Archive: 12/16/2005
Making the world's smallest gadgets even smaller
You may not have noticed, but the smallest revolution in world history is under way. Laboratories and factories have begun to make medical sensors and computer-chip components smaller than a single blood cell ...
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Briefs: Ericsson, Sunrise tie up for mobile TV
Ericsson said Friday it will launch a mobile television network with Sunrise, a Swiss telecommunications provider.
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Briefs: Verso trials VoIP on South Africa WiMax
American packet solutions provider Verso Technologies has completed a trial of Voice over Internet Protocol telephony on a WiMax platform.
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Briefs: BellSouth to cut 1,500 management posts
BellSouth said it will reduce the number of those in management positions by 1,500.
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Briefs: Pakistan to maintain telecom transparency
Pakistan has vowed to not roll back new telecommunications policies that improved transparency and consistency in the sector.
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Theory and Experiment Collide: Discovery of Phenomenon Important for Future Application of 'Spintronics'
A few years ago a University of Missouri-Columbia professor and his student had a theory, and a few weeks ago a physicist in California proved it. The unusual part is that neither person knew about the work of the other. ...
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Perseus Spiral Arm of the Milky Way much closer than thought
The Perseus spiral arm, the nearest spiral arm in the Milky Way outside the Sun's orbit, lies only half as far from Earth as some previous results had suggested. An international team of astronomers including ...
Dec 16, 2005 |
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Ability to capture large prey may be origin of army ants' cooperative behavior
Scientific insights come at the darnedest times. Animal behaviorist Sean O'Donnell was having an afternoon cup of coffee when a giant earthworm exploded out of the leaf litter covering the jungle floor in an ...
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Fish gene sheds light on human skin color variation mystery
The genetic determination of human skin color is one of biology's enduring mysteries. With help from a common aquarium pet and a recently released online database of human genetic variation, a collaborative ...
Dec 16, 2005 |
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Russia, Indonesia Sign Satellite Launch Memorandum
Russia and Indonesia signed a memorandum Wednesday on the launch of a communications satellite at the end of the Russia Hi-Tech 2005 exposition in Malaysia's capital, reports RIA Novosti.
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Typhus found in DNA from Napoleonic troops
University of the Mediterranean scientists have found evidence of typhus and trench fever in pulp from the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers.
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Study: Perception affects batting average
University of Virginia scientists say a baseball player's batting average correlates with the player's ability to perceive ball size.
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