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Geotimes Explores For Oil Around The World Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2008 
With oil hovering around $90 a barrel, Geotimes magazine examines emerging trends and issues in several obvious, and some not-so-obvious locations, in this month's cover story "Oil Around the World." Land disputes, foreign sanctions, terrorism, war and economics play into the exploration and recovery of the world's oil and natural gas reserves. Be it Libya, Iraq or Norway, the South China ... read more
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Russia May Build New Shuttle Spacecraft By 2015
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 30, 2008Russia's rocket and space corporation Energia may build a new-generation piloted spacecraft by 2015, the company president said on Tuesday. Energia has been developing a reusable manned spacecraft since 2000. It is designed to replace the Soyuz and Progress launch vehicles in making regular flights to the International Space Station and even the Moon and Mars. "Countries, such as the US ... more Making (Accurate Predictions Of) Waves 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jan 29, 2008A new review of tsunami hazards concludes that the 2004 catastrophe was far from the worst possible in many Indian Ocean borderlands - and notes that warning systems to guard at-risk populations are still lagging. Costas Synolakis, director of the University of Southern California Tsunami Research Center is co-author of "Far-Field Tsunami Hazard From Mega-Thrust Earthquakes in the Indian Ocean ... more Savi Technology And AVAANA Deliver RFID Supply Chain Solutions To India Market 
New Delhi, India (SPX) Jan 29, 2008Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company, and India-based AVAANA have entered into a strategic partnership for active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based supply chain solutions, products and services to prospective government and commercial customers in India. The partners announced that they have signed an exclusive teaming and marketing agreement focused on markets in India. ... more Cell Phone Sensors Detect Radiation To Thwart Nuclear Terrorism 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 23, 2008Researchers at Purdue University are working with the state of Indiana to develop a system that would use a network of cell phones to detect and track radiation to help prevent terrorist attacks with radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons. Such a system could blanket the nation with millions of cell phones equipped with radiation sensors able to detect even light residues of radioactive ... more Antrix Launches Israeli Satellite Using Commercial PSLV Rocket 
Bangalore, India (SPX) Jan 22, 2008The Indian Space Research Organization's Antrix Corporation has successfully launched an Israeli spy satellite using its second full-scale commercial mission of the PSLV launcher. The PSLV-C10 blasted off from the First Launch Pad (FLP) at the SDSC SHAR spaceport at 09:15 Hrs with the ignition of the first stage. This was the 25th Satellite Launch Mission from SDSC, SHAR. The launch ... more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Excitement is rising as ESA is in the final stages of preparation for the first collaborative space mission with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Chandrayaan-1 will study the Moon in great detail and be the first Indian scientific mission leaving the Earth's vicinity. Europe is supplying three instruments for the mission. The Moon retains its fascination for planetary s ... more Fighting Pollution The Poplar Way: Trees To Clean Up Indiana Site 
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Jan 11, 2008Purdue 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 ... more 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 |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) Dec 17, 2007The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday refuted reports alleging that its INSAT-4CR satellite had "disappeared" for a while in space and later "brought back," reducing its ten-year life span by half. It's totally false and baseless. We totally deny it," ISRO spokesperson S Satish said here. Satish said the satellite, launched on September 2 this year, had been put in the ... more Research Finds Rodents Thrive Near Highways 
Terre Haute IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2007There is something out there, and what an Indiana State University professor and his students are finding is surprising them. Dale Sparks, associate professor and research scientist in the department of ecology and organismal biology, and a team of students are evaluating the quality of Interstate 70 as a small mammal habitat from the Indiana state line to Marshall, Ill., with the permission of ... more As Waters Clear, Scientists Seek To End A Muddy Debate 
Bloomington IN (SPX) Dec 17, 2007Geologists have long thought muds will only settle when waters are quiet, but new research by Indiana University Bloomington and Massachusetts Institute of Technology geologists shows muds will accumulate even when currents move swiftly. Their findings appear in this week's Science. This may seem a trifling matter at first, but understanding the deposition of mud could significantly impact ... more India To Launch GSAT-4 For Better Connectivity In Remote Areas 
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
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