Cell-phone germ scare in Northern Ireland
A Northern Ireland newspaper Friday called for a ban on cell phones in hospitals due to the germs they can carry.
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Nano World: Nanotubes arrayed on sapphire
Crystalline sapphire could help steer carbon nanotubes into orderly rows to create transistors and flexible electronics with, experts told UPI's Nano World.
Feb 10, 2006
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Japan's demand for whale meat declining
Whale meat, a cheap source of protein that helped Japan ward off malnutrition after World War II, has dropped in popularity.
Feb 10, 2006
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Wireless World: 'The Thumbdance Channel'
You've heard of the "Sundance Channel," the independent movie network on cable TV founded by Robert Redford. Someday you may be hearing more about the "Thumbdance Channel" and other mobile-phone nets, from FreemantleMedia, ...
Feb 10, 2006
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Saturn's atmosphere shares strange feature with Earth, say scientists
A feature of the Earth's atmosphere which has long puzzled scientists is replicated in the atmosphere of Saturn, according to new research.
Feb 10, 2006
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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.
Feb 10, 2006
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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 the image of ...
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 how emerging ...
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