European Space Agency
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New technology sees through objects
News Researchers make progress with a technology that could one day be used to detect biological weapons in parcels, locate cancers, and see through fog.
At CeBit, homing in on navigation tech
News Much attention at the big tech show in Germany will go to Europe's upcoming alternative to GPS.
Tags: GPS, Mobile platforms/communications, Location-based services
W3C adds a touch of Sparql to Web 2.0
News Supporters of the Sparql query language say using the Web without it would be like "trying to use a relational database without SQL".
Tags: Web 2.0
UK leads in Galileo-procurement shortlist
News The U.K. satellite-communications industry has made a strong showing in the shortlist of companies bidding to build Europe's GPS alternative.
Tags: GPS, Mobile platforms/communications, Satellite, Logica, India, European Space Agency, Japan, Russia, Germany, U.K.
Tantalizing clues in pictures of Saturn's moons
News Bright streaks on the surface of Dione have long been believed to be ice, but they might be something else entirely.
Photos: Full moons over Saturn
Europe launches first satellite for global navigation
News The British-built Giove-A satellite is heading into space, as Europe aims to challenge GPS with a system that can locate a user's position to within a few inches.
Tags: GPS, Location-based services, Next-generation technology/networks
