A stubborn bolt that prevented two spacewalking astronauts from properly installing a replacement power unit on the exterior of the International Space Station today (Aug. 31) will now require another spacewalk — possibly as early as next week — to attempt to resolve the problem, NASA officials said.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Thursday halted attempts to replace a power distributor on the International Space Station after spacewalking astronauts were repeatedly stymied by a jammed bolt, officials said. NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan's Akihiko Hoshide, both station flight engineers, had planned to spend 6.5 hours outside the orbital outpost to work on its power ...
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Two astronauts battled through an extra-long spacewalk outside the International Space Station today (Aug. 30) to replace a broken power unit and other broken gear on the orbiting lab's exterior, but were ultimately stopped short by a set of stubborn bolts.
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Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams, who holds the record of the longest space flight (195 days) for a woman, has completed her fifth spacewalk lasting a near record eight hours and 17 minutes.
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PUBLISHED: 07:19 EST, 31 August 2012 | UPDATED: 07:19 EST, 31 August 2012
If the price of a ticket on Sir Richard Branson's planned Virgin Galactic space tourism programme seems a little out of your price range, don't despair.
Some 500 tourists have already signed up for the 128,000 two-hour flights, expected to launch next year, but Virgin Airlines' frequent flyers are being offered the chance to win a sub-orbital space flight.
Although it might take more than an annual holiday to Florida to clinch it.
Unearthly: An artist's impression of Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic, 'the world's first commercial spaceline'
Entrants to the competition - dubbed Mission: Galactic - are required to clock up as many air miles as possible on Virgin America, Virgin Atlantic, and Virgin Australia flights by August 7, 2013.
The 'total status points' will then be calculated, the winner reaching 'the ultimate status: Galactic.'
The runner-up will be rewarded with a zero-gravity flight on board a specially modified Boeing 727.
Tourist trips to space are on course to become a reality next year when the first of Sir Richard's flights soars 60 miles up into space on the SpaceShipTwo (SS2) aircraft.
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Neil Armstrong believed NASAs slashed budgets would diminish Americas lead in space, but private industries are already taking up the baton and sprinting with it.
One of my heroes died last weekend.
Neil Armstrongs passing shook me have we really been lunar for so long? but what disturbs me even more is how negatively he and several other prominent astronauts regard private spaceflight visionaries like Elon Musk, Richard Branson and Bob Richards. While frowned upon by yesterdays heroes, these fledgling entrepreneurs hold the greatest hope for future spacefarers and moonwalkers.
After NASA suffered severe budget cuts in 2010, Armstrong voiced his opposition, casting doubt on the ability of private ventures to successfully take to the stars. In a letter that didnt receive nearly as much attention as it should have, Armstrong, along with James Lovell and Eugene Cernan Apollo 13s commander and the last man on the moon, respectively suggested that the death of the government shuttle program and the rise of privatized space flight could spell an end to U.S. dominance in the wild black yonder.
I support the encouragement of the newcomers toward their goal of lower-cost access to space, Armstrong told Congress in 2010. But having cut my teeth in rockets more than 50 years ago, I am not confident.
Are Neil and his cohorts correct? Does an increasing reliance on commercial shuttles leave the United States on a long downhill slide to mediocrity?
Actually, increasing the role of private spaceflight ventures should only enhance Americas dominance in the sky and like it or not, the NASA of the past is not the NASA of the future.
With all due respect to Armstrong, Powell and Cernan, relying on the government to propel humankind into space carries too much uncertainty. After America won the space race, enthusiasm seemed to fizzle out; Cernans final journey to the moon took place all the way back in 1972. That was a full 40 years ago. Four. Zero.
Exploring the final frontier simply isnt a high priority for politicians in a time when economic uncertainty runs rampant and unemployment rates remain floating at high levels. Thats not to say that NASA should be neglected, but its budget ebbs and flows with the public whim. NASAs funds have been (mostly) shrinking since the 1960s and currently stand at around 0.05 percent of the overall Federal budget. Taking inflation into account, the agencys 2012 budget is only half of what it was in Apollos heyday.
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Living up to its name, NASA's WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer) telescope has uncovered millions of black holes and extreme galaxies across the universe.
