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NASA Warns Ice Melt Speeding UpPasadena CA (JPL) Mar 09, 2011 The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study. The findings of the study - the longest to date of changes in polar ice sheet mass - suggest these ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from Earth's mountain glaciers and ice caps to become the dominant contributor to global sea level rise, much sooner than model forecasts have predicted. The nearly 20-year study reveals that in 2006, a year in which comparable results for ... read more |
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  What Future for Chang'e-2 China's Chang'e-2 lunar orbiter has spent most of its mission in relative obscurity. This mission lacks the historical significance of Chang'e-1, which was China's first mission to the Moon. It has ... more | .. |
  Teaching Robots To Move Like Humans When people communicate, the way they move has as much to do with what they're saying as the words that come out of their mouths. But what about when robots communicate with people? How can ro ... more | .. |
  Mitsubishi Electric To Deliver Two CommSats To Turkey Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it has been awarded a turnkey contract to deliver the Turksat 4A and Turksat 4B communications satellite to satellite operator Turksat Satellite Communication ... more | .. |
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  UK scientists warn of 'dangerous over-reliance' on GPS Developed nations have become "dangerously over-reliant" on satellite navigation systems such as GPS, which could break down or be attacked with devastating results, British engineers said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Carbon Fibre Stretches From Comet To Machine Tools Ultra-light carbon-fibre rods used to stiffen a comet probe's legs are now being harnessed by a German manufacturer to boost the precision and efficiency of their laser cutters. Right now, the ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Submits Final Proposal Revision for MDA's Next Gen Aegis Missile Northrop Grumman has announced it has submitted its final proposal revision for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's (MDA) Next Generation Aegis Missile (NGAM) concept definition and program planning p ... more | .. |
  How To Keep LISA's Laser On Target Five Million Kilometres Away A key technical challenge of the joint ESA-NASA LISA mission has been solved: how to maintain precise pointing of a laser beam across five million km of space. The next-decade Laser Interferom ... more |
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  Andrews Space Awarded USAF Reusable Booster System Study Contract Andrews Space (Andrews) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) to study higher risk aspects of the Air Force's proposed Reusable Booster System. ... more | .. |
 UK Technology Scans The Skies For Space Hazards UK space surveillance technology is being used in ESA's first co-ordinated space tracking campaign - part of a larger programme to provide up to date and accurate information on space hazards in Ear ... more | .. |
  New Dawn Arrives At Spaceport The second payload for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission arrived this week at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations continue for the heavy-lift flight planned on March 29. Built by ... more | .. |
 Enough Talent To Fuel Space Research "Educated youngsters in the country are second to none in accomplishing complex tasks in the fields of science and technology and they will prove their mettle if provided with right opportunity, goa ... more |
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 ISRO Likley To Launch Resourcesat-2 In April Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is likely to launch Resourcesat-2, a remote sensing satellite that will provide information on biophysical and geophysical parameters on the Earth's surface ... more | .. |
  'Facebook for scientists' an Internet hit Researchgate, a "Facebook for scientists" with 800,000 members, hopes to revolutionize the science community by connecting the smartest brains in the world through the Internet. ... more | .. |
 United Launch Alliance Launches Second OTV Mission A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket launched the second Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-2) for the Air Force's Rapid Capabilities Office (AFRCO) from Space Launch Complex-41. The OTV, also known ... more | .. |
Google Maps now helps users beat traffic jams Google upgraded its popular Google Maps on Monday to suggest faster routes to drivers based on real-time traffic conditions. ... more |
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How fishes of the deep sea have evolved into different shapes
Carbon-rich waters are becoming even more acidic as atmospheric CO2 levels rise
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 USAF Launches Second X-37B Test Platform In the latest step to improve space capability and further develop an affordable, reusable space vehicle, Air Force technicians launched the second X-37B here March 5, officials said. The Orbi ... more | .. |
 Russia To Start Operating New Glonass-K Satellite By Year End Russia will start operating its new Glonass-K navigation satellite, which is now undergoing in-orbit tests, by the end of the year, the head of the Russian Space Systems construction bureau has said ... more | .. |
 Skyhook's Location To Be Embedded In Next Gen Portable Entertainment System Skyhook has announced that Skyhook's Core Engine will be embedded in the next generation portable entertainment system from Sony Computer Entertainment. NGP, which will make its debut at the end of ... more | .. |
 Exacter Mobile Technology Stops Insulator Flashover Exacter has enhanced their EXACTER Outage-Avoidance System technology to identify and locate an impending insulator flashover on overhead lines. "Before a flashover causes a circuit outage, an insul ... more |
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 Annual Report To Baltimore County By AutoReturn Shows Solid Results Issuing its first annual report to Baltimore County since it was selected for logistics and towing management services, AutoReturn reported an increase in towed cars, improved efficiencies for the C ... more | .. |
 Fred Meyer Stores And ECOtality To Install Blink EV Charging Stations ECOtality has announced the company's partnership with food retail chain Fred Meyer. Fred Meyer will install ECOtality's Blink Level 2 Electric Vehicle (EV) Commercial Pedestal Charging Station at s ... more | .. |
 TeenDriver.com Helps Parents Ensure Safety Of Their Teen Drivers TeenDriver has launched a new service that gives parents the tools they need to raise safe drivers. TeenDriver.com enables parents of teenagers to receive online confidential reports related to thei ... more | .. |
N. Korea jammed S. Korea GPS devices: report North Korea used jamming equipment to block South Korean military communication devices last week, a report said Sunday, amid high tension over the joint drills between Seoul and Washington. ... more |
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Advanced air filter could enable building vents to capture carbon and reduce energy use
MIT physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
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 Study: Robots can understand humans A preliminary study found a robot can be programmed to understand when it gets a human's attention and when it doesn't, U.S. researchers said. ... more | .. |
  Asia to be world's biggest aircraft market: Airbus Asia will emerge as the world's biggest aircraft market by 2029, accounting for a third of worldwide plane deliveries as the region's growing middle class drives demand, Airbus said Monday. ... more | .. |
 World's Largest Rocket Production Base Takes Shape In North China The world's largest design, production and testing base for rockets is being built in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Liang Xiaohong, deputy head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technolog ... more | .. |
 Space Systems/Loral Awarded USAF Study Contract Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that it was awarded a $1.5 million study contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center's MILSATCOM Systems Directorate to evaluate options ... more |
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  Japan's vending machines to charge electric cars Ten Japanese companies said Monday they plan to install electric vehicle chargers at the sites of beverage vending machines across Japan in a cost-cutting tie-up. ... more | .. |
  Second Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B Begins Flight Boeing has announced the successful launch of the second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO). The OTV was launched on an Atlas V rock ... more | .. |
  NASA Light Technology Helps Cancer Patients A NASA technology originally developed for plant growth experiments on space shuttle missions has successfully reduced the painful side effects resulting from chemotherapy and radiation treatment in ... more | .. |
 Guardian Anti-Missile System Flight-Tested On A KC-135 Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the Air National Guard's 190th Air Refueling Wing (ARW), has announced the completion of the first round of flight testing with the company's Guardian System an ... more |
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