Archive: 09/21/2005
Neutrons Born In Lightning
To produce thermonuclear reaction it is necessary, firstly, to have nuclei with a large quantity of neutrons available, for example, deuterium nuclei, and secondly, these nuclei should possess sufficiently high velocity and ...
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Challenging the World's Largest Computing Grid
Enough data to fill 17,000 CDs were transferred from Edinburgh University to the CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) in nine days, as part of the latest networking challenge by particle physicists. Delegates to the ...
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NEC Aims at Moto RAZR with World's Thinnest Fold-Type Mobile Phone
NEC Corporation today announced that it has launched the world's thinnest fold-Type mobile phone with mega-pixel camera on the Hong Kong market. Following this, the ultra-thin model will also be introduced ...
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Success in encapsulation of atomic-scale nanolines in epitaxial silicon
Drs. Osami Sakata (Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute(JASRI) / SPring-8), Kazushi Miki (Nanomaterials Laboratory (NML), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)), David R. Bowler (International Centre for ...
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A Cosmic Baby-Boom
The Universe was a more fertile place soon after it was formed than has previously been suspected. A team of French and Italian astronomers made indeed the surprising discovery of a large and unknown population ...
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A new face for physics
Graduate student helps to shed stereotype Physicists have a problem. They are stuck with a stereotype. In this, the World Year of Physics 2005, which celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of three seminal pape ...
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Scientists develop life-saving chrome
British scientists have developed a safer and more versatile alternative to chrome electroplating, the coating found on vintage car bumpers, steel camshafts, and fixtures such as door furniture and light fittings.
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Microsemi amplifier aimed at LCD speakers
Microsemi Corp. has introduced a next-generation amplifier designed for liquid-crystal display television and other high-tech applications.
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How to avoid severe climate change discussed at CO2 conference
The kind of devastation seen on the Gulf Coast from Hurricane Katrina may be a small taste of what is to come if emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) are not diminished soon, warns Dr. Ken Caldeira of the Car ...
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Scientists describe 'human world'
The internationally syndicated Earth & Sky Radio Series today announced the launch of a special report on its web site on what it calls "the Human World." In the report, 50 leading scientists describe the Human World from ...
Sep 21, 2005 |
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Researchers create functioning artificial proteins using nature's rules
By examining how proteins have evolved, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have discovered a set of simple "rules" that nature appears to use to design proteins, rules the scientists have now employed to create artificial ...
Sep 21, 2005 |
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Ants, not evil spirits, create devil's gardens in the Amazon rainforest, study finds
For the first time, scientists have identified an ant species that produces its own natural herbicide to poison unwanted plants. Stanford University biologist Deborah M. Gordon and her co-workers describe the findings in ...
Sep 21, 2005 |
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Survey: U.S. businesses broadband service
A survey Wednesday said U.S. small businesses are somewhat slow in adopting high-speed broadband service.
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Google helps find ancient Roman remains
A computer programmer looking at Google Earth satellite images has reportedly discovered the remains of an ancient Roman villa near Sorbelo, Italy.
Sep 21, 2005 |
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Covad boasts of 6 Mbps broadband service
Silicon Valley's Covad Communications is offering broadband service of a sizzling 6.0 megabits per second and 768 kilobits per second for home-office use.
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