Archive: 03/12/2009
Space station's close call with junk: More to come (Update 2)
(AP) -- The near-hit of space junk Thursday was a warning shot fired across the bow of the international space station, experts said. There's likely more to come in the future. With less than an hour's notice, ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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NASA shooting for Sunday shuttle Discovery launch
(AP) -- NASA is replacing some space shuttle connections in hopes of plugging a gas leak and launching Discovery to the international space station on Sunday, after delays of more than a month.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2009 |
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AOL names former Google executive as CEO
(AP) -- An executive from Google Inc. is becoming the latest CEO of AOL, raising hopes that he will be able to turn around Time Warner Inc.'s struggling Internet unit.
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Google's openness intensifies focus on e-mail woes
(AP) -- Google Inc.'s recent pledge to be more open about periodic service outages appears to be drawing more attention to the breakdowns when they occur, even if it's a minor hiccup affecting a sliver of its users.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Foreign Affairs goes online
Foreign Affairs, the magazine which has hosted articles about international affairs by US foreign policy luminaries for decades, is going online.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Apple to unveil next-generation iPhone software
Apple plans to give the world a peek next week at its next-generation operating system for iPhones.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Microbial societies do not like oligarchy
Bacteria and humans tend to live in highly diverse and complex communities. Most interestingly, bacteria and humans appear to prefer to live in a democracy. This is the basic message of the paper entitled "Initial community ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Jurassic Park from a Swiss lake?
Ecological changes caused by humans affect natural biodiversity. For example, the eutrophication of Greifensee and Lake Constance in the 1970s and 1980s led to genetic changes in a species of water flea which ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Metal Becomes Transparent Under High Pressure
An international team of scientists have discovered a transparent form of the element sodium (Na). The team, led by Artem Oganov, Professor of Theoretical Crystallography at Stony Brook University, and Yanming ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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First-in-class compound proves safe, tolerable in preventing blood clots
A new drug derived from magnolia trees appears to be able to uncouple two important functions of thrombin in blood clot formation and may offer a way to better control the potentially dangerous complications of bleeding and ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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iTeacher: Program Brings Web 2.0 to the Classroom
(PhysOrg.com) -- Online media and social networking Web sites - Web 2.0 standards like Facebook and YouTube - are the new tools for communication and entertainment among K-12 students. Safety and inappropriate content issues, ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Cassini Swaps Thrusters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Early this morning the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Students Launch Cockroaches and Cameras Into Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of cockroaches recently took a ride on a high-altitude balloon launched into space by freshmen aerospace engineering students from the University of California, San Diego. The cockroaches ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 12, 2009 |
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Screaming Hoops Fans at Risk for Vocal Problems
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the ACC tourney gearing up and March Madness getting in full swing, basketball fans are topping decibel charts with their verbal support for their favorite college team.
Mar 12, 2009 |
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'Self-correcting' gates advance quantum computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- Two Dartmouth researchers have found a way to develop more robust “quantum gates,” which are the elementary building blocks of quantum circuits. Quantum circuits, someday, will be used to ...
Mar 12, 2009 |
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