Archive: 03/16/2006
Telcos, CEA agree on video IP standards
The Consumer Electronics Association and major U.S. telcos have agreed on a list of standards for devices that plug into Internet Protocol video networks.
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Chance discovery: Alaska Range glacier surges
There is evidence that the McGinnis Glacier, a little-known tongue of ice in the central Alaska Range, has surged. Assistant Professor of Physics Martin Truffer recently noticed the lower portion of the glacier ...
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Let me hear your body talk
Five University of Houston researchers are teaching computers how to listen when your body talks.
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Integral looks at Earth to seek source of cosmic radiation
Cosmic space is filled with continuous, diffuse high-energy radiation. To find out how this energy is produced, the scientists behind ESA's Integral gamma-ray observatory have tried an unusual method: observing ...
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Deriving the shape of the Galactic stellar disc
While analysing the complex structure of the Milky Way, an international team of astronomers from Italy and the United Kingdom has recently derived the shape of the Galactic outer stellar disc, and provided ...
Mar 16, 2006 |
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Briefs: Motorola steps up China investments
Motorola will be investing in three new projects in China. The venture-capital arm of the mobile group, Motorola Ventures, will be investing in Shanghai NewMargin Venture Capital Enterprise, Shenzhen Shenxun Information Technology ...
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Understanding Moonquakes
NASA astronauts are going back to the moon and when they get there they may need quake-proof housing. That's the surprising conclusion of Clive R. Neal, associate professor of civil engineering and geological ...
Mar 16, 2006 |
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Understanding heat flow at the nanoscale is the goal of new project
Understanding the mechanisms responsible for thermal transport, or heat flow, between dissimilar materials at the molecular level is the goal of Virginia Tech College of Engineering researcher Scott Huxtable, who has received ...
Mar 16, 2006 |
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All for one, one for all: Atoms behave like Three Musketeers
An international team of physicists has converted three normal atoms into a special new state of matter whose existence was proposed by Russian scientist Vitaly Efimov in 1970.
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Astronomers Report Unprecedented Double Helix Nebula Near Center of the Milky Way
Astronomers report an unprecedented elongated double helix nebula near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, using observations from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The part of the nebula the astronomers observed ...
Mar 16, 2006 |
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Longer life linked with air pollution cuts
Harvard University scientists say they've found a link between people living longer and cities reducing the amount of fine particulate matter in the air.
Mar 16, 2006 |
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Telecoms innovating emergency improvements
A conference Wednesday that brought together professionals from the telecommunications industry, academia and governments is seeking to iron out problems in interoperability and emergency management communications ...
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