Archive: 01/03/2006
Maintaining Low Power Consumption on Chips is critical to Drive Wireless Internet on a Chip Technology
The challenge for wireless device manufacturers lies in developing handheld devices that offer an array of services while maintaining power-efficiency and offering high-performance.
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Freescale launches 'Cable-Free USB' initiative for wireless connectivity
Creating a new wireless path for Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2.0 devices, Freescale Semiconductor, along with leading manufacturers, has launched a Cable-Free USB initiative. Powered by Freescale's Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology, ...
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Intel Unveils New Brand Identity
Intel Corporation formally unveiled a new brand identity today.
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Scientific breakthrough a step toward quantum computing
Light is the solution. It's also the problem. That's the paradox HP Labs' Quantum Information Processing Group is beginning to unravel with its research into optical quantum computing. The group has been investigating ...
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Jan 03, 2006 |
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Nanotech discovery could have radical implications
It has been 20 years since futurist Eric Drexler daringly predicted a world where miniaturized robots would build things one molecule at a time. The world of nanotechnology is beginning to come to pass, with ...
Jan 03, 2006 |
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US woman gives birth to baby from world's first frozen donor egg bank
Wendy and Jared Kennedy find it hard to take their eyes off their new daughter, Avery Lee, born in the early morning hours of Dec. 31 at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center. Avery is special to them for many ...
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Plasma thruster tested for Mars mission
Technology invented by ANU physicists could see expeditions to Mars become a reality, with the European Space Agency (ESA) announcing it will begin full-scale trials next year.
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Fix for Windows vulnerability due Jan. 10
Microsoft said Tuesday it would be about a week before it would release a fix for a vulnerability in Windows that opens the doors to viruses and spyware.
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Ancient fish fossils uncovered in China
A large layer of fish fossils, estimated to be more than 70 million years ago, was found in a bamboo forest in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Will NTL up ante for Virgin Mobile?
Telecom analysts were waiting Tuesday to see if NTL would indeed up its bid for Virgin Mobile as predicted in a weekend newspaper report.
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Stardust nears end of epic journey; researchers await its treasure
Donald Brownlee's heart skipped a beat six years ago when the launch of the Stardust spacecraft didn't happen as planned. The University of Washington astronomy professor has experienced many other tense times ...
Jan 03, 2006 |
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The first baby boom
In an important new study assessing the demographic impact of the shift from foraging to farming, anthropologists use evidence from 60 prehistoric American cemeteries to prove that the invention of agriculture led to a significant ...
Jan 03, 2006 |
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Building interoperability into medical information
Modern health information systems today are proprietary and often only serve one department making it impossible to easily share data across one facility, never mind across different facilities or countries. ...
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Radar satellite service checks stability of Africa's largest artificial hole
International engineering firm AMEC is working with ESA to improve monitoring of ground subsidence linked to mining activity. Radar satellites in orbit 800 kilometres away can reveal millimetre-scale elevation ...
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Deforestation may spread malaria
Scientists say they have found a link between deforestation and the spread of malaria in the Peruvian Amazon.
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