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Fighting Pollution The Poplar Way: Trees To Clean Up Indiana Site West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 11, 2008
Purdue University researchers are collaborating with Chrysler LLC in a project to use poplar trees to eliminate pollutants from a contaminated site in north-central Indiana. The researchers plan to plant transgenic poplars at the site, a former oil storage facility near Kokomo, Ind., this summer. In a laboratory setting, the transgenic trees have been shown to be capable of absorbing trichloroet ... read more
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Israeli Spy Satellite Launch Likely In First Quarter
Visakhapatnam, India (PTI) Jan 07, 2008The much-delayed launch of an Israeli spy satellite by an Indian rocket is expected to take place in the first quarter of this year, a senior Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) official said here on Saturday. The military satellite TechSAR will be put in orbit by the ISRO's workhorse rocket, the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota. ... more ISRO Saw String Of Successes In 2007
New Delhi, India (PTI) Jan 03, 2008In the year gone by, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) achieved self-reliance in launch vehicle technology with the successful ground testing of the Cryogenic Upper Stage, a key component in putting heavier payloads in orbit. Capping a string of successes in 2007 in space research, India is poised to take a giant leap forward in the new year with the launch of its maiden moon mission Ch ... more ISRO To Launch Carto-2A Satellite In January 2008
Hyderabad, India (PTI) Dec 28, 2007ISRO will launch Carto-2A satellite which has Cartography applications including remote sensing, ground water development etc and a resolution of one meter, by end of January 2008 or first week of February, according to RK Rajangam, deputy director, ISRO. Talking to PTI on the sidelines of the launch of India's first students chapter of Astronautical Society of India, he said any object wanting ... more India And Russia Begin Talks On Chandrayaan-II
New Delhi (PTI) Dec 19, 2007India has begun technical discussions with Russia on the joint moon mission Chandrayaan-II which is expected to be launched in 2011-12. Scientists are planning to land a rover on the moon for carrying out chemical analysis of the lunar surface and explore other resources on the earth's natural satellite. "In situ chemical analysis and resource exploration is the main objective of Chandrayaan-II, ... more Unique Porous Copper Structure Enables New Generation Of Military Micro-Detonators
Athens GA (SPX) Dec 19, 2007Tiny copper structures with pores at both the nanometer and micron size scales could play a key role in the next generation of detonators used to improve the reliability, reduce the size and lower the cost of certain military munitions. Developed by a team of scientists from the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and the Indian Head Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the hig ... more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 13, 2007India would launch a satellite in June next year to provide computer connectivity in remote villages, a Space Department official has said. "We are going to launch GSAT-4 which will have digital connectivity on board. It's meant for data transfers from computers at remote villages", Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation, G Madhavan Nair, told an international conference on e-science and ... more Xcel Energy Announces Renewable Energy Project Selections
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007Twenty-two proposed renewable energy projects featuring wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and biofuel technologies have been selected to receive nearly $23 million from the Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund. An advisory board with representation from Xcel Energy, environmental groups, Xcel Energy customers and the Prairie Island Indian Community recommended to the Minnesota Public Utiliti ... more Scientists Develop New Measure Of Socioclimactic Risk
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Dec 11, 2007As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the "socioclimatic" exposure of different countries to future climate change. The research team from Purdue University and the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, found that China, India and the United States - major greenhous ... more FLIR Systems To Boost US Airport Security
Portland OR (SPX) Dec 07, 2007FLIR Systems announced that it has received multiple awards totaling $2 million during 2007 to supply thermal security cameras to airports around the U.S. FLIR's thermal and multi-sensor security cameras were selected for installation at major airports throughout the country, including Dallas-Ft. Worth, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and the New York area's four major airports -- Kennedy, LaGuardia, ... more |
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Fullerton CA (SPX) Nov 21, 2007Raytheon successfully completed the final system acceptance test to augment standard Global Positioning System signals over India. The latest test of the GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation-Technology Demonstration System, or GAGAN-TDS, is an important milestone in the worldwide transition to satellite-based navigation for civil aviation. When completed, GAGAN will join other space-based au ... more Process On For Establishing Aerospace Command
Shillong, India (PTI) Nov 20, 2007India is on fast track to establish an Aerospace command that will help extend its strategic reach beyond the globe and exploit outer space besides controlling its space-based assets. "A space cell has been set up under the Air Vice Marshal. A tri-service dialogue will soon be held between the three defence forces as aerospace command will be a tri-services entity," Chief of IAF Air Chief Marsha ... more Tsunami-Recording In The Deep Sea
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Nov 20, 2007In order to extend alert times and avoid false alarms, a new seafloor pressure recording system has been designed to detect tsunamis shortly after their development in the open ocean. The project is directed by scientists of the working group 'Marine Observation Systems' at the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, part of the Helmholtz Association. Successful testing of the re ... more Indigenous Cryogenic Stage Successfully Qualified
Mahendragiri, India (SPX) Nov 19, 2007ISRO has achieved a significant milestone through the successful test of indigenously developed Cryogenic Stage, to be employed as the upper stage of India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV). The test was conducted for its full flight duration of 720 seconds today (November 15, 2007) at Liquid Propulsion test facility at Mahendragiri, in Tamil Nadu. With this test, the indigenous C ... more
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