Recently released images from the telescope reveal millions of dusty black hole candidates, as well as about 1,000 even dustier objects, which scientists believe are among the brightest galaxies ever discovered, and which have appropriately been nicknamed "hot DOGs," or dust-obscured galaxies.
"WISE has exposed a menagerie of hidden objects," WISE program scientist Hashima Hasan said in a statement. "We've found an asteroid dancing ahead of Earth in its orbit, the coldest star-like orbs known and now, supermassive black hole galaxies hiding behind cloaks of dust."
Last year, the telescope put on its night-vision goggles to twice scan the entire sky with infrared light, capturing millions of images that allowed scientists to dig around for new discoveries.
Black holes had better watch their backs, said Daniel Stern, lead author of the WISE black hole study and member of NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab. By combining projects, the WISE telescope can find the monstrous black holes, while the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) provides a new look at their high-energy X-ray light, Stern said.
NASA launched the black-hole hunting NuSTAR in mid-June, which sported a telescope that can see the hottest, densest, most energetic objects, Fiona Harrison, NuSTAR principal investigator at the California Institute of Technology, said in June.
In one case, NASA's device helped astronomers identify about 2.5 million actively feeding supermassive black holes, reaching more than 10 billion light-years away, the space association said in a news release. Generally, dust blocks the objects' visible light, NASA said, but WISE sees their warm dust glowing in infrared light.
One of the main goals of the WISE mission was met when scientists reported finding what they believed were among the brightest galaxies ever known. Despite emitting more than 100 trillion times as much light as the sun, NASA said the DOGs are so dusty that they appear only in the longest wavelengths of infrared captured by WISE.
In this case, the galaxies' eggs may have come before the chickens, WISE project scientist at JPL Peter Eisenhardt said. The lead author of a paper on the first of the DOGs, Eisenhardt said there may be evidence to prove that the galaxies formed their black holes before most of their stars.
"We may be seeing a new, rare phase in the evolution of galaxies," JPL's Jingwen Wu said in a statement.
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A Northwest Arkansas company is in the national spotlight for its nanotechnology innovation.
NanoMech has won an Innovator of the Year Award from the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA).
NanoMech is an international material science company based in Springdale.
"We are very proud of this recognition," said Jim Phillips, NanoMech Chairman and CEO. "The breakthrough technologies the NanoMech team has developed, such as nGlide, TuffTek, and TriboTuff, have led to this tremendous honor for our family of loyal employees and very supportive investors. NanoMech is focused on innovating by applying breakthrough novel science into "must-have" products bringing immediate and drastic improvement into existing major markets."
The NanoBCA is the industry's top trade organization dedicated to promoting the advancement and commercialization of nanotechnology while helping companies bring affordable, life-improving nanotech products to the market.
Mr. Vincent Caprio, the CEO of the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association said, "We are very proud to single NanoMech out of the vast field of up and coming emerging nanotechnology companies in America. NanoMech is a clear leader in converting massive brainpower and applied research to market-ready products that will disrupt huge companies overnight in the energy and manufacturing sectors, bringing immediate efficiency and performance improvements to these global industries! They are clearly a company to watch and at the top of our list."
Dr. Ajay P. Malshe, the CTO of NanoMech said, "In 2012 NanoMech commercialized two nano-engineered product platforms never achieved before. TriboTuff is a nano-inspired industrial lubricant which reduces friction (to near zero) and wear of mechanical parts by orders of magnitude allowing hundreds of percent enhancement in wear reduction in machines, vehicles, and components such as valves, gears and much more. These performance increases also produce incredible energy savings. Our second nanotechnology platform of products is TuffTek coated cutting tool inserts and wear parts made of carbides, metals and ceramics. As natural resources such as metals and ceramics are depleting nationally and globally, TuffTek radically transforms surfaces with nano engineered coating solutions, that increase the life of cutting tools and wear parts by as much as 1000% while enhancing their performance and sustainability."
NanoMech Inc. was founded in 2002 and creates advanced engineering materials through patent and patent-pending nano-inspired and nano-manufactured product development.
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NanoMech, an international material science company and leader in nanotechnology innovation, is pleased to announce that the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association (NanoBCA) has selected it for the 2012 Top Emerging Nano Innovators Award.
