Archive: 07/14/2005
Shuttle Launch: Analysis Continues, Date Unclear
Space Shuttle Program Deputy Manager Wayne Hale has announced more troubleshooting is necessary to determine why an Engine Cut-Off sensor gave intermittent readings during Wednesday's attempted launch of Space ...
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Professor examines processes in Soviet Union's formation
Fall 1991 found Francine Hirsch entering the Ph.D. program in history at Princeton, just as unprecedented change was unfolding in the former Soviet Union. It certainly was an exciting time to be a graduate student. Watching the ...
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Canada joins U.S. EPA program
Canada Thursday became the 16th nation to join the U.S. EPA's Methane to Markets Partnership to reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas methane.
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Russia approves a 10-year space budget
The Russian government Thursday announced approval of a 10-year space program budget.
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UF Survey Finds Many Floridians Still Recovering From 2004 Hurricanes
As homeowners clean up debris from Hurricane Dennis and keep a wary eye on newly formed Emily in the Atlantic, several hundred thousand Florida residents have not even started home repairs caused by last year’s destructive ...
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Chip Industry Entering New Era
In a keynote speech today at SEMICON West, Texas Instruments executive and SIA representative to the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Roadmap Committee, Dr. Bob Doering, will discuss critical issues ...
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Videophoning: Live on Television from Your Living Room
In the future, quiz show contestants will be able to use a UMTS cell phone to participate in game shows from any location. Siemens and Grundy Light Entertainment have thus created a completely new possibility ...
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Geologists Use Particles from Galaxy's Far Reaches to Understand Processes at Earth's Surface
Scientists at the U.S. National Science Foundation and the European Commission of the European Union have announced a new initiative - called CRONUS, for cosmic-ray produced nuclide systematics - to measure ...
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Diamonds are a Scientist's best Friend: Research into Building Better Small Machines
Do diamonds really last forever? That's the hope of University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers who are trying to solve the problems associated with building extremely small machines and having them withstand the test of ...
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Nanoscale Fiber Optics
Lipid membranes as molds for doped cadmium chloride nanowires with light-conducting properties One-dimensional nanoscopic structures such as nanowires are important building blocks for future miniature opto-electronic compo ...
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IBM Announces New CMOS Image Sensor Foundry Offering
IBM today announced the availability of technology and manufacturing services for complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors for use in camera-phones, digital still cameras and other consumer products. The ...
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Laser to be used to analyze Mars' soil
Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists say they plan to use lasers on Martian soil to help speed the search for life and water on that planet.
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Nano-graphite may store H2 gas
Graphite films only nanometers or billionths of a meter thick could help store hydrogen in an inexpensive, easily manufactured, lightweight and nontoxic manner, an international team of scientists told UPI's Nano World.
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Online service to offer movies before DVD
Revelations Entertainment, an independent Hollywood movie distributor, has formed a new online movie service called ClickStar, which will offer a limited selection of downloadable movies before they are released on DVD.
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Apple's stellar earnings might not last
Apple's robust earnings report for the latest quarter surprised few, given the runaway success of its ubiquitous iPod, yet there already is concern sales of the digital music devices will not suffice to keep Apple growing ...
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