Archive: 11/23/2005
Briefs: Wireless access set for Canadian railroad
PointShot Wireless of Ottawa, Canada, says it has launched the first major deployment of wireless Internet access on trains in North America.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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World Community Grid fights AIDS
Armonk, N.Y.-based IBM Corp. Tuesday announced a new research effort to help battle AIDS using the massive World Community Grid.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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East Coast tsunamis maps to be created
Two University of Rhode Island scientists have been awarded an $86,000 grant to create tsunami warning maps of the East Coast of the United States.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Genealogy of scaly reptiles is rewritten
Penn State scientists have completed the most comprehensive analysis ever of genetic relationships among snakes, lizards, and other scaly reptiles.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Part of U.S. complying with Kyoto accords
Though the United States doesn't participate in the Kyoto protocol, a study indicates about one-quarter of the nation is complying with the Kyoto accords.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Stress effects are seen in the brain
Penn State scientists have developed a non-invasive way to view effects of psychological stress in an area of the brain linked with anxiety and depression.
Nov 23, 2005 |
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Bright nanotubes for telecom
Carbon tubes only nanometers or billionths of a meter in diameter could serve as ultra-bright light sources for telecommunications, IBM scientists told UPI's Nano World. Conventional solid-state light sources ...
Nov 23, 2005 |
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