Archive: 06/21/2005
Three Planets Bunch Up In Twilight & Deep Impact
Gaze low to the west into the deepening twilight for the next couple of weeks and three planets will await your view. One is bright; two are fainter. You can follow them through their celestial gyrations as they shift position ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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XM's Canadian Partner Licensed To Offer Satellite Radio Service In Canada
XM Satellite Radio announced Thursday that its Canadian partner, Canadian Satellite Radio (CSR), has been granted a broadcasting license from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to deliver ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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LockMart Test Fires Second Falcon Small Launch Vehicle Hybrid Motor
Lockheed Martin successfully test-fired a hybrid motor as part of the Falcon Small Launch Vehicle (SLV) program at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. on June 10.
Jun 21, 2005 |
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NASA has worst-case remedy for launch
The re-launch of space shuttle Discovery is less than six weeks away and the U.S. space agency is readying itself for every scenario.
The launch will be the first time since Columbia disintegrated during re-entry in 2003.
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First experimental evidence of quantum monodromy
Ohio State University physicists have obtained the first-ever experimental evidence of a particular quantum mechanical effect –- one that was theorized a decade ago. The effect, called quantum monodromy* (Greek for "once aro ...
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Jun 21, 2005 |
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Synthetic aperture radar may soon be used for reconnaissance on small UAVs
MiniSAR flies for first time, taking images with resolution of 4 inches Researchers at the National Nuclear Security Administration's Sandia National Laboratories flew what is probably the world’s smallest fine-resolution synth ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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Haier and Freescale unveil world’s first consumer TV with Ultra-Wideband
Haier Corporation and Freescale Semiconductor achieved a critical milestone for wireless home entertainment systems and showcased the first Ultra-Wideband (UWB)-enabled LCD, high definition television (HDTV) ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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ArrayComm and Intel Collaborate on Smart Antenna Technology Benefits for WiMAX
Intel Corporation and ArrayComm today announced a collaboration to incorporate key requirements into the IEEE 802.16 standard to improve the protocol’s ability to support smart antenna technology. As part of the collaboration, ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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Greek researchers discover 4-metre mastodon tusks in 'fossilised zoo'
ATHENS, June 21, 2005 (AFP) - Greek geologists have discovered a three million year old 'fossilised zoo' containing the remains of prehistoric rhinos, mastodons, gazelles and carnivorous mammals near the northwestern town ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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NASA invites Russia to explore moon
MOSCOW, 21 June (AFP) - The US space agency NASA has invited its Russian counterpart Roskosmos to join in its moon exploration plans, the head of Roskosmos said Tuesday.
Jun 21, 2005 |
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DISSCO makes 'music' for Argonne, UIUC researchers
A mathematician and a musician have teamed up to create a new computer program that both composes music and creates the instrumentation to play it. The software is available for free from SourceForge.net.
Jun 21, 2005 |
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Liquid cooling with microfluidic channels helps computer processors beat the heat
Integrated onto the backs of chips A new technique for fabricating liquid cooling channels onto the backs of high-performance integrated circuits could allow denser packaging of chips while providing bette ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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Foresight Nanotech Institute Launches Nanotechnology Roadmap
Foresight Nanotech Institute, the leading nanotechnology think tank and public interest organization, and Battelle, a leading global research and development organization, have launched a Technology Roadmap for Productive ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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Researchers send 'heavy photons' over world-record distances
Unsurpassed exciton distances, lifetimes may lead to new form of optical communication When light hits a semiconductor material and is absorbed, its photons can become "excitons," sometimes referred to as "heavy photons" ...
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Nanotech memory company poised to profit in billion dollar markets
"Nanomech is a new non-volatile memory technology which is completely different to the existing one," explains Dr Mike Beunder, CEO of Cavendish Kinetics. "The existing technology involves storing charge whereas ours operates ...
Jun 21, 2005 |
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