Archive: 02/25/2005
New NIST reference material reinforces fragile-x screens
A new Standard Reference Material from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will help clinical genetics labs improve the accuracy of their diagnostic tests for the most common cause of hereditary mental ...
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Young Star's Companion Has Only Forty Times the Mass of Jupiter
Astronomers have weighed DH Tauri's companion and have found that it is a brown dwarf with only 40 times the mass of Jupiter. DH Tauri is a young star only one million years old in the constellation Taurus. ...
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SAMSUNG Demonstrates Push-To-All Technology
Samsung Electronics, a leading wireless communications company, is proud to announce the development of a working PTA (Push-to-All) solution. The demonstration of the PTA solution proto-type took place at the ...
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Robotic March madness to debut at FIRST competition
Approximately 40 robots built by teams of high school students throughout the United States will compete head-to-head at the inaugural FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Boilermaker Regional ...
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Industry`s Thinnest 4GB DDR2 Memory Modules for Servers
Infineon Technologies AG , demonstrating its leadership as memory supplier, announced that it is sampling the industry’s first dual-die based 4GB (Gigabyte) DDR2 registered DIMMs (Dual Inline Memory Modules) ...
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IBM Helps Drive Open Source Development
IBM today contributed more than 30 open source projects to SourceForge.net and launched new online skills-building programs to spur innovation, collaboration and development around emerging open source projects. Additionally, IBM ...
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LG Electronics supplies keyboard-equipped mobile phones to Cingular Wireless
LG Electronics has unveiled an innovative mobile phone model equipped with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, unique designs and functions, in the U.S. mobile phone market. The model is aimed primarily at young people. ...
Feb 25, 2005 |
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Non-Bliding Headlights
Russian scientists from Dimitrovgrad (Ul'yanovsk area) have designed a new non-blinding headlight system. Its use in cars will significantly decrease the risk of driving at night, because the oncoming light will be duller, ...
Feb 25, 2005 |
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Computer program useful tool in dental care
Gunnel Hänsel Petersson at Malmö University in Sweden has received an award for her studies of Cariogram, a computer program created in Malmö to assess patients’ risk of developing tooth decay, dental caries. The program was ...
Feb 25, 2005 |
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Nanobacteria: Astronauts at Highest Risk During Space Missions
NASA researchers announce a potential cause of rapid kidney stone formation in astronauts on space travels. The authors of a study published in Kidney International call for a "Major Initiative" to investigate nanobacteria. Nanobacteria (NB ...
Feb 25, 2005 |
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Micro-organisms in salt lakes produce chlorinated air pollutants
Salt lakes have a greater impact on climate change than was previously understood. This has been established by scientists from the UFZ Centre for Environmental Research (Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle) together with ...
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Post-tsunami Thailand yields lessons for coastal construction
Engineering experts see how buildings and materials fared against walls of water An inspection of Thai villages and ports struck by tsunami waves has uncovered some engineering lessons that might reduce casualties and destru ...
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UNC researchers study fuel cells, focus on portable possibilities
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is among the newest participants in a statewide alliance formed last summer to explore renewable and efficient energy sources. UNC is participating in the N.C. Fuel Cell Alliance ...
Feb 25, 2005 |
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UK government launches the IT Security Awareness for Everyone website
ITsafe, a new initiative to protect home computer users and micro businesses from viruses and other threats online, was launched on Wednesday 23 February by the UK Government. The IT Security Awareness for Everyone websit ...
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