Archive: 07/22/2005
NASA Researchers Quarrel Over How To Network Outer Space
The Internet's protocol has become a single standard for almost all telecommunications--almost all telecommunications on Earth, that is. But how about the rest of the solar system?
Jul 22, 2005 |
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U.S. microwave-weapon tests revealed
Precautions used to test U.S. military's microwave weapon ADS for crowd control have raised questions about its safety, says a report.
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Perfect 10 tests copyright law
Perfect 10, an online and print-based adult-entertainment company, is testing the limits of copyright-infringement liability in a series of lawsuits against Internet search engines Google and Amazon's A9 that are in preliminary ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Mobile WiMax coming soon
A GMC Yukon Denali motors down the road, while the passengers inside simultaneously receive mobile calls over the Internet, and streaming video at up to 2.5 Mbps, on a variety of devices.Cutting-edge? You bet, ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Nano World: Nanotools face challenges
The market for the instruments and tools needed to work on the nanoscale faces substantial challenges in the future, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Satellite Imagery of Watertown Tire Fire
UW-Madison researchers are using satellite imagery to measure the extent of a massive smoke plume rising from a fire at a tire recycling facility in Watertown, Wis.
Jul 22, 2005 |
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UA Part of Group That is Unraveling How the Brain Manages Memory
A group of scientists, including two neuroscientists from The University of Arizona, may have resolved a long-standing controversy about the role of a part of the brain that is a key component of memory. The group is the ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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LED Technology in XXL Size — Display Measures Two Meters
Display sizes that were once unthinkable are now possible thanks to Osram Opto Semiconductors’ new backlighting system for displays. A prototype measuring two meters contains 1,120 Golden DRAGON light-emitting ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Clock-work plants
Researchers at the University of Cambridge found that the biological clock in plants increases photosynthesis, helping them grow faster. The biological clock, which allows individual plant cells to estimate the time of day, ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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NEC Develops World's Most Efficient Privacy Preserving Authentication Scheme
NEC Corporation announced that it has developed the world's most efficient privacy preserving authentication scheme (or group signature scheme ) in terms of signature length and computational complexity, social infrastructure ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Revelations about the center of the Earth
Recently, seismologists have observed that the speed and direction of seismic waves in Earth’s lower mantle, between 400 and 1,800 miles below the surface, vary tremendously. “I think we may have discovered ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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CryoSat preparations for shipment to launch site to begin
The intense mechanical testing period is finally over for the CryoSat satellite, and with launch just a couple of months away - the very last checks are being made before the spacecraft is packed up and shipped to the launch ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Don Quixote's home shows way to future Earth Observation missions
After an interval of six weeks 60 scientists from ten countries returned to the parched heart of Spain to complete testing a new type of sensor intended to yield new insights into global vegetation growth, as well as gather ...
Jul 22, 2005 |
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New Mars orbiter to launch next month
NASA says the Mars orbiter set to launch next month will study the planet in unprecedented detail, providing more data than all previous missions combined.
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Radioactive patients risk setting off airport alarms
People undergoing scans involving radioisotopes beware: you might set off airport security radiation alarms for as long as a month after the procedure.
Jul 22, 2005 |
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