Silicon Nanotechnology to Combat Biowarfare Agents
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In fall 2001, several letters containing deadly spores were sent to targeted spots across the county. The documents threatened the lives of postal workers, government administrative workers, officials and others. ...
Nano shuttles suggest lifting things may become thing of the past (Update)
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A key technological breakthrough led by the University of Edinburgh suggests that a futuristic world where people can move objects about ‘remotely’ with laser pointers could be closer than we think. Chemists working on the ...
New search engine 'revolutionary'
Sep 06, 2005 |
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A 26-year-old PhD student from the University of New South Wales has patented a new way of exploring the web that could revolutionise existing search engines. Developed by Ori Allon, the Orion (TM) search engine is designed to ...
Kazaa hit by file-sharing crackdown
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Following in the footsteps of the U.S. courts, an Australian federal judge Monday ruled against the file-swapping network Kazaa for making it easier for Web users to download copyrighted music, but he denied allegations by ...
Chernobyl: The true scale of the accident
Sep 06, 2005 |
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20 years later a UN report provides definitive answers and ways to repair lives A total of up to four thousand people could eventually die of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (NPP) accident nearly 20 ...
Crime Scene Investigation: Can maths tell what happened?
Sep 06, 2005 |
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The next Miss Marple or Sherlock Holmes could well be a mathematician, suggest researchers speaking at the British Association Festival of Science in Dublin today. Mathematics is playing such an increasingly important rol ...
Animals and Human Experience the Same Emotions
Sep 06, 2005 |
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The link between humans and animals may be closer than we may have realised. Research by Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) has found that our furry relatives may share many of the same emotions that humans experience ...
Surround sound via headphones
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Music fans will soon be able to enjoy high-quality surround sound even when traveling: Ensonido creates an illusion of several loudspeakers for the ears wearing stereo headphones. The software measures the ...
Star eats companion
Sep 06, 2005 |
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ESA's Integral space observatory, together with NASA's Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer spacecraft, has found a fast-spinning pulsar in the process of devouring its companion. This finding supports the theory tha ...
Brain computer interface may help learning
Sep 06, 2005 |
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Ohio researchers say they have discovered animal learning can be significantly enhanced by using a brain-computer interface.
IT hiring increasing in the United States
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Information-technology employment is increasing, and the greatest expansion appears to be coming from computer-network design and related services, with Internet companies, software developers and even consumer-product firms ...
Darwinism on trial in Kansas
Sep 06, 2005 |
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Kansas is reportedly ready to approve teaching standards requiring Darwin's theory of evolution be challenged in the classroom.
Deep Impact Adds Color to Unfolding Comet Picture
Sep 06, 2005 |
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Painting by the numbers is a good description of how scientists create pictures of everything from atoms in our bodies to asteroids and comets in our solar system. Researchers involved in NASA's Deep Impact ...
Improving picture for high definition television
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By the end of this year there will be 28.6 million high-definition television sets in homes worldwide, according to HDTV, a new research report published today by Informa Telecoms & Media. By 2010 that number will be more ...
Driving improved automotive chip design
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A recently completed EU project developed better tools for integrated microcircuit design; achieved some world firsts in performance analysis and now may even spin off a new company to commercialise some of its new technologies. ...
