Space Daily articles from October 2008

Space Daily archives from October 2008

Advance Offers Revolution In Food Safety Testing.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Corvallis OR (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Microbiologists at Oregon State University have developed a new technology to detect illness-causing bacteria - an advance that could revolutionize the food industry, improving the...

APSCC 2008 Attracts Global Interest.(Conference notes)
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Seoul, Korea (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 The APSCC 2008 Satellite Conference and Exhibition ended on September 25th at Jeju Island marking another success. Under the theme of "Satellites on the Move," APSCC 2008...

Carbon Sinks: Issues, Markets, Policy.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 With reducing carbon emissions on the national agenda, a group of expert panelists will discuss methods, markets, testing and policy issues on how carbon sinks or carbon sequestration...

CO2 Scrubber Captures Greenhouse Gases.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Calgary, Canada (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide directly from the air, using...

Compound May Aid Detection Of Chemical And Biological Weapons.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Argonne IL (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 A light-transmitting compound that could one day be used in high-efficiency fiber optics and in sensors to detect biological and chemical weapons at long distance almost went undiscovered...

Dawn Reaches It's First Anniversary.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 On the first anniversary of its departure from Earth, Dawn continues with what it has been doing for most of its time in space: with the greatest patience it is gently reshaping its...

Don't Blame Cities For Climate Change, See Them As Solutions.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Cities are being unfairly blamed for most of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions and this threatens efforts to tackle climate change, warns a study in the October 2008 issue of the...

Echostar Satellite Services Delivers Transponder Solution.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Englewood CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 EchoStar and its EchoStar Satellite Services have announced that it has entered into an agreement with SkyWay USA to provide transponder service to support SkyWay USA's satellite...

Experiment Demonstrates 110 Years Of Sustainable Agriculture.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madison WI (SPX) Oct 01, 2008, 2008 A plot of land on the campus of Auburn University shows that 110 years of sustainable farming practices can produce similar cotton crops to those using other methods. In 1896,...

Final 20 Teams Compete For DoD Wearable Power Prize.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 The final phase of the Department of Defense (DoD) Wearable Power Prize competition began yesterday when 20 teams powered up their systems at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center...

Finding The Largest Tsunami Debris On The Planet.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder, CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 A line of massive boulders on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of the most powerful volcano-triggered tsunami found to date. Up to 9 meters (30 feet) high and weighing up to...

Fotowatio Adds Four Solar Plants To Power Portfolio.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Within just two months of announcing a 225 million euros investment from GE Energy Financial Services and Grupo Corporativo Landon, Fotowatio has announced the acquisition of four...

GMV To Provide Ground System Support For Landsat.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Rockville MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 GMV has announced it will provide support to The Hammers Company for a $14.9 million contract with NASA to build the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Mission Operations Element...

Green Leaf Partners And Pinnacle Install PV Systems In Tennessee Apartment Community.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Nashville TN (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Green Leaf Partners of San Ramon, Calif., is the first to install a solar electric system in a Tennessee apartment community, according to LightWave Solar Electric, a Tennessee-based...

Joint Unmanned Aircraft System Mission Crosses Atlantic.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Master Sgt. Steven Goetsch Air Combat Command Public Affairs, 2008 Langley AFB VA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 An Air Combat Command RQ-4A Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base,...

NASA Challenges Students To Design Tools For Moon Rovers.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 A new NASA contest challenges college-level students to design tools or instrument packages that could be used on the next generation of human-driven moon rovers. Student will have the...

NASA's Dirty Secret: Moon Dust.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 The Apollo Moon missions of 1969-1972 all share a dirty secret. "The major issue the Apollo astronauts pointed out was dust, dust, dust," says Professor Larry Taylor, Director of the...

New Green Warriors To Clean Up The Enemy.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sn Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 By better managing environmental issues during deployments, U.S. Army units can gain tactical and strategic advantages that will help in combat and post-conflict operations, and...

New Meat-Eating Dinosaur From Argentina Had Bird-Like Breathing System.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Mendoza, Argentina (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 The remains of a new 10-meter-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing...

New Research Shows Why Metal Alloys Degrade.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ann Arbor, MI (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Metal alloys can fail unexpectedly in a wide range of applications---from jet engines to satellites to cell phones---and new research from the University of Michigan helps to explain...

Nicaraguan Volcano Provides Insight Into Early Mars.
October 1, 2008... Byline: James Kling for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Volcanic eruptions were commonplace on ancient Mars, when vents and fissures spewed out gases like water vapor, carbon dioxide, sulfur dioxide, and hydrogen...

