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RAS PN99/30 UK Sends Clover and Rocks Into Space
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PRESS INFORMATION NOTE   view more (1999-09-23)

Childhood weight linked to proximity to green space and food stores
Living in greener neighborhoods or in closer proximity to grocery stores is associated with reduced risk of being overweight, according to a study of more than 7,000 children ages 3 to 18 conducted by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine; the Department of Geography, Indiana... view more (2007-02-26)

Baked slug: New method to test fireproofing material
In a high-temperature blaze, how well does a fireproofing material shield a building's important steel structures from heat? Answering this question has been surprisingly difficult, but it is important information for builders selecting high-performance fire-resistive materials and for scientists... view more (2008-10-03)

Space medicine - students meet the experts
A long duration mission onboard the International Space Station or a future visit to Mars, could mean astronauts spending up to two years travelling and living in space. How will they cope with living in zero gravity and in a confined space for such long periods, what effect will it have on their... view more (2003-10-28)

Where man boldly goes, bacteria follow
Life in outer space is an absolute certainty, and it is likely to be more familiar than we might think, according to an article in the May issue of Microbiology Today. Ever since the start of the space race we have sent more than just satellites and astronauts into space: spacecraft are not... view more (2008-05-29)

Fruit flies aboard space shuttle subjects of UCF, UC Davis study on immunity and space
Fruit flies aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery will help University of Central Florida and University of California, Davis, biologists learn more about how prolonged stays in space could affect human immune systems.   view more (2006-06-28)

Euro from Space - a unique ESA initiative to support the ISS Education Programme
Starting on Monday 20 October donations will be accepted to bid for three very special sets of euro banknotes and 15 national sets of euro coins: all were flown on board the International Space Station (ISS) during the Belgian Soyuz mission Odissea in October 2002. In October last year ESA... view more (2003-10-09)

Star technology aids DNA analysis
University of Leicester astronomers and biologists have patented a new way of analysing DNA from gene-chips, which may be used in laboratories and hospitals to diagnose diseases from a single drop of blood and compare gene expression in different samples. The pioneering technique uses an instrument... view more (2003-11-03)

Sandia experimental package of piezoelectric films to be part of NASA space station experiment
For the past three years a Sandia research team headed by Mat Celina has been investigating the performance of various piezoelectric polymer films that might one day serve as ultra-light mirrors in space telescopes.   view more (2006-08-10)

New evidence for organic compounds in deep space
The mysterious spectral bands in the infrared of interstellar gas clouds in deep space originate from organic compounds. Research by the Nijmegen physicist Hans Piest confirms this. He has provided new experimental evidence for this almost 30-year-old problem in astronomy. Each molecule has... view more (2002-04-18)

The European Commission and ESA launch debate on a space policy for the Union
Today in Brussels, European Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin, introduced the Green Paper on EU Space Policy. The Paper, prepared in co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA), looks into Europe's assets and weaknesses in this sector. As a basis for a broad consultation, the report... view more (2003-01-22)

Set your own course for the stars
To get around, satellites sailing through space use the same tools that ancient mariners used to navigate the inhospitable oceans - the stars. However, soon, instead of sending back details of their position to experts here on Earth, spacecraft will be able to calculate and adjust their course all... view more (2002-11-12)

Psychologists show new ways to deal with health challenges in space
As NASA prepares to send humans back to the moon and then on to Mars, psychologists are exploring the challenges astronauts will face on missions that will be much longer and more demanding than previous space flights.   view more (2008-08-15)

Mars 96: UK Involvement In The Russian Mission
The Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council had awarded more than £1/2 million funding for work by UK scientists involved in several of the MARS 96 mission's payload and systems. The largest UK contribution was from the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, led by Principal Investigator... view more (1996-11-18)

Alcatel Space and Astrium forge agreement for AlphaBus
The European satellite communications industry today reached a landmark of cooperation at Le Bourget air show in France. The accord regards collaboration on large space platform AlphaBus. The two major satellite manufacturers Alcatel Space and Astrium, made the announcement jointly from the... view more (2003-06-23)

Construction materials for space stations
Antenna and telescope mirrors, walls and partitions for space stations, solar battery panels and even houses on the Moon and on Mars - all this can be achieved with technology developed by Russian scientists in the framework of ISTC projects 2835 and 2836. What is more, it can be achieved quickly,... view more (2005-03-03)

A New Russian Meteorite?
On Thursday 3 October, residents of the village of Bodaibo in the Irkutsk region of Siberia witnessed the fall of a large glowing object from space. Witnesses saw a large fireball in the sky, followed by a thunder-like sound, a flash of light, and a small earth tremor. Scientists from the Institute... view more (2002-10-04)

HIV: a sugar shield to evade host defences
In humans, the Aids virus HIV manifests extreme genetic variability. It is particularly virulent, probably because its introduction into populations is recent (2). It has a potential for rapid evolution, at both population and individual scales, owing to a mutation rate among the highest in the... view more (2004-04-15)

International Space Station Heads of Agency Meeting
Space agency leaders from the United States, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada met today at the ESA Technical Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, to discuss International Space Station (ISS) cooperation activities. At this meeting, the ISS Partnership unanimously endorsed the ISS... view more (2004-07-23)

Space and daily life...in 45 years
From 4 to 10 October 2002, the Education Office of the European Space Agency (ESA) will celebrate World Space Week by giving young Europeans the chance to tell the world their ideas on what daily life on Mars might be like 45 years from now.   view more (2002-07-01)

Media invitation: Architecture of Fear
'It is not without significance that the extensive decentralisation of Western cities followed the first use of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Something similar is happening now in the wake of 9/11,' says Anthony Elliott, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent, in the run up... view more (2004-11-17)

Arizona State scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
Scientists at Arizona State University's Mars Space Flight Center are using the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) on NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter to monitor a large dust storm on the Red Planet.   view more (2007-07-12)

ESA finds a black-hole flywheel in the Milky Way
Far away among the stars, in the Ara constellation of the southern sky, a small black hole is whirling space around it. If you tried to stay still in its vicinity, you couldn`t. You`d be dragged around at high speed as if you were riding on a giant flywheel. In reality, gas falling into the black... view more (2002-04-26)

Calling all teachers interested in space
ESA and Eurisy are inviting European teachers to ESRIN in Italy, to participate in a workshop on the EDUSPACE website. This educational tool has been designed to introduce secondary school students to Earth observation satellite data and its many uses. EDUSPACE contains ideas, material and data... view more (2002-09-10)

Astronomers find stellar cradle where planets form
Astronomers at the University of Illinois have found the first clear evidence for a cradle in space where planets and moons form.   view more (2007-11-30)
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