Washington, Aug 10: With Beijing Olympics on a roll, a team led by an Indian-origin scientist will be using a new technology to understand how the atmosphere responds when a heavily populated region substantially curbs everyday industrial emissions.
For this purpose, scientists are conducting the "Cheju ABC Plume-Monsoon Experiment" (CAPMEX), which will include a series of flights by specially equipped unmanned aircraft known as autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (AUAVs).
Developed at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) in La Jolla, Calf, the aerial vehicles are employed with instruments that can measure smog and its effects on meteorological conditions.
Washington - The Pentagon began meetings on Tuesday with representatives from Boeing and the rival Northrop Grumman-EADS partnership on the disputed contract to build the next generation of aerial refuellers, Pentagon and defence industry officials confirmed.
Washington - US President George W Bush said Monday that Russia's assault in Georgia is a "dramatic and brutal escalation" that appears meant to topple the Georgian government.
Washington/Islamabad, Aug. 9: An expert on South Asian affairs has said that while the White House continues to show "tremendous sympathy" for President Pervez Musharraf, the feeling in the U. S. Congress might not be the same.
Washington - Former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards has admitted that he had an extramarital affair during his White House campaign, according to excerpts of an interview Friday with US broadcaster ABC.
