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Study: Ocean tides once spread massive icebergs

Connection between changes in ocean circulation and future climate remains a matter of great interest Labrador Sea ocean tides dislodged huge Arctic icebergs thousands of years ago, carrying gigantic ice-rafted debris acr ...

Space & Earth /

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Dark Fiber Technology Creates Faster Networking

The quality of real-time video events such as interactive music master classes will improve at Columbia University as a result of a new, high-speed network known as the New York City Dark Fiber Network. This ...

Other Sciences /

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Can science lead to justice?

Science and the English legal system are fundamentally incompatible, Chris Pamplin, editor of the UK Register of Expert Witnesses, writes in Chemistry & Industry magazine. ‘The courts want certainty; science cannot provide it, ...

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Toshiba and Memory-Tech Develop Dual Format DVD

Memory-Tech Corporation and Toshiba Corporation today announced that they have jointly developed a dual-layer ROM (read-only) disc that can store content in both the HD DVD and DVD formats. The newly developed ROM disc has a single-sided, dual- ...

Electronics /

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NASA's Top Astronaut John Young to Retire

by Amiko Nevills After four decades and half a dozen space flights - including a moonwalk and the first Shuttle mission -veteran NASA astronaut John Young is hanging up his flight suit. So, how did this am ...

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Cars will become personalised communication devices

When Bart Watson leaves home to go on a business trip, his personal communication services will accompany him. The e-mails he studied on his PC at home will also be available on the terminal in his car, where they are read ...

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Control circuit for future supercomputer to be produced in Finland

The circuit will improve the computational accuracy and efficiency of quantum computers operating at extremely low temperatures. Quantum computers require an ambient temperature of approximately -273 degrees centigrade to ...

Nanotechnology /

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IBM Sells PC Group To Lenovo

Lenovo Group Limited, the leading Personal Computer brand in China and across Asia, and IBM today announced a definitive agreement under which Lenovo will acquire IBM's Personal Computing Division to form the world's thi ...

Technology /

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