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After a successful restart last week, CERN's Large Hadron Collider, a particle accelerator which cost $10 billion to construct, circulated two beams simultaneously for the first time.
CERN Restarts Large Hadron Collider
After more than a year of repairs, the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest machine, restarts in Geneva.
Atlantis' ISS Mission Proceeding Smoothly
Despite a false depressurization caution alarm, the space shuttle Atlantis is on target and ahead of schedule to complete a near perfect -- so far -- mission to the International Space Station.
NYC Considers Net Neutrality Resolution
Under a proposal before New York City Council Committee on Technology in Government, New York City would endorse Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's initiative to codify and broaden FCC's network neutrality principles.
FCC Outlines Broadband Barriers
The National Broadband Plan task force cites a number of challenges hamstringing widespread broadband adoption, including limits on the Universal Service Fund and a growing demand for spectrum. The task force faces a Feb. 17 deadline for submitting a broadband plan to Congress.
Lawmaker Seeks Government P2P Ban
After an October peer-to-peer security incident that inadvertently exposed the list of ongoing investigations by the House Ethics Committee, Rep. Ed Towns introduces legislation to restrict the use of P2P software by government employees or federal contractors.
Atlantis Crew Checks Craft for Heat Shield Damage
On their first full day in space, astronauts use the space shuttle Atlantis' robotic arm and orbiter boom to photograph the tiles of its wing's leading edges and nose cap, looking for heat shield damage.
Space Frontier Foundation Mocks Time's NASA Pick
The decision by Time magazine to name the test launch of NASA's Ares I rocket as the best invention of the year was quickly slammed by Space Frontier Foundation and Apollo moonwalker Buzz Aldrin. SFF calls Time's pick a propaganda triumph for NASA.
Atlantis Launches for Spare Parts Haul to ISS
For NASA's final 2009 mission to the International Space Station, the weather cooperates and Atlantis heads to the space station hauling two large pallets of equipment to pave the way for the final build out of the international space outpost.
Space Shuttle Atlantis Primed for ISS Mission
With only six space shuttle trips remaining before the fleet is retired next year, NASA focuses on delivering spare parts to the International Space Station.
NASA Finds Water on Moon
The landmark discovery comes from data from NASA's smashing of two lunar probes near the moon's south pole in October. The discovery could potentially help sustain future lunar exploration.
'2012' Movie Unleashes Doomsday Theories, Irks NASA
The premise of the disaster movie & 2012& opening Nov. 13 is that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. Where did this prediction originate? Take your pick: Mayan, Hindu or Hopi prophesy; galactic realignment; Web bots; or polar reversal. In any event, the Internet is busily perpetuating pseudo science that NASA calls nothing less than bait-and-switch tactics. Here, eWEEK looks at some of the popular Internet doomsday theories.
NASA Aims to Get Mars Rover Moving
In what will probably be the last effort to get the Mars rover Spirit moving again, NASA is mounting an effort Nov. 16 to extricate the mobile robot from the sand trap it has been stuck in since April 23.
Lawmaker Targets Smartphone Early Termination Fees
Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota writes to Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell C. McAdam and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski criticizing Verizon's decision to double the penalty fees to $350 for smartphone subscribers who leave their contracts early.
Feds Streamline Broadband Funding Process
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utilities Service will consolidate the final two rounds of funding for broadband projects into one round.
NASA Working to Dispel 2012 Apocalypse Myth
According to the movie & 2012,& the end of Earth is at hand when the ancient planet Nibiru smashes into Earth on Dec, 21, 2012. Feeding the end-of-the-world hype of the movie are Internet sites collaborating the movie's premise. NASA says not so fast.
Top 10 Bogus Software Patents That Need to Get Busted
The Electronic Frontier Foundation says it is tired of what it calls bogus software patents. While Congress dithers over patent reform, the EFF is taking action against the software patents it considers are suppressing noncommercial and small-business innovation or limiting free expression online. To combat these annoying patents, the EFF has targeted its own Top 10 egregious patents. eWEEK presents the EFF's most bogus software patents.
Space Station Prepares for Busy November
First the Russians will deliver the Mini-Research Module 2, followed by a Nov. 16 NASA launch of the space shuttle Atlantis. With only six space shuttle missions remaining to the International Space Station, NASA is focusing on getting a supply of spare parts to the ISS.
Space Debris Threatens Space Station
NASA alerts the International Space Station's crew to approaching Russian Cosmos space debris that might force astronauts to sleep in Soyuz module.
Lawmakers Finish Draft Universal Service Fund Reform
New legislation would allow the Universal Service Fund to be used for broadband deployment, expanding the USF from its traditional use as a fund to subsidize phone service in underserved and rural areas and Internet connections in schools and libraries.