Space Daily articles from September 2008

Space Daily archives from September 2008

Tropical Storm Hanna Appears To Again Threaten US East Coast.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 Tropical Storm Hanna is keeping forecasters on their toes. On Friday, Aug 29, she seemed headed toward the U.S. East Coast. On Saturday, it appeared a high pressure system that is...

Taking The Opportunity To Escape From Crater Victoria.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 NASA's Mars Exploration rover Opportunity is heading back out to the Red Planet's surrounding plains nearly a year after descending into a large martian crater to examine exposed ancient...

Robots Learn To Follow.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Davis CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 Whether driving on the highway or walking down the street, we pick up on both deliberate signals and unconscious cues to predict what other people are going to do and act accordingly. But...

Phoenix Mission Conducting Extended Activities On Mars.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, having completed its 90-day primary mission, is continuing its science collection activities. Science and engineering teams are looking forward to at least...

NASA Mars Rover Opportunity Ascends To Level Ground.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has climbed out of the large crater that it had been examining from the inside since last September. "The rover is back on flat ground," an...

Mapping The Planets, The Moons And The Asteroids.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Altadena CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 If you ever go hiking on an asteroid, you'll want to pack one of Robert Gaskell's maps. Gaskell, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), is to our solar system's...

Integral Locates Origin Of High-Energy Emission From Crab Nebula.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 01, 2008, 2008 Thanks to data from ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory, scientists have been able to locate where particles in the vicinity of the rotating neutron-star in the Crab Nebula are...

Gilat Terminates Merger Agreement After Private Equity Consortium Fails To Close.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Petah Tikva, Israel (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that it has notified the consortium of buyers that had agreed to purchase the company that it was terminating the Agreement and Plan of...

German Satellite Fleet Rapideye Is Launched.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 On 29 August 2008 at 09:15 CEST (13:15 local time) the RapidEye satellite fleet launched successfully on a DNEPR-1 launch vehicle from Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan. The five...

Antarctic Research Helps Shed Light On Climate Change On Mars.
September 1, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Sep 01, 2008 Researchers examining images of gullies on the flanks of craters on Mars say they formed as recently as a few hundred thousand years ago and in sites once occupied by glaciers. The...

Ancient Mother Spawns New Insight On Reptile Reproduction.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Calgary, Canada (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 A 75-million-year-old fossil of a pregnant turtle and a nest of fossilized eggs that were discovered in the badlands of southeastern Alberta by scientists and staff from the...

Brazil Restarts Big-Ticket Procurement With An Eye To The Future.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Newtown CT (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Although Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has no doubt been stirred by Venezuela's military buildup, he also recognizes the need for his own country to rectify its deficient...

Cash Rebates For Wind Power And Hydroelectric Systems.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Reno NV (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Due to the success of the SolarGenerations Program, Sierra Pacific Power and Nevada Power Company are expanding their renewable energy programs to include cash incentives for wind and...

Coastal County Gets Fine-Tuned For Hurricane Weather.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Charlotte NC (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 On August 28 and 29, University of North Carolina at Charlotte meteorologist Matthew Eastin and his students turned North Carolina's coastal Brunswick Co. into one of the country's most...

DataPath Wins Suppport Contract For US CENTCOM SatComm Hubs.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Duluth GA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 The DKET systems were built and installed by DataPath and are used by the U.S. military as critical satellite communications (SATCOM) hubs that deliver high-bandwidth capabilities on the...

Defenshield To Deploy MDFP And Barrier Caps To US Military.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers East Syracuse NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Defenshield has been awarded contracts by three different branches of the United States military for additional Mobile Defensive Fighting Positions (MDFP) and Barrier Caps. The...

EcoSmart Technology Surpasses Three Billion Dollars In Energy Savings.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Power Integrations has saved consumers and businesses around the world more than an estimated $3 billion on their energy bills with its EcoSmart energy-efficiency technology. The...

