Space plane concept envisions fast future travel from airports to orbit
NASA and Defense Department funds hover around 200 million with 200-million Pentagon support. X-30 plans aim to launch horizontally, reach orbit by 2003 to 2005, and cost 5 to 10 billion while awaiting White House approval.
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Lunar Menu Dreams Grow For Moon Farms
Lockheed proposes a lunar plant growth unit to feed astronauts with crops grown on the moon. The concept uses a hard pressurized shell covered in lunar dirt to shield from solar radiation as space visionaries pursue long term lunar dining.
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Moon
Lockheed
King Features Syndicate
Patents by 19th Century Women Surprised Researchers
University of Illinois historian notes more than 5500 U.S. patents were granted to women from 1865 to 1900. The findings challenge the era's gender norms as women entered mining and railroads and other non gentle industries. Nahum Gat of Manhattan Beach earned U.S. patent 5 008 548 for a UV exposure alert device.
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University of Illinois
Deborah J. Merritt
Scientific American
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Nahum Gat
Manhattan Beach
Angina Risk Higher for Women Aged 25 to 54
Dr Phillip Sarrel of Yale University says angina affects twice as many women as men in ages 25 to 54 and remains under studied. He notes sex differences in causes, citing ovarian hormones and estrogen therapy as factors influencing heart pain in women. Medical World News.
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Phillip Sarrel
Yale University
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Sarrell
Thompson charts tropical ice cores for climate clues
Ice researcher Thompson focuses on high altitude tropical and subtropical glaciers to record detailed climate history. His team drilled tropical ice cores at Quelccaya Peru and Guliya China, revealing 20th century warming and wider atmospheric links beyond polar regions.
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Lorius
Ohio State
National Science Foundation
National Geographic Society
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Peru
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Europe
Dunde
Tibet
China
Guliya
Ellen Mosley-Thompson
John Bolzan
Byrd Institute
Central Asia
Andes
Quebcaya
South America
Soviet ice sample reveals 160000 years of history
In Columbus Ohio reporters note Soviet scientists at Vostok Antarctica have retrieved ice cores reaching 160000 years back. U S and European teams drill Greenland ice to bedrock seeking 10000 foot cores while monitoring potential sea level impacts from Antarctic ice loss.
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Columbus
Ohio
Army
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
Greenland
Camp Century
Antarctic
Vostok
Antarctica
U.S
University of New Hampshire
Paul Majewski
National Science Foundation
West Antarctic
Computers may outperform doctors in some medical tasks
Experts at the AAAS meeting say computers diagnose certain diseases more accurately predict survival and provide medical advice by phone. Researchers note ethical questions and responsibility if machines err while supporting doctors to improve care.
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Paul Record
Chicago
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Kenneth Goodman
University of Miami Medical School
Goodman
Terrell Ward Bynum
Southern Connecticut State University
Georgetown University
Washington
Bynum
Harvard University
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