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Student Competition 'In The Can'Paris, France (ESA) Aug 27, 2010 High school students from different ESA Member States were able to watch their own 'satellites' soar into the sky aboard suborbital rockets during the first European CanSat competition, held at the Andoya Rocket Range in Norway. The CanSat competition, organised by ESA's Education Office and the Norwegian Centre for Space-related Education (NAROM), was open to teams of at least four students, assisted by a teacher or tutor. The selected teams had to build their own small CanSat 'satellite' i ... read more |
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New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) Aug 26, 2010The historic French Quarter in New Orleans filled with music pouring from dozens of competing clubs as the afternoon faded five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated the city. Notes of brass and piano on Frenchmen Street showed off a robust scene that is attracting hordes of musicians - and tourists - back to the city despite the horrors of the past and the harsh economic times. Blo ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 27, 2010Imagine devices that capture electricity from the air ? much like solar cells capture sunlight ? and using them to light a house or recharge an electric car. Imagine using similar panels on the rooftops of buildings to prevent lightning before it forms. Strange as it may sound, scientists already are in the early stages of developing such devices, according to a report presented here at th ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 26, 2010Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising tens of thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to write, the characters for words as simple as "embarrassed" have slipped from her mind. "I can remember the shape, but I can't ... more |
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China steps up air safety checks after crashBeijing (AFP) Aug 27, 2010 China stepped up nationwide checks of its fast-growing airline fleet Thursday as a top aviation official defended the safety of a remote, forested airport where a plane crash killed 42 people. The Brazilian-made Henan Airlines regional jet crashed in heavy fog near Yichun city's Lindu airport in northeast China late Tuesday, with 54 passengers and crew surviving the fiery disaster. Li Qiang, the general manager of Henan Airlines, has been sacked, the Xinhua news agency said. Major airlines h ... read more |
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