ET Solar Group Announces PV Plant Contract With Wattner.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Nanjing, China (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 ET Solar Group has announced a master agreement for the turn-key construction of solar power plants for Wattner Group of Cologne ("Wattner"), a German initiator of closed-end energy...

Fingerprint Analysis Technique Could Be Used To Identify Bombmakers.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Leicester, UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 University of Leicester experts have held discussions with military personnel in Afghanistan following the discovery of new technology to identify fingerprints on metal. Dr John...

Germany Solidifies Leading Position In PV Energy.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Germany's recently approved "climate package" is its latest step in securing the country's position as a leading investment location in renewable energies. "The reforms maintain...

Get Ready For The Ultimate Sports Experience.(Website overview)
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Reston, VA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Many people have heard of Space Tourism, Space Commercialization and Space industrialization, but now there's Space Sportilization - the intersection of space, sports and entertainment....

Hanna Not Moving Much Near North Of The Caicos Islands.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Rob Gutro Greenbelt MD (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Tropical Storm Hanna has virtually parked herself north of the Caicos Islands in the Atlantic Ocean, continuing to bring residents heavy rains and winds. A tropical storm warning remains in...

ITT Receives Full-Fielding Recommendation For It's FRCS.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Brighton UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 ITT has announced it has completed successful testing, and has been granted a full-fielding recommendation, for its Field Replaceable Connector System (FRCS) from the U.S. Air Force...

LDK Signs Wafer Supply Agreement With Hyundai Heavy Industries.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Xinyu City, China (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 LDK Solar has announced that it has signed a seven-year contract to supply multicrystalline solar wafers to Republic of Korea-based Hyundai Heavy Industries. Under the terms of...

Linde Nippon Sanso To Power Spain's First Thin Film Solar Plant.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Linde Nippon Sanso has announced that it has been awarded the exclusive contract to supply high purity gases to Spain's first thin film solar cell manufacturing plant set up by...

M2E Power Taps Into Everyday Motion To Charge Mobile Devices.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boise ID (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 M2E Power has announced the company is moving forward with the development of an external charger for mobile devices. This unique charger will be the first to harvest motion-producing...

Mars Research In Polar Bear Country.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Henry Bortman for Astrobiology Magazine Moffett Field CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Hans Amundsen is a Norwegian geologist and the expedition leader of AMASE (Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition). AMASE is an international,...

Missile Defense Elements Participate In Air Force Test.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Lieutenant General Henry "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, has announced the successful completion of an exercise involving Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS)...

National Remote Sensing Agency Becomes An ISRO Centre.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Delhi, India (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Considering the importance of the activities carried out in the area of aerial and satellite remote sensing, the National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA), an autonomous society under...

OnStar Opens Crisis Assist Emergency Services For Gustav Victims.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Detroit MI (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 OnStar reminds its subscribers in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama that a simple push of the OnStar button in GM vehicles will put them in contact with specially-trained Crisis...

Racing Cane Toads Reveals They Get Cold Feet On Southern Australia Invasion.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Cane toads weren't allowed to compete in the Olympics, but scientists have raced cane toads in the laboratory and calculated that they would not be able to invade Melbourne,...

Rice University And Zipcar Help Students To Share Cars.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Rice University has contracted with Zipcar, the world's largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, to make car sharing available on campus to students, faculty and staff as an...

Sino-American Silicon Invests In Silfab.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Padova, Italy (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Silfab announced this week that SAS' Board has approved to invest in Silfab an amount of 30 million euros equity, Sino-American Silicon Product, a Taiwanese manufacturer of polysilicon...

Sislink Secures 4000 Hours Of Eutelsat Satellite Capacity For SNG Customers.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 SISLink has signed a new contract with Eutelsat Communications for a total of 4,000 hours of capacity in average 9MHz slots on a range of Eutelsat satellites until 1 June 2009. This new...

