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A plant that lives along muddy waterways in Asia has inspired a NASA team to develop a special coating to prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear. Researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way a lotus plant sheds water ... read more 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 25, 2009Scientists are seeing sub-surface water ice that may be 99 percent pure halfway between the north pole and the equator on Mars, thanks to quick-turnaround observations from orbit of fresh meteorite impact craters on the planet. "We knew there was ice below the surface at high latitudes of Mars, but we find that it extends far closer to the equator than you would think, based on ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Greenbelt, Md. (UPI) Sep 24, 2009 NASA scientists say they've developing a coating that can prevent dirt and even bacteria from sticking to and contaminating the surfaces of spaceflight gear. Scientists at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., said they are developing a transparent coating that prevents dirt from sticking in the same way an Asian lotus plant sheds water. They said although a lotus leaf ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 24, 2009It looks a bit like a plastic figure of eight, and its Japanese designers say it could revolutionise the way we get around, in total comfort and without breaking a sweat. Honda Motor on Thursday unveiled an experimental electric unicycle with inbuilt balance control, a bit of advanced technology Honda borrowed from ASIMO, its humanoid robot. Riders steer it by shifting their upper body ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 18, 2009Japan's first cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) on Friday after astronauts aboard the station grabbed and docked it using a robotic arm. The docking came a week after the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the unmanned HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket. The HTV is Japan's first freighter spacecraft aiming for a share of space ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 16, 2009NASA has concluded two weeks of technology development tests on two of the agency's prototype lunar rovers. The Desert RATS - or Research and Technology Studies - in the Arizona desert at Black Point Lava Flow allow NASA to analyze and refine technologies and procedures in extreme environments on Earth. "These tests provide us with crucial information about how our cutting edge vehicles ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 11, 2009Japan on Friday launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station, aiming for a share of space transport after the retirement of the US space shuttle fleet next year. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the HTV transportation vehicle atop an H-2B rocket, which is also on its first flight, as scheduled just after 2:00 am (1700 GMT Thursday) ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 15, 2009This is big. But you know that much already. Three hundred and eighty million miles from Earth, the solar system's largest planet spins like a sizzling top in the night, massive and powerful beyond all comparison short of the sun itself. It's therefore only fitting-and certainly about time-that the fifth planet receive its proper cinematic due, set naturally on the most appropriate cinematic ... more |
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