Archive: 03/13/2006
Briefs: Nokia unveils base for new spectrum
Nokia Monday introduced a multi-radio platform base station that will work on spectrum bands slated for auction by the Federal Communications Commission.
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Networking: Storage blues
Computer companies once constantly extolled the "paper saving" virtues of e-mail. But now, with government regulators compelling the retention of many new records, storage requirements are increasing once again. All of the ...
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Feds: Names must be used in tracking HIV
About a dozen U.S. cities and other jurisdictions face withdrawal of federal AID-HIV funding if they don't begin tracking patients by name.
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Ynet bars Google from using its content
Another Hebrew news Web site refused over the weekend to allow Google to use its content on the new beta version of its Israel news site.
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A convincing calculation: ten soccer players ensure excitement
One ball, two goals and 22 soccer players – and the game can begin. But why are there ten players of one team on the field and no more or less? This is what Metin Tolan, professor for experimental physics at ...
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Researchers discover new microbial life in the Mediterranean
Researchers from the University of Essex have discovered a deep-sea oasis with new microbial life forms that could have significant implications for biotechnology. The findings have been published this week in the journal ...
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Mars under the spotlight again
Relieved UK scientists are celebrating the news that NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) appears to have smoothly entered Mars orbit on Friday night (March 10th). Entering orbit is one of the most critical ...
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Swedish plans to colonise space
Building a self-reliant moon colony is no longer science fiction, or a gimmick to promote the new James Bond film. It is indeed near-term reality.
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Improved Superconductivity in Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
A group of researchers from several institutions in Japan has observed superconductivity — a phenomenon in which electrons flow with no resistance — in billionth-of-a-meter sized cylindrical carbon molecules ...
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When Repulsive Particles Stick Together - A New Angle On Clustering
Even when they mutually repel each other, material particles in a solution can still form clusters. Details on the conditions necessary for this seemingly contradictory phenomenon have now been published. Though ...
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Do plants have the potential to vaccinate against HIV?
Scientists have developed a new kind of molecule which they believe could ultimately lead to the development of a vaccine against HIV using genetically modified tobacco. Writing in Plant Biotechnology Journal, Dr Patricia ...
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Roscosmos To Investigate ArabSat Orbit Error
Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has formed a state commission to investigate the anomaly last week that caused a Proton Breeze M vehicle to place the ArabSat 4A satellite into an incorrect orbit. The commission, led ...
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Some vindication for S. Korean scientist?
A South Korean who worked with Hwang Woo-Suk, the scientist accused of faking results, says their claim to have cloned stem cells will be vindicated.
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Galileo launch delayed
The success of the first launch in Europe's satellite-navigation system means the next Galileo launch can be pushed back until autumn.
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