Archive: 12/12/2007
I-Pod-Based Translator Provides Words, Dialects, Gestures
A company from Orlando, Florida, is hoping that its new i-Pod-based translator will be easier to use and more practical compared with more sophisticated translators, especially for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Arctic expeditions find giant mud waves, glacier tracks
Scientists gathering evidence of ancient ice sheets uncovered a new mystery about what's happening on the Arctic sea floor today.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.2 / 5 (6) |
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Scientists make single-photon sources brighter
Scientists have achieved a major advance in developing a single-photon light source, bringing quantum applications such as quantum computing and quantum cryptography closer to reality.
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.6 / 5 (72) |
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Truck-safe bamboo bridge opens in China
In China bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges.
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.7 / 5 (6) |
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Primitive early relative of armadillos helps rewrite evolutionary family tree
A team of U.S. and Chilean scientists working high in the Andes have discovered the fossilized remains of an extinct, tank-like mammal they conclude was a primitive relative of today’s armadillos. The results of their surprising ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.6 / 5 (8) |
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Student identifies enormous new dinosaur
The remains of one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs ever found have recently been recognized as representing a new species by a student working at the University of Bristol.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.4 / 5 (22) |
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Ancient fish bones reveal impacts of global warming beneath the sea
Scientists studying ancient fish bones in Scandinavia have discovered that warm-water species like anchovies and black sea bream that once thrived in Danish waters during a prehistoric warm period are now ...
Biology /
Dec 12, 2007 |
4.8 / 5 (5) |
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Does time slow in crisis?
In The Matrix, hero Neo wins his battles when time slows in the simulated world. In the real world, accident victims often report a similar slowing as they slide unavoidably into disaster. But can humans really experience ...
Dec 12, 2007 |
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