Space Daily articles from May 2009

Space Daily archives from May 2009

A Bright Future With Solar Lanterns For India's Poor.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Taiwan (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 Solar energy has the potential to improve the living conditions of poor rural households in India as well as contribute to the country's future energy security, according to Professor...

Aerojet Completes Engine Tests For NASA's Orion Crew Module.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sacramento CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Aerojet has successfully completed the first series of vibration and altitude hot fire tests on NASA's Orion crew module's 160 lb. thrust mono-propellant rocket engine. The...

An Active Mercury.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips for NASA Science News Huntsville AL (SPX) May 01, 2009 A NASA spacecraft gliding over the surface of Mercury has revealed that the planet's atmosphere, magnetosphere, and its geological past display greater levels...

Atlantis To Launch On Hubble Servicing Mission May 11.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 Top NASA and contractor managers assessed the risks associated with the STS-125 mission to service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Thursday's executive-level Flight Readiness...

Avian Flu Research Sheds Light On Swine Flu Outbreak.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers College Park MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 A recent study by University of Maryland researchers examines the mechanisms underlying transmission of combined avian-human viruses and illustrates how virus outbreaks like that of...

Base Considers Disassembling Historical Launch Complex.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 Vandenberg is currently undergoing the planning stages of removing and disassembling pieces from one of its historical launch pads, Space Launch Complex-5. The reason behind...

Blue Flag Enhances Ability To Protect US.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tyndall AFB FL (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 More than 500 Air Force personnel along with Army, Navy and Marine representatives completed a two-week training exercise April 24 here to improve how to monitor and intercept hostile...

Boeing-IAI Missile Defense Interceptor Shoots Down Target.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Huntsville AL (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Boeing built part of the Arrow II interceptor that successfully shot down a ballistic missile target April 7 in a test of Israel's national missile defense system. The...

California Air Resources Board Votes To Include Unfair, Unproven Theory In New Regs.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2009 The California Air Resources Board has voted to enact a standard that unfairly penalizes biofuels as compared to other fuels, including gasoline. "We're disappointed with the...

Caltech Researchers Pinpoint The Mechanisms Of Self-Control In The Brain.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 When you're on a diet, deciding to skip your favorite calorie-laden foods and eat something healthier takes a whole lot of self-control--an ability that seems to come easier to some of...

Camelina-Based Renewable Jet Fuel Shows 84 Percent CO2 Emissions Reduction.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bozeman MT (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 Renewable fuels company Sustainable Oils has announced the results of a life cycle analysis (LCA) of jet fuel created from camelina seeds developed by the company, which shows that the...

Canadian Solar Announces Funding Agreement With City of Suzhou.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toronto, Canada (SPX) May 04, 2009 Canadian Solar has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Suzhou New District, Suzhou Municipal Government to fund local solar projects. The Suzhou New District...

Catalyx And Ramona Tribe Start Work Renewable Energy Eco Tourism Resort.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Anaheim CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Catalyx has been contracted to be the technology provider and will team with the Ramona Band of the Cahuilla Indian Tribe to develop the Tribe's Eco-Tourism resort near Anza, Calif. ...

Cattle Genome Sequencing Milestone Promises Health Benefits.(Clinical report)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers East Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 The landmark sequencing of the domestic cattle genome, reported in the journal Science, could lead to important new findings about health and nutrition, a participating Michigan...

CCUVS Deploys Robonic UAS Launcher On First Operational Mission.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Medicine Hat, Canada (SPX) May 01, 2009 The Canadian Centre for Unmanned Vehicle Systems (CCUVS) has announced that it will be deploying the Robonic MC2555LLR Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Launcher on its first...

Chandra Resolves A Galactic Mystery.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 An extremely deep Chandra X-ray Observatory image of a region near the center of our galaxy has resolved a long-standing mystery about an X-ray glow along the plane of the galaxy. ...

