Founding document of mathematics published in digital form for the first time
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The oldest surviving manuscript of Euclid’s Elements, probably the most influential work in the history of mathematics, has been published in digital form for the first time thanks to a collaboration betwee ...
World's first geologic map is displayed
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The world's first geologic map -- an 1815, hand-tinted, 10-feet-by-6-feet chart -- has gone on display at the Buffalo and Erie County (N.Y.) Public Library.
Google Maps combines with Google Local
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Google Inc. of Mountain View, Calif., says it has combined its Google Maps service with Google Local, moving both out of beta, or testing, status.
Unique, ordered nanometer structures found
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Israeli researchers Thursday reported discovering nanometer-scale ordered structures -- a discovery that could change basic scientific understandings.
India frets mobile-phone congestion
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Indian officials are warning that the boom in the cell-phone market may be too much for the nation's infrastructure to handle.
An organic thyristor
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An organic salt that can be switched between two different conducting states is reported in September in the journal Nature.
Employment gap widens for disabled people
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Cornell University has released a study indicating the employment gap between Americans with disabilities and those without disabilities has widened.
New unidirectional molecular rotor may lead to tiny sensors, pumps, switches
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A University of Colorado at Boulder team has developed the first computer-generated model of a tiny, waterwheel-like molecular rotor that has been harnessed to rotate in one direction at different speeds in response to changes ...
Houston company seeks to accelerate superconducting capability with ORNL help
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An effort to transmit 150 times more electric power through long-length high-temperature superconductors as compared to conventional copper wire is the goal of a cooperative research and development agreement between the ...
Air quality in West going south
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Texas air, already bad, will get a tad worse and Midwest air may actually improve, says EPA study of global warming on U.S. regional air quality. By mid-century, air quality throughout the Western United States ...
Opening The Door To New Materials For Exploration
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Scientists just got their space-bound luggage back after a four-year wait. On October 3, containers filled with experimental materials that might one day be used to build the vehicles that carry humans to Mars were opened ...
Intelligent Robots To Be A Larger Part Of Space Exploration
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Meet Gromit and K-9. They are the two latest robots NASA is using to help improve space exploration. Although they may look similar to the robots already on Mars, Gromit and K-9 have much more complex, built-in intelligence. ...
Expedition Crews Continue Handover
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With less than a week remaining in its time aboard the space station, the Expedition 11 crew is busy handing over operations to the Expedition 12 crew.
Venezuela closes foreign tech companies
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Venezuela offices of Microsoft, IBM and other foreign tech companies were closed Thursday on the orders of the government's tax authorities.
Report: DirecTV to promote own 'Tivo' box
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DirecTV is reportedly set to unveil its digital video recorder next week in what is seen as a direct challenge to the increasingly popular TiVo device.
