U.S. greenhouse emissions up 1.7 percent
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says greenhouse gas emissions increased by 1.7 percent during 2004 from the previous year.
New class of compounds promise better drugs, clean energy
Feb 28, 2006 |
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By combining a common organic compound with a rare metal, a team of Brown University chemists has created a new class of molecules that have potentially important applications for the pharmaceutical, chemical ...
Bioengineers create stable networks of blood vessels
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Yale biomedical engineers have created an implantable system that can form and stabilize a functional network of fine blood vessels critical for supporting tissues in the body, according to a report in the ...
Sony Ericsson adds seventh Walkman phone
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Sony Ericsson Tuesday released the W300, the latest addition to the company's line of Walkman phones that include MP3 capabilities and a digital camera. The W300 is the seventh cell phone in the Walkman family.
Cepheids and their 'cocoons'
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Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at Cerro Paranal, Chile, and the CHARA Interferometer at Mount Wilson, California, a team of French and North American astronomers has discovered envelopes ...
Utah House rejects evolution measure
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Utah state representatives have rejected legislation that would have regulated how the theory of evolution is taught in public schools.
Tower of London ravens are moved indoors
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Increasing fears of bird flu have prompted British officials to move the Tower of London's famous ravens indoors to protect them.
Hotbar settles adware spat with Symantec
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Israeli firm Hotbar.com has settled a lawsuit filed over a security company's right to label Hotbar as "low risk adware," the Hebrew news Web site Ynet said.
Four years on, Envisat hailed for its contribution to Earth science
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Since its launch in 2002, Envisat, the world's largest and most sophisticated satellite ever built, has been providing scientists and operational users with invaluable data for global monitoring and forecasting ...
Rhea's Wisps in Color
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Bright, wispy markings stretch across a region of darker terrain on Saturn's moon Rhea. In this extreme false-color view, the roughly north-south fractures occur within strips of material (which appear greenish ...
Israeli tech incubators celebrate success
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Airline passengers in Newark, N.J., and open-heart-surgery patients worldwide have the Israeli government to thank for the technological innovations that keep them safe and healthy, officials of the technology incubator program ...
Poll: Gas tax increase might fly
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A New York Times/CBS News poll suggests Americans might OK a gasoline tax hike if it reduced global warming or lessened U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
Cassini Attempts 12th Titan Flyby
Feb 28, 2006 |
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft returns to Titan on Monday for its twelfth flyby since beginning to survey Saturn and its moons on July 4, 2004.
Israel Railways to offer wireless Internet
Feb 28, 2006 |
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Israel Railways now offers wireless Internet in one of its stations and plans to extend the service to the other stations and eventually to the train cars.
Consumer group urges preserving phone tax
Feb 28, 2006 |
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A consumer group is urging Congress to be wary of a proposal to change the Universal Service Fund long-distance charge to a flat per-line charge.
