It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this: In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous ...
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2007
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The Altair 8800, introduced in the early 1970s, was the first computer you could build at home from a kit. It was crude, didn't do much, but many historians would say that it launched the desktop computer revolution. Hod ...
Engineering
Mar 5, 2007
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Panasonic today announced that it has developed a blue LED element by employing GaN substrates for the first time in the industry.
Electronics & Semiconductors
Mar 5, 2007
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A CSIRO research team has pinpointed the genetic difference between red (or black) and white grapes – a discovery which could lead to the production of new varieties of grapes and ultimately new wines.
Mar 5, 2007
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As of 14 March, an epic space mission and one of the founding fathers of the European space endeavour will be forever linked.
Space Exploration
Mar 5, 2007
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On the road to making biofuels more economically competitive with fossil fuels, there are significant potholes to negotiate. For cellulosic ethanol production, one major detour has being addressed with the characterization ...
Mar 5, 2007
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Which navy commissioned the boat that sunk off the coast of Acre 200 years ago, which battles was it involved in and how did it end up at the bottom of the sea? The recent findings of marine archaeologists at the Leon Recanati ...
Archaeology
Mar 5, 2007
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Forests of spruce trees and shrubs in parts of northern Canada are taking over what were once tundra landscapes--forcing out the species that lived there. This shift can happen at a much faster speed than scientists originally ...
Environment
Mar 5, 2007
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An MIT engineer working toward clean drinking water in Nepal describes in a recent issue of the Journal of International Development how people from developed and developing countries can work together to solve key humanitarian ...
Engineering
Mar 5, 2007
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The fact that female wasp spiders have numerous sexual contacts is something which their male partners cannot prevent. What they can do, however, is ensure that no offspring ensue from these tête à têtes with their rivals: ...
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