Sighting of rare woodpecker is questioned
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Three biologists are questioning a claim by a bird expert of seeing an ivory-billed woodpecker -- a bird believed extinct in the United States.
Engineers Deliver Robot to Neutralize Remote Explosives
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate have rapidly prototyped, developed, and delivered low-cost expendable robots to disable and dispose of improvised explosive devices.
Space Tourism: The Road Ahead
Jul 21, 2005 |
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When will space flight trips into Earth orbit be as safe and routine as flights on commercial planes today? Michel Van Pelt's 'Space Tourism' looks at the technological challenges that still need to be overcome. Principally ...
Christians may have copied Jewish rites
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Scientists say radiocarbon dating of organic material from the catacombs of ancient Rome indicates Christians might have copied Jewish burial customs.
Discovery launch set for Tuesday morning July 26
Jul 21, 2005 |
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NASA has rescheduled space shuttle Discovery's launch for next Tuesday, but the cause of last week's fuel sensor problem remains a mystery.
ORNL mirrors powerful tools for studying micro-, nano-materials
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Precision mirrors to focus X-rays and neutron beams could speed the path to new materials and perhaps help explain why computers, cell phones and satellites go on the blink.
Baidu decision a win for IPR
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Intellectual-property rights scored a small victory Wednesday when state media reported Baidu.com, a Chinese search engine, agreed to remove links to sites selling pirated music.
The supernova that just won't fade away
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Scientists have found that a star that exploded in 1979 is as bright today in X-ray light as it was when it was discovered years ago, a surprise finding because such objects usually fade significantly after ...
Virtual trip to the heart of 400 million years old microfossils
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Researchers from the Université de Montpellier II (France), the Institute of Geology of China, and the ESRF have been able to identify enigmatic fossils from Devonian (about 400 million years) as fructification ...
'Satellites and the city'
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Just how does society's desire to live in densely populated areas have the potential to change our Earth's climate? According to a new paper, satellites can help us answer that question.
NASA Moving Toward Tuesday Launch Attempt For Shuttle Discovery
Jul 21, 2005 |
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With some work still to go, NASA is moving toward a new launch attempt for the Space Shuttle Discovery Tuesday, July 26, at 10:39 a.m. EDT. Engineers are wrapping up a troubleshooting plan to address a fuel se ...
Pittsburgh Center Unveils a Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called 'Big Ben'
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) now has it own "Big Ben" -- only this technological bellwether rings out in teraflops. PSC acquired Big Ben, the first XT3 system to be shipped from Cray, Inc., with a ...
Sharp to Introduce High-Throughput Combination Memory for Third-Generation Mobile Phones
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Sharp Corporation has developed a high-speed combination flash/SCRAM memory device featuring a throughput of 320 MBps (bytes/second), more than three times the transfer rate of its predecessor model. The LRS1887 ...
Study: Meteoroid erased small Eros craters
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Astronomers say they have determined a single gigantic meteoroid erased most small craters from 40 percent of the surface of asteroid Eros.
Size matters: preventing large mammal extinction
Jul 21, 2005 |
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Saving large mammals such as elephants and rhino from extinction could be made more effective by focusing efforts on individual species as well as their habitats. Scientists at the Zoological Society of London’s Institute of ...
