Archive: 05/03/2006
Ozone recovering, but unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels
While Earth's ozone layer is slowly being replenished following an international 1987 agreement banning CFCs, the recovery is occurring in a changing atmosphere and is unlikely to stabilize at pre-1980 levels, ...
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Study: teen sex down, pregnancy a problem
A look at U.S. data shows one in three sexually active teenage girls gets pregnant although teen sexual activity is dropping.
May 03, 2006 |
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SanDisk, Philips advance phone ticketing
SanDisk and Philips are working on a chip that will allow travelers to pay for train and bus tickets using their cell phones.
May 03, 2006 |
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'Chernobyl' virus author dodges prison
A Russian college student convicted of creating the Chernobyl computer virus received a two-year suspended sentence Tuesday.
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Infrared system helps pilots and drivers see in fog and at night
A European research project has developed a prototype infrared-camera system that substantially enhances human visual perception in poor visibility conditions such as fog, heavy rain and at night.
May 03, 2006 |
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Why mice don’t get cancer of the retina
Humans are more susceptible to developing the eye cancer retinoblastoma than mice because, unlike humans, mice can compensate for the loss of activity of a gene critical to normal retinal development , according ...
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Prospecting for Scientific 'Gems' with Google
Science is all about quantitative measurement, so it should come as no surprise that scientists have a long tradition of measuring their influence on each other. Traditionally, the most important measure of ...
May 03, 2006 |
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Successful Launch Of Swedish Maxus 7 Sounding Rocket
The sounding rocket Maxus 7 was successfully launched from the Swedish Space Corporation's (SSC) launch facility at Esrange Space Center this morning at 06:16 UT and reached an apogee of 702 km which enabled 12 minutes of ...
May 03, 2006 |
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Bill would open scientific research access
The Alliance for Taxpayer Access announced its support Tuesday for a Senate bill that broadens access to federal scientific research.
May 03, 2006 |
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5 percent of Britons have a disorder
Nearly 5 percent of the British population has a personality disorder and men are more likely to suffer from such problems than women, researchers say.
May 03, 2006 |
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Suicide risk linked to birth month
Babies born in April, May and June are more likely to commit suicide than people born during the other nine months of the year, British researchers say.
May 03, 2006 |
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Scientific journals now available in Iraq
University of Maryland scientist D.J. Patil and colleagues have built a digital library, making 17,422 journal titles available to Iraqi scientists.
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Venda riding e-commerce boom
E-commerce is booming, and growing e-sales outsource company Venda is aiming to keep riding that boom to the top.
May 03, 2006 |
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