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Officials: Cadavers used in NASA project
Columbus, Ohio (UPI) Jul 19, 2008 An Ohio State University Medical Center project contracted by NASA used cadavers to create technology for the Orion shuttle, space agency officials say. Dustin Gohmert, who designs seats for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, said three human bodies were used to develop special suits and landing systems for the NASA spacecraft, the Houston Chronicle reported Saturday. ... more NASA Studies Earth's High Arctic For Evidence Of Life On Early Mars 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Later this month, NASA's Spaceward Bound program will send a team of scientists and teachers to explore the permanently frozen landscape of Axel Heiberg Island in the Canadian high Arctic. During the July 25 to Aug. 2, 2008, expedition, scientists will challenge their minds in an extreme polar research environment as they map icy structures and study microbes that live in the permafrost. ... more Russia mulls regular bomber flights to Cuba: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 21, 2008Russia may start regular flights by long-range bombers to Cuba in response to US plans to build missile defence sites in Eastern Europe, the newspaper Izvestia reported Monday, quoting an official. "Such discussions exist," the unidentified senior Russian air force official was quoted as saying, adding that the measure would be a response to the United States "deploying missile defence systems ... more Pakistan court eases travel curbs on A.Q. Khan 
Islamabad (AFP) July 21, 2008A Pakistani court Monday ruled that nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan can travel within the country to visit relatives, but barred him from giving interviews on proliferation. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, has been effectively under house arrest in Islamabad since February 2004, when he confessed on television to transferring nuclear secrets to Iran, Libya and North Korea. ... more China, Russia finally fix long-disputed border 
Beijing (AFP) July 21, 2008China and Russia signed an agreement Monday that ended a decades-long territorial dispute and finally determined their borders, in the latest sign of warming ties between the former Cold War foes. The protocol, signed by the two countries' foreign ministers in Beijing, added to an existing agreement on their 4,300-kilometre (2,700-mile) boundary, meaning all of the frontier is now set. ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008The future of India's coalition government and a controversial nuclear deal with the United States were hanging in the balance Monday as parliament opened debate ahead of a key confidence vote. The Indian government will collapse and early elections will be called if the coalition of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh loses a vote on Tuesday. Experts say the outcome is too close to call. ... more Walker's World: European economies unravel 
Paris (UPI) Jul 21, 2008 The contradictions in Europe's economies are becoming stark. In Britain, the government has resorted to its highest level of borrowing since the public finance records first began in 1946. It borrowed $49 billion in the last three months, an annual rate of $200 billion, which is close to 10 percent of GDP. In June the prices British manufacturers paid for their raw materials and fuel ... more Vocal Communication Evolved With Ancient Species 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 22, 2008It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria - or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song - not to mention birdsongs, frog thrums and mating calls of all manner of vertebrates - was likely laid down hundreds of millions of years ago with the hums and grunts of the homely piscine ... more RNA World Remnant 
Yale CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Some bacterial cells can swim, morph into new forms and even become dangerously virulent - all without initial involvement of DNA. Yale University researchers describe in the journal Science how bacteria accomplish this amazing feat - and in doing so provide a glimpse of what the earliest forms of life on Earth may have looked like. To initiate many important functions, bacteria sometimes ... more Lionfish Decimating Tropical Fish Populations And Coral Reefs 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jul 22, 2008The invasion of predatory lionfish in the Caribbean region poses yet another major threat there to coral reef ecosystems - a new study has found that within a short period after the entry of lionfish into an area, the survival of other reef fishes is slashed by about 80 percent. Aside from the rapid and immediate mortality of marine life, the loss of herbivorous fish also sets the stage ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) July 21, 2008India's government, which risks losing power over a nuclear accord with the US, on Monday urged lawmakers to back the pact, saying it is indispensable to the country's energy security. Communist partners of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's coalition withdrew support earlier this month to protest the deal, and forced a special two-day parliamentary session in a bid to vote out the government. ... more Oil prices rally on Dolly storm, Iran concerns 
New York (AFP) July 21, 2008Oil prices rebounded Monday, after falling more than 16 dollars last week, as a tropical storm barreled into the Gulf of Mexico and the international community tightened pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear program. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery, advanced 2.16 dollars to close at 131.04 dollars a barrel. In London, Brent North Sea crude for September ... more WindConnect Joins In Flat Ridge Wind Farm Groundbreaking 
Madison WI (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Westar Energy and BP Alternative Energy have begun construction of the Flat Ridge Wind Farm site in Barber County, Kansas. The project commencement was celebrated with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 24, 2008. The Flat Ridge Wind Farm will use 40 Clipper 2.5 MW C-96 wind turbine generators to generate 100 MW of renewable energy. RMT WindConnect will be performing the transmission line ... more Tree Branching Key To Efficient Flow In Nature And Novel Materials 
Durham NC (SPX) Jul 22, 2008Nature, in the simple form of a tree canopy, appears to provide keen insights into the best way to design complex systems to move substances from one place to another, an essential ingredient in the development of novel "smart" materials. Duke University engineers believe that an image of two tree canopies touching top-to-top can guide their efforts to most efficiently control the flow of ... more LS Power Announces Creation Of Dedicated Renewable Business Unit 
San Jose CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2008LS Power Group has announced the creation of a dedicated business unit which will pursue the development, acquisition, and ownership of renewable energy projects. Mike Segal, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of LS Power stated, "We have received significant feedback from our load-serving customers and they are interested in renewable electricity solutions. "While most renewable resource ... more
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