Scientists re-engineer antibiotic
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Scientists have re-engineered an antibiotic that attacks bacteria by inhibiting cell wall synthesis, thereby significantly increasing its effectiveness.
Accumulator ring commissioning latest step for spallation neutron source
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The Department of Energy's Spallation Neutron Source, located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has passed another milestone on the way to completion this year--the commissioning of the proton accumulator ring. ...
NEC Develops Novel Silicon Nanophotonics Technology for Optical Interconnections
Feb 09, 2006 |
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NEC Corporation today announced the successful development of fundamental silicon nanophotonics technology that facilitates optical data transmission in large-scale integration (LSI) chips by eliminating data transmission ...
On the Scent of a Pre-Historic Particle Accelerator?
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An international team of astrophysicists have used the H.E.S.S. telescopes to uncover the trail of a 10,000 year old supernova at the heart of the Milky Way. In a paper published in Nature (6th February 2006), they descri ...
Immigrants' new U.S. diets may be bad
Feb 09, 2006 |
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A University of Illinois study suggests coming to 'the land of milk and honey' can be hazardous to new immigrants' diets and health.
Briefs: Japan's Internet suicides continue to rise
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At least 91 people committed suicide last year with others they met on Internet sites, Japanese police said Thursday.
Protecting the government from technology
Feb 09, 2006 |
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With the advent and increased usage of new technology, the law of the jungle reigns in copyright infringements through new media, and many challenges lie ahead, say leading innovators and lawmakers.
Researchers assemble second non-human primate genome
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A multi-center team has deposited the draft genome sequence of the rhesus macaque monkey into free public databases for use by the worldwide research community, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), one of ...
Culture shapes people's view of winners
Feb 09, 2006 |
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Everyone has theories of what it takes to win an Olympic gold medal and now a Stanford University study suggests the theories vary according to culture.
Net neutrality and the regulation debate
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Public-interest groups like Common Cause and the Consumer Federation of America want it; Internet service providers such as BellSouth, Verizon and AT&T, don't. Large internet companies, led by Google, are lobbying Congress ...
Briefs: Lucent, IBM ally in IMS development
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Lucent Technologies and IBM said they will partner to deliver integrated Internet Protocol multimedia subsystems to carriers.
Investigating documents in depth
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Keyword searches in text databases are a standard procedure today. Related content in different documents can now be analyzed on numerous levels using the software tool SWAPit. Researchers will be demonstrating at CeBIT how ...
Motorola launches mobile-phone pay system
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Motorola Wednesday launched a system to allow users to pay money via their mobile phones. M-Wallet allows users to pay for goods and services through their mobile accounts, including downloading gift certificates and collecting ...
Net control at question
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Born in the United States, the Internet has long since become global -- but tensions have also grown over U.S. control of the core infrastructure and governance of the Net.
Testing broadband on buses for efficiency
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Traveling by bus can be notoriously unreliable, even in a country like Japan, where the public transportation system prides itself on efficiency and predictability. So buses have taken a back seat to trains in Japan, where ...
