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Pulsed Fiber Laser Hits Record Power Level For Space MissionsRedondo Beach CA (SPX) Jun 23, 2010 A pulsed fiber laser Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing for future space-based environmental missions has surpassed power output requirements by producing more than 170 watts of average power with nearly perfect beam quality. This type of fiber laser has the advantages of high efficiency and compact size, and is scalable and adaptable for a variety of space missions, including spaced-based 3-D imaging, altimetry and optical remote sensing using Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technolog ... read more |
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Shihua, China (AFP) June 22, 2010Shattered by the death of her daughter in China's 2008 Sichuan earthquake, it took Ren Yunhui six months to even think about having another child, but she is now the proud mother of a baby girl. "I'm slowly recovering from the pain, but you can't recover all at once," said Ren, 38, one of thousands of women who have conceived again after they lost their only children in the devastating 8.0-m ... more  
Pasadena, Calif. (UPI) Jun 22, 2010 NASA says new images from its Jason-2 oceanography satellite shows the tropical Pacific has switched from El Nino warm conditions to La Nina cool conditions. "The central equatorial Pacific Ocean could stay colder than normal into summer and beyond," said oceanographer and climatologist Bill Patzert at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. "That's because sea level is alr ... more  
Beijing (AFP) June 23, 2010China has announced it will remove tax rebates on some exports next month in a bid to rein in overcapacity, a move analysts say could ease trade tensions ahead of a G20 summit. Export tax rebates on 406 goods including some steel products, non-ferrous metals, corn starch and chemicals will be scrapped from July 15, the Ministry of Finance said in a statement posted on its website Tuesday. ... more |
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Lithium market could bloom as tide goes out on oilHong Kong (AFP) June 23, 2010 Lithium is not much to look at. It's a soft and light, silver-white metal known for its use in mood stabilising drugs. But the 25th most abundant element on earth could, one day, help cure the world of its addiction to oil - as a key ingredient in batteries. US geologists last week released the results of a survey showing around a trillion dollars worth of minerals in Afghanistan, which could make the war-ravaged state "the Saudi Arabia of lithium", according to a Pentagon memo. But mining ... read more |
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