Despite hurdles, human missions to Mars are in the works
May 10, 2005 |
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Rovers setting the stage While all the excitement on Mars focuses on the amazing durability and discoveries of two robotic rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, two Mars Exploration Rover (MER) scientists remi ...
Silicon solution could lead to a truly long-life battery
May 10, 2005 |
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New devices may provide power for decades Using some of the same manufacturing techniques that produce microchips, researchers have created a porous-silicon diode that may lead to improved betavoltaics. Such de ...
China's Wall Less Great in View from Space
May 10, 2005 |
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It has become a space-based myth. The Great Wall of China, frequently billed as the only man-made object visible from space, generally isn't, at least to the unaided eye in low Earth orbit. It certainly isn't ...
Toshiba Unveils Triple-layer 45GB HD DVD-ROM Disc
May 10, 2005 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced development of a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read-only) disc with a data capacity of 45 gigabytes, 50% more than the 30-gigabyte dual-layer HD DVD-ROM disc already announced ...
Chemical Engineer to Investigate Ways to Help Plastic Conduct Electricity
May 10, 2005 |
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Dr. Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo at The University of Texas at Austin has received a 2005 Young Investigator Award from the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation to find ways to improve the ability of polyanaline to conduct electricity. Loo, an ...
Renesas Releases Single-Chip TFT Controller/Driver for Mobile Phone QVGA-Size TFT Color Liquid Crystal Displays
May 10, 2005 |
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Renesas Technology Corp. today announced the R61505 controller/driver, providing QVGA (240 x 320-pixel) resolution screen drive and 260k-color display capability plus nonvolatile memory in a single chip, as a driver for amorphous ...
Chandra X-ray observatory catches x-ray super-flares
May 10, 2005 |
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Planetary protection: X-ray super-flares aid formation of 'solar systems' New results from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory about the Orion Nebula imply super-flares torched our young solar system. Such X- ...
Researcher journeys to the center of the cell
May 10, 2005 |
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The discovery of a fundamental new route into cells may lead to new methods of drug delivery and to a better understanding of viral infection. Researchers from The University of Queensland’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience (IM ...
Undercover Tactics
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Soft shell, hard core: nanotubes made of cyclic peptides with a synthetic polymer coating Ever since the discovery of carbon nanotubes in the early 1990s, scientists and engineers have been fascinated by the possibilities ...
Chemists adapt casting technique to make ordered nanocarbons
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Technique could revolutionize nanoelectronics manufacturing Carnegie Mellon University scientists have harnessed an experimental technology to produce polymer films with long-range-ordered nanostructure and easily convert th ...
iTunes Music Store Launches in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland
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Apple today launched four new iTunes Music Stores in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland featuring songs from all four major music companies and over 1,000 independent record labels. The four new iTunes Music Stores offer ...
HP to Offer Handheld Customers Upgrade Program to Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0
May 10, 2005 |
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HP today announced an upgrade program to Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 for customers with select HP iPAQ handhelds as well as plans to support the new version of the software platform in its future mobile offerings.
IBM Acquires Gluecode Software
May 10, 2005 |
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IBM today announced it has acquired Gluecode Software, a privately held company based in El Segundo, Calif., and provider of software and support services for open source application infrastructure software. Financial details ...
Freescale announces industry’s first 90nm multi-core programmable DSPs in volume production
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Freescale Semiconductor is leveraging its multi-core processor design expertise and advanced process technology to address customer needs for higher signal processing performance at lower power consumption. Freescale, the ...
Bacterial genome sheds light on synthesizing cancer-fighting compounds
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Sea squirts around the world are breathing a sigh of relief, as they no longer run the risk of being harvested for their natural disease-fighting substances. Scientists recently discovered that the bacterium ...
