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EU acts to extend digital switchover to remote and elderly

Regulators will bid Monday to extend mobile Internet access to Europe's farthest flung outposts by opening up commercial rights to the analogue broadcasting spectrum.

Technology / Telecom

created Sep 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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Eurocopter demonstrates new emergency backup electric motor for helicopters

(PhysOrg.com) -- Normally, when a helicopter loses power in flight due to engine failure, the pilot reverts to using a technique called autorotation to avoid crashing. What happens is the rotors keep spinning ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Europe to turn up heat on climate targets

Fresh from the launch of a trillion-euro bid to slash dependency on Middle East oil and Russian gas, Europe sets out this week its most ambitious targets yet to offset climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 8

End of an era: NIST to cease calibrating mercury thermometers

Beginning March 1, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 02, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Soon the government check won't be in the mail

(AP) -- Before too long, the government check will no longer be in the mail. Officials have settled on the dates when millions of people will no longer be able to get their Social Security and other benefit checks by mail.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Microsoft has solid lead in race for state e-mail contracts

Microsoft Corp. has won a series of high-profile contracts to provide e-mail services to government workers in three states, giving it a major boost in its ongoing battle with technology rival Google Inc.

Technology / Business

created Oct 28, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

VCU leads study of first US portable driver for powering the total artificial heart

The Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center is the lead institution in a national clinical trial of technology that will allow artificial heart patients to recuperate, rehabilitate and wait in the comfort of their ...

Medicine & Health / Research

created Sep 09, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hidden Territory on Mercury Revealed

The MESSENGER spacecraft's third flyby of the planet Mercury has given scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of the planet's surface and revealed some dramatic changes in Mercury's comet-like ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 1

EU invests millions in 'ultra high-speed' mobile internet

The European Union announced Tuesday an 18 million euro (25 million dollar) investment in an "ultra high-speed" internet system to underpin the next generation of mobile services.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saturn Does the Wave in Its Atmosphere

Two decades of scrutinizing Saturn are finally paying off, as scientists have discovered a wave pattern, or oscillation, in Saturn's atmosphere only visible from Earth every 15 years.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 07, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Scientists Identify New Mechanism of Insulin Resistance

Resistance to insulin that precedes type 2 diabetes may stem from a "metabolic traffic jam" that blocks the body's ability to switch between glucose and fat as energy sources, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.

Medicine & Health / Research

created Jan 14, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0


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