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Messenger peeks at Earth
NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft - less than three months from an Earth flyby that will slingshot it toward the inner solar system - successfully tested its main camera by snapping distant approach shots of Earth and the Moon. view more (2005-05-31)
Argon conclusion: Researchers reassess theories on formation of Earth's atmosphere
Geochemists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are challenging commonly held ideas about how gases are expelled from the Earth. Their theory, which is described in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Nature, could change the way scientists view the formation of Earth's atmosphere and those of our distant neighbors, Mars and Venus. view more (2007-09-20)
Sport bringing people together
Some of the closest interpersonal relationships are forged in the world of sport, and a series of papers to be presented by sport and exercise psychologists will examine the influence of sport on relationships and relationships on sports and exercise performance. view more (2005-03-21)
Research Europe 6 June issue: ESA, application, evaluation and cost models for FP6, and science in Ireland
ESA restructures science programme The European Space Agency is axing a mission to Venus and restructuring its space science programme with a budget cut of 500 million euros. This is necessary to cope with a refusal by ESA's member states to increase its funding up to 2012. The restructuring was endorsed by ESA's science programme committee last... view more... (2002-06-06)
UK Cassini-Huygens Media briefing
UK Cassini-Huygens Media Briefing: Saturn's getting closer Thursday 3rd June 2003 New Connaught Rooms, 61 - 65 Great Queen Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 5DA 10.30 - 12.00 You are invited to attend a background press briefing on the Cassini-Huygens mission which will focus on the science milestones that lie ahead and the UK science and... view more... (2004-05-25)
SSTL win place in fastest growing technology company awards
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been ranked 27 in Deloitte's Technology Fast 50 awards for London and the South East. The Technology Fast 50 programme seeks out those companies that have shown impressive growth rates in the telecommunications, hardware, software and biotechnology markets over the last three financial years. Created by... view more... (2003-11-10)
Iron banded worms drying out of blood could be linked to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's
Researchers at the University of Warwick and the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur have discovered that the mechanism that we rely on to transport iron safely through our blood stream can, in certain circumstances, collapse into a state which grows long worm-like "fibrils" banded by lines of iron rust. view more (2008-02-11)
Earth light: Terrestrial vegetation detected in the spectrum of the earthshine
A team including Pierre Riaud and Jean Schneider of the Observatoire de Paris and Luc Arnold, Sophie Gillet and Olivier Lardie're of the Observatoire de Haute Provence detected for the first time the color characteristic of the terrestrial vegetation in the "Earthshine", i.e. the dark part of the Moon only hit by the Earth light. To observe the... view more... (2002-01-23)
Milk yields affected by music tempo
Dairy cows produce more milk when listening to REM's 'Everybody Hurts' or Beethoven's 'Pastoral Symphony' than when subjected to Wonderstuff's 'Size of a Cow' or the Beatles' 'Back In The USSR' a new study by music research specialists at the University of Leicester has found. The 1,000 strong herds of Holstein Friesian cattle preferred listening... view more... (2001-06-25)
Field guide for confirming new earth-like planets described
Astronomers looking for earth-like planets in other solar systems - exoplanets - now have a new field guide thanks to earth and planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Louis. view more (2005-09-08)
Good news: How the Earth will survive when the Sun becomes a supergiant
The astronomy textbooks will have to be rewritten, say astrophysicists at the University of Sussex who have re-examined standard calculations about solar evolution and the distant future of the Earth. The textbooks tell us that one day the Sun will burn up its nuclear fuel and expand to an enormous size, finally engulfing its inner planets... view more... (2002-01-08)
ESA chairs the International Living With a Star programme
ESA is providing the first chairman for the International Living With A Star (ILWS) programme. ILWS is an unprecedented initiative in which space agencies worldwide are getting together to investigate how variations in the Sun affect the environment of Earth and the other planets, in the short and long term. In particular, ILWS will concentrate... view more... (2003-02-21)
Galileo's notebooks may reveal secrets of new planet
Galileo knew he had discovered a new planet in 1613, 234 years before its official discovery date, according to a new theory by a University of Melbourne physicist. view more (2009-07-09)
Prehistoric global warming may have contributed to fossil preservation
Prehistoric global warming episodes from massive atmospheric pollution involving carbon dioxide and methane could have created and preserved "mass kills" of wildlife, according to a University of Oregon study presented at the Geological Society of America's annual meeting. view more (2005-10-13)
Where are the other `Earths` beyond the Solar System?
One of the most fascinating areas of astronomical research in recent years has been the search for other `Earths` circling Sun-like stars far beyond our Solar System. In recent years nearly 100 planets have been discovered in orbits around other stars, but none of these `exoplanets` remotely resembles the Earth. However, according to the latest... view more... (2002-04-03)
It's a unisex brain with specific signals that trigger 'male' behavior
Research by Yale scientists shows that males and females have essentially unisex brains - at least in flies - according to a recent report in Cell designed to identify factors that are responsible for sex differences in behavior. view more (2008-05-01)
Scientists Warn Of Injury Risk To Tennis Players As They Try To Emulate Their Wimbledon Heroes
With Wimbledon almost upon us, budding tennis players are once again inspired to pick up their racquets and try to emulate their heroes. But by adopting the tennis style of professional players, amateurs may be laying themselves open to serious back and shoulder injuries, according to research by University of Greenwich scientists. "A faster... view more... (2003-06-20)
Cebreros marks major readiness milestone
On 9 June, a powerful new 35-metre antenna, presently undergoing acceptance testing at Cebreros, Spain, successfully picked up signals and tracked Rosetta and SMART-1. It is ESA's second deep-space ground station in its class and adds Ka-band reception capability and high pointing precision to the ESTRACK network. view more (2005-06-27)
Iowa State astronomer helps discover planet that offers clues to Earth's future
An international team of astronomers that includes Steve Kawaler of Iowa State University has announced the first discovery of a planet orbiting a star near the end of its life. view more (2007-09-13)
Sailing the planets: Exploring Mars with guided balloons
Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, have, by now, spent almost two years on the surface of Mars. They traveled several miles each, frequently stopping and analyzing scientific targets with their cameras, spectrometers and other instruments to uncover evidence of liquid water on Mars in the past. view more (2005-09-27)
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