Archive: 11/15/2005
Some aging fish may switch mating habits
Ohio University scientists say they have determined that as female swordtail fish age, they change their mating habits.
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Comic books shadow how we react to threats
Smith College scientists in Northampton, Mass., say comic books reflect how most people react to threats. Psychology Professor Bill Peterson says in times of social danger and economic turmoil, many people become more aggressive, ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Study: Truckers' risk higher in 11th hour
Penn State scientists say crash risks for truck drivers during the last hour of a now legal 11-hour day are more than three times that of the first hour.
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World Bank, Alcatel study digital divide
The World Bank said Tuesday it has been working with Alcatel to see what can be done to bridge the digital divide between rich and poor nations.
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Japan remains Vodafone's Achilles heel
As the world's biggest mobile telecommunications provider, Vodafone has been the darling of British industry. That vaunted status, however, was challenged Tuesday with the company's announcement of less-than-stellar earnings ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Online shoppers concered about credit info
A majority of consumers in a recent survey reported they are worried about credit security while shopping online during the holiday season.
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Briefs: Microsoft to scrub out Sony piracy rootkit
Sony's much-maligned anti-piracy program is being targeted as malware by Microsoft.
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Researchers develop hybrid silicon evanescent laser
In what promises to be an important advance, researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara have developed a novel laser by bonding optical gain layers directly to a silicon laser cavity. This hybrid laser offers ...
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Siemens debuts the world’s smallest EDGE base station
With the new nanoEDGE base stations from Siemens Communications, it is now possible for the first time to provide full wireless coverage with EDGE technology even in what used to be shadowed areas inside buildings, for example, ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Samsung to Unveil the World's First WiBro (Mobile WiMAX) Handsets
Samsung will demonstrate WiBro (Wireless Broadband; Korean brand name of Mobile WiMAX) mobile phones and systems at the “2005 APEC IT Exhibition” during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). Various ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Online Learning's Frontier: Researcher Gives Computers a 'Human' Face
The friendly facial expressions, the soothing hand gestures, the coolly intelligent voice: Put them all together, and she is both disarmingly lifelike and surprisingly persuasive.
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Give a visiting ant a nice place to stay and it might stick around
Many insects enter the United States accidentally, as hitchhikers on various plants imported in commerce, but how many really stay? Conventional thinking says the answer is in the numbers of both insects and ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Researchers uncover new details about how signals are transmitted in the brain
An international team of scientists has announced a new breakthrough in understanding the molecular details of how signals move around in the human brain. The work is basic research, but could help pharmacologists design ...
Nov 15, 2005 |
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Watson Lecture: Exploring Einstein's Legacy
November 25 marks the 90th anniversary of Einstein's formulation of his theory of general relativity, which describes gravity as a consequence of the warping of space and time.
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Beauties and beer: Another Peruvian tale
It sounds like part of a bad movie plot, but Chicago scientists have found ruins of an A.D. 600 Peruvian brewery run by beautiful "brewmistresses."
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