No Oxygen In Eastern Mediterranean Bottom-Water.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Utrecht, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Research from Utrecht University shows that there is an organic-rich bed of sediment in the floor of the Eastern Mediterranean. This bed formed over a period of about 4000 years...

Premier Power Installs Bi-Directional Solar Trackers.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers El Dorado Hills CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Premier Power has announced it has completed the Nation's first and largest installation of bi-directional solar trackers for the Delano Water District's municipal water treatment...

Quantum Leap In Hi-Tech Performance.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Calgary, Canada (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 For years, physicists have been heralding the revolutionary potential of using quantum mechanics to build a new generation of supercomputers, unbreakable codes, and ultra-fast and...

Researchers Scientists Perform High Altitude Experiments.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Brookings, SD (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 South Dakota State University science climbed to new heights Sept. 18 when an unmanned, high-altitude balloon carried SDSU science experiments to an altitude of more than 76,000 feet....

SANYO Announces New Solar Ingot And Wafer Production Plant.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 SANYO North America announces SANYO's decision to construct a new plant for the manufacture of silicon ingot and solar wafers in the Salem Renewable Energy and Technology Park, having...

The Hibernating Stellar Magnet.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Astronomers have discovered a most bizarre celestial object that emitted 40 visible-light flashes before disappearing again. It is most likely to be a missing link in the family of...

US Solarcell Design Hits 40 Precent Efficiency.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Golden CO (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have set a world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic device that converts 40.8...

Vadero Looks To KVH TracPhone V7 For Lower Costs At Sea.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Businesses around the globe are working to balance cost with performance in many areas, including communications, and shipping companies are no different. However, conducting...

When It Comes To Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baltimore MD (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 There's an old saying in astronomy: "Galaxies are like people. They're only normal until you get to know them." That view is supported by a group of astronomers after using NASA's...

Worlds In Collision.
October 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 01, 2008 Two terrestrial planets orbiting a mature sun-like star some 300 light-years from Earth recently suffered a violent collision, astronomers at UCLA, Tennessee State University and the...

AAI And Aeronautics Defense Systems Team To Provide Orbiter UAV.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 AAI has announced that the company has entered into a teaming agreement with Aeronautics Defense Systems of Israel to market the Orbiter Mini-UAV (unmanned air vehicle) system jointly...

Actel Adds DSP Capabilities To Industry-Leading RTAX Space FPGAs.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Mountain View CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Acknowledging the increasing need for signal processing throughput without sacrificing reliability or radiation capabilities, Actel has announced it has added sophisticated digital...

AvMap Releases New XM Weather Package.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Mashpee MA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 AvMap Satellite Navigation has announced the introduction of their long anticipated XM Weather package for use with the company's popular EKP-IV, EKP-IV PRO and GeoPilot II Plus GPS...

BioSolar Reduces Cost Of Solar Power With Cotton And Castor Beans.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 BioSolar surprised attendees at the SPIE Symposium on Solar Applications and Energy in San Diego by revealing that materials derived from cotton and castor beans compose the company's...

Boeing Receives ISS Contract Extension.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Boeing has been awarded a $650 million sole-source contract from NASA to continue to deliver and integrate the remaining components and software for the International Space Station (ISS)....

Broadcom Upgrades It's Hosted LBS And Network With Skyhook Wireless.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Irvine CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Broadcom has announced that it will upgrade its location based services (LBS) infrastructure to add Wi-Fi positioning to its LBS portfolio of services. Broadcom will leverage its...

Ecologists Allay Fears For Farmland Birds From Wind Turbines.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Newcastle, UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Wind farms pose less of a threat to farmland birds than previously feared, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Applied...

eSolar Launches Operating Platform For Concentrated Solar Heat And Energy Production.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 eSolar has announced that it will supply its heliostat and sun tracking technology solutions to Sundrop Fuels, and make it available to other prospective partners and customers. This is...

First Detection Of Magnetic Field In Distant Galaxy Produces A Surprise.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Kim McDonald San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Using a powerful radio telescope to peer into the early universe, a team of California astronomers has obtained the first direct measurement of a nascent galaxy's magnetic field as it...

Foam Reactor Is Ten Times More Energy Efficient.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Den Haag, Netherlands (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 There is considerable worldwide demand for new types of reactors for the rapid and well- controlled production of high value chemicals. Charl Stemmet has developed the porous...

Green Coffee-Growing Practices Buffer Climate-Change Impacts.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Chalk up another environmental benefit for shade-grown Latin American coffee: University of Michigan researchers say the technique will provide a buffer against the ravages of climate...

