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US Not Losing In Iraq, Rumsfeld Insists
Washington (AFP) Jun 23, 2005US troops are defeating the stubborn insurgency in Iraq, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld insisted Thursday, rejecting calls that the Pentagon create a timetable for scaling back the US forces there. Unlocking Hydrogen's Fuel Potential 
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 24, 2005Hydrogen is being touted as the fuel of the future, a clean-burning, renewable and inexpensive replacement for petroleum. But a major stumbling block for hydrogen-powered vehicles is figuring out a way to carry enough hydrogen onboard to travel even moderate distances between refueling stops. Tokyo Vows Tighter Control After Nuclear Power Plant Data Leak 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 23, 2005Japan's government on Thursday vowed to tighten controls on information at nuclear power plants after confidential data on at least two facilities was inadvertently leaked over the Internet. |
Climate Change Could Threaten China's Landmark Tibet Railway
Beijing (AFP) Jun 23, 2005Rising temperatures on western China's Qinghai-Tibet Plateau may pose a threat to the world's highest railway, which is due to go into operation next year, state media said Thursday. Research shows Persistent El Nino-Like Conditions During Past Global Warming 
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jun 24, 2005During the most recent period in Earth's past with a climate warmer than today, the tropical Pacific was in a stable state of El Nino-like conditions, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz. El Nino and La Nina Mix Up Plankton 
College Park MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2005El Nino and La Nina play with the populations of microscopic ocean plants called phytoplankton. That's what scientists have found using NASA satellite data and a computer model. |
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Fossil Shows Poison-Biting Small Mammal
Edmonton, Canada (UPI) Jun 24, 2005A Canadian university student has discovered a fossil of a 60 million-year-old mouse-like mammal that had a rare, poisonous bite. Hummingbird An Evolutionary Marvel 
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 24, 2005with an appreciation of beauty may have marveled for millennia at the artistry of a darting hummingbird, but scientists announced today that for the first time they can more fully explain how a hummingbird can hover. Ageing Farmer Kills Leopard With Bare Hands In Kenya 
Nairobi (AFP) Jun 22, 2005A 73-year-old man used his bare hands to tear out the tongue of a leopard that attacked him in Kenya and killed it, a newspaper said Wednesday of an incident confirmed by the Kenya Wildlife Service. |
NASA Studying Tropical Cyclones
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2005NASA hurricane researchers are deploying to Costa Rica next month to investigate the birthplace of eastern Pacific tropical cyclones. They will be searching for clues that could lead to a greater understanding the hurricane. Researchers Get Clearer View Of Earth's Atmosphere - From The Laboratory 
Columbus OH (SPX) Jun 24, 2005For scientists who want to discern the complex chemistry at work in Earth's atmosphere, detecting a particular gas molecule can be as hard as finding a proverbial needle in a haystack. FAA Using New Lockheed Martin System to Control Oceanic Air Traffic 
Rockville, MD (SPX) Jun 24, 2005Air traffic controllers in New York today are using the FAA's new system to manage oceanic air traffic. The system safely increases the capacity of international air routes and automates the manual tracking processes used previously. |
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