Archive: 10/04/2005
Blog Log: What's holding you back, Judy?
What was the point of New York Times reporter Judith Miller's 85-day stand in refusing to identify her source and staying in an Alexandria, Va., jail?
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EU site lists wireless roaming charges
Europeans now have a concise Web site they can use to avoid the pitfalls of roaming charges while using their cell phones on the road.
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Earthlink offers new security download
EarthLink launched a new downloadable security suite it says sweeps away unwanted spyware and viruses with less fuss than stand-alone protection products.
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Sun, Google team up on Java
A joint venture by Google and Sun Microsystems announced Monday is the latest challenge to the dominance of Microsoft Office.
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Finding rewrites the evolutionary history of the origin of potatoes
Humans have cultivated potatoes for millennia, but there has been great controversy about the ubiquitous vegetable's origins. This week, writing in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, a team led by a USDA ...
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Nanoscientists Provide New Picture of Semiconductor Material
For almost a decade, scientists thought they understood the surface structure of cubic gallium nitride, a promising new crystalline semiconductor. Research by an interdisciplinary team of nanoscientists from ...
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Mystery Spot demonstrates power of perception
For years, UC Santa Cruz psychology professor Bruce Bridgeman has taken college students to the Mystery Spot, a popular local tourist attraction, to demonstrate how the human brain works.
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Unwed Mothers Have Difficulty Finding 'Good' Husbands, Study Finds
Women who have children outside of marriage are less likely than other single women to marry, and when they do marry, their husbands tend to be less well-matched, according to a new study.
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Earth Sinks Three Inches Under Weight Of Flooded Amazon
As the Amazon River floods every year, a sizeable portion of South America sinks several inches because of the extra weight – and then rises again as the waters recede, a study has found.
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Korea Joins International Computing Infrastructure
The Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD) reached a milestone in its vision to create a network of high-speed computing capability around the northern hemisphere when it celebrated ...
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Gulf Warm-Water Eddies Intensify Hurricane Changes
Scientists monitoring ocean heat and circulation in the Gulf of Mexico during Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have a new understanding of how these tropical storms can gain intensity so quickly: The Gulf of Mexico's ...
Oct 04, 2005 |
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John L. Hall: Long-time NIST Physicist Wins Nobel Prize
John (Jan) L. Hall, a scientist emeritus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Quantum Physics Division and a fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado, Boulder, ...
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Study predicts, verifies protein folding
Houston scientists have combined theory and experiment for the first time to predict and verify protein-folding dynamics of a complex protein.
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Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cell Tested at Glenn
A significant milestone in technology development for space exploration applications will be achieved with the testing of a Proton-Exchange-Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) engineering model power plant. The engineering model is ...
Oct 04, 2005 |
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SEMATECH and Synopsys to Develop Advanced OPC Models For 45 nm and Below Immersion Lithography
Synopsys, Inc. and SEMATECH today announced a joint program to develop advanced optical proximity correction (OPC) models that will enable the extension of optical lithography.
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