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Drugs in space may need special handlingHouston (UPI) Apr 14, 2011 Drugs intended to treat minor illnesses of astronauts in space may need special handling to remain stable in the environment of space, NASA scientists say. Researchers at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, writing in the AAPS Journal, suggest that some of the pharmaceuticals stored on space flights may have shorter shelf-life than they do on Earth. They compared physical and chemical changes in 35 formulations in identical pharmaceutical kits stowed on the International Space Station a ... read more |
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  Kazakh Space Launch Project Delayed Until 2017 The commissioning of a key space launch facility has been postponed again to 2017 due to errors in the draft design and slow progress in relevant flight tests, a Kazakh national space agency officia ... more | .. |
  No Fleet Future For X-37B The second flight of the US Air Force's X-37B spaceplane has been underway for weeks. During this time, the USAF has been fairly quiet about its operations, but this hasn't stopped amateur satellite ... more | .. |
  Computer demand shrinks amid tablet craze: reports Figures released on Wednesday showed that the personal computer market shrank for the first time in more than a year due to frugality and a tablet computer craze led by Apple's hot-selling iPads. ... more | .. |
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 Putin Urges Ukraine To Join New Russian Space Center Project Ukraine should participate in the construction of the Vostochny Space Center in Russia's Far East, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said in Kiev on Tuesday. Russia currently uses two launch sites: Baik ... more | .. |
  ESA May Use Russian Technology In Nuke-Spaceship Project The European Space Agency (ESA) has no immediate plans for cooperation with Russia in creating nuclear-powered spacecraft for future missions to Mars, but is considering using Russian experience and ... more | .. |
  Yury Gagarin's Flight Remembered On the morning of April 12, 1961, the Vostok spacecraft was launched into orbit carrying the world's first cosmonaut, Yury Gagarin, a citizen of the Soviet Union. YouReporter users and bloggers shar ... more | .. |
 Russia's Medvedev Gives State Honors To Cosmonauts President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday awarded state honors to some of Russia's most senior cosmonauts as Russia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first human space flight. Fifty years ... more |
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  Soviet space capsule sells for nearly $3 million A Soviet space capsule sold for nearly $3 million at auction to a Russian businessman in New York on Tuesday, the 50th anniversary of Soviet cosmonaut Yury Gagarin's historic conquest of space. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Receives Contract for SM-3 IIB Concept Design Boeing has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to develop the Standard Missile-3 Block IIB (SM-3 IIB). This $41.2 million, 32-month contract is for the concept definitio ... more | .. |
  Tracking Ballistic Missiles From 'Birth-to-Death' Two recent Ballistic Missile Defense System-wide (BMDS) tests involving the Northrop Grumman-built Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites showed that the satellite sy ... more | .. |
 NASA mission control named for Chris Kraft NASA says its Mission Control Center will be renamed to honor Christopher C. Kraft Jr., America's first flight director of human space missions. ... more |
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 Gagarin As A Symbol Of Modernization "Let's go!" With these words Yuri Gagarin blasted off on a flight that would shock the world. How could a country still emerging from the devastation wrought by WWII accomplish such an incredible fe ... more | .. |
NASA spared cuts in US spending bill passage NASA breathed a sigh of relief Friday after Congress approved a government spending bill that secured $18.5 billion for the US space agency, sparing it from the prospect of cuts. ... more | .. |
 'Most challenging' US missile defense test a success The US military on Friday successfully conducted its "most challenging test to date" of a ballistic missile defense system it will deploy in Europe to counter an Iran missile threat, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Fire Control Radar Completes Target-Of-Opportunity Tracking Raytheon's JLENS (Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System) has successfully demonstrated tracking targets of opportunity in the Salt Lake City air space. Testing and i ... more |
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AI enables tailored education for medical students at scale
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
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 Answering The Warfighter's Call For Joint Air-To-Ground Missile Raytheon has received the U.S. Army and Navy's Joint Air-to-Ground Missile request for proposal and will respond as a prime contractor. Raytheon is teamed with Boeing for the competition. The ... more | .. |
 LockMart And Atmos To Pursue Brazil Air Surveillance Radar Program Lockheed Martin and Atmos Sistemas have signed a teaming agreement to pursue the Brazilian Air Force's future Three-Dimensional (3-D) Long-Range Radar procurement program, which seeks to upgrade and ... more | .. |
 Elbit Systems Awarded Soltam's Artillery System Contract Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract to supply self-propelled artillery and accompanying systems to an African country. The contract, valued at approximately $24 million, will ... more | .. |
Obama urged to limit Russia missile shield sway President Barack Obama must beat back any Russian demands for "red-button" sway over a missile shield in Europe and deny Moscow access to sensitive data tied to the program, US senators urged Thursday. ... more |
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 Philippines army to upgrade Scorpion tanks The Philippine army's 12 aging Scorpion tanks will be upgraded as part of an ongoing equipment improvement plan, the Department of National Defense said. ... more | .. |
  Japan police find 10 bodies in nuclear zone Japanese police on Thursday found the bodies of 10 tsunami victims in the first search of a 10-kilometre (six-mile) zone around an atomic plant, as emergency crews battled to contain a nuclear crisis. ... more | .. |
 Japan can pay for rebuild: central bank governor Japan's economy suffered a big blow in the triple earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, but the country should have no problem financing reconstruction, the central bank chief said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Nuclear workers face radiation limit, but fight on The thinning ranks of men struggling to tame Japan's nuclear emergency are invoking the spirit of the samurai as they ignore personal radiation limits in their battle to avert disaster. ... more |
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High precision measurement advances fusion plasma diagnostics
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 Japan mulls 'disaster bonds': report Japan is considering issuing special bonds to fund reconstruction following last month's massive earthquake and tsunami, and imposing a new tax to repay the debt, a report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Japan orders nuclear firm to compensate families Japan's government on Friday ordered the embattled operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to offer payouts to tens of thousands of people made homeless by the ongoing crisis. ... more | .. |
Clinton visits Japan as US disaster relief warms ties US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visits Japan Sunday, reconfirming a key alliance that has been strained by a lingering military base dispute but boosted by a strong American disaster relief effort. ... more | .. |
  Top G20 economies face scrutiny over imbalances Seven of the world's leading economies including China and the United States faced deep scrutiny over fiscal and financial imbalances Saturday as the G20 group announced a new framework for assessing potential risks to the global economy. ... more |
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  11 charged in US crackdown on online poker Eleven people have been charged with bank fraud, money laundering, illegal gambling and other offenses in a crackdown on the three largest online poker companies operating in the United States. ... more | .. |
 Debate over BPA ongoing in Europe Industry groups say an upcoming European ban on bisphenol A in plastic baby bottles could lead to bans on use of the substance in other forms of packaging. ... more | .. |
  Uruguay battles inflation as peso soars Uruguay President Jose Mujica renewed vows to fight inflation but reminded Uruguayans the nation faces an uphill fight amid rising prices and risks to exports from a soaring peso against the U.S. dollar. ... more | .. |
SAfrica warns WTO on cusp of 'serious crisis' South Africa's trade minister warned on Friday the World Trade Organisation was "on the verge of a very serious crisis" as 10-year negotiations for a global free trade pact failed to make headway. ... more |
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