Archive: 03/15/2006
Utah teen named top high school scientist
The Intel Corp. has awarded 18-year-old Shannon Babb of Highland, Utah, a $100,000 scholarship for winning first place in the Intel Science Talent Search.
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Trojan-horse developers confess
An Israeli couple, Ruth and Michael Haefrati, confessed in Tel Aviv District Court Tuesday to developing the Trojan-horse spyware program.
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Briefs: Support for certified e-mail grows
Certified e-mail should encourage people to use the Internet more to do business, a research group reported.
Mar 15, 2006 |
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International Council on Nanotechnology studies occupational safeguards
The International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) has awarded $55,000 to researchers at the University of California, Santa Barbara to conduct a "Review of Best Practices for Nanotechnology Safety."
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Scientists to develop bacteria-powered fuel cells
A diverse team of microbiologists, engineers and geochemists from the University of Southern California and Rice University are joining forces to create bacteria-powered fuel cells that could power spy drones that fit in ...
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Magnetic nanoparticles boost green chemistry
Using the unique properties of new nanometer-scale magnetic particles, researchers have for the first time separated for reuse two different catalysts from a multi-step chemical reaction done in a single vessel.
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SpaceX Plans Reusable Seven Person Capsule
SpaceX said it plans to develop a reusable capsule that could carry a crew of up to seven into low Earth orbit, making it a competitor to assume some of the tasks of NASA's space shuttle fleet after it is retired.
Mar 15, 2006 |
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Roscosmos Calls For Launch Swaps And Bigger ISS Crew
The director of Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, said Tuesday that cosmonauts in the next few years would begin flying to the International Space Station aboard NASA shuttles, and U.S. astronauts would fly aboard Russian ...
Mar 15, 2006 |
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New security toolbar rates e-mail senders
Internet users have a new ally in the uncertain world of e-mail, as security vendor CipherTrust this week unveiled a toolbar for e-mail clients that lets users know how trustworthy the mail they're receiving is.
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'Yanking' Chemical Bonds with Molecular Wires Speeds Reactions
Using a chain of molecules as an infinitesimal lanyard to tug on a chemical bond about to break, Duke University chemists have found they can speed a complex chemical reaction.
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NASA internal policy reforms praised
More than 140 scientists and other NASA employees are praising the space agency for planning reforms of its communications policies.
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Trouble for iTunes in France?
France hopes consumers will use legal software to covert digital content into other formats by forcing companies including Apple to comply via revised digital copyright law.
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Electrons 'in limbo' seen for first time
Hrvoje Petek, University of Pittsburgh professor of physics and codirector of Pitt's Gertrude E. and John M. Petersen Institute of NanoScience and Engineering (PINSE), has published two papers in recent weeks that literally ...
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