Continental shelves beneath the retreating polar ice caps of the Arctic may hold almost double the amount of oil previously found in the region, scientists say. Read more…
Archive for May, 2009
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday offered Internet users a first glimpse at Bing, its fresh attempt to gain ground in the online search market. Read more…
With Wi-Fi access at airports, hotels, and aboard airplanes, business travelers don’t have to look very hard for a wireless Internet connection. Read more…
Space shuttle Atlantis is shown suspended from a sling in the Mate-DeMate Device at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center during preparations for its ferry… Read more…
New research suggests we could detect a potential beacon from a planet full of microbes. Read more…
Even if you’re in space; at a remote village; on a battlefield; or far offshore, this new diagnostic device will bring the world’s best specialists to your bedside. France’s ARTIS project aims to validate a complete end-to-end robotized “tele-echography” service slated to be available to doctors in 2010. Read more…
Flight Engineers Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk of the 20th International Space Station crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-15 from the… Read more…
A Romanian team plans to use a balloon-launched rocket to reach the moon and win the Lunar X Prize. Read more…
A Russian Soyuz rocket launched the second half of the station’s first 6-person crew on Wednesday. Read more…
Electric ion engines; slingshot-style gravitational-assist maneuvers; ultra-light super-strong solar sails and other innovations are driving exploration forward beyond reliance on chemical rockets. Read more…