Archive: 11/18/2005
Australia to standardize fish names
A research group said Friday it hopes a list of standard fish names in Australia would be nationally accredited by Christmas.
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Turtle monitoring in Australia funded
A turtle monitoring program for flatback turtle rookeries at Port Hedland, Australia, has been funded by the government.
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Nano World: More funds on nano risk needed
Investigations of the environmental and health implications of nanotechnology are so important that industry and environmentalist groups, normally thought of as opposed toward each other, both told Congress they would support ...
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Few thrilled by ID theft bill
Senate members will soon be voting on a controversial new identity theft bill, but some experts think it doesn't have enough teeth. The Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Sen. ...
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No new federal funding for Great Lakes
Great Lakes officials said they were stunned when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency put a roadblock for $20 billion in lake improvements. President Bush had called the Great Lakes a "national treasure" and ordered ...
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Pa. bear hunt may set record
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials said this year's black bear season, which opens Monday, is likely to produce some exceptionally large bears.
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Cisco to acquire Scientific Atlanta
Cisco Systems is acquiring video-equipment supplier Scientific Atlanta in a stock transaction worth just under $7 billion. The companies said Friday the deal creates an "end-to-end triple play solution" for carrier networks.
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New report bolsters theory on the ear’s inner amplifier
Two competing theories exist to explain how the human ear amplifies sound. Now, using ear hair cells from a bullfrog, scientists at Rockefeller provide evidence to bolster the theory they proposed in 1998.
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Senate hearing focuses on repairing levees in New Orleans
It is clear that there were multiple causes for the levee failures in New Orleans, but researchers need to gather more data to better understand what they were and how to rebuild properly after the devastation caused by Hurricane ...
Nov 18, 2005 |
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ISS Exp 12 moved Soyuz spacecraft
Expedition 12 Commander Bill McArthur and Flight Engineer Valery Tokarev took a short ride around the International Space Station today, flying their Soyuz spacecraft from one docking port to another.
Nov 18, 2005 |
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New Motorola V557 Delivers 'Zero-Click' Access to Information
Giving consumers a new way to connect, access information or enjoy in-demand multimedia, Motorola announced the availability of the Motorola V557. The new flip phone is on shelves now at Cingular Wireless, ...
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Beyond Einstein: A live webcast from around the Globe
Thursday, December 1, 2005 from 12:00 to 24:00 CET CERN and the World Year of Physics International Steering Committee are partnering with some of the world's leading physics laboratories, science museums and technology pa ...
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Polymer gel can block toxic leakage
North Carolina researchers have devised a potentially patentable method to arrest toxic leakages of genetically engineered viruses.
Nov 18, 2005 |
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Sunrise creates tester for VDSL networks
Sunrise Telecom has developed a test module that will help moved next-generation VDSL networks forward.
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Survey: Most want evolution taught
U.S. adults want evolution taught in public schools even though most believe God created humans on the sixth day of the universe, a survey found.
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