Nokia introduced N80
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Nokia today introduced the Nokia N80, the first ever handset to enable seamless home media networking between compatible TVs, audio systems and PCs. Weighing only 134 grams, the compact yet feature-rich 3G ...
Computer scientists create 'light field camera' banishing fuzzy photos
Nov 02, 2005 |
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We've all done it. Lost that priceless Kodak moment by snapping a photo that was grainy, dark, overexposed or out of focus. While user ineptitude is often at the root of our blurry snapshots, the limits of conventional cameras ...
Explaining Why the Millennium Bridge Wobbled
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Steve Strogatz has a penchant for things that happen in unison. So when the Cornell University professor of theoretical and applied mechanics (and author of the 2003 book "Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous ...
Nano World: 150 nanodrugs on horizon
Nov 02, 2005 |
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While only two kinds of nanoparticle therapies against cancer are now clinically available in the United States, roughly 150 more lie in various stages of development, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Stellar Switch-a-roo
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Sometimes even scientists can be fooled. In a cosmic bait and switch, astronomers with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have spotted an enormous star that pulled a fast one while collapsing and left them to ...
Cheap, rapid check for HIV developed
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Scientists from two New York universities say they've developed an inexpensive, hand-held sensor that can check a HIV patient's immune system in seconds.
Stem cells: forgotten by evolution?
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Max Planck scientists show that adult stem cells are possibly just the remnants of evolution For a fairly long time, adult stem cells have been a point of scientific interest. Besides the question of how to use ...
Study: Disaster unless fossil fuel use cut
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Livermore National Laboratory scientists warn if fossil fuel use is not significantly reduced in the next few centuries, the polar ice caps will melt.
Brown Bears: The Guile and Wile of Reproduction
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Female brown bears are driven to having many partners - not because of lust but as part of a sophisticated strategy for protecting future offspring. This surprising discovery is the result of a large-scale ...
Investigators release preliminary findings of levee failures at Senate hearing
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Many of the New Orleans levee and floodwall failures in the wake of Hurricane Katrina occurred at weak-link junctions where different levee or wall sections joined together, according to a preliminary report released today ...
The Web: Online psychotherapy effective
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Therapy for mildly depressed patients delivered over the Internet can be as effective as face-to-face psychotherapy, but experts told UPI's The Web that a relationship of trust must exist between patient and doctor for the ...
Broadband faces watershed year in 2006
Nov 02, 2005 |
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Broadband wireless technology should flourish in 2006, a research group said Wednesday.
U.S. interracial relationships more common
Nov 02, 2005 |
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A Cornell University study released Wednesday suggests interracial relationships and marriages are becoming more common in the United States.
MP3 players seen as hot Christmas gift
Nov 02, 2005 |
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MP3 players will be one of the hottest Christmas gifts this year, a survey found Wednesday.
Young hockey player injuries studied
Nov 02, 2005 |
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A University at Buffalo study suggests unintentional collisions and falling into boards cause more injuries among young hockey players than do body checks.
