Archive: 02/07/2006
Briefs: Alcatel gets China Telecom broadband job
Alcatel has signed on to a major upgrade of China Telecom's broadband network.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Could NASA Get To Pluto Faster? Space Expert Says Yes - By Thinking Nuclear
As NASA's New Horizons spacecraft winds its way on a nine-year journey toward Pluto and the outer solar system, at least one expert wonders why such missions need to take so long.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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SMART-1 To Crash Into Lunar Surface In August
The European Moon probe SMART-1, which was developed by SSC for ESA, has been orbiting the Moon since November 2004. Its main mission, to qualify an electric propulsion system, is completed, and the probe is ...
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Spirit Nears Home Plate
Spirit continues to make progress toward "Home Plate," a conspicuous circular feature scientists hope to investigate before the Martian winter, in search of layered rock outcrops that may provide additional information about ...
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Panamanian amphibians attacked by fungus
Something wicked this way comes -- at least if you're a frog or salamander living near El Cope, Panama.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Entertainment industry fights piracy
Finding itself in a whirlwind battle of fighting revenue losses as a result of piracy, the entertainment industry is pushing legislation that would prevent the exploitation of a gap in content protection technology known ...
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Briefs: Intel to help govts manage land use
A software package will allow city governments to improve land management and community development, Intel said Monday.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Study: Grammar ability hardwired in humans
University of Rochester scientists studying why characteristics of grammar are found in all languages say the use of grammar is hardwired in our brains.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Smell something? Ask the rat -- he 'nose'
A Bangalore, India, neuroscientist says he's found rats smell in stereo, with each nostril operating independently of the other.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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Russian scientist predicts 'mini Ice Age'
A Russian astronomer has predicted that Earth will experience a "mini Ice Age" in the middle of this century, caused by low solar activity.
Feb 07, 2006 |
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