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NASA's WISE Eye On The Universe Begins All-Sky Survey MissionVandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Dec 15, 2009 NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light. A Delta II rocket carrying the spacecraft launched at 6:09 a.m. PST (9:09 a.m. EST) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket deposited WISE into a polar orbit 326 miles above Earth. "WISE thundered overhead, lighting up the pre-dawn skies," said William Irace, the mission's project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2009Senior US officials are pushing to expand CIA drone strikes beyond Pakistan's tribal region and into a major city in an attempt to pressure the Pakistani government to pursue Taliban leaders based in the city of Quetta, The Los Angeles Times reported late Sunday. The newspaper said the prospect of Predator aircraft strikes in Quetta signals a new US resolve to decapitate the Taliban. But it also risks rupturing Washington's relationship with Islamabad. The concern has created tension among officials in the administration of President Barack Obama ... more  
College Park MD (SPX) Dec 15, 2009University of Maryland researchers have developed and successfully tested new computer software and computational techniques to analyze patterns of improvised explosive device (IED) attacks in Iraq, Afghanistan or other locations and predict the locations of weapons caches that are used by insurgents to support those attacks. University of Maryland computer science Ph.D. student Paulo ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 14, 2009On Tokyo Bay, at the edge of the largest urban sprawl on Earth, sits what may be an environmentalist's dream home. Solar panels on the roof and a fuel-cell in the backyard power the family house, a lithium-ion battery stores the surplus electricity, hot water pipes double as floor heating, and good insulation saves energy all round. But it's the little high-tech touches that give this ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Toyota Motor said Monday that it plans to begin commercial sales of its first plug-in hybrid vehicle in about two years, aiming to meet growing demand for fuel-efficient cars. The Japanese giant, the world's largest automaker, hopes to sell several tens of thousands of the plug-in Prius car, which it says will have an affordable price tag. In part to gauge demand for the cars, Toyota ... more 
Taipei (AFP) Dec 14, 2009Taiwan plans to spend 45 billion dollars (1.4 billion US dollars) to help people who will lose their jobs as a result of a planned trade pact with China, local media reported Monday. Wang Ju-hsuan, chairwoman of the Council of Labour Affairs, made the promise amid growing concern that the controversial agreement could cause a large proportion of the island's workforce to become redundant. ... more 
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 14, 2009The United States Monday unveiled a 350-million-dollar global effort to help provide clean energy technology to developing countries and invited top officials to a green summit next year. US Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen that the new program will speed the delivery of renewable energy technologies to underdeveloped countries. That will help ... more |
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