking To Mobile Work Crews With PocketClock/GPS.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, March 3 (SPX) -- Exaktime has introduced PocketClock/GPS, software that transforms a Windows Mobile PDA into a portable timeclock that uses GPS technology to record the exact location of workers as they...

Ferreira Construction And New Jersey Solar Solutions Announce The Formation Of Vanguard Energy Partners.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BRANCHBURG, N.J., March 3 (SPX) -- Nelson Ferreira, CEO of Ferreira Construction and John Drexinger, President of NJSS, have launched Vanguard Energy Partners. The synergy between the two companies provides the...

ILS Announces Contract To Launch Two Sirius Satellite Radio Spacecraft On Proton Breeze M.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MCLEAN, Va., March 3 (SPX) -- International Launch Services has signed contracts for the launch of two Sirius Satellite Radio satellites on the Proton Breeze M vehicle. Sirius expects to launch Sirius FM-6 under the...

Its 10 In The Morning, Do You Know Where Your Employees And Equipment Are.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PLANO, Texas, March 3 (SPX) -- Is equipment oil being changed too late (or too frequently)? Are certain employees consistently breaking speed limits? Are power generators being used inefficiently? Which vehicles are...

NASA Collaborates With Astronomers In Search For Moon Water.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., March 3 (SPX) -- In early 2009, astronomers on Earth will point telescopes at the moon looking for water -- and NASA will help them find their target. This past Friday NASA experts and...

NavStar Technologies Announces Voice Navigator II Product Design And Features.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers OVERLAND PARK, Kan., March 3 (SPX) -- NavStar Technologies has announced the product design concept for its "second generation" product. Voice Navigator II will be a highly integrated all-in-one, sleek and slim device...

Orbital Awarded Contract For System F6 Satellite Program By DARPA.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DULLES, Va., March 3 (SPX) -- Orbital Sciences has announced that it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop a Phase 1 concept for System F6 (Future Fast, Flexible,...

Preparation For The Next Lunar Landing Leaps Across The Generation Gap.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TEMPE, Ariz., March 3 (SPX) -- It was July 20, 1969 when the first human walked upon the surface of the moon. The world has changed drastically since that memorable day, but even back then the Apollo era scientists,...

Silfab - First Solar Polysilicon Manufacturing Facility In Italy.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DANBURY, Conn., March 3 (SPX) -- Praxair has been chosen by Silfab as the supplier of gases, gas equipment and gas management services for Silfab's solar grade polysilicon manufacturing facility in Borgofranco...

Small Helper Stars Needed For Massive Star Formation.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Robert Sanders BERKELEY, Calif., March 3 (SPX) -- In order for a rare, massive star to form inside an interstellar cloud of gas and dust, small "helper" stars about the size of the sun must first set the stage, according to a new...

SpaceDev And SEI Win International Asteroid Mission Design Contest.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers POWAY, Calif., March 3 (SPX) -- SpaceDev has announced that along with teammate SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI), it has won first place in The Planetary Society's Apophis Mission Design Competition. NASA and the...

SpaceX Completes Qualification Testing Of Falcon 1 Merlin Regeneratively Cooled Engine.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers HAWTHORNE, Calif., March 3 (SPX) -- Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) says it has completed the qualification testing program of its Merlin 1C next generation liquid fueled rocket booster engine for use in the...

Trinity Solar Reaches Milestone With Installation Of 500th Solar Electric System.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers FREEHOLD, N.J., March 3 (SPX) -- Trinity Solar recently installed its 500th solar electric system. Trinity Solar reached this threshold by servicing clients located throughout New Jersey, New York and Delaware. ...

Watsontown Trucking Deploys DriverTech Fleet-Wide.
March 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SALT LAKE CITY, March 3 (SPX) -- DriverTech has announced that Watsontown Trucking Company has adopted the DriverTech DT4000 TruckPC for fleet-wide rollout. Steve Patton, president, stated, "We saw immediate...

Antenna Software Launches AMP Location At Gartner Wireless And Mobile Summit.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, March 4 (SPX) -- Antenna Software has announced the immediate availability of AMP Location from the Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit. As the open and flexible location-based services engine of the Antenna...

