Cities adopt cheaper, single-bin recycling
Dec 14, 2005 |
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An increasing number of U.S. cities are reportedly eliminating the need to separate paper from cans and bottles in favor of single-bin recycling.
Challenges ahead for India outsourcing
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Although the latest Nasscom-McKinsey study on India's information-technology and business-process outsourcing projects a scorching 25-percent growth a year for the next five years, it adds that achieving that growth isn't ...
HP creates Halo effect for life-like videoconferencing
Dec 14, 2005 |
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HP today introduced a first-of-its-kind collaboration studio for simulating face-to-face business meetings across long distances, brought to life in partnership with DreamWorks Animation SKG.
Spitzer Team Says Debris Disk Could Be Forming Infant Terrestrial Planets
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Astronomers have found a debris disk around a sun-like star that may be forming or has formed its terrestrial planets. The disk - a probable analog to our asteroid belt - may have begun a solar-system-scale ...
Hot, massive haloes found around most spiral galaxies
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Astronomers using ESA's XMM-Newton observatory have found very hot gaseous haloes around a multitude of spiral galaxies similar to our Milky Way galaxy. These 'ghost-like' veils have been suspected for decades ...
Nortel to sponsor 'One Laptop per Child'
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Nortel announced Wednesday that it has become a corporate member of the "One Laptop per Child" (OLPC) initiative.
Company offers self-destruct messaging
Dec 14, 2005 |
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A British company selling self-destruct text messaging says that thousands of people have signed up, from celebrities to business owners.
Preserved ancient mural found in Guatemala
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Archaeologists say they've uncovered an elegantly painted well-preserved 2,000-year-old, 30-foot-long mural in a ceremonial chamber beneath a Guatemalan jungle pyramid.
News media criticized in stem cell flap
Dec 14, 2005 |
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A group of scientists is criticizing the news media for its reporting on the scientific validity of research into human somatic cell nuclear transfer.
Experimental wolf kill program considered
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Officials of a gray wolf reintroduction program in New Mexico and Arizona are reportedly considering allowing ranchers to kill problem wolves.
Microbes under Greenland Ice may be preview of what scientists find under Mars' surface
Dec 14, 2005 |
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A University of California, Berkeley, study of methane-producing bacteria frozen at the bottom of Greenland's two-mile thick ice sheet could help guide scientists searching for similar bacterial life on Mars.
UC-Santa Barbara to direct Mars soil test
Dec 14, 2005 |
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The European Space Agency announced Tuesday its support of a program that will include development of an instrument for testing deep soil samples on Mars.
U.S. starts historic cancer genome project
Dec 14, 2005 |
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The U.S. government is starting one of the largest genetic research projects in history: the categorization of all genes involved in cancer.
Briefs: Global software streamlines LAN functions
Dec 14, 2005 |
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Global IP Telecommunications Wednesday launched software for local area networks it touted as paving the way for expanded broadband services.
Traffic flows on France-Singapore cable
Dec 14, 2005 |
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A new undersea cable is delivering voice and data traffic across more than 12,000 miles from France to Singapore.
