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KLM flies world's first 'passenger flight on biofuel'
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.
SOFIA Seeks Secrets of Planetary Birth
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 19, 2009 |
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You don't always have to have a rocket to do rocket science. Sometimes a mere airplane will do - that is, a mere Boeing 747 toting a 17-ton, 9-foot wide telescope named SOFIA.
Space shuttle Atlantis back home in Florida
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The space shuttle Atlantis is back home in Florida.
Atlantis begins ferry flight home from Calif.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Space shuttle Atlantis has begun its ferry flight home from California to Florida.
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Rare economic espionage case ends in jury deadlock
Nov 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of the rare charge of economic espionage against the U.S. have been acquitted on two counts, but they could face a retrial on three other counts on which a jury deadlocked.
Novel nano-devices developed by U of T researchers
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 10, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers continue to uncover the mysteries of space. But even the best astronauts in the world are stymied if the spaceship doesn't launch. When the countdown stops, it is often because ...
Flying with the flu: Expert panel revisits the danger of air travel during a pandemic
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Attempting to ground planes during pandemics may not be worth the trouble, a panel of experts from the government, academia and the airlines industry heard at a recent meeting in Washington.
Patients starting dialysis have increased risk of death
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Compared to the general population, patients starting dialysis have an increased risk of death that is not attributable to a higher rate of death from cardiovascular causes, as previously thought, according to a study in ...
Biofuel for commercial flights by 2010: IATA
Oct 23, 2009 |
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said Friday it would approve biofuels for commercial flights by 2010 in a bid to drastically reduce the industry's carbon footprint.
Rare economic espionage case going to trial
Oct 21, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two men accused of stealing computer chip blueprints - and trying to tap the Chinese government to help launch a startup built on the contraband - are becoming the first defendants charged with economic espionage ...
Developing fuel cell-powered mobile lighting application
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Sandia National Laboratories, with help from The Boeing Company, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and others, is leading an effort to develop a commercially viable, fuel cell-powered ...
GOES-P satellite preparing for launch in March 2010
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2009 |
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Just two months after the successful launch of the GOES-O spacecraft, now called GOES-14 in orbit, the NASA team removed the GOES-P spacecraft from storage and commenced its post storage testing. GOES-P is ...
Away from the financial bust, tech stocks boomed
Oct 14, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intel Corp. and other technology stocks helped lead the way as markets climbed out of the trough they fell into in March - even as the recession kept many big corporations and consumers sitting on their wallets instead ...
Conditions combined for devastating tsunami
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Because of a lethal combination of geology and geography, the people of American Samoa didn't stand much of a chance. Almost every condition that triggers bad tsunamis was in place this time, generating ...
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