27/07/2006

Online travel sites' report released

While Travelocity had the highest sponsored click-through rate for April 2006 among the most-visited online travel agencies, according to a recent report from comScore Media Metrix, Orbitz received the highest percent of ...

Transmission congestion threatens to clog nation's power grid

Inadequate investment in the power grid transmission network remains the Achilles heel of the nation's electric system, an engineer who specializes in utility policy at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign says.

Fossilized frogs yield bone marrow

Scientists say they've extracted bone marrow from fossilized frogs and salamanders that died 10 million years ago in the swamps of northeastern Spain.

Methane storms might occur on Titan

University of the Basque Country researchers in Spain say they believe methane storms are common on Saturn's moon Titan.

Study: Behavior affects infectious disease

British scientists have used a mathematical model to show the coexistence of multiple infectious disease strains result from monogamous populations.

ISS Crew Checks Out Spacesuits

Flight Engineers Jeff Williams and Thomas Reiter have conducted a system check of their spacesuits and checked out tools to be used during the Aug. 3 spacewalk. One of their key tasks was familiarization by Williams and Reiter ...

Russian Rocket Fails Shortly After Launch

A Russian Dnepr rocket failed 86 seconds after liftoff Wednesday, the RIA-Novosti news agency reported. The rocket, a former Soviet RS-20 intercontinental ballistic missile, carried 17 micro-satellites - as well as the first ...

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