How to cook the perfect turkey (the scientific way)
Dec 23, 2005 |
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For most people, the key to preparing the perfect Christmas meal is cooking the turkey. University of Bristol physicist, Dr Peter Barham explains how applying scientific principles in the kitchen at Christmas ...
New Year To Arrive One Second Late
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Owing to the gradual slowing down of the Earth’s rotation, the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service, based at the Paris Observatory, has announced that 2005 will contain an extra second. ...
Wireless World: Premature predictions?
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Predictions that the maker of BlackBerry wireless e-mail technology was about to collapse due to protracted and bitter patent litigation were premature, experts are now telling United Press International's Wireless World.
Snowflake Physicist's Photographs to Be Featured on 2006 Postage Stamps
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Dec 23, 2005 |
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Postage rates may keep going up, but when it comes to natural beauty and scientific wonder, one particular issue of stamps is going to be hard to lick. Beginning next October, the U.S. Postal Service will iss ...
Satellite launch to boost DTH in India
Dec 23, 2005 |
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The successful launch Thursday of India's heaviest satellite from spaceport of Kourou in French Guyana may have boosted the country's space research efforts to yet another level, but it has also lifted the ...
DNA self-assembly used to mass-produce patterned nanostructures
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Duke University scientists have used the self-assembling properties of DNA to mass-produce nanometer-scale structures in the shape of a 4x4 grids, on which patterns of molecules can be specified. They said ...
Sensational new discovery of Dodo bones on Mauritius
Dec 23, 2005 |
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On Friday, October 28, 2005, a Dutch-Mauritian research team discovered the very first intact layer of bones and botanical materials, including Dodo remains. The material's age is estimated at 2000 to 3000 ...
Astronomers Capture Rare Lunar Meteor Strike
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Astronomers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., have recorded a small but powerful meteoroid strike in the night on the moon’s surface. On Nov. 7, using a 10-inch-diameter telescope, astronomers ...
France to legalize P2P file sharing?
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Legislation that would legalize music and video file-sharing on the Internet is on the table in France.
Workers exposed to plutonium at Los Alamos
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Five workers at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory are being monitored after an accident resulted in plutonium being found inside their noses.
Reindeer: have sweet tooth, easy to handle, will travel
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Children who leave sweet treats out for Santa and his reindeer this Christmas are not too far off the culinary mark for a reindeer's dietary requirements. University of Queensland deer expert Dr Gordon Dry ...
SMART-1 uses new imaging technique in lunar orbit
Dec 23, 2005 |
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ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft has been surveying the Moon’s surface in visible and near-infrared light using a new technique, never before tried in lunar orbit.
WiMax Forum certifications expected
Dec 23, 2005 |
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The WiMax Forum hasn't confirmed or denied reports that the first certifications for products will be unveiled next month.
Globe Talk: ECI looks to India's engineers
Dec 23, 2005 |
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China has become de facto the factory to the world, while multinational corporations ignore India as a country to base their customer service operations at their peril. But while cutting costs may be the single biggest driving ...
Motorola SLVR L7
Dec 23, 2005 |
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Motorola today unveiled the Motorola SLVR L7, its next generation design ultra-slim handset. Chiseled, thin and defined, the Motorola SLVR L7 builds on Motorola’s growing reputation for world class design that ...
