Archive: 09/13/2006
Annual astronautical congress opens Oct. 2
The European Space Agency says the 57th annual International Astronautical Congress will be Oct. 2-6 in Valencia, Spain.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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GM rice from U.S. found in EU
Genetically modified rice from the United States has been found in the European Union, in violation of a ban on import, growth and sale of such crops.
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Study: Green tea prevents heart disease
A Japanese study has suggested that green tea consumption can reduce the risk of heart disease.
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Study: Black-white IQ gap is narrowing
A U.S. researcher says the gap in measured cognitive ability between blacks and whites has narrowed by a least 25 percent since 1972.
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Experimental Danish ethanol plant built
A pilot ethanol plant has been built at the Danish Technical University in Lyngby, Denmark, to convert agricultural bi-products into the fuel.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Study: Can hearing voices be a good thing?
British psychologists have launched a study to determine why some people who hear voices consider it a good experience, while others find it distressing.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
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Researchers develop selective sensors based on carbon nanotubes
A team of researchers from Arizona State University and Motorola Labs, the applied research arm of Motorola Inc., has developed sensors based on carbon nanotubes, microscopically small structures that posses excellent electronic ...
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Clemson research cleans up with edible oil
Oil and water don't mix, and that could be the key to edible vegetable-based oil being the answer to contaminant clean-up.
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Panasonic Introduces Three New Business-Rugged Toughbook Notebooks With Embedded 3G Wireless
Panasonic Computer Solutions Company today introduced three new business-rugged Panasonic Toughbook notebook computers: The ultraportable CF-W5, tablet alternative CF-T5, and the thin-and-light desktop replacement CF-Y5.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
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NEC Electronics Introduces Industry's First Ultra-Low-Power 55-nanometer Embedded DRAM Technology
NEC Electronics today announced the industry's first 55- nanometer CMOS-compatible embedded DRAM (eDRAM) technology, UX7LSeD.
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ISS Astronauts Wrap Up Second Spacewalk
The second STS-115 spacewalk is now in the history books. STS-115 Mission Specialists Dan Burbank and Steve MacLean concluded the spacewalk at 12:16 p.m. EDT after continued efforts to prepare the International ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 13, 2006 |
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NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaches Planned Flight Path
NASA's newest spacecraft at Mars has completed the challenging half-year task of shaping its orbit to the nearly circular, low-altitude pattern from which it will scrutinize the planet.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Engineering a 'Trojan horse' to sneak drugs into the brain
Beset by a host of debilitating and potentially fatal disorders, the human brain is in desperate need of a few good drugs. The catch, however, is that nature has set up a roadblock known as the blood-brain barrier — intended ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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New theory (and old equations) may explain causes of ship-sinking freak waves
On a stormy April day in 1995, the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 was sailing in the North Atlantic when the ocean liner dipped into a "hole in the sea." Out of the darkness, a towering 95-foot wave threatened to crash ...
Sep 13, 2006 |
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Biologists probe the machinery of cellular protein factories
Proteins of all sizes and shapes do most of the work in living cells, and the DNA sequences in genes spell out the instructions for making those proteins. The crucial job of reading the genetic instructions and synthesizing ...
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