CCTI And Benham Support Commercialization Of Clean Coal Technology In China.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CORAL SPRINGS, Fla., March 4 (SPX) -- Clean Coal Technologies has announced that it has signed an agreement with The Benham Companies to support commercialization of CCTI's coal cleaning plants in China. Benham is a...

Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: Why We Track The Trash.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Ed White Air Force Space Command Public Affairs PETERSON AFB, Colo., March 4 (SPX) -- "Near-Earth objects can travel up to 17,000 miles per hour, so a collision with a launching or orbiting satellite or with a manned space craft,...

GE Supplying Wind Turbines To Renewable Energy Systems.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SCHENECTADY, N.Y., March 4 (SPX) -- Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas has signed agreements exceeding $700 million to receive GE Energy 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for projects in 2009 and 2010. GE Energy will...

Gender Differences In Language Appear Biological.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers EVANSTON, Ill., March 4 (SPX) -- Although researchers have long agreed that girls have superior language abilities than boys, until now no one has clearly provided a biological basis that may account for their...

Germany's Renewable Energies Industry Provides Advantages To International Investors.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 4 (SPX) -- With oil prices exceeding US$100 a barrel, the United States, and the world, is being forced to recognize that fossil fuels may not only be damaging the environment, but also losing their...

Humans Show Innate Ability To Detect The Snake In The Grass.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 4 (SPX) -- Adults and very young children apparently have an innate ability to very quickly detect the presence of a snake from among a variety of non-threatening objects and creatures such as a...

IIT Announces Wanger Institute For Sustainable Energy Research.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, March 4 (SPX) -- Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) announces the formation of the Wanger Institute for Sustainable Energy Research (WISER) that will be the foundation of a campus-wide energy...

IR's 600V Trench IGBTs Reduce Power Dissipation Up to 30 Percent In Solar Inverter Applications.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers EL SEGUNDO, Calif., March 4 (SPX) -- International Rectifier has introduced a family of 600V insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) that reduces power dissipation by up to 30 percent in uninterruptible power...

Jules Verne ATV Launch Rescheduled To 9th March.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, March 4 (SPX) -- Arianespace and the European Space Agency confirm today that the launch of Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle, is delayed 24 hours due to a technical concern about the ATV/Ariane...

Liquid Water Found Flowing On Mars - Not Yet.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TUSCON, Ariz., March 4 (SPX) -- Liquid water has not been found on the Martian surface within the last decade after all, according to new research. The finding casts doubt on the 2006 report that the bright spots in...

LS Power Becomes Strategic Partner In Carbon Capture Research Program.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ST. LOUIS, March 4 (SPX) -- As part of its continued commitment to bring forward environmentally responsible energy solutions, LS Power Development has announced that it is providing funding and has become the...

MyGuide Turns To ModusLink To Streamline Its Supply Chain Operations In Europe.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WALTHAM, Mass., March 4 (SPX) -- MyGuide has turned to ModusLink to streamline its supply chain operations in Europe. By leveraging ModusLink's Optimized Configuration Solution for late-stage product customization,...

NASA's SDO Mission to Improve Predictions Of Violent Space Weather.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Bill Steigerwald GREENBELT, Md., March 4 (SPX) -- About 93 million miles from us lies an immense nuclear furnace spanning 100 Earths. In just one second, it produces enough power to supply the entire United States for nine million...

NASA Spacecraft Photographs Avalanches On Mars.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 4 (SPX) -- A NASA spacecraft in orbit around Mars has taken the first ever image of active avalanches near the Red Planet's north pole. The image shows tan clouds billowing away from the foot...

New Tool Enlisted In The Search For Life On Mars.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Henry Bortman MOFFET FIELD, Calif., March 4 (SPX) -- "I admit I never actually wrote this goal into my grant," UC Berkeley Professor of Chemistry Richard Mathies told me, as one of his graduate students injected a drop of Zinfandel...

Ocean Tomo Auctioning Patent For Revolutionary Solar Power Technology.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CHICAGO, March 4 (SPX) -- Ocean Tomo Auctions has announced the sale of a patent and pending applications directed to high volume semiconductor production platform technology for very low cost solar cell, LED, and...

