What actually influences air pollution over the Indian Ocean?

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created Aug 25, 2004 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry detect substantial pollution of the atmosphere during periods between summer or winter monsoons Using a combination of satellite observations and computer modelling, r ...


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Lumileds, Sony Develop Groundbreaking LED Backlight Technology

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created Aug 25, 2004 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lumileds Lighting announced today that its high-power Luxeon(R) LEDs are illuminating the world's first LED backlight for LCD home televisions. The Luxeon lit system delivers the most vivid colors ever seen on ...


Nanogen Issued Patent for Enhancing Molecular Biological Reactions

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created Aug 25, 2004 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nanogen, Inc., developer of molecular and point-of-care diagnostic products, announced today that it was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,780,584, "Electronic Systems and Component Devices for Macroscopic and Microscopic Molecular ...


Diagram shows arrangement of gold atoms in an eight-atom quantum dot (left) while fluorescence is shown from a solution containi

Gold Quantum Dots: Fluorescing "Artificial Atoms" Could Have Applications in Biological Labeling, Nanoscale Optoelectron

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A new class of water-soluble quantum dots made from small numbers of gold atoms could be the basis for a new biological labeling system with narrower excitation spectra, smaller particle size and fluorescence ...


Fujifilm Introduces DVD+R Double Layer Media; New Technology Doubles Existing DVD Recording Capacity to 8.5 GB

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Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., Inc. today announced the addition of 8.5 GB DVD+R Double Layer (DL) recordable discs to the company's portfolio of recording and storage products. The new media was designed for the new double-layer ...


Research and Markets: LCD Processing: Challenges, Directions, Markets: Japan Dominating the LCD market

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Research and Markets has announced the addition of LCD Processing: Challenges, Directions, Markets to their offering. This technology-marketing report examines and projects the technologies involved in the fabrication of Liquid C ...


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Internal Beagle 2 Failure Investigation

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created Aug 25, 2004 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft dropped the tiny, 30-kilogram Beagle 2 lander onto the Martian surface on December 25, 2003. Beagle 2 carried a powerful suite of instruments that it would ...


NanoDynamics Carbon Nanotube Patent: New Processing Method Advances Potential for Commercial Success of Carbon Nanotubes

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NanoDynamics, a leading nanotechnology organization and manufacturer of superior nanomaterials, announced today it has received a United States Patent, which covers the use of sol-gel processing, a well established metho ...


Ice and a slice of climate history

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The first 40 million years of Arctic climate history was recovered from beneath the Arctic sea floor on Monday 23 August. After four days drilling in hazardous conditions the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program’s Arctic Cori ...


Periodic Dimming of Bright Starlight Reveals Distant Planet

Telescopes Network Leads to the First Direct Planet Discovery

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"The fact that we can learn anything at all about a planet 500 light years away is astonishing" Scientists have made their first direct discovery of a planet orbiting a bright star using a network of small ...


NTT DoCoMo, Motorola to Develop 3G FOMA Handset

NTT DoCoMo, Motorola to Develop 3G FOMA Handset

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NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Motorola Inc. and Motorola Japan Ltd. announced today that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop a FOMA(R) handset targeting business users by taking advantage of high-speed 3G ...


Semiconductor Market Grow 27 Percent in 2004

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Worldwide semiconductor revenue is forecast to reach $226 billion in 2004, a 27.4 percent increase from 2003 revenue, according to the latest quarterly update by Gartner, Inc. While the market will experience strong growth ...


Molecular assemblies created to convert water to hydrogen gas

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Wonder where the fuel will come from for tomorrow's hydrogen-powered vehicles? Virginia Tech researchers are developing catalysts that will convert water to hydrogen gas. The research will be presented at the 228th Americ ...


Computer hard drives perform better, last longer with novel polyester lubricant

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Much discussed among computer circles is the so-called end of Moore's Law and its predictions of ever-smaller circuits. Less known is a challenge facing the next generation of hard disk drives: lubricant coatings that can h ...


Intel Funds WiMax Development to Replace WiFi

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Speakeasy, a national independent broadband services provider, has received a strategic investment from the Intel Communications Fund, managed by Intel Capital. Speakeasy will use the capital to help expand network endeavors rel ...




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