Archive: 08/18/2005
ISS crew begins spacewalk, station unmanned
Expedition 11 Commander Sergei Krikalev and NASA Science Officer John Phillips began a spacewalk this afternoon to remove, replace and photograph experiments and relocate equipment on the International Space ...
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U.S. infrastructure found vulnerable
U.S. infrastructure such as transport, agriculture, water, chemical, defense and telecommunications is vulnerable to terrorist attack, a government agency says.
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One Bacteria Stops Another on Contact: Findings Have Potential Implications for Urinary Tract Infections
Scientists have discovered a new phenomenon in which one bacterial cell can stop the growth of another on physical contact. The bacteria that stop growing may go into a dormant state, rather than dying. The findings have ...
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Fibonacci series on microstructures
It is a big challenge for materials scientists to produce highly ordered micro- and nanostructures in a designed pattern with uniform size and shape. By controlling the geometry and the stress upon cooling, CAS researchers ...
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Satellite Discovers 1,000th Comet
One thousand comets have been discovered to date using the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. The SOHO spacecraft, a joint effort between NASA and the European Space Agency, has accounted for approximately ...
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Breakthrough in high-temperature superconductivity
Scientists at the University of Aberdeen have made a major breakthrough towards the mechanism of high-temperature superconductivity. Results from studies of a crystal structure of a new chemical compound containing copper ...
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New method for trapping light may improve communications technologies
A discovery by Princeton researchers may lead to an efficient method for controlling the transmission of light and improve new generations of communications technologies powered by light rather than electricity.
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Fibre optics to conquer undersea exploration
Undersea exploration and monitoring of natural resources is set to be revolutionised by acoustic sensing technology using fibre optics developed at ANU. The technology is 100 times more sensitive than current techniques and ...
Aug 18, 2005 |
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Researchers produce strong, transparent carbon nanotube sheets
Numerous electronic, optical and structural uses demonstrated; Advance reported in Aug. 19 issue of journal Science University of Texas at Dallas (UTD) nanotechnologists and an Australian colleague have produced transpa ...
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Encouraging more women in science and technology
Specific strategies to overcome bias In order to remain technologically and scientifically competitive in an increasingly global society, the United States needs all the brainpower it has. Currently however, a significan ...
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Supernova 1987A: Fast Forward to the Past
Recent Chandra observations have revealed new details about the fiery ring surrounding the stellar explosion that produced Supernova 1987A. The data give insight into the behavior of the doomed star in the ...
Aug 18, 2005 |
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Google files for another public offering
Google said Thursday it filed a request to sell 14,159,265 shares of its Class A common stock.
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Intel buys XML provider Sarvega
Intel said Thursday it acquired Sarvega, a software company specializing in XML.
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iPod -- the most popular incentive
The iPod Mini has become the top "motivational" or "giveaway" electronics product of U.S. corporations and small businesses, says trade magazine Incentive.
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Company eyes 100 Mbps digital TV
Broadband Physics has demonstrated a 50 Mbps digital capacity in a standard television channel and expects to boost that to 100 Mbps.
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