Power-Save Energy Company Announces Launch Of New Renewable Energy Product Line.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., March 4 (SPX) -- Power-Save Energy has announced the successful launch of its new Renewable Energy product line, The Power-Save Solar and Power-Save Wind Turbine. Power-Save is focused on...

SCHOTT Solar Breaks Ground On Manufacturing Facility In Albuquerque.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers ALBUQUERQUE, March 4 (SPX) -- Executives from SCHOTT AG of Mainz, Germany (SCHOTT), Governor Bill Richardson (D - NM) and local dignitaries ceremonially broke ground for the company's new manufacturing facility for...

SkyBitz And StarTrak Systems Launch SkyBitz Reefer Control Solution.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers STERLING, Va., March 4 (SPX) -- SkyBitz in partnership with StarTrak Systems is launching the SkyBitz Reefer Control Solution, an affordable refrigeration monitoring and control technology, at the 70th Annual...

Team Probes Mysteries Of Oceanic Bacteria.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 4 (SPX) -- Microbes living in the oceans play a critical role in regulating Earth's environment, but very little is known about their activities and how they work together to help control...

Tiny Pieces Of Deep Time Brought To The Surface.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, Ontario, March 4 (SPX) -- Three-billion-year-old zircon microcrystals found in northern Ontario are proving to be a new record of the processes that form continents and their natural resources, including gold...

TomTom Reveals Revolutionary IQ Routes Technology On New TomTom GO Series.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CONCORD, Mass., March 4 (SPX) -- TomTom announces ground- breaking features and unique content on the new TomTom GO range, including its exclusive IQ Routes technology and Advanced Lane Guidance. The innovative IQ...

Trimble Introduces Flexible GNSS Mapping And GIS Solution.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 4 (SPX) -- Trimble has introduced a flexible Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver for Geographic Information System (GIS) data collection and mapping-the GPS Pathfinder ProXRT...

Understanding The Rise Of Offshore Wind Power.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers DUBLIN, Ireland, March 4 (SPX) -- The 1st Edition of Offshore Wind Power report is a 75-page overview of how and why offshore wind power is set to become a major contributor to global power production. Wind power...

Virgin Atlantic To Offer Zero-Emissions GM Hydrogen Fuel Cell Limousines.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SOUTH NORWALK, Conn., March 4 (SPX) -- Virgin Atlantic and General Motors have announced that the airline will offer passengers a zero-emissions Chevrolet Equinox Hydrogen Fuel Cell car as part of its Upper Class limo...

Will Global Warming Increase Plant Frost Damage.
March 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 4 (SPX) -- Widespread damage to plants from a sudden freeze that occurred across the Eastern United States from 5 April to 9 April 2007 was made worse because it had been preceded by two weeks of...

Ariane 5 Star One C2 Satellite Launch Campaign Underway.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, March 5 (SPX) -- Thales Alenia Space's Star One C2 telecommunications platform is undergoing processing in the Spaceport's clean room facilities, where it completed the fit-check process this week with an...

BioBlower Closer To Protecting Soldiers From Biological Attack.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BUFFALO, N.Y., March 5 (SPX) -- A powerful air sterilization technology developed at the University at Buffalo has killed every biological agent with which it has been challenged, including airborne spores, viruses...

BioOil Production Re-Starts At West Lorne Facility.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers VANCOUVER, March 5 (SPX) -- Dynamotive Energy Systems has announced it restarted operations at its West Lorne, Ontario facility following completion of its upgrade. The plant had undergone an upgrade process to...

BOCLH To Supply Gases For Taiwan's First Thin Film Solar Plant.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers TAICHUNG, Taiwan, March 5 (SPX) -- Solar energy is moving into a new phase in Taiwan with the start-up of the country's first, large-scale thin film solar cell manufacturing plant. BOC Lien Hwa, Taiwan's leading...

Breaking The Silence On Shenzhou.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Morris Jones SYDNEY, March 5 (SPX) -- In less than nine months, China will probably take the next step in its human spaceflight program. The mission of Shenzhou 7 will produce China's first spacewalk, along with an extended mission...

