Ultrasmooth carbon for ultrahigh data storage density
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Ultra-smooth diamond-like carbon surfaces are key to enable the ultimate storage density of 1 terabit/ inch2 in next generation ultra-high storage density hard disks. Cambridge researchers shed light on h ...
Palm Delivers New Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Palm TX Handheld
Oct 13, 2005 |
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For a generation of professionals on the go who want affordable Wi-Fi to access the information that matters to them, Palm, Inc. today introduced the Palm TX handheld. At an aggressively priced $299, the Palm ...
Bat inspires space tech for airport security
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Metal detectors currently used for screening aircraft passengers could soon be supplanted by novel millimetre-wave cameras, able to detect even non-metallic concealed objects. The new system, named after a ...
Analysis: Quantum Dot may be sold cheap
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Analysts are studying last week's acquisition by Invitrogen of Quantum Dot Corp., the nanotech startup that laid claim to all key life-science applications for quantum dots, trying to guess the sale amount and what it might ...
Train Man romances Tokyo's computer geeks
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Impoverished computer geeks are becoming hot commodities in Japan these days, thanks to one blockbusting book that originated on a weblog.
Study: link between tropical warming and greenhouse gases stronger than ever
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New evidence from climate records of the past provides some of the strongest indications yet of a direct link between tropical warmth and higher greenhouse gas levels, say scientists at the University of California, Santa ...
New Nokia Family of Smartphones Targeted at the Business World
Oct 13, 2005 |
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Nokia announced today the addition of three new models to its portfolio of business-optimized devices. The Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70 - the first of the new Nokia Eseries - are distinctively different ...
Ancient neutrinos could put string theory and quantum loop gravity to the test
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Tiny but ageing neutrinos can be used to test the very foundations of quantum theory at unprecedented cosmological time scales Must the Schrodinger's Cat be fat enough for us to detect the possible phenomenon of gravity ...
No-till farming may reduce global warming
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A University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign study suggests no-till farming might reduce the effects of global warming.
NanoWorld: Nature Inspired Micro Circuits
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A team of chemical engineers, biologists, geneticists, and electronic engineers headed by Kenneth Sandhage at the Georgia Institute of Technology and colleagues has developed a new process for converting the finely detailed ...
Outsmarting light
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A team of scientists headed by Dr. Christoph Lienau of the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy (MBI) in Berlin develops and utilizes novel nanoptical techniques for imaging structures that ...
People Excited For Successful Launching Of Shenzhou-6
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Beijing (SPX) Oct 13, 2005 -- Chinese people nationwide are in great excitement as learning about the successful launch of second manned spacecraft Shenzhou-6 on Wednesday morning.
New molecular compounds found near Fiji
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Scientists have discovered 10 new molecular structures with pharmaceutical potential in a species of red seaweed near Fiji in the South Pacific.
Global warming may have saved the Earth
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University of Oregon scientists say prehistoric global warming may have saved the Earth from greenhouse sterilization.
Microsoft, Yahoo! join forces in IM
Oct 13, 2005 |
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Microsoft and Yahoo! announced Wednesday they will join forces to provide free instant-messaging services online.
