Archive: 03/03/2006
Convergent evolution of molecules in electric fish
Having a set of extra genes gave fish on separate continents the ability to evolve electric organs, report researchers from The University of Texas at Austin.
Mar 03, 2006 |
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New bill promotes Net neutraity
A new bill in the Senate seeks to prohibit network operators from charging content providers extra for faster delivery of their content to consumers over the Internet, or in favor of certain content.
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Ask your car radio!
In the future, drivers will be able to conveniently retrieve information from the Internet using “natural language.” This has been made possible by a new technology that automatically generates voice applications ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Record-breaking luminosity boosts discovery potential at Fermilab's Tevatron collider
The record-breaking performance of the Tevatron collider at the Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory is pushing the search for dark matter, supersymmetric particles and extra dimensions to new limits. ...
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Mar 03, 2006 |
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Teflon chemical to be reduced says EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the companies that use perfluorooctanoic acid, an ingredient in Teflon, will cut the chemical's use.
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Bird flu not a public threat?
As the bird flu spreads through Europe, the British government's chief scientist said the chance of British person getting bird flu is 1 in 100 million.
Mar 03, 2006 |
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LIGO once again looking for gravitational waves
The quest to detect and study gravitational waves with the National Science Foundation-funded Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, or LIGO, is on again. LIGO is currently conducting its first sustained observational ...
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Old-World Primates Evolved Color Vision to Better See Each Other Blush, Study Reveals
Your emotions can easily be read by others when you blush--at least by others familiar with your skin color. What's more, the blood rushing out of your face when you're terrified is just as telling. And when it comes to our ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Wireless World: Clandestine communications
New wireless technologies being developed by a secretive government agency in collaboration with private contractors may dramatically improve communications for homeland defense among federal, state and local officials, experts ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Gigantic cosmic cataclysm in Stephan's Quintet of galaxies
Recent infrared observations made with NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have revealed the presence of a huge intergalactic shock wave, or "sonic boom" in the middle of Stephan's Quintet, a group of galaxies which ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Briefs: Boeing acquires transport-software firm
Aerospace major Boeing has acquired a Swedish company that specializes in software for the airline and railroad industries.
Mar 03, 2006 |
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Part-time pulsar yields new insight into inner workings of cosmic clocks
Astronomers using the 76-m Lovell radio telescope at the University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory have discovered a very strange pulsar that helps explain how pulsars act as 'cosmic clocks' and confirms ...
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Mar 03, 2006 |
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New class of metal nitrides could lead to more durable semiconductors
New research shows that a novel class of nitrides made from noble metals can be synthesized under extreme conditions and are likely to have unusual or even unique properties that would be useful in semiconductor, ...
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Mar 03, 2006 |
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Researchers mimic high-pressure form of ice found in giant icy moons
That everyday ice you use to chill your glass of lemonade has helped researchers better understand the internal structure of icy moons in the far reaches of the solar system. A research team has demonstrated ...
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Mar 03, 2006 |
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A new awakening for sleep research
The IST project SENSATION is an ambitious project of 46 partners from 20 different countries, addressing sensing of physiological parameters, core computation, medical and industrial research. The aim is to ...
Mar 03, 2006 |
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