Study Of Islands Reveals Surprising Extinction Results.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 It's no secret that humans are having a huge impact on the life cycles of plants and animals. UC Santa Barbara's Steven D. Gaines and fellow researcher Dov Sax decided to test that...

The Cleanest, Greenest Courier in London is E-lectric.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 eCourier.co.uk is e-lectric! In 2006 they became London's first carbon neutral same day courier company, and now they're rolling out zero emission electric vans and scooters as part of...

TransCore Launches CabLink For In-cab Communications And Telematics.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Portland OR (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 The introduction of CabLink showcases a new streamlined design from the previous Text and Track product, integrates multiple components into one smaller unit, expands onboard processing...

Ubisoft And GeoEye Integrate Satellite Imagery Into Computer Cames.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 Ubisoft and GeoEye have announced that GeoEye has provided high-resolution images taken from its commercial Earth-imaging IKONOS satellite for integration into Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X...

US Could Become A Net Exporter Of Gasoline.
September 2, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2008 The refining industry is grappling with shifting scenarios for tomorrow's energy landscape-including one case in which the United States could become a net exporter of gasoline by 2010,...

Advent Solar Introduces Ventura Technology.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Valencia, Spain (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Advent Solar has announced the solar industry's first cell-to-module solar architecture - Advent Solar Ventura Technology. Ventura Solar Technology provides a platform-level...

Amateur Astronomers See Perseids Hit The Moon.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Dr. Tony Phillips Huntsville AL (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 There's more than one way to watch a meteor shower. One, the old-fashioned way: Find a dark place with starry skies and count the meteors streaking overhead. Two, the new way: Find...

Dow Corning Significantly Increases Solar Panel Production Rates.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Midland MI (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Dow Corning has demonstrated a manufacturing process featuring new developmental silicone materials that significantly increases the production rate of solar panels, effectively lowering...

Dutch government to wield eco-friendly purchasing power.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers The Hague (AFP) Sept 2, 2008 The Dutch government said Tuesday it would aim to purchase only environmentally-friendly goods by 2010. "This applies to all products that the central government needs, from cars and...

Eden Hydrogen Fuels National Hydrogen Road Tour.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 On Saturday, August 23, the 2008 Hydrogen Road Tour arrived at the SunLine Transit Terminal in Thousand Palms, California to fuel a caravan of hydrogen vehicles on the final leg of a...

GeoEye-1 Satellite Launch Delayed Due To Hurricane Hanna.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Dulles VA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 GeoEye has announced a slip in the launch of its GeoEye-1 satellite from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. While the launch vehicle and satellite are on the pad and ready for a launch...

Georgia Power Seeks Approval To Expand Its Green Energy Program.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Georgia Power has asked the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) for approval to expand its Green Energy program to include additional options for customers. Born out of direct...

Giant Telescope Mirror Blank Is Perfect.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 The single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blank cast for the LSST is "perfect", say project astronomers and engineers. The LSST, or Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, a large survey...

Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Could Cause Rapid Sea Level Rise.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New York NY (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Researchers have yet to reach a consensus on how much and how quickly melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet will contribute to sea level rise. To shed light on this question, scientists...

Hunt Energy Drill Rig En Route To Tasmania In Search For Oil, Gas And Helium.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Leawood KS (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Empire Energy has announced that, having just completed the drilling of an oil and gas well at Sealake, Victoria, the Hunt Energy Rig Number 3 has arrived at the Melbourne docks and is...

Hypertext Hits Print: The Future Of Books.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Morris Jones Sydney, Australia (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Hypertext, a style of writing that links many separate segments through the use of links, has transformed mass communications. It's the basis of the World Wide Web, where...

Imperial Scientist Locates The Origin Of Cosmic Dust.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 The origin of the microscopic meteorites that make up cosmic dust has been revealed for the first time in new research. The research, published in the journal Geology, shows that some of...

