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NASA may use Hawaiian ash in Mars training

Hawaii's stark volcanic landscape that once served as a training ground for lunar astronauts might soon be a resource for Mars training.

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eBay's bid for Skype may backfire

Rumors abound that eBay, the world's biggest and most successful online auction house, will buy out Skype Technologies, an Internet-based telecommunications group.

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The China Yahoo! welcome: You've got Jail!

This week's revelations involving a Chinese journalist sentenced to 10 years in jail for revealing state secrets indicates the weaknesses of human rights and corporate behavior in the virtual world.

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Report: China may ban some VoIP services

The Chinese government was reportedly on the verge Friday of slapping a ban on some Voice over Internet Protocol telephone service.

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Study: Ancient humans 'altered' climate

Researchers say they've determined humans were influencing the planet's climate long before the Industrial Revolution.

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More space objects are discovered

Three astronomers who in July discovered the solar system's "10th planet" this week announced finding two more objects far beyond the orbit of Pluto.

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Grammar Lost Translation Machine In Researchers Fix Will

The makers of a University of Southern California computer translation system consistently rated among the world's best are teaching their software something new: English grammar.

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Georgia Tech to Create Photonic Crystal Tools

Photonic crystals, with highly periodic structures that can be designed to control light, have the potential to revolutionize everything from computing to communications. But researchers need more effective and affordable ...

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Rapid One-Pot Syntheses Developed For Quantum Dots

Efficient and highly scalable new chemical synthesis methods developed at the University at Buffalo's Institute for Lasers, Photonics and Biophotonics have the potential to revolutionize the production of quantum ...

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The Einstein Emitter: single photon computer system

One single photon. One solitary quantum pulse of electromagnetic radiation, no more, no less, produced by one single electron, will be the product of a new device under construction by nanotechnologists at ...

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Rapid-born planets present 'baby picture' of our early solar system

Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, a team of astronomers led by the University of Rochester has detected gaps ringing the dusty disks around two very young stars, which suggests that gas-giant planets have formed there. ...

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Nanotechnology for Recovery and Reuse of Spilled Oil

The recent hurricane Katrina disaster has resulted in an oil crisis. Apart from the shortage there are reports of oil spills. Interface Science Corporation has announced that the company is launching its ...

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Wireless World: Rehnquist's legacy

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died last Saturday at age 80, may be known to the public as a conservative intellectual, but his rulings influenced much more than just the political landscape of the United States. ...

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Japan's Access buys PalmSource for $324M

Japan's Access said Friday it will buy out PalmSource for $324 million.

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Hurricane-caused oil spills threaten gulf

Oil from storage tanks ruptured by Hurricane Katrina is threatening the Gulf of Mexico.

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