Smoot donates Nobel prize money to charity
Mar 23, 2007 |
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University Of California-Berkeley astrophysicist George Smoot is donating his Nobel Prize money to a charitable fund for science education.
Maryland to ban phosphorus in soap
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Maryland lawmakers approved a ban on dish detergent containing phosphorus in an effort to keep phosphates out of Chesapeake Bay.
Laying microscale tiles
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Craftsmen tile walls or floors by hand; but how can you get an ordered monolayer onto a substrate when the "tiles" are microscopically small instead of big and easy to handle? Previously, self-assembly processes have been ...
New survey evidence on the health and well-being of England's older generation
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Many people aged 65 and over lead healthy and active lives, but others of their generation face severe health challenges as they get older. According to the latest Health Survey for England, nearly two in three adults in ...
Net Neutrality Debate Goes Wireless
Mar 23, 2007 |
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At the Voice Over Network (VON) show this week in San Jose, the net neutrality debate shifted to the wireless spectrum. How much control should wireless carriers have over their "unwired mile" of the Internet?
No person-to-person spread of bird flu yet
Mar 23, 2007 |
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The H5N1 avian flu virus has been found in 11 countries this year and is endemic in Indonesia, Egypt and Nigeria, an international conference in Italy reported.
Starz Sues Disney TV Arm Over iTunes Deal
Mar 23, 2007 |
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Starz Entertainment has sued Buena Vista Television, the licensing arm of Disney, in a breach of contract suit that involves Apple's iTunes.
Group Submits Interoperability Spec to W3C
Mar 23, 2007 |
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The SML standard proposed by a group of 11 major vendors is designed to streamline interoperability between management applications.
Faulted modeling
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Mar 23, 2007 |
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Factoring in crustal strength changes along the San Andreas Fault would improve the predictive models that researchers use to understand the likelihood and intensity of earthquakes there. That's the conclusion from a study ...
NASA Assigns Crew for Shuttle Mission to Install Japanese Lab
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Mar 23, 2007 |
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NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-124, targeted for launch in February 2008. The flight will deliver the Pressurized Module and robotic arm of the Japanese Experiment Module, known as "Kibo" (hope), ...
Microsoft Plays to All Developers
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Microsoft's developer division wants you. Long known for its aggressive courting of professional developers, the software company is now viewing all its systems as development platforms and is trying to empower developers ...
