21/06/2005

SMA Stares Into the Throat of a Cosmic Jet

Astronomers find jets everywhere when they look into space. Small jets spout from newborn stars, while huge jets blast out of the centers of galaxies. Yet despite their commonness, the processes that drive them remain shrouded ...

Samsung Breaks Speed Record for Graphics Memory Chips

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it has developed the industry's fastest 2.0 gigabit per second (Gbps) 90 nanometer 512Mb graphics double data rate 3 (GDDR3) ...

Study Shows Big-Brained People are Smarter

People with bigger brains are smarter than their smaller-brained counterparts, according to a study conducted by a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher published in the journal "Intelligence."

Shenzhou's Experiment Mystery

The next Chinese astronaut launch is drawing closer. Shenzhou 6 will take off in a few months (probably October) with a two-man crew on board. The mission will stay aloft for roughly five days, representing an approximately ...

Liverpool Scientists Help To Solve The Mysteries Of Quarks

Particle physicists are embarking on a new attempt to solve the mysteries of quarks with the completion of the three most powerful supercomputers ever applied to this problem, including one in Edinburgh which scientists at ...

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