Wonder Wedge on Wheels — Braking Without Hydraulics
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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 ...
Keep Cool to Reduce Friction,” Suggests a New Study of Nanoscale Water Condensation
Sep 26, 2005 |
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“Keep cool to reduce friction” might be the advice given to designers of nanoscale machinery by researchers who have just completed a study of factors influencing the formation of “water bridges” – capillary connections that ...
How a Zebra Lost its Stripes: Rapid Evolution of the Quagga
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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 ...
Small is beautiful – scientist proposes new efficient and eco-friendly power plants
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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.
Oil companies help marine biologists to explore new frontiers in deep-sea oceanography
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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 ...
Illegal-drug sales boom from Internet
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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 ...
Whale shark secrets finally revealed
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Researchers in Belize using electronic tagging on whale sharks have finally solved a marine mystery and discovered where the sharks find food.
Nippon TV to start Internet broadcast
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Japanese broadcaster Nippon Television said Monday it will start up a division geared solely to broadcast programs on the Internet.
Researchers Explore Mystery of Hurricane Formation
Sep 26, 2005 |
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All Atlantic hurricanes, no matter how grand they may become, begin the same. Each starts as a small disturbance in the atmosphere above equatorial Africa. These disturbances, called tropical waves, head west and, if conditions ...
Technology To Tell Tales Of The Dead
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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.
Analysis: China's futile Web clampdown
Sep 26, 2005 |
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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.
Reflections In The World's Largest Space Mirror
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Much of our Universe has long remained invisible. Our eyes perceive only a fraction of the electromagnetic spectrum. Seeing at infrared wavelengths, for instance, allows astronomers to explore hidden celestial objects and ...
Desert Pathfinder at Work
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Sub-millimetre APEX telescope inaugurated at Chajnantor. The Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX) project celebrates the inauguration of its outstanding 12-m telescope, located on the 5100 m high Chajnantor plateau in the Ata ...
MERIS monitoring tracks planetary photosynthesis levels
Sep 26, 2005 |
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Daily multispectral observations from Envisat's MERIS sensor are being combined with a sophisticated processing algorithm and powerful Grid computing to reveal global photosynthesis activity on land. This permits researchers ...
National Semi unveils 3G ADC converters
Sep 26, 2005 |
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National Semiconductor Monday unveiled a trio of new 3-gigahertz analog-to-digital converters (ADC) designed for low noise and miserly power consumption.
