Mobile WiMax coming soon
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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, ...
Revelations about the center of the Earth
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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 ...
U.S. microwave-weapon tests revealed
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Precautions used to test U.S. military's microwave weapon ADS for crowd control have raised questions about its safety, says a report.
Satellite Imagery of Watertown Tire Fire
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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.
A Trip to Mars Needs Waste
Jul 22, 2005 |
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On the long space trip from Earth to Mars "the crew won't be able to get by with a bag lunch and Portapotty," says Arthur Teixeira, a professor of agricultural and biological engineering at the University of Florida. Teixeira ...
Radioactive patients risk setting off airport alarms
Jul 22, 2005 |
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People undergoing scans involving radioisotopes beware: you might set off airport security radiation alarms for as long as a month after the procedure.
UA Part of Group That is Unraveling How the Brain Manages Memory
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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 ...
LED Technology in XXL Size — Display Measures Two Meters
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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 ...
Perfect 10 tests copyright law
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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 ...
Clock-work plants
Jul 22, 2005 |
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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, ...
Volna Failure Review Board Reports On Loss Of Cosmos 1
Jul 22, 2005 |
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The Volna Failure Review Board convened by the Makeev Rocket Design Bureau, manufacturers of the Volna launch vehicle, has made its final report to the Russian space agency, Roskosmos, concerning the attempted June 21 launch ...
So cool: Study shows Mars in 4-billion-year freeze
Jul 22, 2005 |
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The current mean temperature on the equator of Mars is a blustery -69 degrees Fahrenheit. Scientists have long thought that the Red Planet was once temperate enough for water to have existed on the surface and perhaps for ...
System to detect objects in food products
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Field tests are to begin this summer on a system designed to detect plastic and other foreign objects in food products.
Russia Taps Space Market With Decommissioned Missiles
Jul 22, 2005 |
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Russia is hoping to increase sales in the international space market of the "Rokot", a lightweight, cost-efficient launcher based on the old Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile Stiletto (aka SS-19).
Sandia completes depleted uranium study
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Jul 22, 2005 |
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Sandia National Laboratories has completed a two-year study of the potential health effects associated with accidental exposure to depleted uranium (DU) during the 1991 Gulf War.
