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Wi2Wi has announced the new enhanced W2SG0006, which is a complete systems solution based on the CSR/SiRF Technologies SiRFStar III LPx architecture designed specifically for embedded products such as personal navigation devices, mobile internet devices (MID), ultra-mobile (UMPC) and ruggedized PCs, automotive aftermarket GPS systems and other medical, industrial, and defense systems that ... read more 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Jun 15, 2009Angelle Tanner, a post-doctoral scholar at JPL and Caltech, studies planets in distant solar systems, called extrasolar planets. The golden prize in this field is to find a planet similar to Earth - the only planet we know that harbors life. While more than 350 extrasolar planets have been detected, most are gas planets, with no solid surface. Many are located in orbits closer to their ... 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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Ahmedabad, India (AFP) June 15, 2009Taking medicines on time is a big part of a successful marriage for Ravi and Nima -- an HIV-positive couple who met as a direct result of the enduring stigma attached to AIDS in India. They met through a non-profit marriage bureau in India's western state of Gujarat that caters exclusively to HIV-infected people, setting up introductions and helping with legal issues for couples who choose ... more 
Chigago (AFP) June 15, 2009A US child infected with the A(H1N1) flu died in the midwestern state of Minnesota, local health authorities said Monday, bringing the total US swine flu death toll to 46. The child, "who had underlying medical conditions, was briefly hospitalized and died late last week," the Minnesota Department of Health said in a statement. Laboratory tests "subsequently determined that the child had ... more 
London (AFP) June 15, 2009Relatives of a swine flu patient who died at a British hospital spoke of their devastation Monday as authorities appealed for calm over the first death from the pandemic beyond the Americas. Jacqui Fleming, 38, from the Scottish city of Glasgow, died in hospital on Sunday, two weeks after giving birth prematurely to her second child. Her family was dealt a new blow on Monday as health of ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) June 14, 2009The latest in a string of bombs in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Sunday as a US missile strike hit a tribal belt where troops are expected to launch a fresh anti-Taliban onslaught. Militants remotely-detonated explosives hidden in a rickshaw, causing chaos at a busy Sunday market in Dera Ismail Khan town, with eight people killed and dozens injured, police and hospital officials sai ... 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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Paris (AFP) June 2, 2009Astronauts who have no history of bad headaches can be prone to disabling attacks while in space, a phenomenon that suggests "space headaches" deserve a medical category all of their own, neurologists said on Tuesday. Contrary to prevailing theories, headaches in space are not caused by motion sickness, they said. Instead, the problem could lie in an increase in blood flow to the head ... more 
Hong Kong (AFP) May 26, 2009Hong Kong officials Tuesday confirmed the city's 10th case of swine flu, a 56-year-old woman who returned from the United States, local radio reported. The woman was recovering in hospital after seeking treatment following her return from San Francisco with minor symptoms, RTHK said. The latest case came nearly four weeks after officials here confirmed Asia's first case of the A(H1N1) ... more 
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (AFP) May 21, 2009"They used to attack early in the morning or after dark. They would always go for an ambush," said Lieutenant Zaigham, wounded in battle with the Taliban and lying in a Pakistani hospital. Zaigham -- who did not give his full name -- sustained shrapnel wounds from fierce street fighting in the Swat valley and is a patient at the Combined Military Hospital in Rawalpindi, away from the combat ... more  
Ontario, Canada (SPX) May 21, 2009An 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 ... more |
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Comet water analysis strengthens link to Earth origins
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