Posts Tagged ‘international’

NASA satellite and International Space Station catch Earl weakening

Saturday, September 4th, 2010

NASA satellites and the International Space Station are keeping eyes on Hurricane Earl as it heads for New England.

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Canadian to command space station in 2013

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

Astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday.

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Canadian to command space station in 2013

Widespread parental misuse of medicines puts children at risk

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Many children are being put at risk by parents over-use of widely-available over the counter (OTC) medicines for fever, coughs and colds, says a study from Australia to be presented to the annual conference of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) today. The researchers, led by Dr. Rebekah Moles from the University of Sydney, New South Wales, say that dosing errors and inappropriate use of such medicines lead to a large number of calls to poison centres as well as emergency hospital admissions.

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3-D movies via Internet and satellite

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Multiview video coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression.

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Why are sunspots a source of radio emissions? Researcher explains more

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Why sunspots are a strong source of radio emissions and what information those emissions carry will be the focus of an invited talk by NJIT Research Professor Jeongwoo Lee tomorrow at the International Astronomical Union Symposium on the Physics of Sun and Star Spots in Ventura, CA. The event numbers among the top gatherings in the U.S.

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Engineering shorter wait times in the ER

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Emergency room waiting times could be cut by over one third and patients’ length of stay by almost two-thirds, thanks to a new approach to the triage process of sorting patients for further assessment and treatment, according to research published in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage this month.

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Scientists discover first new chlorophyll in 60 years

Friday, August 20th, 2010

(PhysOrg.com) — University of Sydney scientists have stumbled upon the first new chlorophyll to be discovered in over 60 years and have published their findings in the international journal Science.

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Scientists discover first new chlorophyll in 60 years

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment takes off for Kennedy Space Center

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment that will search for antimatter and dark matter in space, leaves CERN next Tuesday on the next leg of its journey to the International Space Station.

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Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer experiment takes off for Kennedy Space Center

ISS orbit corrected

Thursday, August 19th, 2010

The orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) was successfully corrected on Thursday, an official of the Russian space flights control centre announced.

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Space station cooling normally after spacewalk fix

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

(AP) — The International Space Station is operating normally again following a series of spacewalking repairs.

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