New and Improved Antimatter Spaceship for Mars Missions
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Most self-respecting starships in science fiction stories use antimatter as fuel for a good reason – it’s the most potent fuel known. While tons of chemical fuel are needed to propel a human mission to Mars, ...
Paint-on laser could rescue computer chip industry from 'interconnect bottleneck'
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Apr 17, 2006 |
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Researchers at the University of Toronto have created a laser that could help save the $200-billion dollar computer chip industry from a looming crisis dubbed the "interconnect bottleneck." But this isn't a ...
Research Shatters Voting Pattern Stereotypes
Apr 17, 2006 |
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New research by Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science, reveals that voting preference or political party affiliation of U.S. states are not simply tied to income levels.
Early Mars Environment
Apr 17, 2006 |
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University of Arkansas researcher studying the thermodynamics of the oldest present-day clays on Mars found a surprising result in his calculations. Although evidence suggests that liquid water once flowed ...
Crystal Sieves, Born Anew
Apr 17, 2006 |
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The porous, sieve-like minerals known as zeolites have been used for decades in purifiers, filters and other devices. Yet creating and refining a new type of zeolite is still a matter of sophisticated trial ...
Dedicated SETI Optical Telescope Starts Work
Apr 17, 2006 |
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The Planetary Society dedicated its new optical telescope Tuesday in a new dedicated effort to search for light signals from alien civilizations. Its 72-inch primary mirror is the largest of any optical telescope in the United ...
Microsoft subpoenaed by AMD in Intel suit
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Microsoft is the latest company to be subpoenaed by chip maker Advanced Micro Devices for its antitrust lawsuit against rival Intel Corp.
London Tube to get cell-phone transmitters
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Wireless phone transmitters will soon be installed in London's Underground system despite fears they could be used to set off a terrorist bomb.
People influence us -- we don't realize it
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Yale University scientists say how people express their views exerts a contagious, strong influence on other people, often without them even realizing it.
Networking: Human error largely to blame
Apr 17, 2006 |
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What's the most grave IT security threat today? Hackers? Overly complicated corporate networks? None of the above, experts are telling United Press International's Networking column. Good, old-fashioned human error -- not ...
Temperatures, Not Hotels, Likely Alter Niagara Falls' Mist
Apr 17, 2006 |
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What's up with the mist? When the Niagara Parks Commission posed that question back in 2004, the concern was that high-rise hotels on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls were contributing to the creation of ...
In Brief: Madcow case found in Canada
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Mad cow disease has been found in a dairy cow in British Columbia, Canadian authorities say.
Prominent U.S. Physicists Send Letter to President Bush
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Apr 17, 2006 |
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Thirteen of the nation’s most prominent physicists have written a letter to President Bush, calling U.S. plans to reportedly use nuclear weapons against Iran “gravely irresponsible” and warning that such action would have ...
Study: Consumers accept personalization technology
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Although they have concerns about privacy, consumers believe that personalization technology – such as direct-mail marketing and filling out forms on Web sites – is here to stay, according to a research project conducted ...
Australia's Babcock & Brown eying Eircom
Apr 17, 2006 |
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Eircom may finally be close to finding a partner and saviour, ending months of searching and speculation on the part of analysts.
