First solar-sail-powered spacecraft launched
Jun 22, 2005 |
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The world's first solar-sail-powered spacecraft, Cosmos 1, was launched Tuesday from a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea on a ballistic missile, a spokeswoman for the Planetary Society said.
Sandia develops secure wireless technology
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Project considered milestone for next generation of secure wireless networks Sandia National Laboratories in cooperation with Time Domain Corporation and KoolSpan Inc. has developed a secure wireless Ultra Wideband (UWB) ...
Cosmos-1 solar-sail craft's fate unclear
Jun 22, 2005 |
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The fate of the Cosmos-1 solar-sail was unclear Wednesday, with Russian officials calling it a failure and U.S. scientists reporting weak contact.
Japanese get a chance to chat up Cleopatra with DVD-powered mannequin
Jun 22, 2005 |
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TOKYO, June 22 (AFP) - Fantasies about chatting up legendary figures have come closer to reality in Japan where researchers have developed a mannequin with a built-in projector that can resemble a face of one's choice.
Helping Make The Right Decisions
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Decisions . . . Decisions . . . Decisions . . . everyone at one point has to make them and NASA's leader makes them everyday. Decisions made by the NASA Administrator affect many lives not only in space, but right here on ...
Russia To Remain On Baikonur Launching Site Until 2050
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a federal law on the ratification of the Russian-Kazakh agreement to use the Baikonur launching site, a spokesman for the presidential press-service said.
Mars Express radar ready to work
Jun 22, 2005 |
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MARSIS, the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding on board ESA’s Mars Express orbiter, is now fully deployed, has undergone its first check-out and is ready to start operations around ...
The Making and Breaking of Microtubules
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Microtubules are active protein polymers critical to the structure and function of cells and the process of cell division. In a living cell their growing ends constantly elongate and retreat in a thrashing ...
Electronic connectivity isn't all that great, warns computer guru
Jun 22, 2005 |
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"Although sophisticated electronics gadgets are making the world appear smaller, distance should not die," said computer guru Darl Kolb earlier this week at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). Kolb, a visiting professor ...
It's definite now: Solar sail spacecraft lost
Jun 22, 2005 |
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A solar sail spacecraft failed to reach orbit because of an apparent booster rocket problem, Roskosmos, the Russian space agency said Wednesday.
No promise of space station completion
Jun 22, 2005 |
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The new head of the U.S. space agency says scientists are still working to determine the final shape of the proposed International Space Station.
Early mammal could bite like a snake
Jun 22, 2005 |
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A small mammal that lived around 60 million years ago had poisonous fangs that enabled it to bite like a snake, the first time that an extinct mammal species has been found with this capacity, a new study says.
TOP500: IBM Dominates Global Supercomputing
Jun 22, 2005 |
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In what has become a closely watched event in the world of high-performance computing, the 25th edition of the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers was released today at the 20th International Supercomputing ...
When computers play games, artificial intelligence is the key to victory
Jun 22, 2005 |
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From mahjong to Monopoly, bridge to Bingo, Sorry to Scrabble—games are serious fun. And with their diverse rules, they're also the perfect tools for exploring concepts in artificial intelligence (AI) and new approaches ...
Sony shareholders approve Howard Stringer as new CEO
Jun 22, 2005 |
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Sony shareholders Wednesday approved making Welsh-born former television journalist Howard Stringer the iconic Japanese company's first foreign CEO as the electronics giant struggles to preserve an edge.
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