New Solar Underwater Robot Technology
Sep 07, 2005 |
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A new solar-powered underwater robot technology developed for undersea observation and water monitoring will be showcased at a Sept. 16 workshop on leading-edge robotics to be held at the National Science Foundation ...
Bose-Einstein condensate runs circles around magnetic trap
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Sep 07, 2005 |
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Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have the universe's coldest substance running in circles.
Apple Introduces iPod nano
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Sep 07, 2005 |
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Apple introduced the iPod nano, a revolutionary full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs yet is thinner than a standard #2 pencil and less than half the size of competitive players. The iPod nano features ...
Extinct giant deer relative found in U.K.
Sep 07, 2005 |
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University College London scientists say DNA tests have identified the closest living relative to the extinct Irish Elk, or giant deer, living in England.
Nanotechnology confronts the 'bad hair day,' tests new conditioner
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Ohio State University researchers have just completed the first comprehensive study of human hair on the nanometer level.
Apple, Motorola, Cingular Launch First Mobile Phone with iTunes
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Apple, Motorola and Cingular Wireless announced the availability of the world’s first mobile phone with iTunes, enabling music lovers to transfer up to 100 of their favorite songs from the iTunes jukebox on ...
Origins of life
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Calculations favor reducing atmosphere for early earth. Was Miller-Urey experiment correct? Using primitive meteorites called chondrites as their models, earth and planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Lou ...
Scientists develop 'clever' artificial hand
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Scientists have developed a new ultra-light limb that can mimic the movement in a real hand better than any currently available. This research was presented today at the Institute of Physics conference Sensors and their Applications ...
Poll: U.S. women love iPod, hate Xbox
Sep 07, 2005 |
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A new survey says American women see iPods as must-haves among electronics gadgets but frown upon game stations, particularly if they belong to their mates.
Study suggests simple way to make near-perfect lenses
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Sep 07, 2005 |
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A new study from the University of Edinburgh and Pennsylvania State University suggests a smart solution to one of the biggest challenges facing the optics and electromagnetics sector – how to produce near-perfect lenses ...
Field guide for confirming new earth-like planets described
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Astronomers looking for earth-like planets in other solar systems — exoplanets — now have a new field guide thanks to earth and planetary scientists at Washington University in St. Louis.
Ultrathin films promise a multitude of uses
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Imagine a special coating that can be applied to any of a number of surfaces. With its application, carpets, furniture and clothing become super-resistant to stains; automobile bodies are impermeable to water and rust; stents ...
Demand for wireless networks growing
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Demand for wireless sensor networking is growing and deployments are accelerating, according to a recently published report by ON World.
Tiny computers go where no computer has gone before
Sep 07, 2005 |
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A major breakthrough in the use of molecules as information processors is to be announced at this year's BA Festival of Science in Dublin. Nanotechnology experts are exploring the capabilities of molecules that act like con ...
Method slashes quantum dot costs by 80 percent
Sep 07, 2005 |
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Rice scientists replace pricey solvents with cheap processing fluids In an important advance toward the large-scale manufacture of fluorescent quantum dots, scientists at Rice University have developed a new method of repla ...
