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Aeros’ Vice Presidents Frederick Edworthy and Ms. Shenny Yao, along with Southern California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (CA’s 48th District), hosted the Ambassador of Azerbaijan, the honorable Elin Suleymanov, and his delegation in Tustin Sunday for a behind-the-scenes look at the Aeroscraft’s technology demonstration air vehicle. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 19, 2013 Aeros’ Vice Presidents Frederick Edworthy and Ms. Shenny Yao, along with Southern California Congressman Dana...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif., and MALVERN, United Kingdom, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Materials characterization company Malvern Instruments Ltd. (Malvern, UK) has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Affinity Biosensors LLC (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) which will extend the range of solutions that Malvern offers to the biopharmaceutical sector. The distribution agreement covers all geographies outside the USA and Canada. (Photo:...

Experiment Launches with Shuttle Discovery to International Space Station COLLEGE PARK, Md., Feb. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Here on Earth, the process of boiling is used for tasks ranging from cooking and heating to power generation. In space exploration, boiling may also be used for power generation and other applications, but because boiling works differently in a zero-gravity environment, it is difficult to design hardware that will not overheat or cause other problems....

Leatherback turtles are remarkably versatile divers. Routinely diving to depths of several hundred meters, leatherbacks are occasionally known to plunge as deep as 1250m. The animals probably plumb the depths to avoid predators, search for prey and avoid heat in the tropics. However it wasn't clear how these mammoth reptiles regulate their buoyancy as they plunge down. Sabrina Fossette from Swansea University explains that no one knew how the turtles descended so far: do they swim down or...

PHILADELPHIA, July 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Duck boats in the Ride the Ducks Philadelphia fleet do not have sufficient reserve buoyancy to remain afloat in the event of flooding and have canopies which are well known to cage passengers attempting to escape. As a result, attorneys for Dora Schwendtner and Szabolcs Prem and their families are urging the City of Philadelphia and the U.S. Coast Guard to immediately impose a moratorium on all duck boat service on the Delaware River. Dora...

Scientists said Wednesday they had solved the mystery surrounding the paper nautilus, a brittle and translucent shell that belongs to the rarely-seen species of octopi known as argonauts. For centuries, biologists have pondered about what evolutionary function the female's delicate off-white casing has served, only knowing it is too thin to offer any protection from predators. The most popular theory throughout time was that it had served as a brood chamber to house eggs. But a new study has...

Halcyon diving equipment is being recalled because of a drowning hazard, a U.S. watchdog agency says. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Halcyon Manufacturing Inc. of High Springs, Fla., is voluntarily recalling a variety of apparatus that share the same over-pressure valves. The commission said in a statement the recall includes Halcyon Explorer, Eclipse, CCR35, Evolve and Pioneer Buoyancy Compensator Devices and Halcyon Service Marker Buoys, Lift Bags, Diver Alert...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Name of Product: Halcyon Diving Equipment Units: About 20,300 Manufacturer: Halcyon Manufacturing Inc., of High Springs, Fla. Hazard: The...

HOUSTON, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) today announced expansion plans of its buoyancy manufacturing facility and flotation testing services in response to recent orders and anticipated demand for its drilling riser buoyancy system used in ultra-deepwater production. The facility's expansion effectively doubles its buoyancy manufacturing capacity. Deep Down acquired the Biddeford, Maine based facility, Flotation Technologies, Inc., in...

LONDON -- Quicksand is not the bottomless pit portrayed in Hollywood films that sucks in unsuspecting victims and swallows them whole.It is true the more people struggle, the deeper they will sink into the soupy mixture but its buoyancy makes it impossible to be completely submerged, scientists said on Wednesday."Everybody thinks, thanks to Hollywood, that you can drown in quicksand. Basically if you do a simple buoyancy calculation, the Archimedes force, it is immediately evident that...