Driving on the wrong side of the road -- the myth of Japanese efficiency in car manufacturing
Apr 19, 2007 |
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The real culprit for the collapse of Rover Group under the ownership of BMW was a misconceived attempt to emulate Japanese production methods that pre-dated ownership by the German car giant, a new book shows. Based on research ...
Strawberry daiquiris – the extra-healthy cocktail?
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Strawberries are good for you, but serving them in daiquiri form may make them even healthier, scientists show.
Finding expands understanding of neurons
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Many significant discoveries have enriched our exploration and understanding of the brain, including one of its most active cellular elements – neurons – since the brain was first described in 7,000 B.C. by Egyptian scholars.
Thunderbird 2.0 E-Mail Client Goes Gold
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Mozilla has just released a new major upgrade to its popular stand-alone e-mail client, Thunderbird.
Birdwatching goes hi-tech with online video camera game
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Fans of massive multi-player online games who are also interested in nature will soon get a chance to try out a new system developed by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and Texas A&M ...
HP Expands with New Deskjet Printer Line
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Hewlett-Packard will be adding on to its printing portfolio with three new deskjet printers designed for home and small and midsize business users.
Improved Self-Assembly of Nanomaterials May Enhance Solar Cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Novel, self-assembly techniques for fabricating inorganic nanomaterials that could pave the way for more efficient and powerful solar cells, chemical sensors and detectors currently are being developed by ...
Plant a garden to grow your kids' desire for vegetables and fruit, new study suggests
Apr 19, 2007 |
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If you are looking for a way to encourage your children eat their fruits and vegetables, search no further than your backyard, suggests new Saint Louis University research.
2-protein team would be lost without each other
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Apr 19, 2007 |
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Just as a hard-charging person sometimes needs a calming partner to be more effective, so it is with a pair of critical proteins that promote cell division and growth in the rapidly expanding root tip of plants.
Man Pleads Guilty in P2P Piracy Probe
Apr 19, 2007 |
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A Georgia man is the fifth defendant to go down in connection with a piracy ring that used BitTorrent technology to illegally distribute movies, software and games.
Super-detailed image of giant stellar nursery
Apr 19, 2007 |
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An international team of astronomers have collaborated to create the most detailed image ever produced of the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), a giant stellar nursery.
Freeze: Scientists film protein in action
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Apr 19, 2007 |
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It is difficult to find similarities between Grenoble and Hollywood or between the researchers at the ESRF and the Institut de Biologie Structural (IBS) and world-known filmmakers. However, scientists from ...
Back to the Moon: Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Of the two luminaries that dominate our sky, it is the moon that is of particular interest to the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) project. The LRO will travel to the moon in late fall 2008, mapping the ...
Researchers forecast 1 in 3 chance of record low sea ice in 2007
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Apr 19, 2007 |
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University of Colorado at Boulder researchers are forecasting a one in three chance that the 2007 minimum extent of sea ice across the Arctic region will set an all-time record low.
Spectra Logic Pulls Out 'Swiss Army Knife' Server
Apr 19, 2007 |
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Company claims that nTier is the first product line in the storage industry to provide a single platform for all of a business's archive and backup requirements.
