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Atlantis astronauts conduct ISS maintenance spacewalk

Two astronauts from U.S. shuttle Atlantis crew have completed the first spacewalk of their current mission to the International Space Station, NASA said on its website. "Spacewalkers Mike Foreman and Robert Satcher completed a 6-hour, [...]

Posted On : Nov, 20 2009 | Comments : 0

Healthcare Reform with Sound Information Technology

The substantive debate on the healthcare reform is in full swing and one of the center themes is the public option. President Obama wrote recently, "I strongly believe that Americans should have the choice of a public health insurance [...]

Posted On : Jun, 23 2009 | Comments : 0

NASA braces for manned space review

Reeling from projected budget cuts totaling more than $3 billion through 2013, NASA managers and engineers working to build a post-shuttle rocket system for an eventual return to the moon are bracing for a critical review that could set the [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

NASA, Microsoft to make planetary images and data available ...

NASA and Microsoft have announced plans to make planetary images and data available via the internet under a space act agreement. Through this project, NASA and Microsoft will jointly develop the technology and infrastructure necessary to m [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2009 | Comments : 0

Space shuttle Discoverys next mission postponed to March 15

NASA managers have postponed Space shuttle Discovery’s launch to the International Space Station (ISS) to March 15. The planned liftoff on March 11 has been postponed due to a leak associated with the gaseous hydrogen venting system [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Mars Science Laboratory: the technical reasons behind its de...

On December 4, 2008, Ed Weiler, associate administrator for NASA’s Science Mission Directorate, and Administrator Mike Griffin publicly announced the delay of the agency’s flagship Mars 2009 mission, the Mars Science Laborator [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

NASA'S Carbon-Sniffing Satellite Sleuth Arrives at Launch Si...

NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earth's climate, has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to begin final launch preparations. The Orbiting [...]

Posted On : Nov, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

NASA Prepares Space Shuttle Endeavour for Launch

The U.S. space agency NASA is gearing up for next week's launch of the space shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle will service the orbiting scientific outpost and prepare it for an expansion in the [...]

Posted On : Nov, 04 2008 | Comments : 0

X-rays emitted from ordinary Scotch tape

Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape.It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesiv [...]

Posted On : Oct, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Nuclear fusion energy project could lead to limitless clean ...

The power of the sun is to be recreated in a new £1 billion science project which aims to provide a clean and almost limitless source of energy. British scientists will this week begin work to create a nuclear fusion reactor, which wi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2008 | Comments : 0

Latest medical technology in our backyard

Let’s hope we never need radiation treatment for cancer, but if we do, we can take some comfort in knowing that a local hospital has the latest in radiation technology.Dr. Edward Kiggundu says he and his team are very excited ab [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Samsung preps 'antibacterial' netbook

The Korean manufacturer announced its plans for the device on Friday. The netbook will have a non-gloss, 10.2-inch LED screen with a 1,024x600-pixel resolution. As it has a six-cell battery, Samsung claims the 1.33kg mini-laptop will be a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 22 2008 | Comments : 0

iPhone 3G: latest accessories from Griffin Technology

Griffin Technology showed off its latest iPhone accessories at the Apple Expo in Paris on Wednesday, included in the collection was the Clafifi protective case and the AirCurve acoustic amplifier dock. The AirCurve dock does not need a powe [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2008 | Comments : 0

Godrej enters colour TV market; launches new-technology LCDs...

Godrej has teamed up with its appliance business partner Boyce Manufacturing to enter the colour television (CTV) market in the country. The company also launched its stunning Godrej EON range of LCDs with iPIX technology.Godrej Appliances, [...]