We are very proud of this recognition, said Jim Phillips, NanoMech Chairman and CEO. The breakthrough technologies the NanoMech team has developed, such as nGlide, TuffTek, and TriboTuff, have led to this tremendous honor for our family of loyal employees and very supportive investors. NanoMech is focused on innovating by applying breakthrough novel science into "must-have" products bringing immediate and drastic improvement into existing major markets."
The NanoBCA (www.nanobca.org) is the industrys top trade organization dedicated to promoting the advancement and commercialization of nanotechnology while helping companies bring affordable, life-improving nanotech products to the market.
Mr. Vincent Caprio, the CEO of the NanoBusiness Commercialization Association said, "We are very proud to single NanoMech out of the vast field of up and coming emerging nanotechnology companies in America. NanoMech is a clear leader in converting massive brainpower and applied research to market-ready products that will disrupt huge companies overnight in the energy and manufacturing sectors, bringing immediate efficiency and performance improvements to these global industries! They are clearly a company to watch and at the top of our list."
Dr. Ajay P. Malshe, the CTO of NanoMech said, "In 2012 NanoMech commercialized two nano-engineered product platforms never achieved before. TriboTuff is a nano-inspired industrial lubricant which reduces friction (to near zero) and wear of mechanical parts by orders of magnitude allowing hundreds of percent enhancement in wear reduction in machines, vehicles, and components such as valves, gears and much more. These performance increases also produce incredible energy savings. Our second nanotechnology platform of products is TuffTek coated cutting tool inserts and wear parts made of carbides, metals and ceramics. As natural resources such as metals and ceramics are depleting nationally and globally, TuffTek radically transforms surfaces with nano engineered coating solutions, that increase the life of cutting tools and wear parts by as much as 1000% while enhancing their performance and sustainability."
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NanoMech Inc., (www.NanoMech.com), was founded in 2002 and creates advanced engineering materials through patent and patent-pending nano-inspired and nano-manufactured product development. NanoMech is a pioneer in applying breakthrough nano-engineered innovations to robust areas of national interest including machining and manufacturing, lubrication and energy, and strategic military applications. NanoMech brings ideas from innovation to implementation, commercializing nanomanufactured products at record speed in the market. NanoMech is a member of President Obamas Materials Genome Initiative, a public / private collaboration with the aim of doubling the speed and reducing the cost of discovering, developing, and deploying new advanced materials. NanoMech is also a member of the U.S. Manufacturing Competitiveness Initiative (USMCI) and the U.S. Technology Leadership and Strategy Initiative, (www.Compete.org) both based in Washington, DC.
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The American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (AADSM) is the only non-profit national professional society dedicated exclusively to the practice of dental sleep medicine. The AADSM provides educational resources for dentists and promotes the use of oral appliance therapy for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. Established in 1991, the AADSM has more than 2,800 member dentists worldwide. Visit http://www.aadsm.org or call the national office at (630) 737-9705 for more information.
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The global sports medicine devices marketis expected to grow from USD3.3 billionin 2011 to reach USD5.7 billionby 2017, at a CAGR of 9.3%. Knee application still holds the largest share among others due to the high frequency of ACL injuries along with other conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, meniscal cartilage damage, and patellar chondromalacia.
The overall sports medicine market is quite fragmented with a large number of global players, including Arthrex, ArthroCare, Smith & Nephew, Stryker, Biomet, Shock Doctor, DePuy Mitek, Linvatec ConMed, Mueller Sports, McDavid, Breg, BSN Medical, Cramer Sports and Cho-Pat Sports, among several others.
New report Sports Medicine Devices Market By Products & Application (2012 - 2017) Global Trends & Competitive Analysis worked out by MarketsandMarkets provides true and unbiased insights into the global sports medicine market, categorized by value and volume. Both of these markets are broken down into segments and sub-segments, providing exhaustive analysis for 2011 and 2012, as well as forecast up to 2017. To provide in-depth information on the global scenario, each market is comprehensively analyzed at granular level by geography North America, Europe, Asia, and RoW.