Creating An Alternative Energy Industrial Park At Destiny.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Destiny FL (SPX) May 04, 2009 Dominion Development Partners has signed a partnership agreement with Destiny, Florida to create the Alternative Energy Industrial Park at Destiny, which will attract alternative energy...

Dairy Better For Bones Than Calcium Carbonate.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 A Purdue University study shows dairy has an advantage over calcium carbonate in promoting bone growth and strength. Connie Weaver, distinguished professor and head of the food...

Dawn Now Fully Reconfigured With New Software.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Dr. Marc D. Rayman Pasadena CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 The upgraded Dawn spacecraft is now traveling in a new direction in its orbit around the Sun. The mission continues to go smoothly during this long coasting period, scheduled to...

Determining The Workings Of A Potentially Useful Virus.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers La Jolla CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 In a study published in May 2009 issue of PLoS Pathogens, Manchester and her colleagues show that CPMV interacts with the mammalian protein vimentin - an interaction that scientists can...

Development Of Person County Solar Park.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Roxboro NC (SPX) May 04, 2009 Progress Energy Carolinas and Carolina Solar Energy have completed an agreement under which Carolina Solar Energy will design, build and operate a 500-kilowatt (kW) solar photovoltaic...

Did Dinosaurs Survive The End Cretaceous Extinctions.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Manchester, UK (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 The Lost World, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's account of an isolated community of dinosaurs that survived the catastrophic extinction event 65 million years ago, has no less appeal now...

DNA Barcoding Of Mosquito Species Deployed In Bid To End Elephantiasis.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Philadelphia PA (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based on a simple DNA analysis are being creatively deployed for the first time in the war...

DNA Blueprint For Healthier And More Efficient Cows.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Australia, Canberra (SPX) May 01, 2009 Ground breaking findings by an international consortium of scientists who sequenced and analysed the bovine genome, could result in more sustainable food production. The...

Drill Rig To Acquire Info-Rich Sediments Off New Jersey Shore.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009 An international team of researchers working under the auspices of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) launched the New Jersey Shallow Shelf Expedition this morning in the...

DTE Energy Offers Farm Safety Tips.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Detroit MI (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 As another Michigan planting season gets under way, DTE Energy reminds customers to watch for power lines overhead and utility lines underground when working near the house or out in the...

Ducommun Announces Delivery Of Nanosats To USASMDC.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Ducommun has announced that its Miltec Corporation (Miltec) subsidiary delivered flight-ready nanosatellites to the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic...

Dynamotive US Subsidiary Secures Biomass For Arkansas Plant.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Dynamotive Energy Systems has executed a long-term contract for the supply of feedstock for a planned 200 TPD BioOil plant to be developed in southern Arkansas. Contract...

Europe's Herschel And Planck Missions Set For Launch.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) May 04, 2009 On May 14th, ESA's Herschel and Planck satellites will be launched together into space where they will collect the most detailed information yet about the birth and evolution of our...

Faster Than The Speed Of Sound.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Columbus OH (SPX) May 01, 2009 When a jet is flying faster than the speed of sound, one small mistake can tear it apart. And when the jet is so experimental that it must fly unmanned, only a computer control system...

First Solar To Supply Modules For Australia's Largest Solar PV Installation.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 First Solar has announced that it will supply photovoltaic (PV) modules to Solar Shop Australia, Pty Ltd. (Solar Shop), for a 1 megawatt (MW) DC rooftop project. The solar power system,...

Fish May Actually Feel Pain And React To It Much Like Humans.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers West Lafayette IN (SPX) May 04, 2009, 2009 Fish don't make noises or contort their faces to show that it hurts when hooks are pulled from their mouths, but a Purdue University researcher believes they feel that pain...

Focused On Phobos.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Leslie Mullen for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Efforts to reach the martian moon Phobos have long been outshined by missions to the Red Planet itself. Now, scientists in Russia, Canada and the U.S. are...

