Laptops Get Performance Boost from Intel Core 2 Duo Processors
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Laptops around the world are getting a make-over as systems based on Intel Centrino Duo mobile technology are now shipping with Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processors inside, Intel Corporation announced today.
A switch between life and death
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Aug 28, 2006 |
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Cells in an embryo divide at an amazing rate to build a whole body, but this growth needs to be controlled. Otherwise the result may be defects in embryonic development or cancer in adults. Controlling growth requires that ...
Researchers Make Chemical Warfare Protective Nanofibers out of Deck Sealer
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 28, 2006 |
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While cotton may be the fabric of our lives, Texas Tech University researchers may have discovered a polyurethane nanofiber technique that can save lives.
Report: U.S. ships banned GM rice
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Britons have reportedly been unwittingly eating banned genetically modified rice imported from the United States for months, if not years.
In Brief: China, Russia to launch joint Mars mission
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 28, 2006 |
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China and Russia reportedly are planning a joint mission to Mars that is planned to return samples to Earth as well as landing on one of the planet's moons.
AKARI's view on birth and death of stars
Aug 28, 2006 |
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AKARI, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) infrared astronomical satellite with ESA participation, is continuing its survey of the sky and its mapping of our cosmos in infrared light. New exciting ...
Remote Island Provides Clues on Population Growth, Environmental Degradation
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Halfway between South America and New Zealand, in the remote South Pacific, is Rapa. This horseshoe-shaped, 13.5 square-mile island of volcanic origin, located essentially in the middle of nowhere, is “a microcosm ...
Could a pint of cider help keep the doctor away?
Aug 28, 2006 |
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The saying goes that an apple a day keeps the doctor away but now scientists at the University of Glasgow are looking into whether a pint of cider could have the same effect. Researchers have discovered that English cider ...
Type A personality is not linked to heart disease in large study
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Although human genes contribute significantly to a person's health and behavior, these two kinds of traits aren't closely linked at all. In fact, a study appearing this month in the Public Library of Science found absolutely ...
Victorian fish fossil fills ancient gap
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 28, 2006 |
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The oldest known fossil coelacanth has just been described by Macquarie University researchers in the international journal Biology Letters, in conjunction with colleagues in Victoria and Paris.
Hirsute-s you, Sir! Could super furry animals provide clues for baldness?
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Scientists looking at mice may have discovered why certain people are hairier than others in what could provide clues as to the reason some men go bald prematurely.
Turning Fuel Ethanol Into Beverage Alcohol
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Fuel ethanol could be cheaply and quickly converted into the purer, cleaner alcohol that goes into alcoholic drinks, cough medicines, mouth washes and other products requiring food-grade alcohol, say Iowa State University ...
Low lake levels hurt Michigan economy
Aug 28, 2006 |
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Lower water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron are hurting Michigan marinas, tourism and the shipping industry, the Detroit Free Press reported.
Researchers add crucial information on how the body's T cells react to parasitic diseases
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In the 1980s, the phrase "T cell count" burst into the world's medical vocabulary as thousands and then millions of patients died of AIDS. The public began to understand the crucial importance of T cells--cellular Pac-Men ...
Bird species are saved from extinction
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The first global audit of threatened species shows 16 species of birds nearly extinct in the mid-1990s have been saved, some increasing tenfold in number.
