Archive: 04/28/2006
Interview: Voom HD, cutting edge of tele programming
Voom HD is the little network that's trying hard to push high-definition programming to the masses.
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Stake tussle erupts on Hutch India network
The two-month-long battle for control at Hutchison-Essar, the Indian cellular venture of the Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Group, increased its tempo this week with Hutchison Whampoa also jumping into the race for control ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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In Brief: DT launching home triple-play broadband
Deutsche Telekom's T-Online division is launching a converged triple-play service for its home broadband customers, it was announced Friday.
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Measurements may help show if constants are changing
Physicists at JILA have performed the first-ever precision measurements using ultracold molecules, in work that may help solve a long-standing scientific mystery--whether so-called constants of nature have changed since the ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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A biosensor layered like lasagna
In a mixing of pasta metaphors, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory scientists have used electrostatic attraction to layer reactive biological molecules lasagna-like around spaghetti-like carbon nanotubes.
Apr 28, 2006 |
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University of Texas at Austin to study elusive dark energy
Light might soon be shed on one of the great enigmas of the universe -- dark energy --thanks to a $5 million challenge grant from Harold C. Simmons of Dallas to The University of Texas at Austin.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2006 |
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New test can predict return of cancer
U.S. regulators have approved a test that reportedly can predict who are at high risk for a return of cancer after surgical removal of the prostate gland.
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Scientists discover a master key to microbes' pathogenic lifestyles
A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health reports the discovery of a master molecular sensor embedded in the spores of the fungi that triggers a transformation from ...
Biology /
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Synthetic Peptide Mimics Growth Factor Angiogenesis and Tissue Repair
Researchers from BioSurface Engineering Technologies, Inc. (BioSET) and the U.S. DoE's Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) have developed a synthetic peptide that mimics the effects of a tissue growth factor known as fibroblast ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Dual Properties of Carbon Nanotubes Revealed
For the first time, researchers have directly measured the electronic structure of individual carbon nanotubes whose physical properties had already been determined. This new study, pioneered by researchers ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Nano World: Roadmap for nano-imprinting
Scientists could soon easily fabricate electronics and other structures only nanometers or billionths of a meter in size by stamping them out, following a new strategy that could help guarantee results, experts tell UPI's ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Study Examines the Effect Sexually Objectifying Material Has on People Over Time
Americans are bombarded by thousands of media images each day, from advertisements to television shows. Many of these images reinforce ideas of physical attractiveness by sexual objectification, which focuses on bodies and ...
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Next Generation Soyuz TMA Getting Ready For Flight
A Russian space official said the country's new digitally controlled Soyuz TMA orbital vehicles will be able to handle human spaceflight needs until the reusable KLIPER shuttle becomes operational in the next decade, RIA ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Russian State Commission Issues Results Of Proton Review
The Russian State Commission has completed its investigation into the Proton M/Breeze M anomaly that left the Arabsat 4A satellite in the wrong orbit eight weeks ago, during a mission for International Launch Services (ILS). ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2006 |
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Masks not top flu fighter
As the discussion over a bird flu pandemic increases, U.S. health experts say surgical masks and similar devices will be of little help.
Apr 28, 2006 |
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