Archive: 10/18/2005
Climate warming affects entire lakes
Canadian scientists in a University of Alberta study indicate global warming is producing major ecological changes in remote arctic lakes at an alarming rate.
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Nintendo with those fries?
Nintendo players can now get free WiFi with their fries at McDonald's. The company announced Tuesday an agreement with Wayport, a provider of wired and WiFi high-speed Internet access in public locations, to extend WiFi ser ...
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Professor says today's vampires are more about style than gore
The real Count Dracula wasn't quite the pretty face that today's vampires boast in books, movies and at Halloween parties, says a Purdue University classics professor.
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Do emotions belong at the bargaining table?
Negotiators who want to achieve favorable outcomes at the bargaining table are well advised to remember the familiar adage: You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Samsung Showcases New 42” and 50” Plasma Monitors For PRO A/V Applications
Samsung unveils three stunning new additions to its family of high-end plasma displays designed for the professional and commercial marketplace. The new plasma lineup includes the 42" high-definition PPM42M5H, the 42" standard-definition ...
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Eastern California Shear Zone puzzles seismologists
Residents and seismologists in Northern California focus on the San Andreas Fault, but a Penn State researcher thinks more questions should be asked about the Eastern California Shear Zone, a fault that ends or dissipates ...
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Proofreading and error-correction in nanomaterials inspired by nature
Mimicking nature, a procedure developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign can find and correct defects in self-assembled nanomaterials. The new proofreading and error-removal process is based ...
Oct 18, 2005 |
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NC State Researchers Redesign Life for Mars and Beyond
Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking deep under water for clues on how to redesign plants for life deep in outer space. Some of the stresses inherent with travel and life in space – extreme temperatures, dro ...
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Blending bacterial genomes for megacloning
Scientists in Tokyo report developing a "megacloning" method of transferring entire genomes from one bacterial species into another.
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IMEC launches industrial affiliation program to develop RF-CMOS for the 45nm era
As part of IMEC’s centralized research platform for sub-45nm CMOS technologies, the new IMEC industrial affiliation program (IIAP) on Analog/RF-CMOS for the 45nm era defines its goals to keep conquering the ITRS challenges. ...
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Tech-sector job cuts up 20 percent
Despite increased revenues and profits for the high-tech industry, the technology sector has been cutting jobs at a faster clip than last year while creating few new jobs to replace eliminated positions.
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Transplanted corn gene protects rice
Kansas State University scientists say they've demonstrated resistance to bacterial streak disease in maize can be transferred to rice.
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Socket adds barcode scanner to BlackBerry
A California company has come up with a way to turn portable BlackBerry devices into barcode readers for field applications.
Oct 18, 2005 |
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Britain's ITV testing local broadband TV
Britain's ITV television network will soon begin a limited trial run of a new broadband TV service with an emphasis on local programming.
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WiFi zone set for Calif's 'Little Saigon'
Residents of the largest Vietnamese enclave outside of Vietnam will soon be able to keep in closer touch with relatives in Asia thanks to a new WiFi hot zone.
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