Archive: 05/12/2006
Low-cost microfluidics can be a sticky problem
A deceptively simple approach to bonding thermoplastic microchannel plates together with solvent could be used for low-cost, high-volume production of disposable "lab-on-a-chip" devices, according to researchers from the ...
May 12, 2006 |
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$100 M partnership to advance nanotech
A $100 million partnership has been made to create what collaborators consider will be the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing center.
May 12, 2006 |
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Digital mall makeover under way
U.S. malls may soon be undergoing a digital makeover. That's what communications company Publicis Groupe and retail real-estate company Simon Property Inc. hope to make possible, announcing Friday the launch of the first ...
May 12, 2006 |
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Infineon says 65nm phone chip is available
Infineon Technologies said Friday its pioneering 65 nanometer chips were being released for use in wireless phones.
May 12, 2006 |
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Lockheed signs Vietnam satellite contract
Vietnam will launch a U.S.-built telecommunications satellite in 2008 that will expand phone service to the rural countryside.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2006 |
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Social networking sites still popular
MySpace led in first place of 10 popular social-networking sites that collectively grew 47 percent year-over-year, according to Nielson//NetRatings.
May 12, 2006 |
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Microsoft, NGA to advance geospatial tech
Microsoft and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announced an alliance Thursday to advance geospatial information applications.
May 12, 2006 |
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In Brief: O2 eyes wireless, fixed-line convergence
British wireless operator O2 has indicated it is considering branching out into the U.K. fixed-line telephony sector.
May 12, 2006 |
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Surgeons separate conjoined twins
Surgeons at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., Friday began to separate Abbigail and Isabelle Carlsen, five-month-old cojoined twins from Fargo, N.D.
May 12, 2006 |
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Mitsubishi, NEC, Tokyo University Realize Successful Interconnection of Quantum Encryption Networks
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, NEC Corp., and Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo have successfully interconnected quantum cryptography systems developed by Mitsubishi Electric and NEC, the first time such ...
May 12, 2006 |
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Discovery Reaches the Vehicle Assembly Building
A wave of excitement rippled across NASA's Kennedy Space Center on May 12 as the orbiter Discovery rolled out of its processing facility and into the nearby Vehicle Assembly Building.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2006 |
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Limber Robot Might Hitchhike to Space
Lemurs, those wide-eyed, active, monkey-like animals running around the island in the movie "Madagascar," are known for their ability to leap. A robotic lemur being tested at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 12, 2006 |
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Methane-Belching Bugs Inspire a New Theory of the Origin of Life on Earth
Two laboratories at Penn State set out to show how an obscure undersea microbe metabolizes carbon monoxide into methane and vinegar. What they found was not merely a previously unknown biochemical process -- their discovery ...
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May 12, 2006 |
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Researchers Look Beyond the Birth of the Universe
According to Einstein’s general theory of relativity, the Big Bang represents The Beginning, the grand event at which not only matter but space-time itself was born. While classical theories offer no clues ...
May 12, 2006 |
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Mother's Day roses could soon smell sweeter, thanks to new research
University of Florida researchers may have good news for disappointed consumers who want to know why their Mother’s Day roses just don’t smell as good as they used to.
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