Early Land Animals Could Walk and Run Like Mammals, New Study Finds
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Salamanders and the tuatara, a lizard-like animal that has lived on Earth for 225 million years, were the first vertebrates to walk and run on land, according to a recent study by Ohio University researchers.
New multifunctional chip to meld memory, logic and communications functions
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The Department of Defense has awarded up to $5 million over five years for a multi-university research initiative led by David D. Awschalom, a professor of physics and of electrical and computer engineering, to develop a ...
Largest air pollution study is released
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A study published Wednesday suggests fine particulate air pollution spikes increase cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations across the United States.
Lucent Announces Further Breakthrough in 100 Gigabit per Second Ethernet-Over-Optical
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In a paper presented to the Optical Fiber Communication Conference & Exposition (OFC) in Anaheim today, Bell Labs, the research and development arm of Lucent Technologies, announced the first reported optical transport of ...
Confidence helps seniors remember better
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Brandeis University scientists say believing you can retain a good memory as you age is the first step toward achieving that goal.
Saturn Moons In Ghostly Specter
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Ghostly details make this dark scene more than just a beautiful grouping of two Saturn moons, with Tethys on the left and Titan on the right.
Reining in carbon dioxide levels imperative but possible
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Implementing a plan to keep rising carbon dioxide levels from reaching potentially dangerous levels could cost less than 1 percent of gross world product as of 2050, a cost that is well within reach of developed and developing ...
Role Of Showoff Hypothesis In Social Decisions Investigated
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A new study of the Hadza population in Tanzania, forthcoming in the April 2006 issue of Current Anthropology, explores the role of hunting in human evolution. Among chimpanzees and most human populations that subsist on wild ...
Intel Discloses Technologies To Make The Internet More Personal And Mobile
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Intel Corporation Executive Vice President Sean Maloney today outlined Intel’s mobile future, announcing significant innovations in mobile devices and broadband wireless.
SuitSat Experiment Ended Successfully
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The SuitSat-1 experiment, called RadioSkaf - or Radio Sputnik in Russian - has been completed successfully by the International Space Station crew, Sergei Samburov, the project's deputy director, told the Russian ...
China's surging appetite for 3G
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With more than 10 million potential subscribers of third-generation mobile phones at the ready, China seems ready to continue shaping its role as a powerful force in the adoption of new technologies and innovations.
Random gene breakage found in cancer study
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Scientists at the University of Navarra in Spain say they've performed a bioinformatic study on genes implicated in the development of cancer. The researchers -- Javier Novo and José Luis Vizmanos -- say the study led to ...
May we call them 'Pavlov's Cockroaches?'
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Tohoku University scientists in Japan say they've discovered cockroaches have conditioned responses, just like Pavlov's drooling dogs.
Study nixes hog waste alternatives
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A $17.3 million study in North Carolina seeking alternatives to open-air ponds used to treat hog farm waste has ended without success.
MIT tool may reveal architectural past
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A computer design tool originally created for animation may soon unlock the secrets of the structure of ancient cathedrals, according to MIT Assistant Professor John Ochsendorf of architecture.
