Archive: 06/02/2006
Japanese military going into space?
Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has drafted a bill to allow Japan's military into space.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Podcasting: Newest trend in education?
A United Kingdom university is introducing the use of education-based MP3 audio files into its program to help modernize education.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Ericsson, Microsoft tie up in mobile phone
Ericsson launched a phone service to integrate its One Phone solution with Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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SPEAR3 Accelerator Approved for 500mA
This spring the Department of Energy gave SPEAR3 license to run the accelerator at 500 milliamperes (mA), the current the accelerator was designed to use. Since it opened in January 2004, the machine has operated ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Project seeks monsoon storm source
This monsoon season will be like no other, according to Joseph Zehnder, a meteorologist with Arizona State University. The reason is because it will be studied more extensively than any other monsoon season.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Slide Into the 3G World with Samsung's SGH-Z400
Samsung today presents a top-rated slide–up that possesses the right blend of maximum performance with refined styling. Samsung Electronics released an innovatively designed SGH-Z400 to cater the needs of today's ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Scientists design Maglev car with greater stability
Since the late ‘60s, scientists have been designing, building and operating “flying trains,” or magnetically levitated (“Maglev”) systems. However, the sci-fi-like technology still faces challenges for increased ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Thirty Meter Telescope Passes Conceptual Design Review
The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings of an independent panel ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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U.S. cancer doctors to debate care costs
The American Society of Clinical Oncology's agenda at its Atlanta meeting includes a first time debate on cost-benefit analysis of cancer treatment.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Sensor opens up study of crucial molecule
MIT scientists have discovered a way to monitor a crucial molecule as it goes about its business within living cells. The molecule, nitric oxide (NO), plays critical roles in the human body -- from the destruction ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Size Matters: From Aerosol Particles to Cloud Droplets
Clouds play a central role in the Earth’s climate system and water cycle. A cloud’s behavior depends to a great extent on the number and size of the droplets it is made of. Since each of these droplets requires ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Hello? Their phones have changed, but teenaged girls have not
Cellphones come in many shapes, colors and sizes now, but the teenaged girls who use them may not be very different than the young women who were learning how to use telephones more than 40 years ago.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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YouTube rises above video competitors
It's the goal of every Internet startup: become the next cool thing. And despite the planning, the focus groups and the cool perks for customers, it either happens or it doesn't.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Globe Talk: Enron's broadband debacle
Enron was nothing if not flamboyant and eager to pursue the latest business trends. While its focus was on energy trading, it had expanded into telecommunications among other industries as executives cooked the books and ...
Jun 02, 2006 |
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Prostate patients warned of possible virus
Some 2,000 patients of a Milwaukee veterans' hospital are being warned they may have been exposed to viruses, including HIV.
Jun 02, 2006 |
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