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Good Morning,
It is important to note, besides the technological advances
in science, the advances in human research and medicine. The
last article goes into detail about one such advancement;
the cloning of specific diseases in order to discover cures.
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New details of moon's surface revealed
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Our moon was bombarded by two
distinct waves of asteroids or comets in its youth, leaving
it surface more complex than previously thought, U.S. scien-
tists say. New results from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance
Orbiter spacecraft are featured in papers appearing in the
Sept. 17 issue of Science, NASA said in a release Thursday.
LRO data shows there were two separate populations of impacts
on the moon's surface with the earlier period featuring much
larger impacts than the later assault, James Head of Brown
University wrote in a study. The rich record of craters on
the moon can give clues to the effects of similar impacts in
Earth's early history, he said. "The moon is thus analogous
to a Rosetta stone for understanding the bombardment history
of the Earth," Head said. "Like the Rosetta stone, the lunar
record can be used to translate the 'hieroglyphics' of the
poorly preserved impact record on Earth." Previous lunar
maps had different resolutions, viewing angles and lighting
conditions, which made it hard to consistently identify and
count craters. Head and his team used instruments aboard the
NASA orbiter to build a map that highlights lunar craters
with unprecedented clarity, they said.
Call for European ocean health 'network'
BRUSSELS, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Scientists and policy makers in
Europe say they want an integrated network of marine observa-
tories to monitor the health of the area's seas and oceans.
The aim is reliable, long-term data to underpin science and
policy decision regarding the use of seas for fisheries,
aquaculture, energy and shipping, as well as tourism and rec-
reation, a European Science Foundation release said Thursday.
"We should not take for granted the wealth and well-being
provided by the seas and oceans" Lars Horn of the Research
Council of Norway and chair of the Marine Board said. "This
call needs to be heard by national and European decision
makers and budget holders. "Stable, long-term marine observa-
tions are essential so that we can interact with our marine
environment in a sustainable way," he said. Participants in
a Marine Board-ESF Forum in Brussels met to discuss the role
of observatories in providing marine knowledge, the technical
challenges, the funding schemes and innovative governing
structures needed, the ESF said.
U.K. predicts 'spaceplane' in 10 years
LONDON, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- British engineers say they believe
spacecraft taking off from an ordinary airport runway and
carrying tourists into space might be a reality in 10 years.
A British company, Reaction Engines Ltd., is developing a
spaceplane it says will travel five times the speed of sound
and carry up to 24 passengers and up to 12 tons of cargo in-
to space, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. The unpiloted
craft would take off from an airport runway and use its two
hydrogen/oxygen engines to propel it more than 18 miles into
space. Each mission of the $1 billion spaceplane would cost
about $10 million. Officials of the U.K. Space Agency, which
is supporting Reaction Engine's research, say it could re-
place NASA's Space Shuttle to transport supplies and astro-
nauts to the International Space Station. "Access to space
is extraordinarily expensive, yet there's no law of physics
that says it has to be that way," said Richard Varvill, tech-
nical director and one of the founders of Reaction Engines.
"We're talking a bit of science fiction now," he said, "but
in theory there's nothing that stops you going out (into
space)."
Researchers clone human disease virus
CARDIFF, Wales, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Scientists in Wales say
their successful cloning of a human virus could lead to new
treatments for life-threatening diseases. Cardiff University
researchers say human cytomegalovirus, or HCMV, is a major
infectious cause of congenital malformations worldwide and is
also known to cause life-threatening disease in transplant
patients and people with HIV/AIDS. The development of new
treatments has been difficult as scientists have been unable
to stably replicate HCMV outside the human body, a university
release said. Successfully cloning HCMV will help researchers
develop antivirals and vaccines against the disease-causing
virus, scientists say. "HCMV has by far the largest genome
of all viruses affecting humans -- consequently it was tech-
nically difficult to clone in an intact form in the labora-
tory," Dr. Richard Stanton from Cardiff University's School
of Medicine said. "For the first time our work has enabled us
to create an exact copy of the virus outside of the body
offering a vital step forward in the development of new
treatments." The clone has been distributed to research lab-
oratories worldwide, and is being tested by the World Health
Organization as part of a study to develop an international
diagnostic standard, the university said.
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