Archive: 10/18/2006
Color Names: More Universal Than You Might Think
From Abidji to English to Zapoteco, the perception and naming of color is remarkably consistent in the world’s languages.
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Iceland to resume commercial whaling
Iceland plans to begin commercial whaling, defying the international moratorium that has been in place for 20 years.
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Anti-microbial 'grammar' may mean new medicines
In most languages, sentences only make sense if the words are placed in the right order. Now, MIT researchers and an IBM colleague have used grammatical principles to help their search for new antimicrobial ...
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NASA holds module naming competition
NASA is asking U.S. students in kindergarten through 12th grade to help name the next U.S. International Space Station module.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Australia studies work-life balances
Australian experts say they are developing a practical measure of work-life balance across cultures for use by Australian industries and governments.
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ESA's MetOp launch again aborted
The launch of the European Space Agency's MetOp satellite was postponed Wednesday for the fifth time with 2 minutes, 35 seconds left in the countdown.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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Study: Hospital cell phone ban unnecessary
British researchers say they have determined the "hysteria" surrounding the use of cellular telephones in many hospitals is not justified.
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Spy software used in call centers
Forrester Research of Cambridge, Mass., said sales of "emotion detection" technology to corporate call centers has reached $400 million annually.
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Primitive fish found surprisingly advanced
Australian scientists studying spectacularly preserved fossils of the lobe-finned fish Gogonasus have discovered some unexpectedly advanced features.
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New zeolite is discovered
A Spanish-led team of geologists has reported discovering a porous material with a new, highly open framework structure.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
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A 'Spin-Voltaic' Effect May Enable Silicon Spintronics
Can conventional semiconductors learn new tricks? Igor Zutic is betting that they can. Zutic, a University at Buffalo theoretical physicist and the recipient of a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER Award, is finding ...
Oct 18, 2006 |
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Planet-Finding by Numbers
More than a decade after the first planets beyond our solar system were found, astronomers have discovered about 200 of these "extrasolar planets," as they're called. Using a common-sense definition of potentially ...
Oct 18, 2006 |
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NASA Announces New International Space Station Crew
NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named two astronauts and two cosmonauts to the next International Space Station crew, known as Expedition 15. Astronauts Clayton C. Anderson and Daniel M. Tani will travel to ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
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IMEC demonstrates feasibility of double patterning immersion litho for 32nm node
IMEC showed in collaboration with ASML the potential of double patterning 193nm immersion lithography at 1.2NA for 32nm node Flash and logic.
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Cancer Stem Cells Linked to Radiation Resistance
Certain types of brain cancer cells, called cancer stem cells, help brain tumors to buffer themselves against radiation treatment by activating a "repair switch" that enables them to continue to grow unchecked, researchers ...
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