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 Huntsville AL (SPX) May 28, 2009 
He's an armless, legless, human-shaped torso, a mannequin that looks like he's wrapped in a mummy's bandages. Scientists at the European Space Agency call him Matroshka, and like his NASA counterpart Fred, this mannequin is an intrepid space traveler. Now that he's spent four months on the International Space Station, scientists are learning about the space radiation that Matroshka endured. ... read more
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 28, 2009The first flight test of NASA's new rocket configuration to carry astronauts into space will take place later this year. Ares I-X consists of a four-segment first stage solid rocket motor, and a simulated upper stage that represents the weight and shape of the Ares I rocket and Orion crew vehicle. It will be launched in a suborbital arc into the Atlantic to collect data on its flight ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Paris, France (ESA) May 28, 2009ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month OasISS mission. Together with Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk, De Winne launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 12:34 CEST (10:34 UT). Their Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft is scheduled to dock with the International Space Station (I ... more  
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 27, 2009Last week's editorial was dedicated to the spirit of entrepreneurism. Hope springs eternal and entrepreneurs have to have unlimited amounts of optimism and hope in order to survive. Sadly, the truth of the matter is that most entrepreneurs do not succeed. It is only the few, the lucky, the persistent ones that do have a chance. The search for profit and wealth in the growth industry of ... more  
Wilmington MA (SPX) May 28, 2009Textron Defense Systems has announced that its Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) smart munition system has completed three successful flight tests at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The tests utilized SFW production units assembled at the new McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (MCAAP) load, assembly and pack line in Oklahoma. As a result, the new line was fully qualified. The Textron Defense ... more  
Seoul (AFP) May 27, 2009North Korea has test-fired five short-range missiles since conducting a nuclear test two days ago, South Korea's defence ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the North fired two missiles on Monday -- one fewer than earlier reported -- and three on Tuesday. It had previously refused to confirm media reports of the launches. All were fired off the east coast of the communist state ... more |
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Global green energy push likely to continue despite Trump climate retreat: UNDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement should not slow the global momentum towards renewable energy investments that the deal created, the UN said Wednesday. ... more  
Solar power surpasses coal in EU for first timeParis (AFP) Jan 23, 2025 Solar overtook coal in the European Union's electricity production in 2024, with the share of renewables rising to almost half the bloc's power sector, according to a report released Thursday. ... more 
Lesotho's king pitches green energy to Davos elitesDavos, Switzerland (AFP) Jan 22, 2025 Lesotho's King Letsie III has embarked on an ambitious mission in snowy Davos, where global powerbrokers have converged, to make a royal pitch: invest in his small African nation's green transition. ... more
  
Fresh, direct evidence for tiny drops of quark-gluon plasmaUpton NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2025 A new analysis of data from the PHENIX experiment at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) reveals fresh evidence that collisions of even very small nuclei with large ones might create tiny spe ... more 
Chinese artificial sun achieves record-setting milestone towards fusion power generationSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), often referred to as China's "artificial sun," has achieved a significant scientific achievement by maintaining high-confinement plasma oper ... more 
How to recycle CO2 from flue gasesBerlin, Germany (SPX) Jan 22, 2025 Extracting and reusing CO2 from flue gases is a challenging task, particularly because carbon dioxide typically constitutes only a small percentage of these gas mixtures. Achieving this under realis ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) May 27, 2009Russia must focus on technology and innovation to modernize its economy or risk falling behind other world powers, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday. "We need to move forward, to put the economy on an innovative track," Putin told an audience of business people in Moscow. "Otherwise, doing nothing, we will simply preserve the current not very effective model which depends ... more 
Sydney (AFP) May 27, 2009Australian miner OZ Minerals said Wednesday it had received the official green light to sell its Martabe gold and silver project in Indonesia to a Hong Kong-listed investment company. Australia's foreign investments review board found the 211-million-US-dollar sale of Martabe to China Sci-Tech (CST) posed no foreign investment objections, OZ said. "This is an important step towards ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) May 27, 2009New loans from Chinese banks are expected to reach about 600 billion yuan (88 billion dollars) in May, roughly the same as April, local media reported Wednesday. New loans have been extended at a moderately fast pace, and the accumulated sum for the first half of the year will likely total around six trillion yuan, the China Securities Journal said, citing sources at major banks. ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 27, 2009China's Chinalco is planning to revise a 19.5-billion-dollar bid for part of Rio Tinto after the Anglo-Australian mining giant's share price soared, state media reported. Xiong Weiping, president of the Chinese state-owned firm, told Caijing magazine: "The market has definitely undergone changes. We will study the current situation with Rio Tinto accordingly." The deal, which would be ... more |
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