Cascadia Quake Zone Gets Wired Up
One of the most under-appreciated earthquake hazard zones in the United States is getting extra attention with a new seismometer array to monitor natural hazards.
Supercomputer shares universe simulations
Supercomputing has helped astrophysicists create massive models of the universe, but such simulations remain out of reach for many in the United States and around the world.
Supercomputer – Supercomputing – United States – Business – Computing
Obama budget ends return-to-moon plan
President Barack Obama is essentially grounding plans to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more.
Barack Obama – President of the United States – NASA – Politics – United States
First U.S. commercial spaceport is taking shape
The initial phase of building the rambling complex within remote desert scenery in New Mexico is quickening as loads of asphalt and concrete are being spread.
New Mexico – United States – Concrete – Government – Business and Economy
India plans first manned space flight in 2016
India’s space agency is planning the nation’s first manned space flight for 2016, if it gets government approval of the project budget, an official said Thursday.
Experts: Research on Global ‘Sun Block’ Needed Now
Climate change experts argue for international geoengineering effortInternationally coordinated research and field-testing on ‘geoengineering’ the planet’s atmosphere to limit risk of climate change should begin soon along with building international g…
India To Send Two Astronauts Into Space By 2016
A top official said Wednesday that India will launch its first manned space mission in 2016 in an effort to match space pioneers such as Russia and the United States, AFP reported.The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) had already been granted p…
Is Genetically Modified Corn Toxic?
In the United States, we grow and eat corn whose genes have been tweaked to make the plants more resistant to pests and pesticides. Most European countries don’t, largely because the citizenry fears it isn’t safe. But try as scientists …
Bigger, Better Telescopes Needed to Find Near-Earth Asteroid
If we’re going to protect the Earth from an asteroid, we need to find the dangerous ones whizzing about in the emptiness of space. Unfortunately, the United States will not complete the survey of large near-Earth objects by 2020 as mandated, but not…
Wind energy could supply 20% of Eastern US grid -NREL report
Wind energy could generate 20 percent of the electricity needed by households and businesses in the eastern half of the United States by 2024, but it would require up to $90 billion in investment, according to a government report released on Wednesd…