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Jefferson Lab Builds First Single Crystal Single Cell Accelerating Cavity
Newport News VA (SPX) May 31, 2005Jefferson Lab's Institute for Superconducting Radiofrequency Science & Technology has, for the first time, successfully fabricated and tested a single cell accelerating cavity made from a single crystal of niobium. Officials Inaugurate U.S.-Backed Pipeline 
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2005Officials Wednesday began filling the U.S.-backed $3.6 billion Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline transporting Caspian crude to western markets. Leaders from Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia and Turkey inaugurated the pipeline at the opening ceremony at an oil terminal near the Azeri capital of Baku. ESA Extends Double Star Mission 
Paris (ESA) May 31, 2005On 10 May 2005, the ESA Science Programme Committee (SPC) approved the extension of the Double Star mission for a period of 17 months, pushing back the end date from July 2005 to December 2006. |
Japan's Top Court Gives OK To Reopen Monju Fast Breeder Reactor
Tokyo (AFP) May 30, 2005Japan's Supreme Court on Monday gave the green light to reopen an experimental reactor opposed by residents on safety concerns, in a landmark ruling on the country's nuclear energy program. New Study Projects Drought In Southern Africa, Rain In Sahel 
Boulder CO (SPX) May 26, 2005A new analysis of Africa's past and future climate shows that the Sahel region, which experienced catastrophic drought until rains returned in the 1990s, could experience wetter monsoons for decades to come. Ireland Opens First Offshore Wind Farm 
Dublin (AFP) May 26, 2005Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern opened the country's first offshore wind farm Thursday, off the east coast. The 25-megawatts Arklow Bank Offshore Wind Park was located on a sandbank about 10 kilometres off County Wicklow in the Irish Sea, just south of the capital Dublin. |
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Russia To Build Floating Nuclear Plant
Moscow (UPI) May 26, 2005Russia's atomic energy agency RosAtom announced Thursday plans to build the world's first floating nuclear power plant. Underwater Volcano Discovered 
San Diego CA (SPX) May 26, 2005A team of scientists, led by researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has discovered an active underwater volcano near the Samoan Island chain. Adaptive Array Network Could Improve Access To NASA's EO Satellites 
Atlanta GA (SPX) May 26, 2005Sophisticated signal processing techniques and simple proof-of-principle antenna arrays built from PVC pipe, aluminum foil and copper wire could revolutionize the way NASA obtains data from its Earth observing satellites. |
Shanghai-Made Orbiter To Improve Forecasts
Beijing (XNA) May 26, 2005Errors in short-term weather forecasting will be greatly reduced when a new Shanghai-made meteorological satellite is put into formal use next month, a senior engineer said Wednesday. DigitalGlobe Provides Imagery Of Kauai County For Floodplain Mapping 
Longmont CO (SPX) May 27, 2005DigitalGlobe has announced that RMTC/URS, along with Kauai County and the State of Hawaii, has purchased high-resolution DigitalGlobe's QuickBird satellite imagery for more effective digital mapping in Hawaii. Burnt Coal From Dinosaur Age Sheds Light On Today's Global Warming 
Chicago IL (SPX) May 26, 2005Studying climate change is incredibly complex, yet retracing climate change and the causes behind those changes is the only way to understand the effects of burning massive amounts of fossil fuels today. |
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