Archive: 10/26/2005
NOAA tests for Gulf of Mexico contaminates
U.S. officials say tests of white shrimp samples collected the week of Sept. 12 from the Mississippi Sound found no elevated contaminants.
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Briefs: S&P revises down Ericsson outlook
Standard & Poor's revised down Wednesday its outlook for Swedish telecommunications group Ericsson to stable from positive.
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Production begins for Xbox 360 chips
The IBM chip that will power Microsoft's Xbox 360 console is in production and on target for the device's pre-Christmas launch next month.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Combined Forces Of Physics And Medicine To Investigate Hidden Toxity
A physicist and a medical researcher at the University of Leicester have received a grant of £100,000 from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council to look at possible toxic damage from inhaled nanoparticles ...
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Tropical cloud 'dust' could hold the key to climate change
Scientists at the University of Manchester will set off for Australia this week to undertake an in-depth study of tropical clouds and the particles sucked up into them to gain further insight into climate change and the depletion ...
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Sex selection clinical trial is launched
U.S. physicians have reportedly started a clinical trial to assess the effects of allowing couples to choose the gender of unborn children.
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Genetic map may help find disease causes
Scientists announced in Salt Lake City the mapping of the most common genetic differences across the entire genome for 269 different humans.
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Nanomolecular motor spins on a surface
Netherlands scientists say they've developed the first molecular motor that rotates in just one direction while attached to a solid surface.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Rocket-fueled bacteria clean up waste
Bacteria that make rocket fuel as part of their metabolism are making sewage treatment less expensive and kinder to the environment, British researchers say.
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Finnish over-clockers break 1 GHz graphics processor speed barrier
An independent team of Finnish over-clockers has made world history by over-clocking a graphics processor to engine clock levels above 1 GHz. The record was set on the recently-announced Radeon X1800 XT graphics processor ...
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Telling the time of Earth's core formation
Australian and Swiss scientists say they may have solved a mystery concerning conflicting formation times for the Earth's core.
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Study: Chimps don't care about friends
University of California-Los Angeles scientists say helping others is apparently a uniquely human habit -- or, at least, not a habit shared by chimpanzees.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Nortel adds Websense cell-phone filter
Nortel has teamed with a San Diego security developer on a filtering solution for text-capable cell phones.
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Survey: Cell-phone appearance matters
Cell-phone appearance is as an important a factor in customer satisfaction as are features and capabilities, a new consumer survey said Wednesday.
Oct 26, 2005 |
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Study: Sharks have mammal-like muscles
University of British Columbia scientists say some sharks have swimming muscles that only work at relatively high temperatures -- much as do mammals' muscles.
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