Joint Venture To Deploy Next Gen Compressed Air Energy Storage Plants.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Newark, NJ (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 PSEG Global and energy storage pioneer Dr. Michael Nakhamkin has announced they have formed Energy Storage and Power; a joint venture to exclusively market, license, support the...

Jules Verne Prepares For ISS Departure.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 In just a few days time, the historical Jules Verne mission will draw to an end. After the ATV Control Centre commands the opening of the Automated Transfer Vehicle hooks, ESA's first...

Modular Residential Solar Shade Structures Created By Envision Solar.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers La Jolla CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Envision Solar has expanded its product line of photovoltaic shade structures to include two "flat-pack" easy to install modular shade structures, each with eight solar panels providing...

NanoGram Signs OTB As Partner For SilFoil Solar Module Pilot Plant.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Milpitas CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 NanoGram will use the facility to scale-up their award-winning SilFoil technology for solar modules that will deliver the product performance and reliability of wafer-based crystalline...

Opportunity Facing New Challenges After Victoria Detour.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Pasadena CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Opportunity faces several challenges on the way out of "Victoria Crater" but continues to make steady progress. The first of these is a traverse of approximately 10 meters (30 feet, a...

Phoenix Analyzing Deepest Soil Sample Yet.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson, AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Scientists have begun to analyze a sample of soil delivered to NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander's wet chemistry experiment from the deepest trench dug so far in the Martian arctic plains....

Phoenix Mission Conducting Extended Activities On Mars.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Tucson AZ (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, having completed its 90-day primary mission, is continuing its science collection activities. Science and engineering teams are looking forward to at least...

Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-18 Engine Tested With Liquid Methane.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Canoga Park CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Engineers from NASA and Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne successfully completed a series of hot-fire altitude tests using liquid methane on the RS-18 engine. The tests, conducted at...

Space Foundation Announces Deeya Energy As New Certified Space Technology.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 The Space Foundation announces Deeya Energy L-Cell technology as a recently added Certified Space Technology. The Space Certification program was created by the Space...

Thawing Permafrost Likely To Boost Global Warming.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Washington DC (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 The thawing of permafrost in northern latitudes, which greatly increases microbial decomposition of carbon compounds in soil, will dominate other effects of warming in the region and...

The Cleanest, Greenest Courier in London is E-lectric.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers London, UK (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 eCourier.co.uk is e-lectric! In 2006 they became London's first carbon neutral same day courier company, and now they're rolling out zero emission electric vans and scooters as part of...

The Thousand-Ruby Galaxy.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 ESO's Wide Field Imager has captured the intricate swirls of the spiral galaxy Messier 83, a smaller look-alike of our own Milky Way. Shining with the light of billions of stars and...

Timeline For Rosetta Encounter With Asteroid Steins.(Chronology)
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 03, 2008, 2008 The Rosetta spacecraft control room is buzzing with anticipation as Rosetta closes in on asteroid 2867 Steins. The fly-by timeline includes a series of critical events,...

USAF/LockMart Team Achieves Major Milestone On First SBIRS HEO System.
September 3, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Sep 03, 2008 Lockheed Martin has announced that the U.S. Air Force has certified readiness for dedicated operational utility evaluation and trial period operations of the first Space Based Infrared...

Advent Solar Ships 250MW Of Ventura Solar Modules With European Partners.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Valencia, Spain (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Advent Solar has announced that it has reached a key milestone in the company's rapid growth strategy. Enerpoint, MHH Solartechnik and SunConnex have agreed to purchase and...

AltaRock Energy And Weyerhaeuser Explore Engineered Geothermal System (EGS).
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Sausalito CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 AltaRock Energy has announced it had finalized agreements with Weyerhaeuser and the Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation allowing it to explore the potential for developing geothermal...

An Interview With Michael Fehringer GOCE System Manager.(Interview)
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Michael Fehringer is responsible for overseeing the system design of the GOCE mission, which means ensuring that the satellite and related data-processing facilities all meet the...

