Protecting your Computer: Part 3 – AntiVirus
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by Philip Dunn [ Part 1 ] [ Part 2 ] Almost everybody is aware of the need for Antivirus software, so this article will concentrate on installation issues and virus removal. ...
Space propulsion breakthrough: new spacecraft ion engine tested
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The European Space Agency and the Australian National University have successfully tested a new design of spacecraft ion engine that dramatically improves performance over present thrusters and marks a major ...
The forgotten methane source
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In the last few years, more and more research has focused on the biosphere; particularly, on how gases which influence the climate are exchanged between the biosphere and atmosphere. Researchers from the Max ...
Why the brain has 'gray matter'
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By borrowing mathematical tools from theoretical physics, scientists have recently developed a theory that explains why the brain tissue of humans and other vertebrates is segregated into the familiar "gray ...
Magnetic memory design breakthrough can lead to faster computers
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Imagine a computer that doesn't lose data even in a sudden power outage, or a coin-sized hard drive that could store 100 or more movies. Magnetic random-access memory, or MRAM, could make these possible, and ...
Optical wireless and broadband over power lines: High speed, secure Wi-Fi alternative
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Penn State engineers have shown that a white-LED system for lighting and high data-rate indoor wireless communications, coupled with broadband over either medium- or low-voltage power line grids (BPL), can offer transmission ...
The Web: 'Digital home' comes of age
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The "digital home" came of age in the last year as global revenues from sales of Internet-related products surged past the $100 billion mark for the first time, experts tell United Press International's The Web.
XM Radio set to battle Apple's iPod
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XM Radio is the latest company to step in the ring with Apple's iPod. The satellite radio provider has teamed up with Samsung and Pioneer Electronics to create a pair of devices that combine on-the-go XM service with MP3 ...
Engineers create mathematical method to design better robots, structures
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Mechanical and civil engineers have created a new mathematical method to design better structures, machines and versatile computer-controlled robots called "robot manipulators."
Morning grogginess worse than drinking
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A study says morning grogginess is more debilitating than sleep deprivation. Researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital say the effects of sleep inertia are as bad or worse ...
Wearable iPod gear at Macworld
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Sometimes it's the strange and almost accidental discoveries that become the most useful. This is especially true at a technology conference like Macworld Expo, wherein an obscure but good idea can be transformed into a wide ...
Spitzer Finds Possible Comet Dust Around Dead Star
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NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has spotted what may be comet dust sprinkled around the white dwarf star G29-38, which died approximately 500 million years ago.
Stardust Capsule Set to Return to Earth on Sunday
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This Sunday morning (15th January) at 10.12am GMT a capsule containing dust from Comet Wild 2 will return to Earth landing in the Utah Desert near Salt Lake City. The landing of the capsule marks the return ...
Climate Change Drives Widespread Amphibian Extinctions
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Results of a new study provide the first clear proof that global warming is causing outbreaks of an infectious disease that is wiping out entire frog populations and driving many species to extinction.
Scientists 'RAVE-ing' about most ambitious star survey ever
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An international team of astronomers today announced the first results from the Radial Velocity Experiment, an ambitious all-sky spectroscopic survey aimed at measuring the speed, temperature, surface gravity ...
