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China Launches New SatelliteJiuquan, China (XNA) Sep 23, 2010 China successfully launched a remote-sensing satellite "Yaogan XI" Wednesday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern Gansu Province. The satellite was sent into space aboard a Long March 2-D carrier rocket at 10:42 a.m. (Beijing Time), according to the center. The satellite will be used to conduct scientific experiment, carry out surveys on land resources, estimate crops yield and help with natural disaster-reduction and prevention endeavor. span class="BTa">relat ... read more |
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Sydney (AFP) Sept 22, 2010A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy Wednesday said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed. Pearce Delphin, whose Twitter name is @zzap, admitted exposing a security flaw which was then pounced upon by hackers, affecting thousands of users and causing havoc on the microblogging site fo ... more  
College Park, Md. (UPI) Sep 22, 2010 The chairman of the National Economic Council is the gatekeeper to the Oval Office for economic information and principal adviser to the president of policies for economic recovery. He prepares the daily brief on all the economic data journalists and analysts report and write about. Hence, replacing Lawrence Summers, who said this week he was leaving the post, with someone from industry ... more  
Corvallis OR (SPX) Sep 23, 2010Researchers at Oregon State University have reported the successful loading of biological molecules onto "nanosprings" - a type of nanostructure that has gained significant interest in recent years for its ability to maximize surface area in microreactors. The findings, announced in the journal Biotechnology Progress, may open the door to important new nanotech applications in production o ... more |
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Swiss solar plane completes flight across SwitzerlandGeneva (AFP) Sept 22, 2010 Switzerland's sun-powered plane Solar Impulse flew across the country Wednesday, in a new achievement following its historic 24-hour flight. Air traffic was temporarily halted at Zurich international airport as Solar Impulse touched down at the end of its journey at an altitude of 150 to 300 metres (500 to 1,000 feet), and a speed of about 50 kilometres (30 miles) per hour, a spokeswoman said. "This is a training for the team, for the airport" and air traffic controllers, said Bertrand Piccard, ... read more |
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