Georges Claude (September 24, 1870 - May 23, 1960) was a French engineer and inventor. He is noted for his early work on the industrial liquefaction of air, for the invention and commercialisation of neon lighting, and for a large experiment on generating energy by pumping cold seawater up from the d...
In 2012 we are celebrating the twenty-year anniversary of the launch of ERS-1 and TOPEX/POSEIDON. To mark this occasion the European Space Agency, in collaboration with the French Space Agency, CNES, is organising an exceptional Symposium on "20 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry"...
Title: A massive bubble of extremely metal poor gas around a collapsing Ly-alpha blob at z=2.54 Authors: Andrew Humphrey (CAUP, Portugal), Luc Binette, Montserrat Villar-Martin, Itziar Aretxaga, Polychronis Papaderos Using long-slit optical spectroscopy obtained at the 10.4 m Gran Telesco...
Title: Near-pristine gas at high redshifts: a window on early nucleosynthesis Authors: Max Pettini (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge), Ryan Cooke (Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa...
Title: Deep blank field catalogue for medium- and large-size telescopes Authors: F. M. Jiménez-Esteban, A. Cabrera-Lavers, N. Cardiel, J. M. Alacid The observation of blank fields, defined as regions of the sky that are devoid of stars down to a given threshold magnitude, constitutes one of the m...
Bangalore to Ladakh, in search of the sun What are the fundamental processes taking place on the sun? How does it work? A team of scientists from Bangalore-based Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) hopes to find answers to these queries as they embark on a project to study the sun. Aiding them will...
Norman telescope business to host grand opening The telescope company named Astronomics has moved into a Main Street store front that boasts its logo in big, bold letters. On Saturday, Astronomics will fete the public at a grand opening celebration at 9 a.m. at 110 E. Main St. [url=http://normantr...
On six continents, wind energy is struggling to compete with fossil fuels. But in Antarctica, wind is carving out a big role. Australia has been operating wind turbines at its research station, Mawson, since 2003. And Belgium has a new research station, Princess Elisabeth, that it says will be the f...
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth US naval vessel to bear the name. In 1958, Enterprise's keel was laid at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. On 24 September 1960, the ship was launched, sponsored by Mrs...
James Andrew Innes "Jack" Dee (born 24 September 1961) is an English stand-up comedian, actor and writer known for his sarcastic, witty, and deadpan humour. Read more
Richard Ira "Dick" Bong (September 24, 1920 - August 6, 1945) is the United States' highest-scoring air ace, having shot down at least 40 Japanese aircraft during World War II. He was a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF) and a recipient of the Medal of Honour. All of his aerial...
Henri Giffard (8 February 1825 - 14 April 1882) was a French engineer. In 1852, he invented the steam injector and the powered airship. On 24 September 1852 Henri Giffard made the first powered and controlled flight travelling 27 km from Paris to Trappes. The wind was too strong to allow him to make way...
New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw-Amsterdam) was a 17th-century Dutch colonial settlement on the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as capital city of New Netherland. It was renamed New York in 1667 in honour of the Duke of York (later James II of England) when British Forces seized control of M...
Heritage Day, 24 September, is a public holiday on which South Africans across the spectrum are encouraged to celebrate their cultural heritage and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions, in the wider context of a nation that belongs to all its people. Read more
