Archive: 11/07/2005
Nokia 770 Internet Tablet Starts Shipping
Nokia today announced that it has started deliveries of the first device in its new Internet Tablet product category, the Nokia 770. The sleek, pocket sized device is Nokia's first Linux-based terminal product ...
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Mapping alcohol brain damage
University of Queensland biochemists are working with American researchers to pinpoint why only some parts of the brain are damaged in alcoholics.
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Researcher Unearths Iron Age Skeleton
Archaeologists have discovered a Shetland burial ground dating back over 2,000 years. Experts who started work on the site on Unst two months ago have managed to rescue a number of artefacts and a human skeleton.
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Magic Trick with Gold and Glass
Even the ancient Romans were familiar with processes for coloring glass by adding gold. Initially colorless, the glass takes on a ruby-red color when heated in a controlled fashion. The source of this color is finely divided ...
Nov 07, 2005 |
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In Short-Term Memory, Faster Is Not Better, Study Shows
For years, researchers have said that the short-term memory increases as children mature, which is important because the memory serves as an index for intelligence and mental maturation. It has been proposed that a person's ...
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Venus Express set for launch on Wednesday
A dense curtain of mysteries surrounding Venus, the hot and hazy sister planet to Earth, awaits to be opened after the launch of Venus Express. On Wednesday, 9 November 2005, the sky over the Baikonur Cosmodrome, ...
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Epson Introduces Multilingual Text to Speech Synthesis Chip
Epson today announced availability of its multilingual text-to-speech (TTS) synthesis chip for embedded applications. The S1V30100 is a highly integrated companion chip that provides a complete decode path from text input ...
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Bedtime stories may not teach reading
A new study shows that reading to toddlers is probably not teaching them how to read on their own.
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Aussies to monitor Net for zombies
The Australian government has launched a trial program to ferret out "zombie" computers that have been hijacked to send out spam or viruses.
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Nano World: National ranking in nanotech
The United States, Japan, Germany and South Korea dominate nanotechnology today, but in 2012 Taiwan should also leap into a leading role, with China making dramatic gains and France sliding into the minor leagues, experts ...
Nov 07, 2005 |
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Opportunity Dusts Off And Gets Back To Work
Having weathered a recent dust storm, Opportunity is back to business. Energy levels are on the rise as the rover prepares for its next investigative campaign.
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