Frederick County Citizens Can Generate Their Own Electricity.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Gaithersburg MD (SPX) May 04, 2009 Standard Solar has commended the Frederick County, Maryland Board of Commissioners for unanimously voting this week to expressly allow the installation of ground-based, pole-mounted...

Future Lynx Is Now The AW159.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Somerset, UK (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 During a ceremony at AgustaWestland's Yeovil facility it was announced that the Future Lynx has been renamed the AW159, bringing it in line with the other products in the growing...

Gamma Signature, Astronomer's Telegram Cast Light On Dazzling Blazar.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Lauren Schenkman Menlo Park CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 When it comes to watching the skies, two sets of eyes are always better than one, especially if one pair can see, say, radio waves, while the other has X-ray or even gamma-ray...

GLOBE At Night Receives Record Number Of Dark-Skies Observations.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009 The global citizen-science campaign GLOBE at Night 2009 recorded 80 percent more observations of the world's dark skies than the program's previous record - including double the number...

Greater Transparency Needed In Development Of US Policy On Cyberattacks.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2009 The current policy and legal framework regulating use of cyberattack by the United States is ill-formed, undeveloped, and highly uncertain, says a new report from the National Research...

Green Ocean Energy Harvests Power Of Ocean Waves With Autodesk Inventor.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers San Rafael CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Autodesk has named Green Ocean Energy as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for April 2009. Green Ocean successfully used Autodesk Inventor software in the development of the Ocean...

Green Star To Demonstrate Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Frankfort KY (SPX) May 04, 2009 Green Star Products has announced that within the next four weeks it plans to publicly test its plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). The demonstration will take place in Corbin,...

Herschel Cryostat Filled With Liquid Helium In Preparation For May Launch.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 One of the last activities to take place in S5B is the filling of the Herschel cryostat with liquid helium and its conversion into superfluid helium-II. The primary objective of...

Hydrogen Engine Centre Canada Takes Part In World's Biggest Hydrogen Project.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Algona IO (SPX) May 04, 2009 Hydrogen Engine Center has announced that it will be involved in an $11 million (CAD) hydrogen energy technology demonstration project at Montreal's Pierre Elliot Trudeau International...

International Conference On Solar Energy.(Conference news)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2009 Solarplaza is pleased to announce "The Solar Future" Conference to be held in Munich, Germany on May 26. For a single day, the world's top minds will come together to discuss the...

Iron-Arsenic Superconductors In Class Of Their Own.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Ames IO (SPX) May 04, 2009 Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated that the superconductivity mechanism in the recently-discovered iron-arsenide superconductors...

Landfill Cover Soil Methane Oxidation Underestimated.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Landfilled waste decomposes in the absence of oxygen and results in the production of methane. Landfills are classified as the second-largest human-made source of CH4 in the U.S. ...

Making The Space Environment Safer For Civil And Commercial Users.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009 The House Committee on Science and Technology's Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing to examine the challenges faced by civil and commercial space users as space...

NASA's Earth Observatory: A Decade of Earth Science On Display.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Kathryn Hansen Washington DC (SPX) May 01, 2009 In 1968, an Apollo 8 astronaut took the iconic "Earthrise" photograph, reshaping our perspective of our home planet. Perspective has continued to evolve thanks to NASA's fleet of...

NASA's Galaxy-Exploring Mission Celebrates Sixth Anniversary.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer Mission marks its sixth anniversary studying galaxies beyond our Milky Way through its sensitive ultraviolet telescope, the only such far-ultraviolet...

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Celebrates 50 Years Of Scientific Excellence.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 04, 2009 On a clear March day in 1926, in the middle of a snow-covered field in Auburn, Mass., Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard changed exploration forever. Launching from a modified music...

NASA Nanosatellite To Study Antifungal Drug Effectiveness In Space.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 NASA is preparing to fly a small satellite about the size of a loaf of bread that could help scientists better understand how effectively drugs work in space. The nanosatellite,...

