Text messaging could make U.S. gains
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The United States has lagged behind Europe and Japan when it comes to text-messaging from cell phones, but that gap is closing rapidly, according to a recent report.
Generosity Is No Monkey Business, Study
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Given the opportunity to spread random acts of kindness, chimps would just as soon pass, finds a new UCLA-led study. The study, published in the Oct. 27 issue of the journal Nature, suggests at least one way in which huma ...
Gaming for a smarter America
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Video games have the potential to improve learning in the United States and keep the nation at the fore of global competition, say hopeful education and technology experts.
Wine and cheese: serious science
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Twenty-seven food and wine experts recently met in Summerland, Canada, to determine ideal cheese-wine parings using scientific sensory methodology.
Research Explains Wide Variations in Animal Sleep Habits
Oct 27, 2005 |
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An extensive research analysis by a neuroscientist at UCLA's Semel Institute and the Veterans Affairs' Neurobiology Research Laboratory concludes that environment and diet largely determine sleep needs. Appearing in the Oct ...
How-to book published on laser beam-shaping applications
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Oct 27, 2005 |
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Following up on their well-received first book, Laser Beam Shaping: Theory and Techniques, Sandia National Laboratories researchers Fred Dickey and Scott Holswade have edited (with David Shealy of the Univer ...
Deercam TV project
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The University of Missouri-Columbia says it has developed a wireless video camera that's placed on a deer's head to see how it behaves away from humans.
Duke Power may build nuclear power plants
Oct 27, 2005 |
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The Duke Power Co. has announced it is planning to build two nuclear reactors designed by Westinghouse Nuclear Services.
Intel, Motorola push IEEE WiMax standards
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Industry heavyweights Intel and Motorola joined forces to advance WiMax technology based on proposed uniform broadband access standards known as IEEE 802.16e.
Dead Sea Scrolls scientists dies
Oct 27, 2005 |
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Archaeologist Robert Johnston of Brighton, N.Y. -- an archaeologist who helped develop a way to read ancient texts -- has died. He was 77.
Genetics of life's 1st 15 minutes studied
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European scientists say they've identified the gene responsible for controlling a first key step in the creation of life.
Net continues making inroads in usage
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Home Internet usage hit 55 percent by 2003 propelling a jump in online news and e-commerce, according to a Census Bureau report released Thursday.
First Internet-built student satellite successfully launched
Oct 27, 2005 |
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SSETI Express, a low Earth orbit spacecraft designed and built by European university students under the supervision of ESA’s Education Department, was successfully launched this morning at 08:52 CEST from ...
Popular insecticide now in suburban waters
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University of California-Berkeley researchers have, for the first time, detected high concentrations of a popular insecticide in suburban stream sediment. The discovery is raising concerns about the insecticide's effects on ...
Briefs: KVH produces smallest boat satellite TV
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Satellite equipment maker KVH Industries said Thursday it has created the world's smallest stabilized marine satellite TV system.