California's First Cow Power Project Opened.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers FRESNO, Calif., March 5 (SPX) -- Pacific Gas and Electric Company and BioEnergy Solutions have announced that their biogas-to-pipeline injection project in Fresno County has begun production of renewable natural gas...

Can Moths Or Butterflies Remember What They Learned As Caterpillars.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 5 (SPX) -- Butterflies and moths are well known for their striking metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged adults. In light of this radical change, not just in body form, but also in...

Clear Skies Solar Creates Industry-Specific Solar Power Application.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LOS ANGELES, March 5 (SPX) -- Clear Skies Group has announced the delivery of 25 units of its new, proprietary Solar Power Supply (SPS) to a New Jersey-based vehicle monitoring company. With a charging period of only...

Columbus Brings New Personal Navigation Solution To Outdoor Tourism.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LAS VEGAS, March 5 (SPX) -- Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) has announced the launch of a new personal navigation solution aimed at the active outdoor and off-road enthusiast. This new feature, incorporated into its...

Duke Energy's Lee Nuclear License Application Accepted By US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 5 (SPX) -- Duke Energy has received confirmation from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) that its combined construction and operating license (COL) application for the proposed William...

Gearworks Launches etrace 6.0 - Mobile Workforce Management Software.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 (SPX) -- Gearworks has announced the release of etrace 6.0, a new version of its powerful wireless and Web-based mobile workforce management solution that enables enterprises to supervise and...

Genes Hold The Key To How Happy We Are.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers EDINBURGH, England, March 5 (SPX) -- Happiness in life is as much down to having the right genetic mix as it is to personal circumstances according to a recent study. Psychologists at the University of Edinburgh...

Global Solar Energy Unveils PowerFlex At WIREC 2008.(Conference notes)
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 5 (SPX) -- Global Solar Energy introduces its PowerFlex material. On display at this week's Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) in Washington D.C., attendees can view...

ILS To Launch Two SIRIUS Radio Satellite On Proton Breeze M.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MCLEAN, Va., March 5 (SPX) -- SIRIUS has not announced plans to utilize the second launch announced today. The Proton booster and the Breeze M upper stage are built by ILS' Russian partner, Khrunichev Space Center...

JPL Helps Shoot For The Moon, Stars, Planets And More.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 5 (SPX) -- A giant telescope, galaxy maps, and laser beacons on Mars are only a few of the ideas that teams selected by NASA will study for the next generation of astronomy and astrophysics...

Key Discovered For Converting Waste To Electricity.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MINNEAPOLIS, March 5 (SPX) -- Researchers at the University of Minnesota studying bacteria capable of generating electricity have discovered that riboflavin (commonly known as vitamin B-2) is responsible for much of...

Konarka Announces First-Ever Demonstration Of Inkjet Printed Solar Cells.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LOWELL, Mass., March 5 (SPX) -- Konarka Technologies announces that the company has successfully conducted the first-ever demonstration of manufacturing solar cells by highly efficient inkjet printing. The company...

Last Large Piece Of ATLAS Detector Lowered Underground.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WALTHAM, Mass., March 5 (SPX) -- Brandeis researchers in the U.S. ATLAS collaboration have joined colleagues around the world to celebrate a pivotal landmark in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) -...

locr And Skyhook Wireless To Jumpstart Geo-Tagging.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BOSTON, March 5 (SPX) -- locr and Skyhook Wireless have announced a partnership to bring Wi-Fi positioning to locr's geo-tagging community. This ground-breaking partnership will bring location awareness for photos to...

NAVIGON Unveils Fresh Approach To Map Updates.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers HANNOVER, Germany, March 5 (SPX) -- NAVIGON has announced a bold solution to a conundrum that is as old as the consumer GPS category itself: how to provide consumers regular, easy access to quality map updates....

New Material Can Find A Needle In A Nuclear Waste Haystack.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers EVANSTON, Ill., March 5 (SPX) -- Nuclear power has advantages, but, if this method of making power is to be viable long term, discovering new solutions to radioactive waste disposal and other problems are critical....

Northrop Grumman Delivers Payload Module For Second Advanced EHF Military Communications Satellite.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers REDONDO BEACH, Calif., March 5 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman delivered the payload module for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite ahead of schedule to the Sunnyvale,...

