High energy physics team captures network prize
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Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford Linear Accelerator Center recently joined an international team in shattering the world network speed record. To capture ...
AURA satellite peers into Earth's ozone hole
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NASA researchers, using data from the agency's AURA satellite, determined the seasonal ozone hole that developed over Antarctica this year is smaller than in previous years.
UCSF scientists find new facts about HIV
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University of California-San Francisco scientists have discovered how the human immunodeficiency virus can be kept dormant and hidden in immune cells.
Grids to aid breast cancer diagnosis and research
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The MammoGrid project is studying the commercial possibilities for its distributed computing environment that employs existing Grid technologies for the creation of a European database of mammogram data. By using Grid computing, ...
ESA's Integral and XMM-Newton missions extended
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ESA's Science Programme Committee has extended operations of the highly successful astronomical observatories Integral and XMM-Newton for four years, until 16 December 2010 and 31 March 2010 respectively.
Many states flunk science standards
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Nearly half the states have reportedly flunked an examination of statewide science standards for elementary and high schools.
Scientific fraud suspected in Pittsburgh
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The University of Pittsburgh reportedly has started an inquiry into possible scientific misconduct by stem cell researchers.
Brazilian astronaut OK'd for ISS mission
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Russian Space Agency medical officials say Brazil's first astronaut, Marcos Pontes, has been cleared to fly to the International Space Station.
IMEC reports CMOS integration of Hf-based dielectrics with Ni FUSI gates
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At today’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, IMEC announces a simple CMOS integration scheme of a NiSi gate for NMOS and a Ni2Si gate for PMOS on HfSiON with simultaneous 2-step silicidation. The potential of this ...
Russian astronaut training flap reported
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Russia's Federal Space Agency says it is not ready to assume control of the Gagarin Astronaut Training Center, the Novosti news agency reported.
U.N. climate talks in key phase in Canada
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Environment ministers from around the world have gathered in Montreal for U.N. climate talks that are entering a key phase.
Nortel to build WiMax network in Alberta
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Nortel has been selected to build Canada's first WiMax network based on the fixed WiMax standard in rural Alberta.
Study may lead to better tsunami forecasts
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Better tsunami forecasting may result from a seafloor inspection near the epicenter of the earthquake that caused last year's Indian Ocean tsunami.
S&P downgrades Hawaiian Telecom
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Standard & Poor's Wednesday lowered its corporate rating for Hawaiian Telcom to B from B plus.
Canine genome sequence is completed
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Harvard scientists say they have finished compiling the genome sequence of the dog -- Canis familiaris.
