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Beyond 3G -- ultra-fast mobile radio networks of the future
Aug 06, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Today’s growing third generation (3G) of mobile data services are only a taste of what is to come. Now, European researchers are paving the way to a world where ultra-fast internet access is available from ...
States that vote early can reap big bucks if they pick a winner
Apr 06, 2009 |
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The 2008 presidential campaign season had the earliest statewide primaries and caucuses in memory, starting with the Iowa Caucus on Jan. 3. Now research from North Carolina State University shows that states may have good ...
Review: 'Band Hero,' 'Lego Rock Band' -- clean rock
Nov 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Musical video games are already family-friendly. There's no violence, and their developers have already weeded out most of the sex and drugs in rock 'n roll. And just about anyone can pick up a fake ...
Netflix to run second film-suggestion tech contest
Aug 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- You might call it "Son of the Netflix Prize."
NTT DoCoMo Achieves World's First 2.5Gbps Packet Transmission in 4G Field Experiment
Feb 23, 2006 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Inc. announced today that it achieved 2.5Gbps packet transmission in the downlink while moving at 20km/h. The fourth-generation (4G) radio access field experiment took place in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture on ...
Foresight Institute Announces Feynman Prize Winners
Oct 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Foresight Institute, a nanotechnology education and public policy think tank based in Palo Alto, has announced the winners of the prestigious 2009 Foresight Institute Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology.
How to win by concession and avoid unproductive conflict
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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A new study published in Economic Inquiry explores the seminal question: "If we can make a deal, why fight?" The authors conclude that a combination of common knowledge and a common rate of time preference allow a potent ...
Nobel prize winner Joseph Rotblat dies
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Sep 02, 2005 |
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Scientists around the world paid tribute to Joseph Rotblat, a Polish nuclear physicist and Nobel peace prize winner, who died at age 96.
Fertilization intensifies competition for light and endangers plant diversity
Apr 30, 2009 |
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When grasslands are fertilized their productivity is increased but their plant diversity is diminished. In the last 50 years levels of plant-available nitrogen and phosphorous have doubled worldwide. This additional supply ...
New research may lead to revolutionary new devices
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Dr. Jiwoong Park of Cornell University, who receives funding for basic research from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), is investigating carbon nanostructures that may some day be used in ...
'Whitewash' could slow global warming: Peruvian scientist
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 04, 2009 |
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A Peruvian scientist has called on his country to help slow the melting of Andean glaciers by daubing white paint on the rock and earth left behind by receding ice so they will absorb less heat.
Nobel winners helped by independence, coffee
Dec 07, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Intellectual freedom, independent research and frequent coffee breaks with colleagues helped this year's Nobel Prize winners make their groundbreaking scientific discoveries.
Ill. cancer researcher wins $500K genetics prize
Jul 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An 84-year-old University of Chicago researcher has won a half-million-dollar genetics prize for her pioneering work in showing that cancer is a genetic disease.
Doritos makes history with world's first extraterrestrial advert
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 12, 2008 |
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Today Doritos makes history, taking the UK's first step in communicating with aliens as they broadcast the first ever advert directed towards potential extra terrestrial life. The University of Leicester has played a key ...
Why immune cells count in early pregnancy
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide researcher has been named the 2009 Young Investigator Award winner for shedding new light on why some women are infertile, and why some pregnancies end in miscarriage.
