Articles in the Science/Environment Category

NASA Spinoff 2011 Unveils Benefits of NASA Technologies on Earth
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency’s ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands of lives, generated billions of dollars, and created thousands of American jobs. The latest edition of Spinoff records 44 journeys of NASA’s most innovative technologies. It chronicles their origins in NASA missions and programs and [...]

NASA Spinoff 2011 Unveils Benefits of NASA Technologies on Earth
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — NASA’s Spinoff 2011 publication, now available online, reveals how the space agency’s ingenuity and partnerships have saved thousands of lives, generated billions of dollars, and created thousands of American jobs. The latest edition of Spinoff records 44 journeys of NASA’s most innovative technologies. It chronicles their origins in NASA missions and programs and [...]

NASA Officials Participate in 2nd Annual White House Science Fair
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and other senior agency officials joined President Obama in honoring student science fair winners from across the country at the second annual White House Science Fair today in the East Wing of the White House. The event highlighted student achievement and excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or [...]

NASA Calls for New Commercial Crew Proposals
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — As part of NASA’s ongoing efforts to foster development of a U.S. commercial crew space transportation capability to and from low Earth orbit and the International Space Station, NASA has issued a call for industry to submit proposals for the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability Initiative. It’s expected that proposals will lead to Space [...]

NASA’s Chandra Finds Milky Way’s Black Hole Grazing on Asteroids
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — The giant black hole at the center of the Milky Way may be vaporizing and devouring asteroids, which could explain the frequent flares observed, according to astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. For several years Chandra has detected X-ray flares about once a day from the supermassive black hole known as [...]

NASA Mission Takes Stock of Earth’s Melting Land Ice
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — In the first comprehensive satellite study of its kind, a University of Colorado at Boulder-led team used NASA data to calculate how much Earth’s melting land ice is adding to global sea level rise. Using satellite measurements from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE), the researchers measured ice loss [...]

NASA Seeks Proposals for Green Propellant Technology Demonstrations
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — NASA is seeking technology demonstration proposals for green propellant alternatives to the highly toxic fuel hydrazine. As NASA works with American companies to open a new era of access to space, the agency seeks innovative and transformative fuels that are less harmful to our environment. Hydrazine is an efficient and ubiquitous propellant that [...]

NASA Officials to Discuss Fiscal Year 2013 Budget
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

WASHINGTON — NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will brief reporters about the agency’s fiscal year 2013 budget at 2 p.m. EST on Monday, Feb. 13. The news conference will take place in the James E. Webb Memorial Auditorium at NASA Headquarters, located at 300 E St. SW, in Washington. NASA Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Robinson will [...]

Government To Implement Inclusive Education In 2015 – Minister
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

The Ghana Government has gone far in its plans to implement the Inclusive Education Policy before 2015 to meet the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) deadline. Mr Mike Hammah, Minister for Lands and Natural Resources made this known in a speech read for him at the opening of the five-day first Sub-Regional Summit on [...]

MOFA To Be In Control of Food Security Issues
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Posted in Science/Environment on 8 February 2012

The Minister for Food and Agriculture, Mr Kwesi Ahwoi, says the Statistics Research and Information Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) will soon maintain a system for a periodic performance audit which will ensure food security information including early warning information on crops, livestock and the fisheries sub-sectors. At a handing over [...]