Too much homework can be counterproductive
May 31, 2005 |
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Instead of improving educational achievement in countries around the world, increases in homework may actually undercut teaching effectiveness and worsen disparities in student learning, according to two Penn State researchers. Most tea ...
First frozen egg baby born in Canada
May 31, 2005 |
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The McGill University Health Center (MUHC) in Montreal has announced the first successful birth in Canada resulting from frozen eggs. A team led by Professor Seang Lin Tan, Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology ...
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor Now Available
May 31, 2005 |
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Frustrated by staring at the hourglass icon as soon as you try to work on more than three programs at once, especially when you’re working with digital media? AMD today announced the immediate availability of ...
Measuring the shape of distant stars using gravitational microlensing
May 31, 2005 |
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Fifty years after his death, Albert Einstein's work still provides new tools for understanding our universe. An international team of astronomers has now used a phenomenon first predicted by Einstein in 1936, ...
Astronomers hot on the trail of nature's exotic flashers
May 31, 2005 |
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Astronomers have uncovered tantalizing insights into the origin of short gamma-ray bursts – mysterious, split-second high-energy flashes that have eluded detailed study until now. Unlike their long-duration ...
Infineon Announces Trusted Platform Module to Enhance PC Security
May 31, 2005 |
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In an effort to ensure safer computing, Infineon Technologies AG announced availability of its latest Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security microcontroller supporting the main specification 1.2 of the Trusted Computing Group ...
Leading theories of cosmic explosions contradicted in a flash
May 31, 2005 |
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Satellite that could help solve mystery to be deactivated in September Observations of a cosmic explosion detected on Feb. 15 by two NASA satellites have thrown into doubt one popular explanation for such explosions and h ...
NEC Succeeds in World's Fastest Continuous Quantum Cryptography Key Generation over Fortnight Period
May 31, 2005 |
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Realized on network employing commercial optical fiber NEC Corporation, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, POWEREDCOM, Inc., and Japan Science and Technology Agency have jointly s ...
Mobile WiMAX comes sooner rather than later
May 31, 2005 |
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Conventional wisdom says that until the advent of 802.16e mobile WiMAX systems - still some time in the future - the wireless broadband standard will be more or less confined to the great outdoors. Some "near-outdoor" systems ...
Samsung, TI Deliver Mobile Digital TV to Korea
May 31, 2005 |
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From Texas to Korea, mobile phones are becoming pocket-size mobile entertainment centers on-the-go. Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) announced today that Samsung Electronics has selected TI's OMAP-DM multimedia processor ...
NVIDIA, ARM Announce Licensing Agreement Targeted At Next-Generation Consumer Devices
May 31, 2005 |
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NVIDIA Corporation, a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, and ARM, today announced that NVIDIA has licensed the ARM11 MPCore processor. The licensing of this ARM technology will enable NVIDIA to add ...
ATI Defines The Next-Generation of Enthusiast Gaming With CrossFire Multi-Graphics Processor Platform
May 31, 2005 |
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ATI Technologies Inc.,, a leader in graphics and media processors, is revolutionizing gaming with the introduction of CrossFire, the ultimate gaming platform. The CrossFire platform has been designed to give gamers the best ...
Panasonic Develops VCSEL Laser with World's Highest Data Transmission Rate
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May 31, 2005 |
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Panasonic, the leading brand by which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is generally known, today announced the development of the 850 nm AlGaAs/GaAs VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) capable ...
Messenger peeks at Earth
May 31, 2005 |
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NASA's Mercury-bound MESSENGER spacecraft -- less than three months from an Earth flyby that will slingshot it toward the inner solar system -- successfully tested its main camera by snapping distant approach ...
Spitzer Captures Fruits of Massive Stars' Labors
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The saga of how a few monstrous stars spawned a diverse community of additional stars is told in a new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The striking picture reveals an eclectic mix of embryonic stars ...
