Archive: 06/23/2006
Globe Talk: Web not answer to all just yet
Make no mistake. There's no turning back on the Internet. But while shopping, dating or watching videos online is fast becoming the norm, some people are realizing that there's a limit to how much the World Wide Web can actually ...
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Hong Kong bullish on PCCW telecom deal
Bidding for Hong Kong telecom PCCW was expected to remain strong despite likely opposition to the sale on the mainland.
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Wireless World: Lifestyle now for boaters
Captain Roger Sardina navigates the Sea Ray Run, a 40-foot-long Sundancer motor boat made by Brunswick, through the "Danger Spot A" of Burham Harbor on Lake Michigan, using the wireless global positioning system. We've just ...
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Nano World: Black silicon for solar power
Silicon surfaces rendered black by pits and bumps only nanometers or billionths of a meter large could in the future help make solar power cells more efficient.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006 |
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New method sorts nanotubes by size
Rice University scientists have developed the first method for sorting semiconducting carbon nanotubes based on their size, a long-awaited development that could form the basis of a nanotube purification system ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Physicists size up the 'unitarity triangle'
B factory experiments at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) in the USA and at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) in Japan have reached a new milestone in the quest to understand ...
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Seafloor observatory opens portal to the Pacific
The Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea (VENUS) facility, led by the University of Victoria, today opened the data portal to the seafloor through its information management and archive system.
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Diamond by-product of hydrogen production and storage method
There may not be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but there appears to be nanocrystalline diamonds at the end of a process to produce and store hydrogen using anthracite coal.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Global atmospheric carbon level may depend primarily on southernmost ocean
Circulation in the waters near the Antarctic coast may be one of the planet's critical means of regulating levels of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere, according to Princeton researchers.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 23, 2006 |
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How plants avoid feeling the burn
Too much sun – for plants as well as people – can be harmful to long-term health. But to avoid the botanical equivalent of "lobster tans," plants have developed an intricate internal defense mechanism, called photoprotection, ...
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Jun 23, 2006 |
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Mercury Messenger Probe Flips Sunshade Towards The Sun
The Messenger spacecraft performed its final "flip" maneuver for the mission on June 21. Responding to commands sent from the Messenger Mission Operations Center at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Parkinson's symptoms reversed in study
U.S. scientists say they have identified a key biological pathway that, when obstructed, causes Parkinson's disease symptoms.
Jun 23, 2006 |
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Premarital counseling reduces divorce risk
A survey of adults in Arkansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas found that couples who go through premarital counseling are less likely to divorce.
Jun 23, 2006 |
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