06/01/2005

All in Place for Space Shuttle Return To Flight

NASA marked a major milestone for the Space Shuttle's Return to Flight, as the redesigned External Tank rolled out today from the barge that carried it to the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla. The tank was taken to the ...

Next-generation steel by magnetic field processing

New products made of stronger components that are lighter in weight, more energy efficient and have an extended use life may be possible through a technology that can alter the characteristics of steel and other materials.

Projecting onto thin air

FogScreen is a futuristic innovation that creates a thin white screen of fog. The screen can be projected onto, touched, and even walked through – a sure-fire attention-getter for publicity or educational purposes.

Substructure Maps Show that Dark Matter Clumps in Galaxies

Hubble Space Telescope data, analyzed by a Yale astronomer using gravitational lensing techniques, has generated a spatial map demonstrating the clumped substructure of dark matter inside clusters of galaxies. Clusters of ...

Governor Announces New $400 Million ASML and IBM

Governor George E. Pataki today, in his 11th Annual State of the State Message, announced that ASML Holding NV and IBM Corporation create a $400 million nanochip research and development at the Albany Center of Excellence ...

Kodak Unveils First-of-its-Kind Wi-Fi Digital Camera

On the eve of the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Eastman Kodak Company introduced a groundbreaking wireless digital photography system, giving people the freedom to share pictures whenever and wherever ...

NASA Swift Mission Turns On and Sees a Blast of Bursts

The NASA-led Swift mission opened its doors to a flurry of gamma ray burst action. Scientists were still calibrating the main instrument, the Burst Alert Telescope (BAT), when the first burst appeared on December 17. Three ...

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