In Brief: NTT using Windows for 3G phones
Japan's NTT DoCoMo is collaborating with Microsoft to incorporate Windows Media in its 3G wireless phones.
Software
May 11, 2006
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Twin explosions in gigantic dusty potato crisp
ESO's Very Large Telescope, equipped with the multi-mode FORS instrument, took an image of NGC 3190, a galaxy so distorted that astronomers gave it two names. And as if to prove them right, in 2002 it fired off, almost simultaneously, ...
Astronomy
May 11, 2006
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Next-generation cameras inspired by fruit flies and moths
Inspired by the way that nature has evolved the eyes of small insects, scientists have fabricated artificial compound eyes that could make camera lenses tiny enough to fit on credit cards or stickers.
Home testing kit could help identify 'hidden' caffeine in beverages
If you’ve ever wondered whether your favorite coffee, tea or soda contains caffeine — despite its decaf label or the absence of caffeine on the ingredient list — then you may soon be able to test the beverage yourself. ...
May 11, 2006
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Engineers Take Page Out of Nature's Playbook
Designing complex systems such as nuclear reactors for space applications is a daunting task, but Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have made it less so by borrowing from nature.
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May 11, 2006
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Scientist Revs Up Power of Microbial Fuel Cells in Unexpected Ways
Scientists have boosted the power output of microbial fuel cells more than 10-fold by letting the bacteria congregate into a slimy matrix known as a biofilm. The research, led by microbiologist Derek Lovley of the University ...
May 11, 2006
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Record air pollution above the Arctic
Last week Scientists of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research observed the highest air pollution on record since measurements began in Ny-Ålesund on Svalbard. Monitoring instruments displayed significantly ...
Environment
May 11, 2006
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Organizing dumbbells for nanotech devices
A team of chemists from France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US are working together to bridge the gap between nanoscience and nanotechnology. They have now devised a method that could allow them to organize tiny molecular ...
Nanophysics
May 11, 2006
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For a Bigger Hard-drive, Just Add Water
Imagine having computer memory so dense that a cubic centimeter contains 12.8 million gigabytes of information. Imagine an iPod playing music for 100 millennia without repeating a single song or a USB thumb-drive with room ...
Nanophysics
May 11, 2006
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Space technology might also fight bird flu
The European Space Agency says a French company has successfully adapted space technology to help hospitals fight possible pandemic flu outbreaks.
Environment
May 11, 2006
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