Archive: 05/04/2005
Researchers make bendable concrete
A new type of fiber-reinforced bendable concrete will be used for the first time in Michigan this summer- and University of Michigan scientists hope that their new material will find widespread use across ...
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Philips delivers enhanced sound quality and advanced audio power for flat televisions
Royal Philips Electronics today announced its latest Class-D amplifier for flat televisions. Philips’ TDA8931T is designed to enable manufacturers to develop flat TVs with very high audio power and sound quality. In addition, ...
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'Metal-Decorated' Nanotubes Hold Promise for Fuel Cells
New quantum calculations and computer models show that carbon nanotubes "decorated" with titanium or other transition metals can latch on to hydrogen molecules in numbers more than adequate for efficient hydrogen ...
May 04, 2005 |
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Discovery Crew in Full Dress Rehearsal
Dressed in their orange launch and entry suits, the crew members of Return to Flight mission STS-114 boarded the silver "Astrovan" and traveled to Launch Pad 39B for a countdown dress rehearsal on May 4. They ...
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World's First Plasma HDTVs with Integrated High-Definition Digital Video Recorder
Consistent with its growing reputation as an industry leader and innovator in home entertainment products, LG Electronics introduces the world’s first plasma integrated high-definition televisions (HDTVs) ...
May 04, 2005 |
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HP and Intrado Collaborate to Deliver Safer, Faster 9 1 1
HP and Intrado Inc., a leading provider of integrated data and telecommunications solutions, today announced that HP server technology will power Intrado's next-generation 9-1-1 system, developed to address the nation's expanding ...
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NASA, NOAA set to launch new environmental satellite
NASA is set to launch the new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), another critical link in the development of a global Earth-observation program. The spa ...
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How monarch butterflies are wired for navigation
In their extraordinary annual migration from North America to Mexico, monarch butterflies are known to use the angle of polarized sunlight as a celestial guide to help them keep to a straight and true path southward. But ...
May 04, 2005 |
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New robot to adopt human thought processes
A team of computer scientists at the University of Wales, Aberystwyth have secured a major grant to build a robot that uses the same 'thought processes' used by the human brain.
May 04, 2005 |
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Motor Transport in Bio-Nano Systems
Molecular motors are nanoscale engines which move along very thin rod-like filaments and, in this way, drive the heavy traffic of molecular cargo within biological cells. Both motors and filaments can be isolated ...
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You know what I mean... maybe
Does it ever occur to you that Angelina Jolie is really phat? Well, according to young Kiwis, she totally is. A weird world of modern slang has evolved since the days when a beautiful woman was a fox, a young man was a d ...
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Sony's Noise Canceling Headphones Reduce 'White Noise' by 80 Percent
It's a loud, loud, loud, loud, world but thankfully Sony is offering a way to escape from the racket. For the intrepid traveler, residents of a high-traffic homes or anyone wishing to avoid excessive noise pol ...
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New vaccine boosts natural killer T cells in patients with cancer
A new vaccine designed at The Rockefeller University boosted a type of fast-responding immune system cell called the natural killer T (NKT) cell in patients with advanced cancer. The study surprised researchers by revealing ...
May 04, 2005 |
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Dell Delivers New Patch Solution to Simplify Server Updates
Dell today announced an extension of efforts to simplify and standardize the way customers manage updates in their server environments by offering integrated patch-management software with Altiris.
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Multi-Purpose High-End Dual AMD Server Introduced By Tyan
Today, Tyan introduced the next generation of multi-purpose high-end dual AMD Opteron servers in the form of the Thunder K8SE (S2892). The Thunder K8SE takes into account the need for a full-feature server platform to handle ...
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