Archive: 02/10/2006
New Fossil Find in New Mexico Named After Artist Georgia O'Keeffe
Two Columbia scientists have discovered the fossil of a toothless crocodile relative that looks like a six-foot-long, two-legged dinosaur, but is actually a distant cousin of today's alligators and crocodiles.
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Google Chat takes on AIM Express
Google has its cake and is eating to. The concept of Google Chat (soon to be released) wins best instant messenger for the workplace, in this correspondent's opinion -- hands down. Here is the logic.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Solar plant to be built in Nevada
Construction of a 300-acre solar power plant, believed to be the largest built anywhere in the world, is expected to begin in Nevada.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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How foamy is spacetime?
Maybe not as foamy as some scientists thought, as a fresh look at a quasar first observed in 1998 by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) shows. Physicists observed a diffraction pattern called an Airy ring around ...
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Skiing toward the future of mobile services
Coinciding with the Winter Olympics, the MobiLife project will showcase its innovative array of third-generation mobile services and applications at an exhibition in Turin, demonstrating to winter sports fans ...
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Thinking out of the box: How to challenge conventional space systems
Spacecraft must evolve. Advancing space research is no longer just about swapping old components for new, now it is about entirely rethinking what a space mission can do and how it achieves its goals. World experts are gathering ...
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Pits and tectonic grabens in Phlegethon Catena
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show pits and tectonic 'grabens' in the Phlegethon Catena region of Mars.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Breakthrough Computer Chip Lithography Method Developed at RIT
A new computer chip lithography method under development at Rochester Institute of Technology has led to imaging capabilities beyond that previously thought possible.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Pub customers exposed to high levels of harmful tobacco particles
UK scientists have questioned the use of partial smoking bans in pubs and clubs, following alarming new figures about how much non-smokers actually breathe in.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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NTT DoCoMo, Nippon TV bet on mobile TV
Long train commutes are part of daily life for many Tokyo residents, so perhaps hopes are high in Japan for mobile TV to become a reality.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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FCC cable finding welcomed by consumers
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Thursday having options in cable service could save users money. The FCC has been pressing the cable industry for the past few months to offer programs a la ...
Feb 10, 2006 |
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RAVE-ING Success As Generations Of Astronomers Survey The Stars
Cambridge PhD student is following in his great-great-grandfather's footsteps by helping to measure the speeds of up to one million stars passing near the Sun – a huge advance on the efforts of his ancestor ...
Feb 10, 2006 |
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India a topper in average e-com deals
With less than 4 percent of the total population using the Internet, Net-savvy dwellers of the World Wide Web may still be a minority in India, but when it comes to online shopping, Indians are increasingly proving that they ...
Feb 10, 2006 |
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A Neutron Star Spins Toward Intergalactic Space
The Milky Way's fastest observed pulsar is speeding out of the galaxy at more than 670 miles a second, propelled largely by a kick it received at its birth 2.5 million years ago.
Feb 10, 2006 |
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Monroe dress stays stunning with tech
Who thought immortalizing a dress could be so technical?
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