NEMA Offers Free Lighting Renovation Checklist.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Rosslyn VA (SPX) May 04, 2009 The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) is helping American building owners and operators begin the process of reducing costs and saving energy with a renovation...

New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) May 01, 2009 NASA's Swift satellite and an international team of astronomers have found a gamma-ray burst from a star that died when the universe was only 630 million years old, or less than five...

New Picture of Lake Tahoe's Earthquake Potential.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 For more than a decade, scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have been unraveling the history of fault ruptures below the cobalt blue waters of Lake Tahoe...

NIST Super-Sensors To Measure Signature Of Inflationary Universe.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) May 04, 2009 What happened in the first trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Super-sensitive microwave detectors, built at the National Institute of...

Northern Ice Front Of Wilkins Ice Shelf Is Becoming Unstable.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) May 04, 2009 Following the loss of an ice bridge on the Antarctic Wilkins Ice Shelf, the northern ice front is now becoming unstable. The first icebergs broke off at this point on 20 April 2009....

Northrop Grumman Delivers First Operational B-2 Bomber With New Radar.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Whiteman AFB MO (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Northrop Grumman has delivered to the U.S. Air Force the first operational B-2 Spirit stealth bomber to be equipped with a newly modernized radar. The aircraft was officially handed...

Planck Mated With The Ariane 5 ECA Launcher.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) May 01, 2009 The Planck spacecraft has been mated with the Ariane 5 ECA launcher on 23 April 2009. After the successful fuelling of the Planck spacecraft in the S5A building a week earlier, the...

Potentially Harmful Chemicals Found In Forest Fire Smoke.(Clinical report)
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Richland WA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Researchers have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires. The results from the new study also suggest that smoldering fires may...

Quickest Single Test For Beta-Lactams And Tetracyclines In Milk.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Lansing MI (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 Neogen has expanded its line of products developed for the worldwide dairy industry to include the quickest single test available to simultaneously detect beta-lactam and tetracycline...

Radar Engineers Aid Largest National Tornado Study.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Amherst MA (SPX) May 04, 2009 As part of the largest, most ambitious attempt ever launched to figure out how tornadoes form and how to predict them more accurately, engineers from the University of Massachusetts...

Raytheon's GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II Completes First Flight.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Eglin AFB FL (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Raytheon Company launched its first GBU-53/B Small Diameter Bomb II as a control test vehicle (CTV) flight. A U.S. Air Force F-15E fighter aircraft released the GBU-53/B in flight....

Rogue Black Holes May Roam Milky Way.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston, UK (SPX) May 04, 2009 It sounds like the plot of a sci-fi movie: rogue black holes roaming our galaxy, threatening to swallow anything that gets too close. In fact, new calculations by Ryan O'Leary and Avi...

Seaglider Monitors Waters From Arctic During Record-breaking Journey Under Ice.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) May 04, 2009 The University of Washington has surpassed its 2-year-old world record for operating a glider under the ice, this time by successfully operating one of its seagliders for six months as it...

Second Firing Test For Vega's Zefiro 9A Solid Rocket Motor.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sardinia, Italy (SPX) May 01, 2009 On 28 April, the final qualification test firing of the third stage solid propellant motor for Europe's new small launch vehicle took place at the Salto di Quirra Interforce Test...

Servicing Mission 4 - The Fifth And Final Visit To Hubble.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 04, 2009 On 11 May 2009 the Space Shuttle Atlantis will launch with a crew of seven to visit the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and carry out the fifth and final servicing mission. The...

SG Biofuels Launches Genetic Resource Center.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 SG Biofuels has announced the opening of its Jatropha Genetic Resource Center (GRC) to further accelerate profitable, large-scale production of Jatropha as a low-cost, sustainable...

SolarCraft Helps Sterling Vineyards Switch To Solar.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Novato CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Novato-based SolarCraft announced the completion a 72 kW solar electric system at Sterling Vineyards in the Napa Valley. Sterling's famed aerial tram is now powered by the sun. Each year...

