Cannibal stars like their food hot
Mar 23, 2006 |
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ESA's XMM-Newton has seen vast clouds of superheated gas, whirling around miniature stars and escaping from being devoured by the stars' enormous gravitational fields - giving a new insight into the eating ...
Sony sees the online light
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment President Phil Harrison announced Wednesday the pending launch of the PS3's brand-new online service, currently dubbed the "PlayStation Network Platform," which will be the long-awaited ...
Swedish mathematician receives Abel Prize
Mar 23, 2006 |
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The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will award the 2006 Abel Prize to mathematician Lennart Carleson of Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology.
Changes in agricultural practices could help slow global warming
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Farmers who plant more crops, increase irrigation coverage and till the land less can have a profound effect on climate. Climate scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found that models that ...
Dell, Alienware bullish on PC entertainment
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Dell's acquisition of high-performance computer maker Alienware appears to be a signal that the PC isn't surrendering its turf to wireless handhelds.
Israel gets local versions of eBay, PayPal
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Israeli Internet portal Walla! unveiled on Wednesday two new services similar to eBay and PayPal: Walla!Buy and Walla!Pay.
Climate change and the rise of atmospheric oxygen
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Today's climate change pales in comparison with what happened as Earth gave birth to its oxygen-containing atmosphere billions of years ago. By analyzing clues contained in rocks, scientists at the Carnegie Institution's ...
Study: Glum assessment of Amazonian forest
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Scientists at Brazil's Federal University of Minas Gerais say wildlife reserves will not be enough to prevent deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon.
Unusual Binary Star: White Dwarf With a Cool Companion
Mar 23, 2006 |
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An international researcher team under the direction of Dr. Thorsten Nagel of the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Tübingen recently discovered an unusual close binary star system. It consists ...
Novel process reduces toxic chemical use
Mar 23, 2006 |
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A chemical engineer at The University of Auckland has used environmentally-friendly vegetable oils to replace toxic chemical solvents like kerosene in the extraction of a range of biomolecules, such as antibiotics and organic ...
Chandra finds evidence for quasar ignition
Mar 23, 2006 |
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New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory may provide clues to how quasars "turn on." Since the discovery of quasars over 40 years ago, astronomers have been trying to understand the conditions surrounding ...
New map of the Milky Way charts where stars are born
Mar 23, 2006 |
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A team of astronomers from Boston University's Institute for Astrophysical Research has produced the clearest map to-date of the giant gas clouds in the Milky Way that serve as the birthplaces of stars. Using ...
PGP founder unveils new VoIP security
Mar 23, 2006 |
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Somewhere out there, someone is a little too curious about your data. This is the main concern of Phil Zimmermann, the creator of the industry standard PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) e-mail encryption protocol who has just debuted ...
Bush considers raising fuel standards
Mar 23, 2006 |
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The Bush administration is reportedly considering raising the fuel standards that are required for vehicles sold across the nation.
Live webcast from Turkey of Mar. 29 total solar eclipse
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On March 29, just prior to a rare, four-minute total eclipse of the sun, three University of California, Berkeley, astronomers will take the stage in a 1,900-year-old Roman amphitheater in Turkey to introduce ...