Northrop Grumman Wins 239 Million USD USAF Weather Agency Contract.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers RESTON, Va., March 5 (SPX) -- Northrop Grumman has been awarded the U.S. Air Force Weather Agency Systems Engineering, Management and Sustainment (SEMS) II contract to increase effectiveness, reliability, and...

Plant Growth Experiment Starts In Columbus.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PARIS, March 5 (SPX) -- ESA astronaut Leopold Eyharts has activated the first experiment inside the European Columbus laboratory. The WAICO experiment, which investigates the effect of gravity on plant root growth,...

Positiontracer - A Bodyguard On Your Mobile Phone.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MUNICH, Germany, March 5 (SPX) -- To contribute to the protection of people and property, the IT security specialist SecurStar has now developed PositionTracer for GPS-enabled mobile phones. With this brand-new...

Satellite And WiMax Spectrum Sharing Not Compatible Report Finds.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PUNTA GORDA, FL, March 5 (SPX) -- The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) has released the formal findings of a field test on the compatibility of Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) and WiMAX services...

Sierra Club Comes Out In Favor Of The US Natural Gas Industry.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers HOUSTON, March 5 (SPX) -- The Sierra Club has come out for the U.S. natural gas industry, reports Oil and Gas Investor magazine. And, not for imported natural gas: it favors producing all that the U.S. can put out....

Steps Towards Warship Invisibility.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, March 5 (SPX) -- Naval warships might look like all-powerful vessels but they are also highly vulnerable to being spotted by the enemy. That fear of being detected has led the military to develop new...

Tenacious Spirit Might See Rover Through Martian Winter.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers PASADENA, Calif., March 5 (SPX) -- Spirit has achieved a northerly tilt of 29.9 degrees! As a result, based on power projections, Spirit has a fighting chance of surviving another winter on Mars, if the weather and...

The Last Confessions Of A Dying Star.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers BALTIMORE, March 5 (SPX) -- Probing a glowing bubble of gas and dust encircling a dying star, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reveals a wealth of previously unseen structures. The object, called NGC 2371, is a planetary...

The Solar Effect Boosts The European Inverters Market.(Industry overview)
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers LONDON, March 5 (SPX) -- The renewable energy boom across Europe has opened up an unprecedented market for solar energy-based inverters. An indispensable component of photovoltaic (PV) power systems, inverters...

URI Selected By DHS To Co-lead New Center Of Excellence For Explosives Detection.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers KINGSTON, R.I., March 5 (SPX) -- The U. S. Department of Homeland Security has announced the selection of the University of Rhode Island and Northeastern University as co-leaders of a new Center of Excellence for...

Warming Climate May Cause Arctic Tundra To Burn.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers WASHINGTON, March 5 (SPX) -- Research from ancient sediment cores indicates that a warming climate could make the world's arctic tundra far more susceptible to fires than previously thought. The findings, published...

West Coast Salmon Return In Smaller Numbers.
March 5, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers SILVER SPRING, Md., March 5 (SPX) -- Researchers from NOAA's Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers are comparing data on the low food production of the California Current in 2005 that occurred when this...

Advantech's New Fleet Of Mobile Antenna Systems.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers MONTREAL, March 6 (SPX) -- Advantech AMT is delighted to announce its new fleet of mobile antenna systems for DSNG and VSAT applications. Each system incorporates Advantech's innovative IPOINT auto acquisition...

CertainTeed Enters Emerging Market for PV-Integrated Green Roofing Products.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers VALLEY FORGE, Pa., March 6 (SPX) -- CertainTeed has announced it has entered into a groundbreaking partnership with SRS Energy of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to advance the development of photovoltaic roofing...

GLAST Spacecraft Arrives in Florida To Prepare For Launch.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., March 6 (SPX) -- NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Space Telescope, or GLAST, arrived Tuesday at the Astrotech payload processing facility near the Kennedy Space Center to begin final preparations for...

GPS Helps Troops Locate Targets And One Another.
March 6, 2008... Byline: Amanda Creel 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AFB, Ga., March 6 (SPX) -- Members of the Joint Service System Management Office here provide global positioning systems-enabled technology in direct support of warfighters...