Archive: 07/18/2005
Fundamental Discovery About the Fracture of Human Bone: It's All in the 'Glue'
A startling discovery about the properties of human bone has been made by scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The scientists describe their results –– finding a sort of "glue" in hum ...
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Methane's Impacts on Climate Change May Be Twice Previous Estimates
Scientists face difficult challenges in predicting and understanding how much our climate is changing. When it comes to gases that trap heat in our atmosphere, called greenhouse gases (GHGs), scientists typically look at ...
Jul 18, 2005 |
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Texas Instruments Announces Next Generation PCI Express Physical Layer
Expanding its broad portfolio of PCI Express products, Texas Instruments Inc. announces the third generation of its discrete PCI Express physical layer (PHY) chip. The new device, designed for flexibility and space savings, ...
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Designing for New Dimensions
Rensselaer researchers reach for new heights with 3-D chip technology The past 40 years have seen great advances in computer technology, largely involving the size and speed of the circuits that process and stor ...
Jul 18, 2005 |
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British butterfly popuation is decreasing
Britain is losing a large portion of its butterfly population, with 7 of 10 species declining during the past 25 years, the Independent reported Monday.
Jul 18, 2005 |
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Rio Grande River basin snow is studied
A multi-million dollar, 10-year study is under way in the Rio Grande basin to track the water cycle from the river's Colorado headwaters across New Mexico.
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NASA Storm Hunters Continue to Study Data From Hurricane Dennis
NASA researchers and their partners in the Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) mission in Costa Rica observed a phenomenon July 8-9 - the disruption of Hurricane Dennis over island terrain, and its subsequent return ...
Jul 18, 2005 |
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Intel Itanium 2 Processors Get Faster Bus Architecture
Intel Corporation today introduced two Intel Itanium 2 processors which deliver better performance over the current generation for database, business intelligence, enterprise resource planning and technical computing applications.
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Bruker AXS Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award For Innovative X-ray Detector
Bruker AXS Inc., a leading global provider of advanced X-ray solutions for life and advanced materials sciences, announced today that R&D Magazine has selected its VANTEC-2000 detector for a 2005 R&D 100 Award, which recognizes ...
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U.S. Department of Defense to Use HP Supercomputer for Weapons Systems Design
HP today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) will be using an HP supercomputer for advanced weapons systems design research. The powerful HP Cluster Platform 4000 system will be installed in September at ...
Jul 18, 2005 |
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German-Japanese research cooperation opens the door to new markets
A new collaborative venture was sealed in Munich on Friday July 15 by researchers from the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Japanese colleagues from Tohoku University in Japan: Their joint objective is to develop MEMS, micro-electrom ...
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Foiling e-document hackers
A worker sends an office colleague an e-mail with a corporate document attached, but the seeming routine message turns out to harbor a malicious passenger, because the attachment contains hidden pornographic images that were ...
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Versatel buy-out to strengthen Tele2
Versatel International Telecom confirmed Monday it will be sold to Swedish rival Tele2, finally putting an end to rumors the Dutch company will be sold off to a European telecom group. The Amsterdam company will be sold to ...
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ARC, Pirelli Labs sign deal to develop micro fuel cell for industrial applications
Pirelli Labs S.p.A., of Italy, and Alberta Research Council Inc. (ARC) signed a joint agreement to develop ARC’s micro solid oxide fuel cell technology. The one-year agreement will focus on applying Pirelli’s patented process ...
Jul 18, 2005 |
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Researchers make advances in wind energy generation
Engineers at the University of Alberta have created a wind energy generator that they hope people will one day be able to use to power their own homes.
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