Avago Tech Ships Industry's First High Gain GPS Low Noise Amplifier.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Avago Technologies has announced the availability of its next-generation high-gain GPS low noise amplifier (LNA) with integrated filter. The company is a leading supplier of analog...

Ball Aerospace Begins Integration Of WorldView-2 Imaging Instrument.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boulder Co (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Ball Aerospace and Technologies and DigitalGlobe have announced that Ball has begun the integration of the completed imaging instrument for the next-generation WorldView-2 commercial...

Bringing Satellite Technology Benefits To Regional Populations.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Paris, France (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 The half-day conference "Regional Policy: Benefits from Satellite Information and Services" to be held in Brussels, on the morning of 11th September 2008, is the mid-term event of...

Caltrans Names NAVTEQ In US DoT's SAFE TRIP-21 Contract Team.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Chicago IL (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 NAVTEQ has been selected by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to support deployment of the "Connected Traveler" program as part of Caltrans' award of the SAFE TRIP-21...

Closest Look Ever At The Edge Of A Black Hole.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Boston MA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Astronomers have taken the closest look ever at the giant black hole in the center of the Milky Way. By combining telescopes in Hawaii, Arizona, and California, they detected structure at...

Club Fit Saves With On-Site Utility By American DG Energy.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Briarcliff Manor NY (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 American DG Energy has announced that Club Fit, a premier health and fitness facility, located in Briarcliff Manor, New York, saved thousands of dollars on it's energy bills and...

CSIRO Helping Grain Growers Fight An Army Of Pests.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Research into how to reduce the impact of insect-attack on young crops will be a major focus of a National Invertebrate Pest Initiative (NIPI) workshop to be held in Melbourne...

DuPont Increases Supply Of Tedlar Films For Fast-Growing PV Solar Market.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Wilmington DE (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 As a leading supplier of materials to the photovoltaic solar industry, DuPont has announced its intent to expand production capacity for its high-performance DuPont Tedlar films. Scope...

Early Blast-Off Tipped For Spacewalk Mission.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Beijing, China (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 The planned launch date of Shenzhou VII, China's third manned spacecraft, may be brought forward from next month to sometime this month, Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper said. A...

Engineers Create Bone That Blends Into Tendons.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Atlanta GA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Engineers at Georgia Tech have used skin cells to create artificial bones that mimic the ability of natural bone to blend into other tissues such as tendons or ligaments. The...

Entergy Warns Of Precarious Power Island Situation In SE Louisiana.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers New Orleans LA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Entergy's transmission system has sustained extremely severe damage from Hurricane Gustav, damage that could make power restoration a difficult and slow process, especially in...

Excalibur Low-cost Titanium Base Undergoes Harsh Environment Test.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Socorro NM (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Raytheon fired two Excalibur precision-strike artillery projectiles equipped with low-cost titanium (Ti) bases at the maximum charge level possible Aug. 7 as part of design testing for...

Galaxy Zoo An Internet Superstar.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Oxford, UK (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Since Galaxy Zoo's launch in July 2007, some 150,000 members of the public, inspired by the opportunity to be the first to see and classify a galaxy, have helped professional astronomers...

Global Warming Greatest In Past Decade.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers University Park PA (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 Researchers confirm that surface temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere were warmer over the last 10 years than any time during the last 1300 years, and, if the climate...

GT Solar Signs Contract With DC Chemical.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Merrimack NH (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 GT Solar has announced that on July 11, 2008, it signed a $173 million contract with DC Chemical. The signing of the contract has previously been disclosed. Under the terms of the...

Honeywell Helps California Schools Soak Up The Sun.
September 4, 2008... Byline: Staff Writers Minneapolis MN (SPX) Sep 04, 2008 The U.S. Department of Energy estimates that the nation's schools spend an average of $175 per student on energy costs -- a figure that continues to rise every year. Overall, utility...