Archive: 09/26/2005
Study: Doctors not ready for bioterrorism
A Johns Hopkins University study in Baltimore indicates many U.S. physicians are ill-prepared to diagnose or treat bioterrorism diseases.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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How a Zebra Lost its Stripes: Rapid Evolution of the Quagga
DNA from museum samples of extinct animals is providing unexpected information on the extent and effect of the Ice Age as well as the path of species evolution, according to a report by scientists from Yale ...
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Wonder Wedge on Wheels — Braking Without Hydraulics
With its EWB (Electronic Wedge Brake), Siemens is aiming for a revolution in braking system technology for passenger cars. Compared to today’s hydraulic brakes, the EWB is more efficient, responds faster, requires ...
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Scientists to Use HDTV for a High-Definition Look at Surreal Sea Floor
Ocean scientists are planning for the first time to use a high-definition (HD) television camera for live views of an area of the sea floor that has been twisted by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions and is dotted with eerie ...
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Intel Continues Push Down Power-Optimization Path With Intel Xeon Processor Line
Completing an era in enterprise computing and signaling the beginning of a new generation of platforms and capabilities, Intel Corporation announced availability of its last planned single-core Intel Xeon processor. Intel ...
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SMART-1 set for more lunar science
ESA’s SMART-1 mission in orbit around the Moon has had its scientific lifetime extended by ingenious use of its solar-electric propulsion system (or ‘ion engine’).
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AMD Powers Ahead With Three New Models Of Dual-Core AMD Opteron Processors
AMD announced three new models in the Dual-Core AMD Opteron processor family, delivering the world’s highest performance for one-way to eight-way x86 servers and workstations.
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National Semi unveils 3G ADC converters
National Semiconductor Monday unveiled a trio of new 3-gigahertz analog-to-digital converters (ADC) designed for low noise and miserly power consumption.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Whale shark secrets finally revealed
Researchers in Belize using electronic tagging on whale sharks have finally solved a marine mystery and discovered where the sharks find food.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Illegal-drug sales boom from Internet
The Internet's speed, efficiency and convenience has drastically changed the way people work and play over the past decade, but it also has changed the way the underground world works -- or so the Japanese authorities are ...
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Networking: Virus writing for profit
Unscrupulous e-mail marketers are collaborating with criminal virus writers to combine selling questionable goods and services online with attempting to steal information from consumers, experts told United Press International's ...
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Analysis: China's futile Web clampdown
An axiom of Communist China's founder Mao Zedong goes, "a single spark can start a prairie fire." Today, the country's leaders fear this is only an Internet click away.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Technology To Tell Tales Of The Dead
New technology in the field of post-mortem examinations will revolutionise the ways autopsies are conducted within our own lifetimes, a top British scientist has predicted.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Oil companies help marine biologists to explore new frontiers in deep-sea oceanography
An idea from a young marine biologist at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton is revolutionising oceanography in the deep oceans. Dr Ian Hudson has been getting the oil industry to sign up to a project that has captured ...
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Small is beautiful – scientist proposes new efficient and eco-friendly power plants
Power plants of the future may be designed to provide electricity solely for an individual housing estate, village, factory or college. That’s the prediction of University of Southampton engineer Dr Tom Markvart.
Sep 26, 2005 |
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