Archive: 07/20/2006
U.S. Senate praised for water legislation
Environmental Defense is praising the U.S. Senate's Thursday passage of a reform amendment to the multi-billion-dollar Water Resources Development Act.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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A year later, still no cybersecurity czar
Just over a year after the Department of Homeland Security announced it would create a position for a cybersecurity czar, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance is lobbying for DHS to finally install someone into the job.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Nanoparticles self-assemble through chemical lithography
Nanoparticles – while possessing some amazing properties of strength and power – are also delicate little things, when it comes to manipulating them for use in nanodevices. Many scientists consider that the ...
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Amnesty: Web Companies Violating Rights
(AP) -- Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed ...
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Seeing the Serpent
The ability to spot venomous snakes may have played a major role in the evolution of monkeys, apes and humans, according to a new hypothesis by Lynne Isbell, professor of anthropology at UC Davis. The work is published in ...
Biology /
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Rice scientists unveil 'nanoegg'
Researchers at Rice University's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP) have unveiled the "nanoegg," the latest addition to their family ultrasmall, light-focusing particles. A cousin of the versatile nanoshell, nanoeggs are ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Sandia work shows live cells influence growth of nanostructures
Far above the heads of Earthlings, arrays of single-cell creatures are circling Earth in nanostructures. The sample devices are riding on the International Space Station (courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Probing Question: What are computer viruses and where do they come from?
Just as the flu can spread from human to human, a well-engineered computer virus can transfer from machine to machine--with a bad outbreak affecting tens of thousands, or even millions, of systems. Indeed, ...
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Putting a face on android science by exploring an uncanny valley
We might be more responsive to robots designed to look human rather than mechanical, but other factors may determine what causes us to accept or shun these virtual humans.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Public wary of hurricane evacuations
A survey of people in eight U.S. states vulnerable to hurricanes suggests people are wary of seeking safety in designated hurricane shelters.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Skype to offer WiFi-capable cell phones
Skype has teamed up with its hardware providers on a menu of cell phones that can accommodate Skype's Internet calling system via WiFi.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Analysts see 1 billion cell phones shipped
Telecom analysts said Thursday that this could be the year the industry ships 1 billion wireless handsets in a single year.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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Youth are best judges of cellular content
Downloading cellular content like ringtones, games and wallpaper is getting easier, and for that you have a Swedish 15-year-old to thank.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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In Brief: China to hold key 3G technology forum
China will host an international forum next month on the technical standards for the nation's third-generation wireless communications network.
Jul 20, 2006 |
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German astronaut to make second space trip
The European Space Agency says Hans Schlegel of Germany will fly on the October 2007 space shuttle mission to the International Space Station.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jul 20, 2006 |
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