Archive: 05/23/2006
Satellites track Caspian Sea sturgeon
Scientists working on the Ural River in Kazakhstan are using satellite technology to trace sturgeons into the Caspian Sea.
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May 23, 2006 |
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Genetic tug of war determines gender
U.S. scientists says whether a mammalian egg develops into a male or female is determined by a struggle between genes encoding signaling proteins.
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May 23, 2006 |
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Study shows unhealthy bacteria in Southern California beach sand
Sunbathers heading for a day at the beach in Southern California may have more to worry about than sunscreen. A new study by researchers at the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science shows that bacteria ...
May 23, 2006 |
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If all drivers were polite, they would get where they're going faster
A new study from the University of Michigan found that traffic metering systems that incorporate new algorithms for merging could reduce the seriousness of traffic slowdowns that originate near freeway on-ramps.
May 23, 2006 |
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When it comes to privacy, gender matters
A study aimed at assessing perspectives about privacy in a public place - particularly when surveillance is not related to security - suggests women are more concerned than men, both as watcher and the watched.
May 23, 2006 |
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Robotic joystick reveals how brain controls movement
By training a group of human subjects to operate a robot-controlled joystick, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that the slower the brain "learns" to control certain muscle movements, the more likely it is to remember ...
May 23, 2006 |
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How Did Continents Split? Geology Study Shows New Picture
Like pieces in a giant jigsaw puzzle, continents have split, drifted and merged again many times throughout Earth’s history, but geologists haven’t understood the mechanism behind the moves. A new study now ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 23, 2006 |
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Is danger of identity theft overblown?
The announcement yesterday about the loss of personal electronic data on up to 26.5 million veterans is the latest in a string of similar reports about information security breaches at major institutions in the last two year ...
May 23, 2006 |
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Great Lakes invasive species studied
The longstanding problem of various invasive species entering the Great Lakes via the St. Lawrence Seaway is now gaining attention from scientists.
May 23, 2006 |
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AT&T's NSA legal woes continue to grow
AT&T has flatly denied the allegations, but the telecommunications giant continues to be mired by reports that it and other major carriers have gone out of their way to cooperate with the U.S. government to ...
May 23, 2006 |
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Florida turtle eggs may have been buried
Construction crews may have accidentally buried a protected sea-turtle nest at Florida's New Smyrna Beach because biologists might not have marked it.
Biology /
May 23, 2006 |
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Controversy surrounds British water plant
Critics are reportedly increasing their opposition to the construction of Britain's first plant designed to turn salt water into drinking water.
May 23, 2006 |
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Nike introduces iPod Sport Kit
Nike unveiled Tuesday the Air Zoom Moire -- footwear that connects to an iPod Nano through the wireless Nike(plus)iPod Sport Kit.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 23, 2006 |
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Samsung Launches World's First PCs with NAND Flash-based Solid State Disk
Samsung Electronics will release the world’s first PCs embedded with a 32-Gigabyte NAND flash-based solid state disk (SSD). This marks the first time that NAND flash has moved into a commercial mobile computing ...
May 23, 2006 |
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Intel's Core Microarchitecture Sets New Records in Performance and Energy Efficiency
Intel today disclosed record breaking results on 20 key dual-processor (DP) server and workstation benchmarks. The first processor due to launch based on the new Intel Core microarchitecture — the Dual-Core ...
May 23, 2006 |
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