 | Nanometer-sized particles change crystal structure when wet
Source: Berkeley Posted: 8/29/2003
The University of California, Berkeley, scientists have found another unusual effect that could have both good and bad implications for semiconductor devices once they've been shrunk to the nanometer scale.
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 | Space Infrared Telescope Facility Lifts Off
Source: NASA/JPL Posted: 8/25/2003
NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility successfully launched from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1:35:39 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (10:35:39 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time, August 24) aboard a Delta II launch vehicle.
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 | Planetary tilt not a spoiler for habitation
Source: PSU Posted: 8/25/2003
In B science fiction movies, a terrible force often pushes the Earth off its axis and spells disaster for all life on Earth. In reality, life would still be possible on Earth and any Earth-like planets if the axis tilt were greater than it is now, according to Penn State researchers.
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 | Sandia's nanocrystals nature’s way
Source: Sandia Posted: 8/19/2003
Sandia researchers are developing complex nanomaterials that look strikingly similar to the microstructures of diatoms and seashells. The materials may have potential for a wide range of applications.
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 | X-rays from Earth
Source: NASA Posted: 8/19/2003
Later this year, astronomers plan to use NASA's powerful Chandra x-ray telescope to look at something new: our own planet. A detector called PIXIE onboard NASA's Polar satellite has already shown that Earth's polar auroras have a faint x-ray glow. What will Chandra find?
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 | Infrared Eyes Set to Launch
Source: NASA Posted: 8/18/2003
On August 23, NASA will launch the new Space Infrared Telescope Facility into the first-ever Earth-trailing orbit. Using the same technology that allows firefighters to see in the dark, the observatory will provide researchers the astronomical equivalent of heat-sensing night vision goggles.
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 | Holiday weather on Mars
Source: ESA Posted: 8/14/2003
ESA's Mars Express is due to arrive at Mars in December 2003, and its Beagle 2 lander will be making a touchdown in the middle of the Martian winter. Will it see a 'white Christmas' on the Red Planet? Also, if humans one day go to Mars, would they need to take a sunscreen?
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 | Purdue physicists hone rules for nanotech game
Source: Purdue Posted: 8/12/2003
The latest in a series of experiments aimed at revealing fundamental knowledge of the universe has yielded precise measurement of the so-called Casimir force – a force that could make tiny machines behave erratically, causing a thorn in the side of nanotechnology manufacturers.
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 | Europe’s first Moon probe prepares for launch
Source: ESA Posted: 8/8/2003
Europe’s first probe to the Moon, SMART-1, is about to begin a unique journey that will take it into orbit around our closest neighbour, powered only by an ion engine which Europe will be testing for the first time as main spacecraft propulsion.
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 | Hot spots on Mars give hunt for life new target
Source: UMelbourne Posted: 8/7/2003
Giant hollow towers of ice formed by steaming volcanic vents on Ross Island, Antarctica are providing clues about where to hunt for life on Mars.University of Melbourne geologist, Dr Nick Hoffman has found evidence from recent infra-red images of Mars that similar structures may exist on Mars.
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