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MUNICH, Nov. 9, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Elektron Ventures is today unveiling a brand new porous copper material that will transform cooling systems and enable faster processing clock speeds. AdvarienCu - a pioneering copper foam created using a patented process - is materials efficient, non toxic and highly cost effective, and is being launched at international trade show electronica 2010 in Munich (9-12 November). Tests by a leading academic research group found AdvarienCu-based liquid...
The Expedition 19 crew focused on maintenance Monday aboard the International Space Station.Commander Gennady Padalka performed routine maintenance of water tank valves inside the Zvezda service module, and he did preventive maintenance on the ventilation system in the module. He performed a periodic purge of the Elektron oxygen generation system. Along with Flight Engineer Michael Barratt, Padalka also spent time orienting himself to his new surroundings aboard the orbiting complex.Barratt...
ZUTPHEN, Holland, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- - Morgo Magnesium Launches Website About Magnesium The new website http://www.magnesiumsquare.com offers a lot of general information about the metal magnesium and its specific material properties. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090317/341333 ) Morgo Magnesium Ltd., situated in Zutphen, (affiliated with Morgo Aluminium), supplier of extruded magnesium profiles and sheets/plates to the manufacturing industry,...
A new oxygen generation system tested between July 11 and 14 aboard the International Space Station will allow the orbiting laboratory's crew size to increase in 2009.The hardware is part of the station's environmental control and life support system and will be used to augment the Russian Elektron oxygen generator. With the increased capability to produce oxygen, the station can better support six crew members as they work and live aboard the outpost. The station currently supports a...
By Irene Klotz CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The two astronauts aboard the International Space Station ventured out of the orbital complex on Thursday to begin a spacewalk aimed at conducting nearly six hours of repairs and maintenance. In the first of two spacewalks planned during their six-month stay in space, station commander Pavel Vinogradov and flight engineer Jeffrey Williams planned to set up a new vent for a balky Russian oxygen generator, replace a camera needed for...
MOSCOW (AFP) -- The oxygen generator on the orbiting International Space Station has broken down but there is no danger to its two-man crew, the Russian space agency Roskosmos said. "All the systems of the ISS are operating well, with the exception of the Elektron" oxygen generator, Roskosmos said in a statement, adding that the faulty component would be replaced next month.The orbiting station was supplied with three times its normal reserves of oxygen by the supply vessel Progress...
