Wireless mine-rescue system tested in U.S.

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Wireless systems that locate trapped miners and send them text messages are being tested by safety regulators in the United States.


Globe Talk: Students meet innovation needs

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Summer may seem an eternity away for those still struggling to weather the bleak winter season, but for college students, the race to snag a spot with some of the hottest internships around is already well under way. And ...


China's 12 billion New Year messages

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Telecom officials in Beijing forecast 12 billion text messages were sent over the weeklong Chinese New Year holiday.


Green Up: Game time, Day 2

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In late January the development team of "America's Army," the United States Army's free video game for the Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems, arrived in Camp Guernsey, Wyo., for three days of hands-on training ...


Iceman may have been infertile

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The prehistoric man discovered in 1991 on a glacier in the Alps had roots in Central Europe and may have been infertile, say Italian researchers.


Men More Prone to Maladies When Mad

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

If you're a male who has trouble controlling your temper, you might find yourself in the hospital the next time you get angry. After interviewing people who had been seriously injured, a University of Missouri-Columbia researcher ...


New approach to understanding cracks

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Could engineers have known ahead of time exactly how much pressure the levees protecting New Orleans could withstand before giving way? Is it possible to predict when and under what conditions material wear and tear will ...


Wireless World: Real-time Head & Shoulders

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A customer at a retail store picks a bottle of shampoo off the shelf, heads to the cashier, and pays for the product. The radio frequency identification (RFID) tag on the item sends a notice to the store's network -- alerting ...


World's first MOSFETs with epitaxial Gd2O3

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers at AMICA and Technical University of Darmstadt have successfully fabricated the world's first MOSFETs on ultra-thin-body silicon-on-insulator (SOI) material and bulk silicon with a crystalline gadolinium oxide ...


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Scientists find protein that helps synchronize fly's internal clocks

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists have identified a receptor protein that helps the fruit fly know when to start and shut down its day, a step that should help them learn more about internal clocks in higher organisms such as humans.


Green Up Journals: Game time

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

It is late January and the development team of "America's Army" -- the U.S. Army's free video game for the Mac OS X, Windows and Linux operating systems -- has arrived in Camp Guernsey for three days of hands-on training ...


Briefs: Brasil Telecom beefing up broadband net

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created Feb 03, 2006 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brasil Telecom is upgrading its broadband service to handle multimedia offerings in three regions of the country.


Briefs: Telstra calls for open N.Z. broadband loop

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The head of Australia's TelstraClear Friday called for the unbundling of New Zealand's local loops as a means of expanding Kiwi broadband service.


Anti-spam added to Unified Communications

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McAfee's anti-spam technology has been added to AT&T's Unified Communications wireless and broadband services.



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