Infoterra Enhances Capability With Acquisition Of Imass.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Newcastle, UK (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Infoterra is pleased to announce the acquisition of Imass, a provider of integrated information solutions for the UK public safety, manufacturing design and utility markets. ...

Infrared Echoes Give NASA's Spitzer A Supernova Flashback.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Eli Dwek of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. and Richard Arendt of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, say these echoes are powered by radiation from the...

Monkey Announces Strategic Initiative To Expand Services.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Irvine CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Solar Monkey has announced plans to expand its strategic focus in the growing solar energy market for educational institutions, colleges and universities. As part of this initiative the...

NASA And Air Force Work To Establish Hypersonic Science Centers.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 NASA and the United States Air Force are looking for university and industry partners as they work to advance hypersonic research. NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate...

NASA's Messenger Spacecraft Returns To Mercury.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 A NASA spacecraft will conduct the second of three flybys of Mercury on Oct. 6 to photograph most of its remaining unseen surface and collect science data. The Mercury Surface,...

New Formula Predicts How People Will Migrate In Coming Decades.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Nearly 200 million people now live outside their country of birth. But the patterns of migration that got them there have proven difficult to project. Now scientists at Rockefeller...

New Power Generation Market Report Available.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Conditions within the power industry have changed significantly in recent years. The rising cost of natural gas has made this an expensive source of power, while concern about global...

PCTEL Unveils New Smart GPS Reference Timing Antenna Solution.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bloomingdale IL (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 PCTEL has announced the introduction of its new Smart GPS reference timing antenna solution with an integrated GPS receiver. The unit eliminates the need for expensive coaxial cable,...

Potential Review Of Impacts Of California Ethanol Requirements For Gasoline.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Antonio TX (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Tesoro has announced that its operating subsidiary, Tesoro Refining and Marketing Co., has filed a lawsuit against the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prevent the...

Powerful Nearby Supernova Caught By Web Of Telescopes.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Over a decade after it exploded, one of the nearest supernovae in the last 25 years has been identified. This result was made possible by combining data from the vast online archives...

Researchers And Students To Develop Small Cubesat Satellites.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 A satellite about the size of a loaf of bread will be designed and built at the University of Michigan and deployed to study space weather, thanks to a new grant from the National...

SES ASTRA Launches ASTRA2Connect In Spain.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 SES ASTRA has announced that it has signed, through its affiliate ASTRA Broadband Services (ABBS), a framework contract with the Spanish cable operator TeleCable to market its...

Southern Californians Get A Cool Summer, But A Warm Future.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Summer 2008 in Southern California goes down in the books as cooler than normal. The thermometer in downtown Los Angeles topped 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32.2 degrees Celsius) just once in...

STRATCOM Leader Charts Nuclear Path For American Military.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Offutt AFB NB (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 The U.S. Strategic Command commander here recently laid out his vision for the future of America's strategic deterrence mission and the importance of nuclear stewardship. Gen....

Suntech To Power Arizona's Largest Building Mounted PV Project.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Francisco CA (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Suntech Power Holdings has announced it has been selected to supply 1.6 megawatt (MW) of solar panels to Sun Devil Solar, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integrys Energy Services, for...

The Green Sahara, A Desert In Bloom.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Kiel, Germany (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Reconstructing the climate of the past is an important tool for scientists to better understand and predict future climate changes that are the result of the present-day global...

Trac-ID And Wavefield Inseis Team For Seismic Data Servives.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Oslo, Norway (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Trac Networks, a division of Trac-ID Systems AS, and Wavefield Inseis ASA has announced the successful implementation of a Stabilized DVB-RCS system on M/V Malene Ostevold in Seismic...

Trimble Finds Solutions For Survey, Engineering And Spatial Imaging Apps.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bremen, Germany (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Trimble has introduced further enhancements to its complete surveying portfolio as part of its Connected Site(TM) solutions: + New models of the Trimble S8 Total Station with...

Urban Black Bears Live Fast, Die Young.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Black bears that live around urban areas weigh more, get pregnant at a younger age, and are more likely to die violent deaths, according to a study by the Wildlife Conservation Society...

US Study On Energy-Saving Technologies For Buildings.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Denver CO (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 ProLogis has announced that it will participate in a new, national study sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to speed market adoption of current technologies and design...

Weighing Up The Biggest Star Of The Galaxy.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Montreal, Canada (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Theoretical models of stellar formation propose the existence of very massive stars that can attain up to 150 times the mass of our Sun. Until very recently, however, no...

