Europe Crafts Own Search Engine
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Europe is planning to introduce its own Internet search engine, reports the Associated Press. Dubbed Quaero, the engine is considered Europe's answer to Google, but the chances of it making the same global ...
Big impact of nanocracks
Jan 18, 2006 |
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An MIT researcher's atom-by-atom simulation of cracks forming and spreading may help explain how materials fail in nanoscale devices, airplanes and even in the Earth itself during a quake. This work, which ...
UCSD Biologists Find New Evidence for One-Way Evolution
Jan 18, 2006 |
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By tracing the 30-million year history of variation in a gene found in plants such as tomatoes and tobacco, biologists at the University of California, San Diego have found new evidence to support an old idea ...
Where now for agent-based computing?
Jan 18, 2006 |
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AgentLink III, as its name suggests, was the third project in the series and author of the roadmap. Funded by the IST programme, it addressed the current state-of-the-art and postulated likely future directions for agent-based ...
Study: Workplace aggression commonplace
Jan 18, 2006 |
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A McMaster University study indicates 47 million U.S. residents are victims of workplace aggression, with the general public the primary source of abuse.
New search engine uses human touch
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Humans are better at information-gathering than computers. That's the philosophy behind PreFound, the Web's new community-based search engine.
Briefs: Cell phones used for more than just talk
Jan 18, 2006 |
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An increasing number of mobile users are using their cell phones for more than talking, a survey by Sprint found Wednesday.
Apollo Chronicles: Jack Skis the Moon
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Now this is a ski report: Clear skies, no wind, sweet slopes and deep powder--not expected to melt for at least five billion years. Grab your poles and pack your bags. Just don't forget your spacesuit, becaus ...
Cloned stem cells prove identical to fertilized stem cells
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Scientists generally agree that all cloned animals are biologically flawed. But they don't agree about what that means for stem cells derived from cloned embryos, the basis for therapeutic cloning.
Briefs: Confusion over review of India telecom FDI
Jan 18, 2006 |
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A reported review of India's policy on foreigners running telecom companies was called into question Wednesday by the country's IT minister.
New method developed for exploring frustrated systems
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Jan 18, 2006 |
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A new method for exploring the secrets of Mother Nature's frustrations has been developed by a team of physicists lead by Penn State University professors Peter Schiffer, Vincent Crespi, and Nitin Samarth. ...
Purdue studies office building power
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Purdue University engineers say they've developed a method of "pre-cooling" small office buildings, cutting energy consumption during times of peak demand.
Microwaves + Nanoparticles = Ultrafast, Ultrasensitive Assays
Jan 18, 2006 |
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Using a relatively new technique that relies on silver nanoparticles to amplify a diagnostic fluorescent signal and low power microwaves to accelerate binding of a diagnostically important molecule with the protein used to ...
Utah may OK evolution, but with a footnote
Jan 18, 2006 |
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A Utah Senate committee has split along party lines, saying evolution should be taught in the state's public schools -- but with a disclaimer.
Livedoor's fall rattles beyond Japan
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Until a few weeks ago, Takafumi Horie was the darling of the Japanese media, personifying a new Japan full of confident, youthful vigor who challenged the old establishment. For the younger generation, he personified a can-do ...
