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 Leicester, UK (SPX) Jun 04, 2009 
University of Leicester researchers have taken a step forward in helping to create a defence for earth's technologies - from the constant threat of space weather. They have implemented a "double pulse" radar-operating mode on two radars, which form part of a global network of ground based coherent scatter radars called SuperDARN (Super Dual Auroral Radar Network). These radars allow ... read more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 04, 2009In 1972, Apollo astronauts narrowly escaped a potential catastrophe. On August 2nd of that year, a large and angry sunspot appeared and began to erupt, over and over again for more than a week, producing a record-setting fusillade of solar proton radiation. Only pure luck saved the day. The eruptions took place during the gap between Apollo 16 and 17 missions, so astronauts missed the storm. ... more
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 04, 2009NASA has selected four proposals for research to help understand space radiation's effects on humans living in space. NASA selected proposals from the New York University School of Medicine in New York, the University of Texas Medical Branch in Houston, Loma Linda University in California and Georgetown University in Washington. The universities will work with collaborating organizations around ... more 
Ottawa (AFP) June 3, 2009The Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil will voyage to the International Space Station in September, a Cirque spokesman said Wednesday, confirming reports he would fly into orbit aboard a Soyuz rocket. Guy Laliberte, 49, "will be the first private Canadian space explorer to voyage into space on a philanthropic mission," the spokesman told AFP. The Canadian Space Agency is to hold a pres ... more 
New York (AFP) June 3, 2009A New York couple really will be on cloud nine when they marry later this month: they'll exchange vows in zero gravity. Noah Fulmor and Erin Finnegan will be floating - possibly upside down - as they say "I do" in a specially modified Boeing 727-200 departing Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral on June 20, a statement from Zero Gravity Corporation said. They will be "the first bride ... more  
Greenebelt MD (SPX) Jun 04, 2009As the closest planet to the sun, Mercury is scorching hot, with daytime temperatures of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit (approximately 450 degrees Celsius). It is also the smallest rocky planet, so its gravity is weak, only about 38 percent of Earth's. These conditions make it hard for the planet to hold on to its atmosphere, which is extremely thin, and invisible to the human eye. Howev ... more |
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Industrial TOPCon silicon cell sets new efficiency benchmarkTokyo, Japan (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 Crystalline silicon solar cells dominate the global photovoltaic industry, and tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) architectures are rapidly gaining market share because they offer strong perf ... more  
Hybrid perovskite device taps power from sun and rainLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 A team from the Institute of Materials Science of Seville, a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and the University of Seville, has developed a hybrid energy harvesting device that ... more 
Defect networks boost performance of next generation perovskite solar cellsBerlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Despite being riddled with impurities and defects, solution processed lead halide perovskites continue to defy expectations as highly efficient solar cell materials, with performance now approaching ... more
  
US fusion report urges new diagnostics for commercial plasma powerLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2026 To operate fusion systems safely and reliably, scientists must monitor plasma fuel conditions and measure properties such as temperature and density that influence fusion reactions. This work depend ... more 
US labs map liquid metal path to future fusion power plantsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 27, 2026 A national strategy for research on liquid metals in fusion energy systems is taking shape in the United States following a two day meeting at the Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Lab ... more 
Simulations reveal how plasma flow steers fusion reactor exhaustLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 18, 2026 Scientists using advanced computer models have solved a long-standing puzzle about how hot plasma exhaust behaves inside tokamak fusion devices, a finding that could help future reactors withstand d ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 03, 2009Every entrepreneur pursuing the space debris opportunity seems to have the single answer to removing space debris. It is cost-effective, simple, quick, safe, reliable, user-friendly, non-polluting, non-interfering and almost ready to go. There is simply nothing like it and it is wonderful. Why doesn't the government grab it up and make the entrepreneur rich? In fact, why doesn't the govern ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jun 3, 2009 Ironically and unsurprisingly, when it comes to emerging threats, time may be our best friend. Or time can be our most serious foe. Time can solve problems. After all, it was a matter of time - and a great deal of it - for the Soviet Union to implode peacefully. On the other hand, as an Afghan aphorism reminds us, "You may have all the wristwatches, but we have all the time." Conside ... more  
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  
Seoul (AFP) March 12, 2009South Korea's government said Tuesday it had approved plans to launch the country's first rocket into space in late July. The National Space Committee gave the green light to the planned launch, tentatively scheduled for July 30 at Naro Space Centre in Goheung, about 475km (297 miles) south of Seoul, a government statement said. Construction of the rocket is in effect complete and work ... more |
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