Xcel Energy Announces Largest Biomass Plant In Midwest US.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Ashland WI (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Xcel Energy has announced that it will submit an application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) to install pioneering technology at the Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland,...

Zoombak Launches Microsoft Virtual Earth Interactive Mapping.
October 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Oct 02, 2008 Zoombak has announced that it has added state-of-the-art online mapping technology to its interactive Web site through the integration of Microsoft Virtual Earth. The new online...

Abengoa Solar Is Awarded Two Research Contracts By US DoE.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Denver CO (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Abengoa Solar has announced the award of two research and development projects in the field of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) by the U.S. Department of Energy that total over $14 million....

Army Orders EQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition Radars.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Syracuse NY (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 To accelerate the fielding of the new Enhanced AN/TPQ-36 Counterfire Target Acquisition radar, the U.S. Army has exercised $152 million in contract options for 12 additional systems from...

Boeing Adds Girth To Biofuel Consortium.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Seattle WA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Boeing has, with leading air carriers and Honeywell's UOP, a refining technology developer, established a group to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable new...

Boeing Uses Flight-Proven Satellite Technology For TSAT Review.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers El Segundo CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Boeing has announced that it has used an operational, commercial communications satellite to demonstrate the maturity of its Internet-like, space-based packet-switching technology...

China Sets Sights On First Space Station.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Morris Jones Sydney, Australia (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 It all seemed so simple just a month ago. China would launch a space laboratory on the Shenzhou 8 mission. Despite its name, this would not be a Shenzhou capsule spacecraft, but a...

Commercial Aquatic Plants Offer Cost-Effective Method For Treating Wastewater.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Clemson SC (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Nursery and greenhouse operations depend on the use of fertilizers, growth regulators, insecticides, and fungicides. Growers also rely on the use of soilless media, or substrate, in the...

Deepwater Wind Chosen As Developer For Rhode Island's Off-Shore Wind Farm.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers North Kingstown RI (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Governor Donald L. Carcieri has announced that Deepwater Wind was chosen as the successful developer to construct a wind energy project off the shores of Rhode Island that will...

ECD And CertainTeed Developing Sustainable Solar Residential Roofing Products.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Valley Forge PA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Energy Conversion Devices and CertainTeed Corporation have announced a joint agreement to develop roofing- integrated photovoltaic products for the residential market, combining...

EERC Creates First 100 Percent Renewable Jet Fuel.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Grand Forks ND (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 The Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota has achieved a major technical milestone in creating a 100% renewable domestic fuel that meets...

GOCE Team Gearing Up For New Launch Date.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 ESA and European industries have updated the planning of the preparatory activities for a new tentative launch date of 27 October 2008 for the GOCE satellite. On 7 September,...

High-School Team Tracks Spacecraft Breakup.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Brookline MA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 When NASA researchers want to study meteor showers or spacecraft streaking through Earth's atmosphere, one of the first places they call is the Clay Center Observatory in Brookline,...

How Round Is The Sun.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Scientists using NASA's RHESSI spacecraft have measured the roundness of the sun with unprecedented precision, and they find that it is not a perfect sphere. During years of high...

Hubble Enters Safe Mode.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 At approximately 02:00 CEST on Sunday, 28 September, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope automatically entered safe mode when errors were detected in the Control Unit/Science Data...

Land Use In The Light Of Climate Change.(Conference notes)
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 The future use of land space worldwide and of natural resources in the light of climate change is the topic of a high level German-American scientific conference organised by the...

Mass Extinctions And The Slow Rise Of Dinosaurs.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Bristol, UK (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Dinosaurs survived two mass extinctions and 50 million years before taking over the world and dominating ecosystems, according to new research published this week. Reporting in...

NASA Selects Science Teams For Astrobiology Institute.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Moffett Field CA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 NASA has awarded five-year grants, averaging $7 million each, to 10 research teams from across the country to study the origins, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the...

National Grid Announces Plan For New Solar Energy Program.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Waltham MA (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 National Grid has announced that it has made an informational filing with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities its plan to develop and own new solar generation in the...

Official Opening Of The International Institute Of Space Commerce.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Isle Of Man, UK (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 The official opening of the world's first International Institute of Space Commerce, the IISC, will take place on Saturday 4th October at the International Business School on the...

Pickens Plan Requires More Digging.
October 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Oct 03, 2008 Key questions remain unanswered about the so-called "Pickens Plan," an energy plan being promoted across the U.S. in an expensive marketing campaign by billionaire T. Boone Pickens,...