Biorenewables - products for a sustainable future
Nov 14, 2005 |
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The University of York is to lead a new group set up to explore the potential of products from the biosphere to reduce the global economy’s dependence on fossil reserves and oil.
Light exercise a tonic to keep the brain young
Nov 14, 2005 |
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People don’t have to run marathons to keep their brain cells in shape — regular, light activity may do the trick. In the first study to show that lifelong exercise decreases cellular aging in the brain, scientists from the ...
Brain memory modifies during female cycle
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Scientists at Northwestern and Columbia universities say "wiring" in female rat brain memory areas expands and retracts during the menstrual cycle.
Tomorrow’s tobacco to save lives
Nov 14, 2005 |
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In the future, tobacco may be a crop that saves lives. Tobacco is one of those plants that could be used as green factories for high-tech production of drugs. A new discovery shows how production can be made considerably ...
Study: Many options equal extreme choices
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Scientists in Canada and China are studying "range effect," to better understand what consumers do when faced with a range of price and quality options. Specifically, the authors found offering a wide range of options causes ...
U.S. may begin to lag behind in patents
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Researchers and others say corporate and public nurturing of inventors and research is faltering and the U.S. patent edge may begin to fade.
Together across a continent: Bridging time and place with 'Shared Spaces'
Nov 14, 2005 |
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From the Jetsons to Back to the Future, videoconferencing has been a fixture in visions of how we imagine the world of tomorrow. Yet the dream of real-life interactions across a screen has stayed just beyond our grasp. Vi ...
Fujitsu Develops High-Quality Video Compression Technology Conforming to H.264 Standard
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of core circuitry technology for video compression and decompression that features high-quality video processing and operation with world-class ultra-low power consumption ...
Nations prepare to fight for Internet
Nov 14, 2005 |
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As the United States and Europe prepare to slug it out over the ownership of the Internet at the upcoming United Nations conference on information technology, there is growing concern that the World Wide Web ...
Zebrafish mutation studied
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Harvard Medical School scientists say they've found a small molecule that suppresses the phenotype of a zebrafish mutation.
Google offers free Web analytics
Nov 14, 2005 |
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Google said Monday its Web analytics service will be available for free as of Nov. 14. Formerly known as Urchin from Google, Google Analytics will be available to help users make use of data to improve their ...
Soyuz spacecraft to be moved on ISS
Nov 14, 2005 |
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The crew of the International Space Station will take a spin around the block in their Soyuz spacecraft on Friday.
Spurious Phase in a Model for Traffic on a Bridge
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Nov 14, 2005 |
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Researchers at Virginia Tech are providing further insight into the physics of systems far from equilibrium by studying traffic patterns across a narrow bridge.
Networking: Feds calls BlackBerry essential
Nov 14, 2005 |
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The feds are intervening in a 5-year-old patent case against Research in Motion Ltd., the Canadian-based developer of BlackBerry, arguing in court papers filed last week that the networked wireless computing devices are essential ...
Group wants to push Linux into cell phones
Nov 14, 2005 |
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A new consortium has been launched to give Linux a greater role as an operating system for mobile phones.
