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Extremophile bacteria can tough it out in the Siberian permafrost, but the environment of Mars may still be too hostile for such hardy life. That's the finding of a recent study conducted by Andrew C. Schuerger, a microbiologist at the University of Florida and the Space Life Sciences Lab at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and colleagues. "Very seldom have microbes that grow ... read more 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 05, 2009Space Adventures has announced that Guy Laliberte, founder of Cirque du Soleil and the ONE DROP Foundation, has begun training at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center in Star City in preparation for his poetic social mission to the International Space Station (ISS). "I have been described as many things throughout my 25 years with Cirque du Soleil. Fire-breather, entrepreneur, street ... more
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Washington DC (AFP) June 3, 2009NASA has given a green light to the next mission to the International Space Station by the shuttle Endeavour, set to blast off on June 13. The launch is due to take place at 7:17 am (1117 GMT) at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Florida, the US space agency said in a statement after a meeting of top officials to assess preparations. The date was set date after a meeting at ... more 
Wallops Island VA (SPX) Jun 05, 2009NASA's Max Launch Abort System, or MLAS, is scheduled to be tested June 15 at the agency's Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va. The launch window extends from approximately 5:45 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. EDT. The unpiloted test is part of an effort to design a system for safely propelling future spacecraft and crews away from hazards on the launch pad or during the climb to orbit. ... more 
Leiden, Netherlands (SPX) Jun 04, 2009Researchers are calling for space headache to be established as a new secondary disorder after carrying out a study of 17 astronauts, published in the June issue of Cephalalgia. Their study jettisons the theory that astronauts' headaches are normally caused by space motion sickness, after showing that more than three-quarters of those studied had no connection. "Our research shows ... more 
Montreal (AFP) June 4, 2009Cirque du Soleil's founder, who will rocket into space in September, went from pauper to circus mogul by turning a troupe of ragtag street performers in 1984 into a global entertainment empire. Canadian Guy Laliberte, 49, an eternal dreamer with a keen business sense, an impish smile and a shaved scalp is said to be as much at ease walking on stilts as steering his circus dynasty, valued by ... 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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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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