GIOVE A transmits loud and clear
Mar 09, 2006 |
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After a successful launch on 28 December 2005, GIOVE A began transmitting navigation signals on 12 January 2006. Work is currently being performed to check the quality of these signals.
NASA finds stronger storms change heat and rainfall worldwide
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Studies have shown that over the last 40 years, a warming climate has been accompanied by fewer rain- and snow-producing storms in mid-latitudes around the world, but the storms that are happening are a little ...
Research on the road to intelligent cars
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Although safety is improving on European roads, every year over 40,000 people die on Europe's roads and 1.4 million accidents occur. Clearly, there is still plenty of work to be done if the EU is to halve road ...
Lawsuit virus, trickier pfish mar Internet
Mar 09, 2006 |
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E-mail users were warned Thursday about a smarter form of pfish and a virus that comes disguised as a threat of a lawsuit.
Scientists create tiny mass spectrometer
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Purdue University scientists have created battery-powered, miniature instruments that might be used in protecting again terrorist bombings.
EU decides against uniform GM rules
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EU officials have reportedly dropped plans to enact union-wide laws regulating genetically modified crops.
U.N. issues report on world water supplies
Mar 09, 2006 |
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The United Nation's World Water Development Report says nearly 20 percent of the Earth's population lacks access to safe drinking water.
Internet tech dazzles FOSE convention
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Perhaps the U.S. government can rest a little easier over its battle with Internet censorship in China, knowing there is software that could circumvent the Chinese's online censor program.
Expert: China lags in space technology
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A Chinese space expert said China is unlikely to catch up with the United States in space technology within a decade, contradicting an earlier assessment.
Engineering companies urged to make room for the 'gadget girls'
Mar 09, 2006 |
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The classic stereotype of an engineer – a man who is brilliant at and passionate about technology, but not so good at dealing with people – bears little resemblance to actual engineers or their work, according to new research ...
Combination of processes results in cleaner petrol
Mar 09, 2006 |
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One problem confronting the oil industry is that extracted mineral oil (due to increasing scarcity) is becoming heavier and 'dirtier'. This is reflected, for instance, in a higher content of aromatics (which among other things ...
Sematech to Investigate Alternate Channel Materials for Advanced Microchips
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Pushed by the scaling limits of silicon-based devices, Sematech engineers have launched a project to investigate alternative materials to Si in MOSFET channels, the critical pathways that allow electrical signals to flow ...
Europe's Vestel introduces media players
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Freescale Semiconductor's applications processors will be used in a line of portable media players being developed in Europe by Vestel Electronics.
Answers.com sues Babylon
Mar 09, 2006 |
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Search engine Answers.com has sued Babylon, creators of language-translation software, for copyright infringement and violation of intellectual property.
Interview: Intel's media gamble
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Intel is the world's biggest semiconductor manufacturer, but the chipmaker is eager to be seen as a media company too. Its recently released Viiv standard promises to standardize entertainment-centered convergence ...
