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March 06, 2013

Third radiation belt discovered with UNH-led instrument suite
Durham NH (SPX) Mar 06, 2013
Although scientists involved in NASA's Van Allen Probes mission were confident they would eventually be able to rewrite the textbook on Earth's twin radiation belts, getting material for the new edition just two days after launch was surprising, momentous, and gratifying. The Radiation Belt Storm Probes mission, subsequently renamed in honor of the belts' discoverer, astrophysicist James Van Allen, was launched in the pre-dawn hours of August 30, 2012. Shortly thereafter, and well ahead of schedul ... read more

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Tracking trains with satellite precision Taking a cue from how ESA controls satellites, Spanish railways now have their own high-tech upgrade to keep travellers abreast of when the next train is going to pull into the station. Drawin ... more		Twin CU-Boulder instruments reveal a third radiation belt can wrap around Earth With the flip of a switch, a pair of instruments designed and built by the University of Colorado Boulder and flying onboard twin NASA space probes have forced the revision of a 50-year-old theory a ... more		Pixels guide the way for the visually impaired Images have been transformed into pixels and projected onto a headset to help the visually impaired in everyday tasks such as navigation, route-planning and object finding. Developed using a v ... more
				Mission to save jaguar exposes big cats' plight in Brazil It was late at night at the Preto Velho ranch when the unsuspecting jaguar approached the trap, took the bait - and was downed by a tranquilizer dart. ... more		Robot can help in polar expeditions An autonomous robot dubbed "Yeti" could help explorers in the arctic and Antarctica avoid deadly crevasses hidden in ice-covered landscapes, researchers say. ... more

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Global tipping point not backed by science A group of international ecological scientists led by the University of Adelaide have rejected a doomsday-like scenario of sudden, irreversible change to the Earth's ecology. In a paper in the ... more		NASA's Van Allen Probes Discover a Surprise Circling Earth After most NASA science spacecraft launches, researchers wait patiently for months as instruments on board are turned on one at a time, slowly ramped up to full power, and tested to make sure they w ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		Indian women use smartphones to 'pin the creeps' With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots, women in urban India are using their smartphones for protection after a notorious gang-rape in New Delhi. ... more
				NASA Deciphering the Mysterious Math of the Solar Wind Many areas of scientific research - Earth's weather, ocean currents, the outpouring of magnetic energy from the sun - require mapping out the large scale features of a complex system and its intri ... more		NASA's Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts The colorful images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world: Pulses of freshwater gush from the Amazon River's mouth; an invisible seam divides the salty Arabian Sea from the fresher wat ... more

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Northrop Grumman Delivers First Communications Payload for USAF's Enhanced Polar System Northrop Grumman has delivered the first of two protected communications payloads for the U.S. Air Force's Enhanced Polar System (EPS) that will provide continuous coverage in the north polar region ... more		Promising New Technique for Probing Earth's Deep Interior researchers at Amherst College in Massachusetts and the University of Texas at Austin have described a new technique based in particle physics that might one day reveal, in more detail than ever bef ... more		Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage		SMOS: the global success story continues ESA's water mission is shedding new light on the meandering Gulf Stream, just one of the SMOS satellite's numerous achievements. Launched in 2009, ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity satellite ha ... more
				Vietnam to launch third satellite into orbit Vietnam will launch its third satellite into orbit in the second quarter of 2013, according to a document approved by the Vietnamese Government Office. Vietnamese media VnExpress quoted Bui Tr ... more		New approach alters malaria maps Identifying areas of malarial infection risk depends more on daily temperature variation than on the average monthly temperatures, according to a team of researchers, who believe that their results ... more

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Rutgers physicists test highly flexible organic semiconductors

Quantum computers turn mechanical

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Indonesia, South Korea to build fighters

Cathay Pacific orders 3 Boeing 747-8 cargo planes

China to surpass US as top luxury car market: study

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Formula E: China Racing join all-electric Formula E line-up

	NASA Selects Launch Services for ICESat-2 Mission NASA's Launch Services Program at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida has selected United Launch Services, LLC of Englewood, Colo., to provide Delta II launch services for the Ice, Cloud an ... more		Raytheon's new precision artillery ready for low-rate initial production Raytheon has received a U.S. Army fiscal year 2012 contract for the production of Excalibur Increment Ib precision-guided projectiles. The $56.6 million contract, awarded in December, marks the star ... more		Mobile apps reshape urban taxi landscape Before the smartphone, riders summoned a taxi by waving an arm or calling a dispatcher - but mobile apps are changing that, helping both drivers and passengers. ... more		USAF Awards Lockheed Martin Contracts to Begin Work on Next Set of GPS III Satellites The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin two fixed-price contracts totaling $120 million to procure long lead parts for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth next generation Global Positioning ... more

AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners

Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power

UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department

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Telit Offers COMBO 2G Chip For Multi Satellite Positioning Receiver		Marsh plants actively engineer their landscape		U.N. committee to discuss space weather		Boeing Awarded USAF Contract to Continue GPS Modernization		Orbital-Built Landsat Satellite Launched

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The Sun Produces Two CMEs

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Ball Supplies Advanced Imaging Instrument For Landsat 8

NightPod Images Bring Earth to Light From Space Station

Landsat Data Continuity Mission Awaits Liftoff

Lockheed Martin Completes Major GPS III Flight Software Milestone

Scotland's first satellite set to boldly go into orbit

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