SolarMagic Receives Worldwide Compliance Certifications.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Clara CA (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 National Semiconductor has announced that it has passed rigorous testing and received product safety, emissions and environmental compliance certifications for its SolarMagic power...

SolFocus Showcases New CPV Technology.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Madrid, Spain (SPX) May 01, 2009 SolFocus has announced that it will be showcasing its new CPV technology at the CPV Summit 2009 in Toledo, Spain, April 28-29. This will be the first time that this new technology -...

Southern Glaciers Grow Out Of Step With North.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) May 04, 2009 The vast majority of the world's glaciers are retreating as the planet gets warmer. But a few, including ones south of the equator, in South America and New Zealand, are inching forward....

SPACE Canada Launches International Dialogue On Solar Energy From Space.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Toronto, Canada (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 SPACE Canada was officially launched at the Ontario Science Centre, which will be the site of the first International Symposium on Solar Energy from Space in September 2009. The...

Star Trek-Like Technology Offers Noninvasive Monitor For Patients And Athletes.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 How long will it take to develop Star Trek-like medical technologies? The gap between science fiction and reality is closing faster than many people may think. A noninvasive,...

Storing A Lightning Bolt In Glass For Portable Power.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers University Park PA (SPX) May 04, 2009 Materials researchers at Penn State University have reported the highest known breakdown strength for a bulk glass ever measured. Breakdown strength, along with dielectric...

Sugarcane Ethanol Passes Critical Test.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Sacramento CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 Sugarcane ethanol has passed a critical test as the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved its long-awaited, first-of-its-kind Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). While the...

Swedish Space Completes Acquisition Of Universal Space Network.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Esrange, Sweden (SPX) May 04, 2009 The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has received all necessary approvals from the U.S. Government and has completed the acquisition of U.S.-based Universal Space Network (USN), a...

The Asteroids Are Coming.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Launchspace Staff Bethesda MD (SPX) May 04, 2009, 2009 This isn't just "buzz" to get you excited about a new movie coming; we really are being buzzed by asteroids and other NEOs (Near Earth Objects), and one day these conjunctions...

The Most Distant Object Yet Discovered In The Universe.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 ESO's Very Large Telescope has shown that a faint gamma-ray burst detected last Thursday is the signature of the explosion of the earliest, most distant known object in the Universe (a...

Tiny Genetic Differences Shed Light On The Big Picture Of Human History.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 By examining very small differences in people's genes, scientists from Cornell University have developed a new tool for identifying big events in human history and pinpointing the...

Turkey Buys 36 LEGUAN Bridge Laying Armoured Vehicles.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Munich, Germany (SPX) May 01, 2009 The Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Turkey agreed in November 2008 that the Turkish Armed Forces will buy 36 bridge laying armoured vehicles of the LEGUAN type, which...

Unifying The Animate And The Inanimate Designs Of Nature.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Durham NC (SPX) Apr 29, 2009 Living beings and inanimate phenomena may have more in common than previously thought. At least that is the view of Duke University engineer Adrian Bejan and Penn State biologist James...

Wetlands Likely Source Of Methane From Ancient Warming Event.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) May 04, 2009 An expansion of wetlands and not a large-scale melting of frozen methane deposits is the likely cause of a spike in atmospheric methane gas that took place some 11,600 years ago,...

When Industrious Ants Go Too Far.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2009 Nature is full of mutually beneficial arrangements between organisms-like the relationship between flowering plants and their bee pollinators. But sometimes these blissful relationships...

With A Pinch Of Salt.
May 4, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) May 01, 2009 We know that average sea levels have risen over the past century, and that global warming is to blame. But what is climate change doing to the saltiness, or salinity, of our oceans? ...

A Universal Art Form: NASA's Wide Field And Planetary Camera 2.
May 7, 2009... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) May 06, 2009 Designed and built by JPL, the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 has been the workhorse camera on NASA's Hubble Space telescope's since it was added to the observatory in December of...