Archive: 01/27/2006
Portable tourist guides now in service
Your iPod might be your next tourist guide if you find yourself in Ireland, just one more example how countries are adapting with evolving technologies to intrigue a new generation of tourists.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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The sweet smell of nano-success
Materials scientists at Lehigh University and catalyst chemists at Cardiff University have uncovered secrets of the "nanoworld" that promise to lead to cleaner methods of producing, among other things, spices and perfumes.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Sonofusion Experiment Produces Results Without External Neutron Source
A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Purdue University, and the Russian Academy of Sciences has used sound waves to induce nuclear fusion without the need for an external neutron source, according ...
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Jan 27, 2006 |
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Korean DRAM finds itself shut out of Japan
Japan may claim that the countervailing duty it slaps against Korean DRAM chip maker Hynix from today is just a protest against unfair trade practices and to curb dumping, but there's a widespread belief that the country ...
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Brit warns Net has medieval parallels
A British broadcaster warned in a speech that increasing reliance on Internet video and audio could drag culture back to the oral-based Middle Ages.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Pitt Professor's Theory of Evolution Gets Boost From Cell Research
An article by University of Pittsburgh Professor of Anthropology Jeffrey H. Schwartz and University of Salerno Professor of Biochemistry Bruno Maresca, to be published Jan. 30 in the New Anatomist journal, shows that the em ...
Jan 27, 2006 |
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RFID – where will it go next?
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) has always been associated with speed and convenience. Quite simply, that's what the technology delivers. But if you associate RFID only with Supply Chain Management, transport or secure ...
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Scientists set sights on biomass to reduce fossil fuel dependence
Using plants rather than oil or coal to produce fuels and chemicals could play an essential role in reducing the world's dependence on fossil fuels, according to a group of scientists from the UK and the USA ...
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Researchers 'wire' DNA to identify mutations
A team of ASU researchers led by Nongjian Tao and Peiming Zhang has developed a new, breakthrough technique for the detection of DNA mutations.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Deal struck in New York Yellow Page strike
A strike by Verizon Information Services employees in New York state has been settled, the company announced Friday.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Secondhand smoke a toxic in California
The Air Resources Board in California has designated secondhand tobacco smoke as a toxic air contaminant -- making California the first state to do so.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Satellite portrait of global plant growth will aid climate research
GLOBCARBON involves the development of a service to generate fully calibrated estimates of land products based on a variety of Earth Observation data, suitable for assimilation into sophisticated software simulations ...
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Briefs: Cisco mobile billing capacity tops 200M
Cisco Systems said Friday its content billing solution has been deployed widely enough to cover more than 200 million wireless-phone users.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Briefs: Silicon Valley plans regional wireless net
A coalition of businesses and local government is working on plans for a huge wireless Internet network in the Silicon Valley region.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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Briefs: U.K. satellite broadband firm goes dark
Aramiska, a company that provides broadband Internet service via satellite to rural Britain, shut down unexpectedly Friday.
Jan 27, 2006 |
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