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 Ontario, Canada (SPX) May 21, 2009 
An NSERC-funded lab at the University Of Waterloo has laid the groundwork for a lithium battery that can store and deliver more than three times the power of conventional lithium ion batteries. The research team of professor Linda Nazar, graduate student David Xiulei Ji and postdoctoral fellow Kyu Tae Lee are one of the first to demonstrate robust electrochemical performance for a lithium ... read more 
Jakarta (AFP) May 20, 2009An Indonesian military transport jet crashed Wednesday in East Java killing at least 57 people, a military doctor and local media reported. The Hercules was reported to have ploughed into homes on the ground as it crashed and caught fire in Magetan. Local media said that at least 57 people were killed, including five on the ground. "There have been 70 people brought to the hospital, ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Melbourne, Australia (SPX) May 20, 2009A combined tooth-venom arsenal revealed as key to Komodo Dragon's hunting strategy. A new study has shown that the effectiveness of the Komodo Dragon bite is a combination of highly specialized serrated teeth and venom. The authors also dismiss the widely accepted theory that prey die from septicemia caused by toxic bacteria living in the dragon's mouth. Using sophisticated medical imaging ... more  
Manila (AFP) May 15, 2009Two policemen were killed and six others injured when lightning struck them in a mountainous area of the northern Philippines, police said Friday. The policemen were struck down as they rested in hammocks slung from tree trunks near the town of Malibcong on Thursday, said Inspector Palmera Domingo. The eight casualties were taken to hospital where two were pronounced dead, he added. ... more  
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2009More than 160 people have been hospitalised and hundreds of others have been sickened in northeastern China in a suspected case of pollution caused by a chemical plant, local media said Thursday. Staff at a plant operated by the Jilin Chemical Fibre Group in Jilin city, as well as residents living nearby, started complaining of headache, nausea, vomiting and general fatigue in late April, th ... more  
Paris (AFP) May 13, 2009Climate change will present the greatest threat to health this century, amplifying the risk of disease, malnutrition and homelessness through floods, drought and rising sea levels, a medical panel said on Thursday. "Even the most conservative estimates are profoundly disturbing and demand action," said the report, compiled over a year by The Lancet medical journal and experts from the Instit ... more |
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EDGX secures multi million euro seed funding to advance satellite AI computingBerlin, Germany (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Belgian space technology company EDGX has raised euro 2.3 million in seed financing to accelerate the rollout of its Sterna edge AI computer for satellites. The firm also confirmed a euro 1. ... more  
Automated collision avoidance system moves closer to space deploymentParis, France (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 Earth orbit is growing more congested, with over 11,000 active satellites and more on the way, plus more than 1.2 million debris fragments larger than 1 cm. This rising population makes collision ri ... more 
NASA partners with US companies to assess orbit boost for Swift ObservatoryLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 NASA is working with two American firms to study the feasibility of raising the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory's orbit, potentially extending its mission life and demonstrating new spacecraft servic ... more
  
NASA seeks student entries for Human Exploration Rover ChallengeWashington DC (UPI) Aug 15, 2025 NASA is accepting contest entries from student teams to design, build and test rovers on the moon and Mars. ... more 
NASA taps Momentus for space robotics demonstration studyLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 15, 2025 NASA has awarded Momentus Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTS) a contract to investigate launching critical robotics technologies into orbit, marking a key step toward future autonomous operations in space. The U.S. ... more 
Meet IDEA: An AI assistant to help geoscientists explore Earth and beyondManoa HI (SPX) Aug 13, 2025 A new artificial intelligence tool developed by researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Manoa is making it easier for scientists to explore complex geoscience data-from tracking sea levels ... more
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 07, 2009Russia's Progress M-66 cargo spacecraft undocked on Wednesday from the International Space Station to become a temporary space lab before being "buried" in the Pacific Ocean, Mission Control said. The freighter docked with the orbital station on February 13, bringing 2.4 tons of supplies, including oxygen, food, clothes and medical equipment for the ISS crew. "The command for undocki ... more 
Beijing (AFP) May 6, 2009China warned Wednesday it faced a growing risk of swine flu infections despite officials elsewhere saying the virus was on the wane, state media reported. "Chinese medical experts believe the global epidemic situation is still worsening and China has to give continued high attention," Vice Health Minister Zhang Mao told a video conference on the prevention and control of the disease, accordi ... more  
Baltimore MD (SPX) May 05, 2009NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft served up another curveball to a University of Colorado at Boulder team after a second flyby of the hot inner planet Oct. 6 detected magnesium - an element created inside exploding stars and which is found in many medicine cabinets on Earth - clumped in the tenuous atmosphere of the planet. Scientists had suspected magnesium would be present, but were surprised ... more |
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Destructive cosmic airbursts likely more common than previously believed
Global food system reforms urged to reverse land degradation and climate threats
Bumpy skies: How climate change increases air turbulence |
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