Archive: 11/17/2005
Cisco deploys three college wireless nets
The wireless-network boom on American college campuses continues, with Cisco deploying three more campus-wide wireless local area networks.
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Company makes bid for space travel
Astronauts and passengers can go to space by 2008 if the company making the spaceship gets the funding, company officials said.
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Genome sequencing aids investigation of an ancient and mysterious life-form
Researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, are using the latest in genetic technology to investigate an ancient form of life--the poorly understood microorganisms known as Archaea.
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Probing Question: Which comes first, the words or the music?
Many people know that "Scrambled Eggs" was the working title of the Beatles' "Yesterday," the most-recorded song in history. Paul McCartney dreamed the melody and harmony one night, woke up, turned on a tape recorder, and ...
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Experts: Don't worry about holiday turkeys carrying avian flu
After reading headlines and hearing news reports almost every day for months about the spread of avian flu in Asia and other regions, it's understandable that consumers in the United States are questioning ...
Nov 17, 2005 |
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DNA Studies Show Microevolution in Penguins
By comparing the genetic code retrieved from 6,000-year-old remains of Adelie penguins in Antarctica with that of modern Adelies living at the same site as their ancestors, an international team of researchers ...
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Hubble, Sloan Quadruple Number of Known Optical Einstein Rings
Astronomers have combined two powerful astronomical assets, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, to identify 19 new "gravitationally lensed" galaxies. Among these 19, they ...
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Soyuz Move at Station on Friday
Even though they'll be traveling at five miles a second and flying independently for about 25 minutes, they won't be going very far.
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Intel Launches High-Performance 90-nm Multi-Level-Cell Nor Flash Memory
Intel today announced it is shipping in volume the industry’s first 90-nanometer multi-level cell (MLC) NOR flash memory device. The new Intel StrataFlash Cellular Memory (M18) delivers faster performance, higher density ...
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Researchers Seeking Cure for Electronics-Killing Whiskers
Environmental groups around the world have been campaigning for years to replace lead-containing solders and protective layers on electronic components with non-hazardous metals and alloys. In response, the ...
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Copper Ridges Nearly Double X-ray Sensor Performance
A series of copper ridges nearly doubles the resolution of experimental X-ray sensors, enabling more precise identification of the X-ray “fingerprints” of different atoms, researchers at the National Institute ...
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IBM's China-win claim irks HP
For IBM, winning its single-biggest contract in China is something to be immensely proud of, and they are understandably eager to publicize it widely, but rival Hewlett Packard is disputing Big Blue's claim that it seized ...
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Beethoven bones may identify his illness
A possible connection between a strand of Beethoven's hair and exhumed bones may show the cause of the classical composer's illness and genius.
Nov 17, 2005 |
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Study: Connection between music, reading
Researchers at Stanford University say they have made a connection between a person's musical training and their ability to process words.
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Los Alamos contract to be decided soon
The fate of U.S. nuclear exploration is waiting on the Department of Energy to decide who will get a contract to operate Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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