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Reaching its first 100 days of operations, the powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet.

The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), designed and built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., has teamed with the five other cameras and sensors aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to provide new clues about where water could have existed on or near the Martian surface. (more…)

Source: Irwin Resources Inc.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) (PRIMEZONE) — Irwin Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has signed an agreement with Mr. Donald C. Carter, a well known and respected professional and expert in the mining industry, to acquire 25 claims Mr. Carter staked in the historic Barkerville-Quesnel area of British Columbia (BC). “This is the Company’s first venture into BC’s precious mineral sectors and we are really (more…)

MINERAL SPRINGS – Mineral Springs’ longstanding halt on large new subdivisions ends next month, and town leaders are moving forward on changes they hope will manage growth in the long term.

The Town Council will hold a special meeting Feb. 26 on an array of amendments to the town’s proposed zoning and subdivision ordinances. Most are technical. But taken with the land-use plan and map adopted last fall, the changes are intended to plot how the town of 2,500 will grow over the next 20 or 30 years. (more…)

ASHVILLE — More than 250 people showed up for a special hearing held by the state Oil and Gas Board on Friday to discuss the development of a big new energy field in St. Clair County.

The crowd packed into the Old Courthouse in Ashville heard plans proposed by natural gas field operator Dominion Resources to expand drilling in the Big Canoe Creek Field, 45 miles northeast of Birmingham, The Birmingham News reported. (more…)

Reaching its first 100 days of operations, the powerful mineral-detector aboard the newest satellite to circle Mars is changing the way scientists view the history of water on the red planet.

The Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM), designed and built by the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., has teamed with the five other cameras and sensors aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to provide new clues about where water could have existed