The report also details major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities. Furthermore, the competitive landscape along with elaborate profiles of 25 companies analyzed through a company overview, key financials, products and services, strategies and developments can also be found in the study.
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RUTHERFORD, NJ--(Marketwire -08/31/12)- Malo Clinic Health & Wellness today announced their latest partner practice, Passaic Sleep Medicine & Neurological Services, led by Dr. Fawad Mian, who is board-certified in neurology, sleep medicine, and clinical neurophysiology.
Dr. Fawad Mian specializes in the assessment and treatment of neurological disorders, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of many sleep disorders. He began his burgeoning practice in 2011 where he regularly sees patients with a variety of complaints including back and neck pain, headaches, tremors, numbness/tingling, seizures, etc. Dr. Mian also subspecializes in the assessment and diagnosis of patients with sleep disorders. He will begin seeing patients with neurologic and sleep disorders on September 4TH at his new satellite office located at the MALO Clinic Health & Wellness center on route 17 North in Rutherford, New Jersey. "As one of the region's only complete preventative care centers, we look forward to working with Dr. Mian to bring awareness and treatment of neurologic and sleep disorders to Bergen County," said Joseph Testani, Chief Administrative Officer of MALO Clinic Health & Wellness.
Dr. Mian is a graduate of St. George's University School of Medicine. He went on to do his residency in neurology at New York University. He completed his fellowship in sleep medicine and clinical neurophysiology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Fawad Mian currently resides in Bergen County.
About MALO Clinic Health & Wellness
MALO Clinic Health & Wellness offers a unique approach to complete wellness through a comprehensive array of world-class services. It is a brand new concept in North America, and set to be the world's largest facility of its kind. Since 2010, MALO CLINIC Health & Wellness features a team of health professionals and wellness therapists delivering the highest standards of medical and dental services in a healthy and relaxing spa environment. For more information please visit malohealthandwellness.com.
About Passaic Sleep Medicine and Neurological Services
Since 2011, Passaic Sleep Medicine and Neurological Services, has been actively serving the community with advanced therapeutics in sleep medicine and neurology. Led by Dr. Fawad Mian, Passaic Sleep Medicine and Neurological Services aims to continue to bring quality care to patient suffering from debilitating neurologic and sleep disorders. For more information please visit passaicsleepneuro.com.
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A monoclonal antibody developed by MassBiologics of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) and tested in an animal model at the Texas Biomedical Research Institute, prevents infection by the hepatitis C virus (HCV).
Researchers found that the human monoclonal antibody targeting the virus protected chimpanzees from HCV infection in a dose-dependent manner in a study conducted at Texas Biomed's Southwest National Primate Research Center. Chimpanzees are the only species other than humans that can be infected by HCV and therefore the results from this study were critical in the development of the monoclonal antibody.
The new report by scientists from MassBiologics; Texas Biomed; the National Institutes of Health (NIH); and Merck Research Laboratories, and funded by MassBiologics and NIH, appears in the August 30th issue of PLoS Pathogens. Researchers had previously demonstrated that the monoclonal antibody, called HCV1, blocks HCV from infecting liver cells in laboratory tissue culture.
"This is an important preclinical proof-of-concept study demonstrating a high dose of neutralizing antibody can protect the liver from HCV infection using monoclonal antibodies in a study that was designed to mimic the transplantation setting," said study co-author Robert E. Lanford, Ph.D., of Texas Biomed.
"One can envision improving on these results with a cocktail of antibodies or by using this antibody with some of the newer antivirals currently in clinical trials. Infection of the new donor liver by residual virus in the patient is one of the major obstacles preventing a full recovery in these patients," Lanford added.
MassBiologics has been pursuing the development of HCV1 as a therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease undergoing liver transplantation as a result of HCV infection. HCV1 is a monoclonal antibody that binds to the surface of the HCV virus and blocks the ability of the virus to enter liver cells.
HCV damages the liver and is the leading indication for liver transplantation, diagnosed in about half of the 6,000 patients who receive liver transplants each year in the United States. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 3.2 million Americans are chronically infected with HCV and approximately 10,000 die annually of the disease. Globally, as many as 170 million people are estimated to suffer from HCV infection. The CDC recently recommended that everyone born from 1945 to 1965 should be screened for HCV regardless of whether they have known risk factors.
