Overseas NOx Could Be Boosting Ozone Levels in U.S.
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Large amounts of a chemical that boosts ozone production are being transported to North America from across the Pacific Ocean in May, according to a new report by researchers from Georgia Tech. These higher ...
New Clues in the Plant Mating Mystery
Feb 16, 2006 |
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New data suggest that molecular communication between the plant sexes--specifically the pollen of males and pistils of females--is more complicated than originally thought. Plants, like animals, avoid inbreeding ...
Stars Evolve Rapidly, Violently in Ultra-luminous Infrared Galaxies
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The discovery makes the fiery environment within a typical spiral or starburst galaxy look almost pastoral. Cornell researchers using the Spitzer Space Telescope say distant galaxies contain an inferno of very young, massive ...
'America's Army' game transformed
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Sometimes an idea gains an unintended purpose and becomes something else entirely. Vacuum tubes, originally designed as a signal amplifier for radio technologies, became useful in the first computers. Though intended as an ...
Cane toads a major problem in Australia
Feb 16, 2006 |
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Cane toads are capable of moving nearly 1 mile in one night and that is translating into a major problem in Australia.
America's favorite pastime: Web surfing?
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Jolene Troup finds herself surfing the Web during her downtime at work, whether it be checking her online banking statement or her Myspace mail to playing games or reading up on course descriptions on her school's ...
Outback snake fossil indicates lizard link
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Australian scientists say the fossil of a snake that lived 30 million years ago has provided yet another insight into reptilian evolution.
Early human walking is studied
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Arizona State University scientists studying fossilized anklebones have concluded our early ancestors walked with a rather unsteady gait.
Report urges coordinated and integrated oversight of nanotechnology
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New technology can enhance our quality of life, but how can we ensure the health and environmental safety of its applications? The Center for Science, Technology and Public Policy (CSTPP) at the University of Minnesota Humphrey ...
Is 2006 (finally) the year of 3G?
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Massive increases in subscriptions and the introduction of new access technologies may mean that 2006 might finally be the year that third-generation, or 3G, wireless devices take off. This will no doubt be ...
U.S. calls for fall of Great Firewall
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Lawmakers voiced concern over U.S. Internet companies fostering censorship in China in order to secure a place in the lucrative Chinese market.
Natural enemies wanted for poisonous vines
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U.S. agriculture officials are joining Cornell University scientists to stop the spread of pale and black swallow-wort vines.
MySpace teen Web site coming to cell phone
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The popular social Web site MySpace will be available for access by cell phone later this year, it was reported Thursday.
Pledge to cut hunger called empty promise
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A Cornell University world hunger expert says a 1990 pledge by nearly 200 nations to cut worldwide hunger in half by 2015 was an empty pledge.
Briefs: U.S. telecom spending up 9 percent in 2005
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Telecom-industry spending in the United States rose nearly 9 percent last year to just under $857 million and is on pace this year to top $944 million.