For patients with end-stage liver disease from HCV infection, liver transplantation is the only option. While it can be a life-saving treatment, transplantation does not cure the disease. In nearly all cases, the patient's new liver is eventually infected by HCV because the virus remains in the patient's bloodstream during surgery. The course of recurrent HCV disease is accelerated after transplantation and up to 20 percent of transplant patients develop cirrhosis within five years. Unfortunately, the standard antiviral drugs currently used to treat HCV prior to the onset of end-stage liver disease are poorly tolerated after liver transplantation, leaving these patients with few options.
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Coach: Turner Gill (first season at Liberty, 25-49 in six seasons overall)
2011: 7-4, 5-1 Big South
Offense: Gill's first task is a formidable one: replace Mike Brown, arguably the most prolific dual-threat quarterback in Big South Conference history. Junior Brian Hudson and redshirt freshman Josh Woodrum are first in line for the job. Gone, too, is standout wide receiver Chris Summers. The Flames return abundant experience at running back. Senior wideout Pat Kelly caught 40 passes for 591 yards last year. He likely will become the new QB's primary downfield target.
Defense: Liberty's shift from a three-man front to a 4-3 will add emphasis upon defensive-line play. Three experienced linemen return, but quality depth is a question. Depth at linebacker, on the other hand, is plentiful. It begins with sophomore Nick Sigmon (60 tackles, 30 solo, in 2011). Cornerbacks Kevin Fogg, a senior; Walt Aikens, a junior; and junior safety Chris Mayo lead a solid secondary.
Special teams: The departures of kicker Matt Bevins and punter Mike Larsson represent a substantial problem. Sophomore kicker Aaron Sassaman and junior punter Grant Bowden, a transfer from Virginia Tech, are regarded as likely replacements. Fogg is a first-rate kickoff/punt returner.
Quotable: "Mental errors we're trying to make sure that's something we can control. We want to minimize (lapses of awareness). That's the quickest way to lose a football game not doing the small things, the detail things, right." Gill, on his team's area of greatest emphasis at the conclusion of preseason training camp
Outlook: The success of Liberty's season depends on two periods of adjustment the team to Gill and the offense to its new quarterback. The Flames likely will not match last year's 35.9-point offensive average. The defense, which allowed an average of 34.5 points in last season's four losses, must quickly become surly if Liberty is to challenge preseason favorite Stony Brook for the Big South championship.
Bottom line: 8-3, 5-1 (second in the Big South)
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Two Iowans who challenged Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson's listing on ballots in Iowa are taking their case to court. A hearing is set for Friday morning.
Attorneys for the two voters filed documents Thursday in district court in Des Moines asking a judge to review the decision of a panel of three state officials that allowed Johnson on the ballot.
Secretary of State Matt Schultz, Attorney General Tom Miller and Warren Jenkins, the chief deputy for Auditor David Vaudt, voted Wednesday to allow Johnson on November's ballot.
Libertarians say they held a convention at the Iowa State Fair to get Johnson onto Iowa's ballot.
The challengers say Libertarians didn't hold a real convention. They say the panel of officials made an erroneous decision not supported by the evidence.
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Prime Minister John Key today welcomed a new partnership between
the Cook Islands, China and New Zealand that will deliver an
improved water mains system in Rarotonga.
"This major infrastructure project will improve water quality and
address health and sanitation issues in Rarotonga," Mr Key says.
"Ensuring communities and businesses have access to clean drinking
water is critical and will improve livelihoods and promote economic
growth.
"It will mean a better quality of life for the people of the Cook
Islands and provide an improved tourist experience for visitors.
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Hillary Clinton flew Thursday to the remote Cook Islands to become the first US secretary of state at a South Pacific summit, hoping to renew influence in a region of growing Chinese clout.
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When US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in the Cook Islands today, her entourage and an aircraft carrier in tow, the message for the tiny South Pacific territory and its fellow island nations should be clear: America cares.
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The Cook Islands rarely make the news, but this week US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is visiting them to attend a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum. Ahead of that meeting, the Cook Islands announced that it had declared the world’s largest marine reserve. Here’s a quick 101:
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